VO: The nation's favorite celebrities... Oh, that is good.

VO: ..paired up with an expert...

I like that.

VO: ..and a classic car.

Feeling confident?

Er... VO: Their mission?

To scour Britain for antiques.

(GLASS SMASHES) Look at you.

You're really good!

The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.

(GASPS) Is it a find?

VO: But it's no easy ride.

XAND VAN TULLEKEN: Hey, come on!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

(MIMICS DUCK) Take me with you.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

Have you got a tow truck?

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I might have bought rubbish.

Who knows?

VO: There will be worthy winners... Yay!

Whoo!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Come on.

Someone else!

Someone!

VO: Put your pedal to the metal!

Aah!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

Ha ha!

Hello from Kent, Garden of England, and playground for today's road-tripping celebs in search of antiquities.

In a light blue 1979 Aston Martin V8 are the most famous contestants to vie for victory on the TV quiz battle of the brain boxes - University Challenge.

It's none other than Bobby Seagull and Eric Monkman.

You were looking for the laser button...

I know, and I put the windscreen wipers on.

VO: Oh, Lordy!

Ha.

This dynamic duo became unlikely social media stars following their semifinal showdown on the toughest team quiz tournament on telly.

They've since become broadcasters... ..panelists, and authors.

En garde!

ERIC: So we have a bit of a reputation as being competitors, I think, sort of owing to our... to our big face-off in University Challenge.

BOBBY: University Challenge, yes.

Your team defeated mine in University Challenge, and now it's time to level the playing field in the battle field of the auction house.

BOBBY: A James Bond Aston Martin, any tactics of subterfuge, I shouldn't really reveal.

No, I think we better keep those secret.

The first rule of subterfuge is you don't talk about the other rules of subterfuge.

BOBBY: Yes.

VO: Looking to assist in the hunt for glory and some profits, in a 1982 DeLorean, are auctioneers Angus Ashworth and Philip Serrell.

PHILIP: Whatever we do, we don't hit 88mph.

ANGUS: No.

I was just wondering, actually, when you were talking, if you had an affinity to Marty, and I can perhaps be the Doc.

What do you reckon?

Yeah, we'll just gel your hair up a little bit, make it a little bit wild, and job's a good 'un, I think.

VO: Hm, can't see it myself.

ANGUS: I hope you and Eric aren't gonna use this to your benefit and go back in time to get some good bargains.

So will you be looking specifically for James Bond-related memorabilia?

Oh, that would be a... That would be a beautiful coincidence.

What do you reckon they'll want to buy?

I don't know.

I mean, he's very mathematical, so... PHILIP: Really?

ANGUS: ..maybe an old abacus or something, I dunno!

Collectables are very valuable these days.

Ooh!

So nostalgic-type items?

ERIC: Nostalgic-type items, yeah.

Things that people couldn't buy when they were children.

I think they'll be quite interested in it, though.

I think they'll want to learn, won't they?

PHILIP: Really?

ANGUS: Yeah.

PHILIP: Really?

ANGUS: Yeah, I know.

VO: You'll have your work cut out there, then, chaps.

So, in a strange way, even if we lose money on items, we could say that we were ahead of our time, because in 10, 15 years, the market would have caught up, so we're just visionaries.

BOBBY: So if we, yeah, if we lose money, we are just visionaries.

Exactly.

Yeah.

VO: So our teams head off in search of adventure and, with any luck, some antiques.

Today's road trip traces the Kentish Coast, heads inland, before hightailing it to the auction in Worcestershire.

The first challenge for Bobby and Eric is to find their experts, who are lurking at the Emporium in glorious Herne Bay.

Shouldn't be too hard.

BOBBY: Oh, there's... ERIC: Oh, yeah.

There's a DeLorean.

BOBBY: They've traveled back in time for us.

The experts are there.

Oh, and then there's the Emporium.

Ah, excellent.

So we should park up here.

The DeLorean by the Emporium.

ERIC: Almost a rhyme.

VO: Soon you'll be parkin' the Aston Martin.

Ha-ha!

BOBBY: Time to... Time to get our antiques glasses on.

BOBBY: Here we go.

ERIC: Alright.

VO: Hopefully, you won't be requiring them.

What you do need is £400 to spend.

Ah, there's owner Debbie.

Now, where are those other two?

Ah, Angus!

ANGUS: Hello!

Bobby.

BOBBY: Yes.

So you're gonna be my antiques guru.

Guru?

Well, no pressure!

No pressure.

That's what I'm here for.

That's what I'm here for.

I think you'll be alright.

You'll be OK.

Yes, I used to be, before I moved into education, I used to be a financial markets trader in the city.

So I'm used to a bit of wheeling and dealing.

I don't think you'll be doing any stocks and shares, but competition's on.

Let's go have a look round, see what we can find.

BOBBY: Yeah, let's have a quick look.

VO: I think that's a match made in... Kent.

Now, where's Phil?

Ah, speak of the devil.

Oh, you must be Phil.

Eric, how you doing?

Alright?

I'm doing great.

How are you?

Yeah, I'm really... Are you ready for a good old English pun?

I'm always ready for a good old English pun.

That's quite knife, isn't it?

I didn't think we'd get such a great pun so spoon.

Oh, I know...

Very good, I like your style.

Is there a bit of edge between you and Bobby?

Uh, we've had some competitions in the past.

And who's won?

I came out a little bit ahead.

We want you to come out a lot ahead.

That would be great.

Right, lead on.

Lead on.

VO: Another meeting of minds, methinks.

Let's hope they see eye to eye on what their £400 gets spent on, eh?

So, you went to Cambridge, didn't you?

And Oxford.

Oh, even better!

And what are they famous for?

BOBBY: Studying!

ANGUS: Boat Race!

Well, yeah, apart from studying.

The sportsman in you, because I know you like your sports as well as your academics, is, of course, the Boat Race.

BOBBY: Yes.

ANGUS: So I thought, what about a pair of oars?

BOBBY: They look brilliant.

BOBBY: So my family have got four boys, two went to Oxbridge... Oxford, two went to Cambridge, but I did both.

So maybe if I have an oar for each, so I can like row in support, "Oh, Oxford, come on, Oxford... Oh, they're losing.

"Come on, Cambridge, come on, Cambridge!"

So you just back the winner every time?

Yeah, exactly, I win all the time.

Excellent, OK.

So these, I mean, are these the sort of thing you'd be into?

BOBBY: Well see, the price is obviously important.

BOBBY: What's the... ANGUS: £60 a pair.

ANGUS: Which is enough... BOBBY: Ooh!

I think, you know, if we can get them for sort of £30, ANGUS: I know that's a big ask.

BOBBY: That's a big, big discount.

50%.

VO: Now, that would be oar-some.

That's cool, Eric.

Yes.

ERIC: It's a fascinating item, a bit of brassware here.

I see a grieving Britannia.

PHILIP: Yeah.

A rather morose-looking British lion.

I'm here.

Yes, maybe, could be.

Oh, that's harsh.

ERIC: And I think this is too big to be worn as a medal.

PHILIP: Yeah.

So I assume this was something made to commemorate somebody who had died in a war?

PHILIP: Correct.

ERIC: Yes.

PETER: And can you see any initials or names on it?

ERIC: "He died for freedom and honour."

It says "E-C-T"?

P. Edward Carter Preston.

And he was the man who designed this.

It was a competition to design this death penny, they're called.

VO: More than 1.3 million of these plaques of condolence were issued after the Great War to the families of all British service personnel who lost their lives.

PHILIP: And I just think that they're really evocative.

And what's the price tag on it?

The price tag says £90.

I think they're worth £50 to £60.

So you need to buy that for around £40, £45.

Well, let's put it down, and let's wander off and see what else we can see, because this place is absolutely full to busting.

VO: Just how you like it, eh, Phil?

BOBBY: So I wanted to show you something, Angus.

So here we are - the stamp section.

ANGUS: OK, you've got an affinity with stamps?

BOBBY: I do.

So as a child, I remember once coming back to school on a Monday and I told my friends, "I went to Wembley.

I went to Wembley!"

And my friends were like, "What game did you see?"

I told them, my dad and I, and my brother, we went to a stamp exhibition, at Wembley.

BOBBY: Genuinely!

ANGUS: OK. Yeah, my dad used to collect stamps.

Coins and stamps are something that was very dear to my heart.

I mean, they're practical, but also aesthetic.

Still collect?

I think I'm just one of those, like, collectors-in-waiting.

Because if it's there, I'm just like, "Stamps!"

If I see a good stamp, like I have today, and I can see something here that means a lot to me, as an England fan, and someone from East Ham and as a West Ham fan, and someone with the first name of Bobby.

ANGUS: Ah!

So this is a stamped first day cover of the World Cup.

ANGUS: Yeah.

BOBBY: From 1966.

BOBBY: Signed by our captain, West Ham's leader, legend, captain, Bobby Moore.

I can see why you like it.

I like it a lot.

Yeah, you do know we've got £400?

BOBBY: So this would blow... What is it?

Seven eighths, 87.5%, of our budget.

You're letting our heads rule our heart here?

ANGUS: Yes.

BOBBY: OK.

If we lose, I'm gonna blame you.

Why will you blame me?

Because this could have sold for, like, thousands of pounds.

BOBBY: Oh!

BOBBY: Oh... Oh!

ANGUS: A similar thing.

First day cover.

There would have been a whole set of them, and they would have all sat down and signed these out.

ANGUS: Ramsey.

That's £125.

That's made you think, hasn't it?

That has made me think, hasn't it?

VO: Hmm, so Alf is certainly cheaper than Sir Bobby, but Mr Seagull seems smitten.

And if you're dead set on it, well, we can try and find four more items at 12.50, but... BOBBY: OK. ANGUS: (LAUGHS) VO: It's been done before.

ANGUS: Hello, Debbie.

DEBBIE: Hello.

ANGUS: I think Bobby's got some questions to ask you.

So we saw some items of interest to us, but more so particularly to me.

There is a first day cover, signed by Bobby Moore.

What's the sort of best price you can offer?

I would probably say the maximum I could take off of that would only be £30.

There's another signed first day cover.

We could probably do that one for one... 100.

There's something else, though, isn't there?

BOBBY: Mm.

We saw a set of oars.

DEBBIE: Uh-huh.

ANGUS: Yeah, I mean, they sort of range between £30 and £60.

I can probably do those for 40.

You know, my maths isn't my strong point... ANGUS: (LAUGHS) Well, two together, what could you... what do they add up to?

So that comes to 140, doesn't it?

What... What could you offer us?

Erm, how about... ..130?

Thank you.

130.

130 sounds like a... DEBBIE: OK. ANGUS: Good.

Happy?

BOBBY: Happy!

VO: Good work!

Thank you very much.

VO: So that's £90 for the signed stamps, and 40 for the oars, leaving 270 to carry off to your next shop.

BOBBY: OK, here we go.

I've got the weight of history here, and you've got the weight of two oars.

ANGUS: Yeah, I'll try not to clatter anybody on their head, alright?

BOBBY: Oh!

This is heavy.

You think these will fit in?

Yeah, sure!

VO: Exiting triumphant, they leave Eric and Phil still on the hunt.

My eyes have come down to all of these plates.

Why do you like those?

I wonder, are they delftware?

No, these aren't Delfts, right, these are Chinese.

Oh.

PHILIP: But you look at English porcelain of the mid 18th century, and it's decorated with scenes like this.

ERIC: Mm-hm.

PETER: Which are basically copying the Chinese.

So these are Chinese plates that date to probably 1710 and 1740.

But condition is everything.

I'm just going to look through and make two piles here.

PHILIP: Let's just have a look through.

So what we're looking for are hair cracks... ERIC: Mm-hm.

..and damaging around the outside.

PHILIP: OK?

PHILIP: So I think these are quite interesting, but some are damaged.

That one's got a chip on the... on the border.

And to all intents and purposes, they look very much like they're 18th century.

That one has got some nibbles around the outside, but I think that's probably acceptable.

Can you see that hair crack there?

ERIC: Yes.

That's kind of rendered that... ERIC: Mm-hm.

PHILIP: ..not what we want.

In the 1730s, we were eating off things like paving slabs.

You know, lumps of metal, lumps of wood.

ERIC: Mm.

And the Chinese had been making really fine-quality porcelain for hundreds of years.

Can you see that one there as well, look?

Yes, I see the crack.

So those, hard to believe, are almost worthless.

It says here, "Chinese Qianlong, export 1730."

ERIC: Oh, there we go.

PHILIP: "£4 a plate."

Would you like us to have a go at buying these?

ERIC: I think we should.

So we've got three, four, five, six, seven... PHILIP: So there's 11 plates.

ERIC: Mm-hm.

11 fours are 44, aren't they?

ERIC: Yes.

VO: Sharp as a tack our Phil, but with half of them a bit bashed, try doing a deal on the other six.

Uh, watch out, Debs, here they come.

You have a lovely shop here.

Thank you.

ERIC: And it's been a pleasure to look around.

So, I saw these China plates.

ERIC: I think they were £4 a plate.

And we would like to take six.

So that would lead to £24 total.

Uh-huh.

But we also saw something that I've heard is called a "death penny", so I was wondering if I could take the plates, and the penny, for £60?

PHILIP: Ow... DEBBIE: No.

It's a little too low.

How about we do 65 for the two?

ERIC: It sounds like a deal.

DEBBIE: OK. VO: Nicely done, handled like a pro.

That's 24 for the plates, and 41 for the penny.

PHILIP: Well, you bring the plates.

And I'll go and find the death penny, and we'll jump in the car before she changes her mind.

DEBBIE: Thank you.

ERIC: Thank you.

DEBBIE: Have a good day.

ERIC: You as well, Thanks.

VO: You've just made it a whole lot better for them, Debbie.

PHILIP: Really good start.

Actually, I'm pleased with that.

VO: I should think so, too.

Departing in the DeLorean with £335.

Now, back in the back roads, Bobby and Angus talk family history.

ANGUS: How are you enjoying it so far?

Are you alright?

Yeah, good, because even though... During my childhood, we used to visit charity shops every Saturday.

BOBBY: We'd go to the library, East Ham Library.

I was reading books, and before we'd see a West Ham game, we'd visit our local charity shops.

BOBBY: It wasn't meant for antique hunting, but we would see little trinkets and we'd have a £10 budget.

So this is slightly different as we've got a bigger budget to splash.

VO: But for now, they're off in search of the sound of leather on willow.

They've come to the St Lawrence Ground, home to Kent County Cricket Club, to learn more about how the county was integral to the development of the game, with chairman of the Kent Cricket Trust, Jonathan Halliday.

The world's first-ever recorded cricket match took place around 1611, in West Kent.

Kent's clearly played a big role in the development of cricket.

But what is it about Kent, is there something in the air?

I think it's largely in the rich landowners who employed people simply for their cricketing ability, because they liked gambling.

There was this chap, Horatio Mann, Sir Horatio Mann.

He gambled absolutely...

I mean, he went bankrupt in the end, just by not picking the right players, I think.

But he certainly contributed to what was effectively the development of professional cricketers.

JONATHAN: Also, of course, a little bit later than that, by the time you get to the early 19th century, there is the question of the development of over-arm bowling.

There was a cricketer called John Willes.

He wanted his sister, Christina, to bowl to him in practice.

BOBBY: Mm-hm.

But Christina wore these wide crinoline dresses, and therefore could not bowl properly underarm, and her arm had to come round shoulder height.

John thought, this is a very effective method.

So he thought he would try it.

And for many years, he was no-balled every time he tried it.

JONATHAN: But it was only a few more years after that when roundarm bowling, which is bowling at that level, was first permitted.

Overarm bowling was not permitted until the 1860s.

And nowadays, underarm bowling is illegal.

So obviously we like antiques, we like looking at things.

Are there any sort of fascinating objects or artefacts that we can see related to the club?

JONATHAN: Well, I've got a few here I can show you.

VO: In its long history, Kent has won the County Championship seven times.

The club's first golden age came between 1906 and 1913, taking the trophy four times.

I like this cricket ball because it is actually Margate College against St George's Cricket Club.

"With this ball, HV Evans took 10 wickets in one innings, "June 9th, 1909."

Wow, what an innings!

Now, this is one of the things that we try to do here, is not just the first-class game and the professional game, but to have mementos of all levels of cricket.

BOBBY: Mm.

JONATHAN: And that's a good example of a schools match from 1909.

So Jonathan, this is obviously an incredible collection of what Kent has been involved with in the past.

How about something in the present day?

Well, just out there, let's go and have a look at Kent playing at the moment.

BOBBY: I think it's amazing to think that, with all the roots of cricket starting, you know, some of it here in Kent, and now we can see it in the modern day, being played out in front of us.

Absolutely, and it's very much changed from what it was like in the 1600s and 1700s, obviously.

But it still gives rise to the same passion and the same enthusiasm as it ever did.

And Kent look to be doing well.

JONATHAN: Yeah.

BOBBY: Yes!

VO: Moving on to the quiet village of Rough Common, and Harbledown Cricket Club.

It was established in 1868, making it one of the oldest on the planet.

So Jo, is there a history of early cricket in Kent?

Most certainly, there is.

The very first game ever known to have taken place and be recorded was in 1610... Oh, the reign of James I.

Absolutely, the same year that Shakespeare wrote The Tempest.

So that's a long while ago.

I can't even work it out now.

410, 412 years.

You're the mathematician.

BOBBY: Yes, I am.

BOBBY: So, it would be an honor to play in this ground here, this old... JONATHAN: I've got some cricket equipment for you.

Would you like to have a quick go?

We can easily do that.

JONATHAN: Yeah.

ANGUS: Brilliant!

VO: Let's hope you boys do it justice.

BOBBY: OK. Come on, Angus.

Give it your best bowl.

BOBBY: Argh!

ANGUS: (LAUGHS) BOBBY: Thank you.

BOBBY: (LAUGHS) Sorry.

BOBBY: Oh, no.

Disaster.

ANGUS: That was alright, wasn't it?

Well, for some.

I need to work on my game.

Yeah, I don't think you'll be getting called up for Yorkshire, I'm afraid.

No.

Maybe Antiques Road Trip's second team.

VO: Maybe stick with mathematics?

The modern game of cricket, with its global audience of billions, has much to thank Kent for.

Not bad for one of England's most modest counties.

Meanwhile, Eric and Phil are taking in the bucolic back roads of Kent.

PHILIP: Come on, Eric, how did you get yourself into Cambridge university?

Well, I wanted to see another part of the world.

ERIC: I applied for a masters degree, and I got in.

Did it live up to everything you expected it to be?

The place is amazing.

I mean, just the number of activities to get involved in.

Yeah.

ERIC: University Challenge... PHILIP: Yeah.

..being, for me, the most fruitful.

When did you meet Bobby?

Well, at Cambridge, various teams qualify to compete on University Challenge.

Yep.

ERIC: So the teams that qualify all practice against each other.

A certain Bobby Seagull organized all the practices.

And are you and him sort of naturally competitive?

I think so.

I mean, you know, when we were on University Challenge, we cheered for each other, except in the match where we played against each other.

ERIC: I like to have fun, you know?

PHILIP: Yeah.

I like to... Whatever I do, you know, it's more of a, can it be enjoyable to me?

Can I meet interesting people?

VO: Hopefully, you like interesting places, too.

If so, your next shopping location, the coastal town of Whitstable, won't disappoint.

Looking for their next catch, they park up and pop to the high street.

ERIC: Alright, here we are.

Memories and Moonbeams.

Hey, do you want a memory or a moonbeam?

ERIC: I'll take the moonbeams.

OK, I'll have the memory, then.

VO: At our age, Phil, it's the best we can hope for.

On a lighter note, you've got £335 to spend willy nilly, with owner Bev.

What do you think, any resemblance?

VO: To you or Phil?

What on earth have you got there?

ERIC: It's a ceramic dog.

A pug.

PHILIP: How much is it?

ERIC: £25.

PHILIP: I think that's probably £19 too much, Eric.

ERIC: I guess we'll just have to leave our little friend behind.

PHILIP: Yeah, let's just live in hope that it doesn't follow us.

I don't know where they get these people from.

They told me it was Bryan Adams.

VO: Well, then the pug would definitely "run to you".

That could come in handy.

This is an interesting contraption, Phil.

ERIC: Do you think it's an oil lamp?

Like, would you have oil in here and then the wick going down?

I think it's an utter nonsense.

PHILIP: I think you've got an old carriage lamp plonked on top of an old bottle, plonked on top of an old table.

It doesn't kind of work for me, stylistically, though.

ERIC: No?

PHILIP: What I think... ERIC: I wonder if it could be separated.

Well, whip the old lamp out.

And see what we can see.

OK. PHILIP: There we are.

ERIC: And...

In a way, I kind of...

I prefer that.

ERIC: Yes, it is a nice... a nice bottle here.

Is it purely decorative?

PHILIP: I think, originally, it was probably industrial.

So whether that would have sat in a chemist, or an industrial premises, you know, might have been one of those carboy type containers that had distilled water or whatever in it.

But I think it's probably got more legs as it is now.

So what we've got is a probably 1950s glass bottle, green glass bottle, and underneath it, you've got an Edwardian, 1910-ish, ebonized, probably Japanese, jardiniere stand.

So the stand would have been used for putting a really smart vase on.

What's the ticket price on the three?

ERIC: It says, for the three, £75.

We've already lost a third of it, haven't we?

ERIC: Mm-hm.

PHILIP: Um... ERIC: So what would that be?

ERIC: About £50, total, if it was... PHILIP: I think at auction that's gonna make, if you're lucky, 30 to 40 quid.

ERIC: Shall we try for 20?

£20.

That's what you've got to buy it for.

PHILIP: If we buy the two, I'm intending to sell them as one lot.

Well, let's try it.

I think it's time to unleash you, Eric.

PHILIP: Do your worst.

Well, do your best, actually.

Alright, Bev, can we do some business?

We certainly can.

What are your thoughts, Eric?

We'll be leaving the lamp with you.

OK. ERIC: So it would just be the vintage bottle, and the Japanese stand, and we think they could go together, but we would probably need to take a bit off the price here.

So if that was a third of the price, that would be £50.

ERIC: But even that, I think, might be a bit steep for us.

Could we go to £15?

BEV: Ooh, that's a little bit harsh.

ERIC: 20?

BEV: For both?

For the glass and for the stand.

BEV: I think I'm gonna have to take your 20.

Yes, we'll take it for 20.

Good man!

Right, let's leave the money on the counter.

VO: Heave ho, chaps.

So, with £315 for tomorrow, you pair can relax.

PHILIP: It's been a top day, hasn't it, eh?

ERIC: A lovely day.

PHILIP: So all we've got to do now, I think fish and chips by the pier, if there is a pier.

Some chips for me sounds great.

PHILIP: Absolutely.

VO: I wonder what those other two are up to.

Ooh, that was a... That was a day.

Yeah, what a day.

I mean, we were blessed with the weather, weren't we?

Yeah.

You know, we can't complain.

It's not a bad life, is it?

ANGUS: Driving around in a beautiful car... With beautiful people!

ANGUS: Oh, thank you.

BOBBY: (LAUGHS) And we've had a spot of cricket.

Oh, yes.

We've got plenty of money to spend.

Yes.

So I think we're alright.

Don't worry about the other team.

The thing is, with this Aston Martin, I'm sure we can sabotage them somehow.

You know, in our dashboard...

This button says "ejector", shall I press it?

Ah, after...

When Eric's sitting here, then you can press that button.

VO: Ha-ha-ha!

Nighty night, you lot.

It's the sunny second day of road tripping with our fab four - Seagull, Monkman, Ashworth and Serrell.

ERIC: It's great to be back in the Aston again.

It is!

Start of day two.

We've got the purring sound of this lion.

Antique foraging.

How are you feeling, Eric?

It's been great to shop with Phil.

He's been a great driver of the DeLorean.

We've found some great things, and I'm looking forward to see what they'll sell for at auction.

Yes, I'm feeling a bit jealous.

I mean, to be honest, I love Angus, I love Angus.

BOBBY: But I'm feeling, like, Monkman and Seagull separation anxiety.

Normally, if I'm in a car, I'm always with you.

That's true.

And now, this time, I have Mr Ashworth.

BOBBY: He's done a fine job.

ERIC: Good stuff.

But no one can... No one can be the Monkman.

Thank you.

That's very kind, Bobby.

VO: OK, you two, remember, you're still in competition here.

A lovely afternoon watching Kent County Cricket play.

You know, we had a little game as well.

But I have to tell you, Eric is fantastic.

He just makes me laugh.

He makes me laugh without realizing he makes me laugh.

Well, they're such characters, aren't they?

Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely.

I mean, Bobby, he's like an excitable child.

He's just like, "Whoa!"

ANGUS: And you're just talking, all of a sudden, he comes out with these, like, facts.

I heard Eric talking about how you work out the specific gravity of a mountain.

PHILIP: He'd lost me.

ANGUS: What?

PHILIP: Yeah.

VO: Sounds like a good time to compare purchases.

BOBBY: So let's see what we have in our boot.

You let me know, what do you have?

I have some china from China.

I like that.

Blue chinaware.

From the reign of the Qing dynasty.

BOBBY: Oh... ERIC: Qianlong.

Ah, was that 1644, was when the Qings... VO: Eric also bought the death penny, along with the huge glass jar and small table, spending just £85.

ERIC: What did you get?

So I got...

So, I'm a big football fan.

England's most successful manager, in terms of trophies, but percentage win 61.6, very good for a manager, Alf Ramsey, a first day cover, signed commemorative... ERIC: Excellent.

VO: He also bought a set of vintage oars, dishing out a total of £130.

ERIC: You have your work cut out for you, certainly.

BOBBY: I do.

I'm gonna channel the spirit of Sir Alf Ramsey.

You better get going, then, and I better get going, too.

BOBBY: Yes, I'm gonna head off to my next shop.

VO: Well, as they say, divide and conquer.

So with Bobby en route to Angus in Lenham... ..Eric and Phil are Rochester bound, with £315 to play with.

PHILIP: Well, here we are.

ERIC: There we go, Memories.

ERIC: Last time we had Moonbeams and Memories.

PHILIP: We're gonna make some memories.

ERIC: This one just sell memories.

PHILIP: There we go.

ERIC: There we go.

VO: Pulling up outside a more modest establishment, with £315 to play with.

Inside, it looks like it's got something for everyone.

It gets a thumbs up from Eric.

Hi, Eric, look at this, this is cool.

PHILIP: Do you know what that is?

A candle holder?

No, no, no, I'll tell you what it's for.

So if you've got a leg of lamb at the dinner table, you put the leg in there, tighten that up, and then you hold it while you carve it.

How cool is that?

PHILIP: What do you reckon?

I don't eat lamb, so... no.

That's probably just drawn a blank with that, then.

VO: Well, one man's cool is another man's cold.

Nice try, though, Phil.

I found these silhouettes.

I thought you were quiet.

I find them interesting because when I think of a silhouette, I think of black.

Yeah.

ERIC: But these have some gilding on them.

Like they're bronze-tinted, aren't they?

PHILIP: The golden age of silhouettes is the Regency period, from around 1805, perhaps, to 1825, something like that.

If you take, very carefully, that miniature out of the frame, it should lift out, or the silhouette out.

ERIC: Yes, it says "Miers..." Can I have a look?

So that's "Miers, Profile Painter & Jeweller, "111, The Strand, London."

Have a look at the back of that plaster.

Is there something written on there?

It says, "Mrs Winchester..." PHILIP: Yeah.

ERIC: "..December 1816."

So it's in our period.

PHILIP: Absolutely right.

ERIC: Excellent.

I think that's lovely.

So there's two buts.

The first but is, how much are they?

And the second but is that these things could have made...

I mean, I know of a Miers silhouette that made £1,000, 15 years ago, but it's not 15 years ago.

So the market for these has dropped a little bit, but, hopefully, there's still gonna be collectors of them.

PHILIP: How much?

ERIC: In terms of price, it says here... £365.

PHILIP: I think they're a real gamble.

The real question is, do you like them?

They are beautiful items.

OK, so that sounds like, to me, like that's a yes.

ERIC: Yes.

PHILIP: OK, well, put them back down there.

Your challenge now is I'd like you to find one other thing in this shop.

I think I can meet that challenge.

PHILIP: OK. Something that floats Eric's boat.

VO: Over in Lenham, Angus has made a start on the second-day search at the Corner House.

Lynn's at the helm today, and with Angus getting stuck in, he just needs his partner.

Ah, there he is now, armed with £270.

OK. Time to find Angus, then.

VO: Seek and ye shall find.

ANGUS: Bobby.

BOBBY: Oh, hey, Angus.

ANGUS: You made it.

BOBBY: I have, I've survived.

You all raring for a fun day of antiques buying?

Yes, antiques searching, foraging.

(LAUGHS) Well, this is a bit you.

BOBBY: Poseidon's... Well, I'm glad you think I look like Poseidon.

BOBBY: ..trident.

ANGUS: No, this is... you're from East London, right?

BOBBY: Yes, I am.

This is a slight, tenuous link to East London.

The street lamps?

Ah, I like your thinking.

No, this is... you were closer with your Poseidon's trident, this is an eel spear.

BOBBY: Ooh.

ANGUS: Eels, very slippery, catchy.

So you'd have used this with the barbs, and you would've gone in the river, and you would have caught your eels, and of course, East London, jellied eels is a massive delicacy.

My dad used to take us to get jellied eels and mash growing up.

ANGUS: We might scare off Eric with that one, a bit.

BOBBY: Yeah.

ANGUS: Yeah.

Go on, then.

Let's have a look around.

ANGUS: See what we can find.

BOBBY: Let's do that.

VO: Hopefully, something "eel" really like.

Ha-ha!

Now, where's Angus leading Bobby?

I've seen this, but I just love this building, don't you?

I think, apparently, it was used for collecting tithes and taxes.

Yeah, 15th-century building, it's gorgeous.

Well, not quite as early as that is this that I've spotted, Bobby.

BOBBY: Oh, what is it?

Well, it's a bit of an oddity.

So this bit here, in the middle band there... BOBBY: Mm-hm.

ANGUS: ..is known as like a Florian ware, and is typical of a ceramic company, a British company called Macintyre.

Mm-hm.

ANGUS: Started around sort of 1850s, '60s, and it went on right through into the 20th century and merged and became Moorcroft, which is hugely popular ceramics.

This is a bit of a crossover thing, really.

That bit there and the handles, very typical Victorian.

ANGUS: And this is kind of, the top and bottom's a bit sort of later in its style.

So it's an unusual piece.

A couple of minor nibbles on the spout.

Condition's always important.

But it's marked there, Macintyre, James Macintyre, that started the company.

That's why you've got the JM and Co in the middle.

BOBBY: Ah, OK, I see.

OK, OK. ANGUS: £68 on it.

ANGUS: It's what I call a speculative piece.

It's one of those that could fall flat on its face or fly.

You've got to take a risk for a chocolate biscuit, yeah?

For a... Is that what we get, a chocolate biscuit?

Yeah, yeah, if we beat them.

ANGUS: What chocolate biscuit?

BOBBY: Uh...

Bourbon.

ANGUS: Oh, OK, alright.

BOBBY: Dip it in this.

ANGUS: Yeah.

BOBBY: Victory.

ANGUS: Yeah.

(LAUGHS) ANGUS: So, I don't know what you feel... BOBBY: Yeah, I think it's quirky.

It just adds...

When I think about investing, you always try and get a portfolio of different assets, to diversify, and that's what we're doing.

Building a portfolio that can vanquish Eric and Phil.

Wonderful.

But obviously stocks and shares can go up and down in value.

BOBBY: Yeah.

ANGUS: Yeah.

VO: Hey, thanks for the caveat there, Angus.

Maybe it's something to hedge your bets on.

Ha!

Now, what memories are Eric and Phil making over in Rochester?

Hey, Phil, come and have a look at this.

What have you got there?

ERIC: This is a Roman coin from the Emperor Vespasian.

Roman coin?

I don't know anything about Roman coins.

Well, Vespasian reigned from 69 to 79 AD.

He took over after the chaos that followed the death of Emperor Nero.

He restored sound currency, partly by taxing public toilets.

His son said to him, "Dad, that's disgusting."

He held up a coin and said, "This does not stink", "Pecunia non olet".

So the way that you get it doesn't matter, so long as you've got it.

PHILIP: I like that a lot.

"Pecunia non olet."

PHILIP: I like that, I'm gonna to use that.

PHILIP: So how much is that?

ERIC: It's £42 of non-stinking money.

PHILIP: I think you kind of love that, don't you?

ERIC: I'd love to own this.

You're gonna do a deal on both.

OK, let's go.

ERIC: Excellent.

VO: Quickly, pop back for the silhouettes.

Brian awaits.

ERIC: Hi there.

BRIAN: Hello, Eric.

I found some things that we'd like to take with us.

And they're very nice, too.

They are.

We've got these two beautiful silhouettes.

And this coin from the reign of the Emperor Vespasian.

Uh-huh.

And I was thinking £150 for all three.

I wouldn't be able to do that.

I'd be thinking more... 200.

185?

I could do 185.

You've got a deal.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

VO: So that's 150 for the silhouettes, and 35 for the coin.

ERIC: £185 of non-stinking money.

VO: The boys end their shopping with £130 left.

PHILIP: Are you pleased with that?

ERIC: Oh, yes.

PHILIP: Top job.

What was that coin bit?

ERIC: Pecunia non olet.

PHILIP: "Pecunia non olet."

I'm gonna remember that.

VO: Well, you were looking to make some memories, Phil.

Back at the Corner House, have Bobby and Angus found anything unforgettable?

No way!

What are the odds?

Angus, come, run, quickly!

ANGUS: I don't want to run in here.

Yeah, walk quickly.

What's going on, Bobby?

I went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Right.

And yesterday we were looking at an oar.

Yes.

And here's an oar-some discovery.

I see what you did there.

Yes!

So this is an Emmanuel College St Mary's Boat Club from 1903.

ANGUS: This would have been your guys, then?

Yeah.

I mean, it can't be...

I spotted the lion, the blue lion.

I thought, ah, I've seen the blue lion elsewhere.

It's Scotland and Chelsea Football Club, but this is Emmanuel's.

ANGUS: Was Eric in Emmanuel College, then?

No, Eric was at my rival, Wolfson College.

ANGUS: No!

Wolfson College, Cambridge university.

BOBBY: We were rivals... ANGUS: Yeah.

..on University Challenge.

So I can, like, flaunt this and go, "There you go, we're back.

Emmanuel are back."

ANGUS: (LAUGHS) Brilliant.

I mean, it could have been me.

There's the cox, that's me, the wee lad.

Yeah.

I could have been there, sitting down.

You're gonna have to get that, aren't you?

Yeah.

I mean, I'm looking at the price, what is it?

ANGUS: Mm, 55.

Do you think there's any other sort of Blues out there that are gonna... BOBBY: If there's someone with a rowing interest, especially with the oar...

Yes.

Are you thinking put the two together?

Possibly, I wonder.

Yeah, that could... Yeah, we could do that.

ANGUS: Eagle eyes.

BOBBY: I know.

ANGUS: I would've walked right past it.

BOBBY: Seagull eyes.

Seagull eyes!

ANGUS: Seagull eyes!

BOBBY: Yeah!

VO: (CHUCKLES) Very good!

ANGUS: Bobby, I've spotted this.

BOBBY: Ooh.

It's a bottle, but it's... ANGUS: I think it's been for shipping, because it's got this padded hessian sack on it to protect the glass.

So you can imagine this on board ship, full of rum or brandy.

And you've got this lovely rope-twist carry handle.

BOBBY: Yes.

ANGUS: It would have been very heavy, full.

I just think it's a quirky thing.

ANGUS: I mean, you could, what a lot of people do now is convert them and make it into a lamp.

ANGUS: Now, I think at £68, they've put 19th century, looking at the glass molding, it might be a little bit later than that, but it's still getting on for 100 years old, and it's got quite nice, it's got this writing on here, "RG & Co." Is that the company, possibly?

ANGUS: Probably, yeah.

And it's just, I just think it's a bit different, and I haven't seen one before.

ANGUS: I've just lifted it up, it was tucked down underneath.

BOBBY: Uh-huh.

So it might be something that's been sat here a long time.

It's not loved.

We need to find it some love.

ANGUS: Yeah, so if it's been there a long time, Lynn might be happy to see it go.

ANGUS: Let's see if we can get a good price.

BOBBY: OK, so for a price it's a potential buy?

Yeah, I think so, it's interesting.

VO: Right, ready for a haggle?

Let's hope Lynn's feeling generous.

BOBBY: Hi, Lynn.

LYNN: Hello.

We've seen a few items that have really piqued our interest.

OK.

So firstly, we saw a photograph of the Emmanuel College Cambridge university boat team from 1903.

What's the best price that you could do for us there?

I think the best we can do on that one would be 35.

And the second item we had actually was, er... Was it the bottle?

ANGUS: Yeah.

It's like a ship's bottle in that hessian.

LYNN: Yeah, that one's been here a while.

ANGUS: I mean, we were interested in that, weren't we?

BOBBY: Yeah, I think so, we... LYNN: 20 quid?

LYNN: Take it off my hands.

I think you want rid of that one, don't you?

Yeah.

And there's one final item we had.

It was the... ANGUS: Yeah, the Macintyre jug.

The one that you can pour... LYNN: Oh, the blue one, yes.

BOBBY: Yeah, the blue one.

What could you do for that one?

I think the best I could do on that would be 50.

What's the best price for all three together?

LYNN: 100 for the lot.

BOBBY: 100.

Yeah, yeah?

ANGUS: 100.

BOBBY: 100, yeah?

I think Lynne's been very fair to us, there.

BOBBY: You've been very generous.

Thank you.

VO: So, those break down as 35 for the photo, 45 for the jug and 20 for the bottle.

BOBBY: Here we go.

A successful shop.

ANGUS: Absolutely.

And look at the sunshine, Bobby.

BOBBY: I know.

Glorious.

Absolutely glorious.

VO: Whilst those two enjoy the drive to the next shop... ..Eric and Phil are heading for Rochester Cathedral to learn about a British composer who suffered for his art.

I'm going to christen you The Sponge, The Human Sponge, because you just soak up knowledge, don't you?

I try to.

What is more impressive, we all get told things, but you retain them all.

That's what frightens me.

I try to.

You are a sponge.

Eric The Sponge.

VO: Mm.

Kind of backhanded compliment, there, Phil?

Change the subject, hey?

Your interest in music, where does that come from?

My interest in music comes from my late father.

You know, he always had a tape on.

He was always playing something by Bach, or something by Beethoven, Mozart.

ERIC: So I gained a taste for beautiful music at a young age.

VO: Arriving at the cathedral, they're meeting Adrian Lacey to find out more about the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Now, what do you know about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?

I only know about him for the most trivial of reasons, which is that there is a composer who has a name that is very similar to the name of the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

ADRIAN: I'd been told you knew everything about everything, Eric, but I'm happy to fill in some gaps, if I can.

VO: Not to be confused with the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, our Samuel was born in Holborn in 1875.

His father was from Sierra Leone, and, being born mixed heritage, Samuel faced adversity from an early age.

But soon it was his talent that set him apart.

He showed a musical gift at a very young age, started playing the violin by the age of five.

And by the time he got to the age of 15, he was inducted into the Royal College of Music, which is near the Royal Albert Hall in London.

VO: A master on the piano, his growing reputation as a composer was such that he was noticed by the best in the business.

His talent was spotted, and no less a composer than Sir Edward Elgar, who was very fulsome in his praise for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

And Elgar was actually asked to write a piece for the Three Choirs Festival, but Elgar was too busy to fulfil that commission and he actually passed the commission to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

And, in the very same year, he wrote what was his, if you like, his big hit, which was Hiawatha's Wedding Feast.

And that links him back to Rochester Cathedral here, because he performed it at this very cathedral three years later, in 1901.

VO: Now just 23 years old, Samuel was selling thousands of copies of his masterpiece across the globe, conducting his music to packed theatres, and whilst in America, he was invited to the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Coleridge was on top of the musical world, but all was not as it seemed.

Because he needed the money shorter term, he sold the rights to his first big hit, if you like.

He sold them to the publishers Novello for just 15 guineas, which is less than £16.

What ideally would have been the situation was that he would have had an income from royalties from all the sales, he was selling thousands of copies of these works.

PHILIP: It's really sad, that, isn't it?

ADRIAN: It's very sad.

That can't be divorced from his early death at the age of 37.

ADRIAN: But, as a consequence of that, in Britain, the Performing Rights Society, or PRS, was born, which has helped manage ever since royalties for composers, and that's thanks to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Would you like to come and hear it inside Rochester Cathedral?

ERIC: I think we would, yes.

PHILIP: Lead on, Eric.

ADRIAN: We might even rope you in.

You never know.

VO: Ha ha!

Get your baton ready, young man.

ADRIAN: So, ladies and gentlemen, can I introduce your brand-new celebrity conductor, Mr Eric Monkman.

VO: What did I say?

(CHOIR SINGS) VO: The Rochester Choral Society was established in 1873 and they've been regularly practicing in the cathedral for a century.

(CHOIR SINGS) VO: Though Coleridge-Taylor never lived long enough to reap the rewards of his talent, generations of composers since, and for evermore, have much to thank him for.

Now, with Eric lost in the music... ..how are those other two conducting themselves?

Ha!

Nice link!

ANGUS: Bobby, last shop.

BOBBY: How am I feeling?

ANGUS: Yeah.

So we've got £170 left.

We've calculated that's 42.5% of the budget, on 20% of our purchases.

Clearly, that's putting us at an advantage.

ANGUS: Yeah.

I feel as if we can either go for a classy, high-quality antique, or something bonkers.

ANGUS: Do you know what?

I think we should have a bit of fun.

BOBBY: A bit of fun.

ANGUS: We've got loads of budget left.

BOBBY: Yes.

ANGUS: Let's just find something crazy.

You know, I don't know what this shop's gonna be like, but, you know, it's the last one, let's go out with a bang.

BOBBY: Let's do this.

ANGUS: All or nothing.

VO: Sounds like my sort of plan.

Bound for the town of Snodland on the River Medway, they're heading for The Antiques Store.

Hm.

I wonder what they sell?

Ha-ha!

ANGUS: (REVS ENGINE) VO: Easy does it, Angus.

ANGUS: Right, let's do this.

BOBBY: Excellent work.

Here we go.

BOBBY: OK. VO: Such a gent.

ANGUS: After you.

BOBBY: The guru's letting me in.

ANGUS: Oh, look at this!

BOBBY: Yeah.

ANGUS: It's alright.

VO: Inside, it's a haven of calm, run by Debbie.

Hello, Debbie.

What are you doing now?

BOBBY: Gratings.

BOBBY: Greetings from The Antiques Shop.

VO: Well, they did say they'd have some fun.

Don't lose sight of the task in hand, though, chaps.

In a big shop like this, Bobby... Mm-hm.

..you know you can get lost, there's so much stuff.

But actually, quite often the first thing you see when you walk in through the door.

ANGUS: What about these?

BOBBY: In my mind, I'm thinking we've got Watson and Crick.

BOBBY: We've got... ANGUS: Bobby.

..statue A and statue B.

You do know there's a boy and a girl?

BOBBY: Oh, I did not realize.

ANGUS: Yeah, yeah.

BOBBY: OK. ANGUS: (LAUGHS) Marie Curie and Pierre Curie.

ANGUS: OK, yeah.

BOBBY: Science.

I saved it.

ANGUS: I mean, I just think these are really decorative.

They're a composite stone, they're nicely weathered, very sort of country house look.

And actually, this sort of thing is quite in now.

They've got a look, haven't they?

I think so, yeah.

ANGUS: Big problem is, they're £250 the pair.

Ooh.

ANGUS: That's more money than we've got.

But do we see if we can get them... Yeah.

ANGUS: ..and blow every penny?

As a qualified chartered accountant, I recommend people, they have a budget, spend the budget, and the next year you will get an increased budget.

ANGUS: My accountant's always telling me not to spend money.

ANGUS: Well... BOBBY: Come to me.

Why don't we see if we can get them at the price?

VO: Looking for something a bit more concrete, hey?

Ha ha!

Well, I'm late for lessons.

I'm late for lessons.

I haven't got time to chat.

Bobby, what are you doing?

After going to an East London comprehensive, I got a scholarship to Eton for my A-levels.

ANGUS: Of course you did.

And I wore...

This is like similar to the waistcoat and tail coat I had there.

ANGUS: Suits you, actually.

BOBBY: Thank you.

The modern Etonian.

ANGUS: (LAUGHS) But I'm still late for lessons.

Yeah, well, get on with it, Bobby.

Yeah.

I'm late.

I'm late.

No time to say hello, goodbye.

I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

I'm late.

I'm late.

He reminds me of my little Jack Russell.

He's just like... VO: Maybe focus that enthusiasm on spending your £170.

Hello, Debbie.

Hello, Bobby.

BOBBY: We've seen an item, actually, when we first walked in, these two cherubs.

BOBBY: The price, it's a steep price.

And we wanted to ask, like, what's the best deal you could do for two charming young men like us?

Charming young men, OK. Price on them, I think, is 250.

DEBBIE: Is that right?

BOBBY: That's correct.

OK. 175.

I think we're in tune.

You know, when the stars align, and the minds are working together, this is a moment of that, because I feel as if there's a deal waiting to happen.

There could be a deal happening there, couldn't there?

DEBBIE: That sounds about right.

BOBBY: There could be?

DEBBIE: Yeah, I could do that.

They're yours!

Yeah, and also what's nice is that you're going to get £10, 17 lots of it.

And 17 is a beautiful prime number, 17.

DEBBIE: I believe you.

ANGUS: Is it?

BOBBY: There we go.

VO: Great job, boys.

(CAR SQUEALS) VO: Oh!

That fan belt wants tightening.

BOBBY: Yeah.

Let's go.

BOBBY: To the auction!

I thoroughly enjoyed the two days.

And, you know, I think we've bought different stuff.

I think our items are gonna be more exciting than Eric and Phil's.

Yes, that's what I'm going to tell Eric.

Yeah.

"We were more exciting than you."

That's gonna be on my epitaph.

"More exciting antiques purchased "than Monkman and Phil."

ANGUS: (LAUGHS) VO: Quite the epitaph, indeed.

Now, where are your arch nemeses?

PHILIP: Do you reckon you could have conducted the Philharmonic?

I'd love to try.

You know, I think that's the way forward.

ERIC: Yeah?

Perhaps if you could conduct the Philharmonic, and I could make a cameo appearance as a solo artist.

ERIC: But you'll have to put on your cassock.

Yeah, I can play my face.

VO: It would be a virtuoso performance, Phil.

Sleep tight.

VO: It's the day of the auction and we're in Stevenage, birthplace of F1 star Lewis Hamilton.

But that's not its only stellar claim to fame.

En route, our two brainboxes eulogize about their experts.

I love people from Yorkshire.

They're always friendly, always have conversation.

I'm a Yorkshire person at heart, so I feel as if we bonded.

How about you and Philip?

I had an excellent time with Phil, such a knowledgeable guy.

ERIC: Really funny.

Erm, and I think... And I learned a lot from him.

I think he learned from you as well.

If he had, I'm proud.

That's sort of what we do, right?

We go, and we learn, and then we share it.

Exactly.

That's how knowledge multiplies.

VO: You'll be in good company here, then.

Here we are, Eric.

Alright.

Good driving.

Thank you.

Pleasure.

VO: Yeah, it's a test facility where boffins put the six-wheeled robot Mars Rover through its paces in 2014.

With our teams in Hertfordshire, their items are in Worcestershire, ready to go under the hammer at Littleton Auctions in Evesham.

As ever, bids are in the room, on the telephone, and off the internet.

Gavel guru Ben Homer pilots the sale today.

Bobby spent 100% of his £400 on his five items.

Does Ben think they're out of this world?

The Alf Ramsey-signed World Cup first day cover, I think that's gonna do very well.

1966 England World Cup ephemera is the creme de la creme.

VO: Eric was more cautious, spending just £270 in total.

What's their top lot, then?

We have a lot of coins come through the auction.

Never had anything as old as this.

So it will be interesting to see where this goes with the coin collectors.

VO: Our teams are watching remotely from the otherworldly Mars Yard, looking rather like a group of intergalactic sunbathers.

Now, is that competitive edge still there?

So, I'll tell you what - losers, right, they get left behind.

It's not bad....

Winners, we get a ride in the Aston Martian!

They have to be left behind for that.

I am a little bit worried, Bobby, but at least we'll have some nice garden cherubs to decorate Mars with.

BOBBY: Exactly.

VO: Yeah.

Phil's been called worse.

(CHUCKLES) First up, it's the signed first day issue.

This is a sentimental purchase.

You bought this with your heart, didn't you?

Heart, yeah.

Can I get £100 to start me on this one?

Just in shock, how cheap it is.

BEN: Start me 50, then, please.

Start me at 30, then.

ANGUS: Oh, no, Bobby.

BOBBY: Oh, no!

30 bid.

At £30 with me on the web.

BEN: Just £30.

40 now.

On the web at 40, looking for 45.

45, we have now.

BEN: At £45... Well, at least there's 45 minutes in a half of a game, and £90 is 90 minutes in a game... PHILIP: You were unlucky with that, aren't you?

It's a symbolic representation.

But do you know what I love about you, Bobby?

BOBBY: Uh-huh?

ANGUS: Just this enthusiasm and optimism.

He's just lost a load of money, but mathematically, it works.

BOBBY: Yeah.

ANGUS: So, brilliant.

VO: Positivity aside, that's a huge own goal.

Win some, lose some.

It's fine.

VO: Indeed.

Next, Eric and Phil's death penny.

You should make a profit on this.

You sell a lot of militaria, don't you?

I do.

Yeah.

I mean, you paid £41.

I'd expect 60, 70 for that.

That's the spirit.

Can I get £100 to start me on that please?

For the death penny.

£100 surely, come on.

Silence.

BEN: Start me at 50, then.

There should definitely be a bid at 50.

50 bid, thank you.

BOBBY: Oh, no, no.

ANGUS: Oh, we're off now.

Is it 55?

BEN: 55, in the room at 55.

I'm looking for 60 now.

60.

65.

BEN: At 65 in the room, 70... ANGUS: Woken up now.

BOBBY: Eric's getting excited.

75.

At £80, I'm going to call it, then, at 80.

Going once, going twice... Sold!

Wow!

That was a good result, that.

I feel good about it.

VO: Almost doubling your dosh, nicely done.

Yeah, we're pretty chilled about that.

I'm panicking now.

VO: Up next, it's Bobby and Angus's McIntyre and Co jug.

Would it be ornamental, or actually used for, like, your milk in your cereal?

ANGUS: It would have been used, yeah, so it would have had a metal lid on the top.

It was just a little bit different.

I've got commission interest in this one.

I can start you off at £50.

Straight in, £50.

Looking for 55 now, room or net.

Just £50 with me, then.

Maiden bid, £50.

Are we all in, and fair warned at 50?

ANGUS: On an early bid.

BOBBY: Aah!

It's kind of disappointing, isn't it, when it goes in at like £5 over what you paid for it, and you think, "We're off to the races here".

ANGUS: Yeah.

BOBBY: Yeah.

VO: Yeah, at least it's not the knacker's yard.

Yeah, you think it's gonna run on, then it just didn't do anything.

VO: Maybe the Roman coin will roll along.

This is a coin of the Emperor Vespasian.

This is a very rare coin.

ERIC: Yeah.

ANGUS: Yeah.

I've got commission interest on this one, and I can start you at £18, the bid's with me.

BEN: At £18.

20, comes back to me at 22.

25 takes me out.

28, 30 in the room.

So I'm going to call it at 30.

Going once, 30 going twice.

Sold at £30.

BOBBY: OK. Do you know what?

That's kind of, for something at that age, it's like no money, is it, really?

No, I mean, age never translates to money, does it?

No.

BOBBY: (LAUGHS) VO: You'd be priceless, Phil.

A bit of a disappointment, but we have perseverance.

BOBBY: Yeah.

PHILIP: Yeah.

VO: A profit is better, though.

Surely the ship's bottle will turn the tide.

I mean, it was £20 for a big decorative thing that somebody will probably turn into a lamp.

20 bid.

Thank you.

At £20.

BEN: 22 now, at 25 we have now.

At £25, 28 now, just in time.

ANGUS: Oh!

BEN: £28, looking for 30... PHILIP: Snuck in!

At £28... That's not bad, another expert profit.

VO: A clever buy.

Well done, Angus.

ANGUS: A small profit... BOBBY: Small, yeah.

ERIC: Profit on a bottle.

VO: It's better than a small loss.

Next, it's the silhouettes.

Lovely.

I really, really like these.

Possibly by Miers, but I just think they're such lovely things.

Where are we going with those?

Surely £50 to start me?

PHILIP: Ooh!

50 bid.

Thank you.

At £50.

BEN: 55, at 60 now.

I'm at £60.

65.

£70 on the web... Oh, thank the lord for that.

BEN: At £70.

On the web at 70... BOBBY: It's creeping.

BEN: £75, I'm gonna call it.

80 now.

ANGUS: Oh!

BOBBY: Ooh!

BOBBY: Got halfway.

ANGUS: Just in, last minute.

BEN: New bidder at 80.

At 90, I'm looking for £100.

Oh... it's creeping up, isn't it?

BOBBY: Yeah!

I'm at £100 now on the web.

At £100, I'm looking for 110.

£100.

With me, then, at £100.

VO: Oh, dear.

That's an absolute steal for the buyer there.

Well, still a beautiful pair of silhouettes.

PHILIP: Yeah.

VO: Let's hope the rowing team photo and oars can take the strain.

This is a sentimental buy.

I will tolerate a loss for sentimentality.

Can you start me at £50 on this lot, please?

BEN: Go 30 for them, then.

Yeah.

20 bid.

Thank you.

At £20 in the room.

BEN: At 20, looking for 22 now.

BEN: 22, on the web at 22, 25, 28, 30 in the room.

Room or net.

At 35, on the web at 35.

Fair warned at £35.

BOBBY: Ooh!

I think if you sell that at Cambridge, at a dinner party, you'd get significantly... ANGUS: Yeah, but we're at Mars.

PHILIP: Rather than Mars?

I know, that's the problem.

VO: Anyone have a sinking feeling?

I'll take 25% responsibility for the oars.

75%?

I appreciate the generosity in sharing the burden.

VO: So magnanimous!

What can the Edwardian jardiniere stand offer?

It's still a nice, elegant object, isn't it?

I've got commission interest in this.

I'm in at just £28.

BOBBY: Oh!

PHILIP: Drop the hammer!

PHILIP: (LAUGHS) BOBBY: I know!

I'm at 50, on the web at £50.

£50!

What!

Fair warned at just £50.

"Just" 50.

VO: Just brilliant.

150% profit.

Well done.

Well done.

VO: It's Bobby and Angus' last lot, the pair of cherubs.

Here's hoping for divine intervention.

They look as if they've undergone some sort of radioactive damage.

I mean, they're nicely weathered.

50 bid.

Thank you.

At £50.

BEN: I'm at 60 now.

65, 70, 75, 80.

BEN: 90... ANGUS: Climbing.

100, 110.

BEN: I'm with £110.

BEN: 120 on the web, 130 on the web, 140.

Going once at 140, twice at 140.

Gavel's up.

BOBBY: Ooh!

ANGUS: Oh, 140.

You were unlucky there.

A bit disappointed with that, actually.

VO: Yeah, me too.

Yeah, that felt like... Commiserations, Bobby.

VO: Oh, bless you, Eric.

Lastly, it's the 18th-century Chinese plates.

I honestly think this is where we need to be worried, Bobby.

ANGUS: I really rate these, and I think the fact you got them for £24 is incredible.

We didn't haggle.

That was the price.

I've got commission interest, and I can start you off at just £20.

I'm looking for...

I've got 30.

That takes me out.

BEN: I'm at 130.

BEN: 150 on platform two.

Oh, that shot up quick.

160.

Where did that come from?

Just like... At £170.

180.

BEN: 190, 200.

220, 230 now.

240.

260 now, 270.

Fair warned at £270... VO: Well... ha ha!

Stunned into silence!

What a phenomenal profit!

BOBBY: That was... PHILIP: I'm chuffed with that.

ANGUS: Yeah, it was a good buy.

Yeah, it was, but I think they made more than I thought they would.

It was a good result, that.

VO: Bobby and Angus started the trip with £400, and spent the lot.

After auction costs and fees, they made a loss of £155.64, leaving them with £244.36.

Eric and Phil started with the same amount, and spent a conservative 270.

But, thanks to the Chinese plates, he ends up making a profit of £164.60, all of which goes to Children In Need.

So Eric wins again!

ERIC: Alright.

Oh, it's the gravity, isn't it, Phil?

PHILIP: Yeah.

Yeah.

BOBBY: Less gravity, should be easy.

You should be bouncing.

ANGUS: Oh, right, OK. Yeah.

So Eric, from this Antiques Road Trip, what will you take away as your abiding piece of knowledge or wisdom?

No matter where you go, there are interesting things to see.

ERIC: There's lots to learn.

If you're lucky, you can do these things with people whose company you enjoy.

But I also say, in terms of antiques, for me, the concept of beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

BOBBY: One person's tat is another person's treasure.

And as long as you can find that person who thinks it's tat, buy it off them, and sell it to the person who thinks it's treasure - quids in!

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