VO: The nation's favorite celebrities... Wow.

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

Ow.

Get it sorted.

VO: ..and a classic car.

She's beautiful.

We're steaming.

VO: Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.

Is that antique?

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

VO: The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

(GAVEL) VO: But it's no easy ride...

There's a dog chasing us!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

I love that.

VO: Who will take the biggest risk?

Ah!

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

Yeah, uh, OK, I know what that means.

Woo-hoo!

VO: There will be worthy winners...

Yes!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Disaster.

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

Let's go shopping.

Woo-hoo!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Oh yeah.

VO: Today we're in landlocked Leicestershire, with two actors who exude old school Hollywood glamour.

What have you come as?!

What?

With that headscarf.

Because of the wind.

I'm Audrey Hepburn!

VO: It's Tony Maudsley and Sherrie Hewson - quite the competitive pair.

Now versatile Tony is no stranger to a period drama.

And recently toured theaters in Hairspray.

Oh, I say!

While Sherrie went from prim and proper Z Cars to the Carry On series, but really became a household name during her time on Corrie.

Your feet are quite big for those gears.

I beg your pardon!

VO: Our celebrities' friendship was forged on the set of sun-soaked sitcom Benidorm, where Sherrie played hotel manageress Joyce, and Tony her nemesis, flamboyant hairdresser Kenneth du Beke.

Yeah, that's been eight years we've worked together.

Yeah I know.

A step up, sort of dealing with antiques and mixing with art dealers.

Fabulous!

These dealers, you know, are very posh.

No, I know.

So, that puts you out, then.

How dare you!

VO: I think these two are going to be trouble.

Let's Carry On Antiquing!

No, it's not Sid James and Joan Sims, it's auctioneer and coin expert Tim Medhurst and dealer Roo Irvine.

We got the pink memo.

Your, your pink is slightly more subtle than my pink.

Yours is very bright.

It's woken me up.

VO: Tim will be squiring Sherrie around the county.

While Roo is sure to have her hands full with Tony!

Benidorm.

Benidorm.

Both Benidorm actress and actor.

Yep.

I'm hoping there's a bit of competition there as well.

Yeah.

Because they've worked with each other so much there must be a bit of friendly rivalry.

I wanna beat you, but I haven't got a clue about antiques, have you?

Well, I'm not antique, before you start!

Haven't said a word!

Mind you, with your legs out, you're more like a Chippendale.

(LAUGHS) ROO: Are you gonna spend all your money?

I'd love to spend every penny.

Yeah.

And I'm sure Sherrie will as well.

Cuz I reckon... Well, cos she definitely...

I reckon put her in a shop, and I don't think we'll have much money left for lunch will we?

VO: Sounds like those two are getting a bit hungry in Herbie here.

Volkswagen Beetle, I've never been in one of these before.

It's cool, isn't it?

It is very cool.

TIM: It's a cool car.

ROO: I know.

A bit like us.

I think we're suiting this car very well.

VO: A bit of a love-in in our love bug.

I wonder if our celebrities are getting along famously in their 1976 BMW.

What d'you think of me car?

It's lovely isn't it?

You can smell an old car, can't you?

You can smell them.

They smell of leather.

Or it could be that triple egg omelet I had... Well, I was just about to say... VO: I think I've lost my appetite.

Ugh.

So with £400 burning a hole in their pockets, let's get our boys and girls paired up.

And here they are.

Here they are.

(HORN HONKS) Toot, toot.

Looking fabulous.

Very glamorous isn't she?

Yeah.

You see, they're better dressed than we are.

They're not better dressed than we are.

Hello, you two.

Hi.

I'm Tony.

This is ET.

SHERRIE: ET?

Oh, I love this baby.

TIM: Oh, it's lovely isn't it?

SHERRIE: Fabulous.

TONY: I wouldn't fit in that.

ROO: You two...

He wouldn't get his body in there at all.

TONY: Big confession, I know nothing about antiques.

ROO: Really?

TONY: Not a thing.

He doesn't.

He knows nothing about anything.

(LAUGHS) There's one antique I know something about.

Can I get shot of her at auction?

(LAUGHS) You might not get much for her!

Oh!

That's mean.

Well, you've started it now.

You've started it.

Maybe we'd better part, we'd better part before there's a fight.

Tony, you're leaving me hanging.

(LAUGHS) TIM: Come on.

ROO: Come on.

Good luck.

And you.

Well, not good luck, actually.

I don't wish you good luck at all.

I wish you nothing.

ROO: Au revoir.

Au revoir, Mademoiselle.

Good riddance.

(LAUGHS) SHERRIE: So what's your plan?

I try not to have too much of a plan, personally.

The thrill of the chase.

Yeah?

Never knowing what you're gonna see every day.

Yes.

And we could walk into that antique shop and we could find a Faberge egg, honestly we could.

Tony Maudsley wouldn't know what a Faberge egg is.

If he saw a Faberge egg, he'd boil it and eat it.

(LAUGHS) And he'd have soldiers with it.

(LAUGHS) VO: Have the others hatched a plan?

We don't want to put all of our eggs in one basket.

You know what, I did, I did an episode of Poirot a few years ago.

It's just decked out in the most beautiful, authentic art deco furniture.

Poirot's... And I loved it, so I keep looking.

VO: This road trip will end with an auction in North Hykeham in Lincolnshire.

But let's get things going in Market Harborough, VO: ..where local legend says a servant girl once gave birth to a cat.

Let's hope Tony doesn't have kittens.

Oh Roo, this is looking promising.

Ooh.

VO: Harborough Antiques Centre has more than 45 dealers spread over two floors - plenty to explore.

Ooh.

I've just spotted something.

What?

Can't get rid of her.

(LAUGHS) What is it?

It's, it's... A sherry dispenser?

It is.

We'd never fit her in it to start with.

Sherry by name, Sherry by nature.

Trust me.

VO: Oooh they are awful.

Oh.

What have you spotted?

Oh, false alarm.

Clever silversmiths back in the day.

From a distance, does that not look like silver hallmarks?

Yeah, it does.

Completely looks like it.

That looks like an anchor there.

But it's old English lettering, think of the Canterbury Tales, E-P-N-S. VO: Electro-Plated Nickel Silver.

An alloy of nickel, zinc and copper and a smidge of silver.

From a distance, that is silver.

Ooh.

Trickery.

And that's exactly why they did it.

So you could keep up with the Joneses.

Glad you're with me.

I'd have snapped that up.

VO: Roo's keeping Tony in line.

I wonder if Sherrie is behaving herself?

Our other team's first shop is Leicester Antiques Warehouse.

Home to more than 5,000 desirable objects.

They really do have everything.

(DOG BARKS) Where shall we go?

This place is huge.

I know, shall we...

There's so many interesting things isn't there?

Shall we look in all the little bits... All the nooks and crannies?

SHERRIE: Yeah.

TIM: Come on, then.

There's so many cabinets.

VO: They're just spoiled for choice.

What have we found?

Nothing.

Oh.

I thought you were engrossed in looking at something exciting.

No.

Nothing at all.

I hate these.

Yeah.

Hate them.

Now, I like this.

Oh, these are smart.

Now, you see I'd have these at home.

But, that's got a funny thing on.

Yeah, this has been restored.

Yeah?

Not very well restored.

Sometimes I think that a pair is great, but if one of them is really bad.

I wouldn't buy them as a pair.

I'd rather just have the one.

D'you know what it would've been used for?

Well, apothecary... Yeah.

I can't even say it.

Apothecary jar.

It would have stood on, in a chemist's window, or... Well, I come from Nottingham and my mother's shop was opposite Jesse Boot's original shop.

Oh, brilliant.

So, do you remember them all in the windows?

Yeah, and it was full of those.

If you saw that in an auction or an antique shop... SHERRIE: I'd buy it.

TIM: You'd buy it for yourself?

SHERRIE: Yeah.

TIM: Well that's a good sign.

Condition is paramount.

SHERRIE: Yeah.

TIM: I'm looking round, and it looks in pretty good condition.

It looks quite good, doesn't it?

I can only see what we would call in the trade minor fleabites.

I can't see a fleabite anywhere.

They're very hardly...

They're not noticeable.

I don't think it detracts.

Date wise I'm thinking that it's probably late 19th or more likely very early 20th century.

I mean, they're asking £35 for a pair.

For the pair.

We don't really want that one.

No, there's no point.

So, I wonder if this one is slightly less if we buy it on its own.

On its own probably.

I love that.

Absolutely love it.

VO: I think we're on to a winner here.

We'll have a look around and come back to it.

Yeah, OK.

I do want that though.

I think that's smart.

Well spotted.

Hah!

VO: Glass lover Sherrie clearly knows what she likes.

How are Tony and Roo getting on in Market Harborough?

Really!

Tony?

D'you think we should have a look in the other room?

These items are really lovely, but I think there's gonna be furniture and antiques through there.

There's another room?

Yeah, two floors.

Let's go.

You ain't got time to sit down.

Just taking the weight off me feet.

(SIGHS) Can't get the staff these days.

VO: Honestly!

Oh, look at this.

Oh my goodness.

That is a name you want to see.

Mappin & Webb.

Have you heard of them?

No.

See, that is a really good name to look out for.

They were silversmiths in the 1700s.

Ooh, suddenly I'm interested.

They had the royal warrant for about 120 years, so they were supplying the royal household.

Really?

Almost like the Rolls Royce of the silversmith world.

Ooh, have we just stumbled across something special then?

VO: I'll say.

But it, you know, it says here 1925.

And it's snuck into the art deco era, hasn't it?

Which you like very much.

Now we're double interested.

That is so heavy.

It is.

It is.

Hold it there, feel the weight there.

Oh, goodness.

VO: Do behave Tony.

Oh, my goodness.

I thought I was bad.

That's, all three, it says 165.

That's not each.

That's all three.

Ooh.

You know, if we could get a bit of money off all three.

That'd be nice, wouldn't it?

VO: Wouldn't it just?

What about this thing here, this seems to go with it.

Is it like a posy holder for flowers or something?

It's a spoon warmer.

A what?

A spoon warmer.

Stop it!

And you would fill this with boiling water, put in your spoons until you needed it, so you had your hot porridge, you had a lovely hot spoon.

God, they were proper pampered those Victorians, weren't they?

They were.

Mr Hudson, me spoon's cold.

I love all of these things.

VO: There's 95 on the spoon warmer.

Let's get Sally over to talk cash.

Sally!

You called there?

Sally!

Please come and join us for dinner, darling.

Oh, thank you.

We have really quite taken to these.

The Mappin & Webb set of three dishes.

So, they're on at 165 for the set.

But are you going to make a cheeky offer?

Shall I make a cheeky offer?

How about a nice, round 100 quid?

Pause that there.

We are also interested in this.

Could we do a cheeky offer for the whole lot?

VO: This pair have too much cheek by half!

Fire away!

I mean, I don't wanna be cheeky, too cheeky.

You're too adorable.

I'm gonna be a bit cheeky.

Go for it.

Just... Go for it!

We're all friends here.

150?

Is that cheeky?

She didn't shake... She didn't throw me out the shop.

VO: Yet.

But it's not up to Sally, best check with the owner.

We'll give him a call if that's OK?

ROO: Perfect.

TONY: OK. (MAKES A RINGING NOISE) Do you think when she calls the dealer she'll actually use an antique telephone?

Hello, Leicester calling.

Shell-phone.

(LAUGHS) VO: Oh, lordy!

Well, deal or no deal?

No, that's another show.

Sally's back.

Sally's back with good news.

Oh.

Is there?

Good offer, accepted.

Yay!

It's a deal.

Woo!

Thanks.

Thank you, Sally.

Best dinner guest I've ever had.

Yay!

VO: A saving of £110 off the Mappin & Webb cloches and that spoon warmer, leaves Tony and Roo with £250 in their budget.

Moneybags.

Oh, yeah.

(LAUGHS) He wants to have his cake and eat it, doesn't he?

I hate parting with money.

I know.

It's not fake, is it?

Ten...

It's...

It's real money.

(LAUGHS) Here you go, Sal.

Thank you.

You made us so happy.

Come on, Sergeant.

Good luck at auction, guys.

Thank you.

Come on, Tony, keep up.

You've got to wear it.

Oops.

I feel like a tortoise.

VO: (LAUGHS) Are they expecting rain?

15 miles away in Leicester are Sherrie and Tim any closer to spending any of their £400?

There's that apothecary jar.

I've seen something for Tony.

(LAUGHS) D'you think he needs one?

Oh, yes!

Very often.

He'd like it though, wouldn't he?

D'you know, I like this at the back.

"The new slipper bed pan.

It should be passed under the patient in front, between the legs."

(GAGS) VO: Anything better to spend a penny on?

TIM: D'you like paperweights?

SHERRIE: I do like paperweights.

It's on the glass theme, isn't it?

That's lovely, isn't it?

Right, so who is he do you think?

So, it looks to me like Henry V of France.

OK?

Now this paperweight, I think is probably made by a factory called Clichy, who had a factory just outside of Paris.

Right?

In the 19th century, and they established in the 1830s...

Right?

And Henry V's reign was in the 1830s as well.

Oh, right.

So, this could have been made really early on in Clichy's making of paperweights... Really?

Which is quite exciting, isn't it?

VO: Technically Henry was never actually crowned king of France, but that's a story for another day.

People like royal memorabilia.

Right?

Yes, of course.

Henry V, king of France.

It's a paperweight.

There's paperweight collectors...

Right?

And people that just like unusual things.

Right.

And it is certainly unusual.

Gorgeous.

I love it.

We must go for that.

VO: If this is Clichy, that's a great find!

It's not bad condition.

There's a few bruises.

Shame the little old paper label's... Yeah, the label, yeah... ..disappeared on the back.

But I think it's wonderful.

How much is it, more importantly?

It's priced up at £85.

Now... Oh.

Is that a good price?

I think it's pretty good.

Clichy's a really well followed factory.

OK. VO: What a cracking price.

Shall we take it over to the counter and see what they can do?

Let's do that.

VO: It looks like that's their lot.

But will Mike's price be right?

We love that.

And we see it's got an £85 mark on it.

Now, what do you think is the best deal that we can get for that?

I would imagine we could stretch this to £60.

That's very, very decent.

I think that's very decent.

TIM: Yes, thank you.

MIKE: It's not bad, is it?

TIM: No, really good.

SHERRIE: It's very decent.

Thank you very much.

We'll shake your hand.

You're very welcome.

TIM: Thank you very much.

SHERRIE: Can I give you a kiss?

You'll get a handshake from me.

There.

See, that's how you do it.

Perhaps a little kiss later.

Now, there's a pair of apothecary jars.

Yep?

One of them is quite badly damaged, but we only want the one.

OK. Is there a price just for one, the one that's in quite good condition?

It's £35 for the pair, I believe.

We could probably again squeeze the good one to 20 quid.

That sounds good again, doesn't it?

Yeah, lovely, thank you.

There's a bit of a margin in that.

Another handshake.

Thanks very much.

And another hug, then.

Crikey!

(LAUGHS) There we are, £80.

Thank you very much.

One more.

Another one for me.

To say goodbye.

VO: This isn't the antiques hug trip Sherrie!

More buying to do.

OK.

So, we have to beat Tony.

We do.

Tony is the one that we've got to... Yeah.

Really sink... We do.

..into oblivion.

VO: They're not far from oblivion.

They're on the A607.

What makes you go weak at the knees?

What's your passion?

Oh, d'you know, musical instruments.

My very first acting job, I bought myself a piano.

And I learned to play it a little bit.

Then I wanted a tin whistle, so I bought a tin whistle.

I learned to play it a little bit.

Then I wanted a ukulele.

Bought a ukulele.

But I can't play any of them really well.

I just like looking at them.

VO: Tony's off... VO: ..to Melton Mowbray for a treat.

And I don't mean a pork pie.

VO: Instead they're meeting a local band of toy soldiers.

Sounds like a wind up to me.

Oh, this looks like the place.

Are you ready to get musical?

It does say new members welcome.

That's us.

(LAUGHS) D'you think they can handle us as two new members?

VO: I do hope they've been practicing.

Tony's here to learn from a man who knows a thing or two about the early days of marching bands, a toy soldier for over 50 years, Brian.

Brian, what is the history of marching bands?

Where did they begin?

It started way back in the 13th century, in the Ottoman empire.

Whereby they used music, probably bands as well, to control the troops.

To keep them in time.

To lift the spirits.

VO: Soldiers who saw musicians in battle during the Ottoman wars thought it was a capital idea and brought it home with them.

It soon became an important military tradition, with music used to keep up morale and give orders that could be heard over the chaos of battle.

And is it true that the marching band guys also doubled as stretcher carriers?

Yes, during the First World War and the Second World War.

I think they was non combatant.

VO: But when they left military life behind, ex-servicemen found opportunities to play marching music were few and far between.

So they started their own civilian marching bands.

Melton Mowbray's uniforms are styled on the Grenadier Guards, so they really are toy soldiers.

So, when the marching bands were at the height of popularity, it would be expensive to get private music lessons.

Was this a way to be able to afford to have their kids play musical instruments?

It's probably the only way that they would learn to read music.

If you couldn't play an instrument, you could march.

OK. And while you were marching, you'd be learning to play an instrument, so as soon as you could play an instrument, then, obviously you just go onto it.

You climb the ladder, almost?

That's right, yeah.

We started in 1936.

Yeah.

And it's more or less run true to form as what it was in them days, although now we play more popular music, if you like.

So, it's modernized as the years have gone on?

Yeah, I mean, when you go to carnivals, people don't want to be hearing Sousa or anything like that.

VO: Speak for yourself Brian!

John Philip Sousa was known as the March King.

He composed more than 130 including the classic tune The Stars and Stripes Forever.

It's thanks to him that marching bands remain popular in America today, in schools, at sporting events and with competitions all over the country.

And the Melton Mowbray band have had much success.

We've performed in the USA.

Yeah?

Germany, France, Isle of Man, where we won the world championship.

We've won numerous competitions up and down the land.

Hence these lovely bits of silver.

You must now have one favorite song that touches your heart, grabs you and excites you still.

What's that?

Yeah, there is one tune.

We've played it for absolute years and years and years.

It's called The Battle Hymn Of The Republic.

We play it on every display.

It raises the morale when you're going on, just like it did in the battlefields.

Any chance that you would rally the troops so that we could hear that song?

Yeah.

I'd like to invite you to come and join us.

Attention!

(DRUM ROLL) VO: I hope Brian knows what he's letting himself in for.

(BAND PLAYS "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC") (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) (CLASHES CYMBAL) VO: Lordy!

(CLASHES CYMBAL) (LAUGHS) VO: Retreat!

(CHUCKLES) While Tony and Roo have been making a racket, our other pair are trying to make a packet in Coalville.

VO: They're at Kats Antique, Vintage and Collectable Centre.

Sweet.

After you.

VO: Manning the desk is Marie.

Will they dig up anything precious?

Sherrie, I'm going to introduce you to the world of coins.

VO: Yes, Tim's a numismatist.

A coin man.

You sound like Fagin.

We've got Edward I, silver penny.

We've got Roman republic.

I mean, that dates to over 2,000 years old.

No!

VO: Oh yes.

Wow.

Loved his hair.

Yeah, Edward III penny.

I loved his hair.

Constantine, the Roman emperor.

Oh, Constantine.

TIM: Did you know him well?

SHERRIE: No.

We'll put it back.

They just hold an amazing amount of history, don't they?

Thousands of years.

Right.

But do they hold an amazing amount of money?

TIM: Hmm.

SHERRIE: No.

That's not always the case.

You're useless to me!

VO: She's all business, that girl.

Sherrie, what about military uniforms?

Eh, no.

Oh.

Well, this is Second World War battle dress.

It belonged to a sergeant, look, with his stripes.

You don't want to buy a military uniform then?

No.

Good bit of Second World War history, that.

Well I do like a man in a uniform.

Do you?

VO: Steady on!

SHERRIE: Mm, I like... TIM: Military uniform?

SHERRIE: ..a sailor.

TIM: Not a fireman?

Hmmmm.

VO: It's getting hot in here.

So, we're saying no to the uniform?

Well, feel it.

It's quite itchy, isn't it?

Come away from there, come away.

VO: I can see who the Sergeant Major is in this pair.

What about this?

What do you think of that?

Well, if I'm going to be honest, I don't know.

This desk stand's made of Blue John.

Right?

Which is an amazing mineral.

It's only mined in the Blue John mines in Derbyshire.

So, in the antique world Blue John is actually very popular.

Right?

And I know this stand is later.

It's mid 20th century, 1970s, something like that.

Ah.

But, actually, the Blue John itself, is very very new.

And you're sure that it's absolutely real?

Yes, yeah, absolutely.

I collect fossils myself, and for me, this falls into that category.

It's a lovely bit of stone.

Right?

But it's also beautiful isn't it?

VO: It is.

I think what we've gotta remember is Blue John one day will run out.

There's only one mine.

And this could be our little bit of Blue John, couldn't it?

Aw.

What do you think?

I think that's sweet.

And how much is it?

It's priced up at 60 quid.

So, shall we see what we can do with that?

I think so.

TIM: We found your little Blue John pen stand.

Yeah?

Em, what do you think your very very best price would be?

You've got 60 quid on it.

Em... How about 40?

TIM: 40?

SHERRIE: Is that OK?

Sounds good to me.

I love a bit of Blue John for 40 quid.

I think that's OK for 40.

I think that's fair.

Yeah?

Thank you.

We'll shake your hand.

Alright, thank you.

TIM: Thanks very much.

It's a deal.

VO: No hug?

TIM: There we are.

MARIE: Thank you.

TIM: Thanks very much, thank you for having us.

And if that doesn't work in auction, you are a dead man.

VO: I'm sure she's only joking.

TIM: Three in the bag.

SHERRIE: Yeah.

Three.

It's not bad is it?

TIM: No.

SHERRIE: One day.

VO: Not bad at all.

TIM: My tummy's rumbling.

Yeah, shall we get some food?

Yeah, sounds good.

Right, OK. Pub or restaurant?

I don't want to go to a restaurant, I want to go to an olde worlde pub.

With a nice garden?

SHERRIE: Yes.

TIM: Perfect.

Let's go.

VO: Sleep tight.

VO: Next morning, Tony has a confession.

The problem with yesterday for me was my mind wasn't totally on the antiques.

D'you know why?

You were hungry?

Well, we were in Melton Mowbray.

Oh, pies.

That's all I could think about, was pies.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: I hope he had a good breakfast.

Yesterday Tony and Roo parted with some of their £400 on three cloches and a spoon warmer.

They still have £250 to spend today.

Feel like a tortoise.

VO: Sherrie and Tim hope to make a healthy profit on their intriguing French paperweight, apothecary jar and desk stand.

They're left with a budget of £280.

And if that doesn't work in auction, you are a dead man!

TONY: I think you're gonna be totally jealous.

I don't think so.

I think I'm gonna knock the wind right out your sails.

No, I don't think so.

(THEY LAUGH) ROO: Tony is an absolute sweetheart.

I love being with him.

And he's very very funny.

Yeah.

Sherrie's funny as well.

Yeah.

She had me in stitches.

We like the same things.

She loves glass.

I love glass, you love glass.

Does that mean that you bought glass?

I'm not saying anything.

You can see right through me.

(LAUGHS) Could you do it for a living?

Probably could, you know.

Yeah, I know, I'd probably enjoy it.

As long as I could do it for a living with Roo at my side.

Otherwise I'd end up with a jumble stall.

Yeah, you would.

VO: Sounds like Tony's caught the antiques bug.

You did not get Georgian glass?

I'm not saying anything.

You'll have to wait and see.

(HORN HONKS) ROO: Ooh-hoo.

(LAUGHS) Morning.

Hello.

They're full of the joys of spring.

They are, they've brought... Maybe they've added a touch of Benidorm.

I dreamt of antiques all night long.

ROO: Did you?

Shall we see?

I'm excited.

Right, you guys go first.

This is what she's been waiting for.

TONY: Is that your boot?

TIM: It is.

Oh.

Ah.

Oh.

That's you in there.

ROO: That's beautiful.

SHERRIE: Isn't it gorgeous?

That's beautiful.

Oh!

Our favorite piece.

That's lovely, isn't it?

Isn't it lovely, yeah.

Give it to me.

Then we've got this.

TIM: You love this, don't you?

I love this.

That is nice.

That's beautiful.

Is that your new wine glass?

(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) To keep the flies out of her wine.

You see I whacked my face on it, now.

That's lovely.

That is lovely.

That is really lovely.

Now, I would be very careful driving along the roads with that in the boot.

Can you just put the umbrella up, because, em...

Course.

It's starting to drizzle again.

You don't wanna lose her hair.

Don't want to... cos look.

If we lose the hair, there's trouble.

Look.

I'll have to put the other wig on.

Da-da-da-da-da... ..dah!

SHERRY: Is that it?

TONY: Oh, they're not impressed.

ROO: They're not impressed.

What about this?

Little do they know.

Da-da-da-da-da-dah!

Yeah.

Still not impressed?

Nope.

Da-da-da-da-da-dah!

Like those little dolls, isn't it, that you..?

Like a Russian doll?

SHERRIE: Yeah.

TONY: Yeah.

Where are the trays that go with them?

Cuz they're meat covers.

We'll buy them today.

Lift up me cloche, the last one.

Oh.

Look at that.

TIM: Oh, I love that.

It's a spoon warmer, isn't it?

It is a spoon warmer.

Yeah.

Lovely.

Where it says "to Susan and Jim on their birthday"?

VO: Sherrie you wag!

I'm just saying.

Come on.

I'll let you get the boot.

Cover the hair, cover the hair.

Bye.

(LAUGHS) VO: So, any regrets after this morning's big reveal?

So, if you compare our lovely shiny items and their items... Yeah?

Would you swap any of ours for one of theirs?

I think I'm happy.

I...

I... You want the paperweight!

I did love their paperweight, yeah.

Well, how about we don't swap, we just take it?

Let's nick it, yeah.

VO: Naughty.

TIM: Our paperweight's gonna make £1,000.

1,000.

The apothecary jar's gonna make 500.

500.

And our pen will make 20p.

VO: They're cocky, but it isn't over yet.

Let's go shopping.

Woo-hoo!

Pedal to the metal.

Pedal down.

TONY: # Chitty bang bang, Chitty, Chitty bang bang.

# Chitty bang bang, Chitty, Chitty bang bang, # Chitty, Chitty bang bang # Chitty, Chitty bang bang, we love you.

# And our Chitty bang bang... # I'm gonna sneeze.

It's gone.

VO: Bless you.

Later they'll be off to auction in North Hykeham, but today's first stopover is in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham, where Sir Isaac Newton was educated.

Here's hoping they too make a great discovery.

I have a notion that this is Notions Antiques Centre.

I have a notion it's huge.

VO: It certainly is, with more than 50 dealers here, and some great objects going for a song.

(PLAYS VIOLIN BADLY) VO: I'd stick to the acting, old boy.

ROO: Oh, that's... TONY: What d'you think of that?

Ooh, sweet.

Isn't it lovely?

Do you recognize that painting from anywhere?

No.

Should I?

Well, it's actually a very well known painting done by John Everett Millais, a very well known artist.

This was around about 1885/86.

OK?

And it was called A Child's World.

Pears then took it on and used it in their advertising.

The soap people?

For the soap.

TONY: Ah!

ROO: Ah.

VO: Although originally titled A Child's World, it's mostly known today as Bubbles due to its soapy connection.

That will probably do better at auction, actually, because it doesn't have any overt advertising on it.

It is actually just an original print of a very well known painting by a very good artist.

VO: Millais was a founder of the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Is it something you would have in your house?

Absolutely would.

I would absolutely have that in my house.

OK. Well at £49, that's a good buy.

It is a good buy.

VO: A bargain.

Let's park it to the side, mentally.

It's not going anywhere up on the wall.

And let's carry on browsing.

TONY: Absolutely.

ROO: Yeah?

See you later, mate.

VO: Ta ta.

Oh, my goodness.

It's a toilet.

I think it is.

Just pull that curtain over a minute.

I think it might be.

D'you know, something, Tony, I'm going to miss your sweet, dulcet tones.

Where are you?

Where are you?

You might want to avert your eyes.

VO: I think we all might.

(LAUGHS) Now that is an actual loo.

I've never seen anything like that before, have you?

Look at the lid.

I'll let you put the lid down.

Men always leave the lid up.

Wow.

Now, how old do you think that is?

Play detective here.

TONY: Play detective?

ROO: Mm.

VO: I don't remember this episode of Poirot.

I actually have the sniff test.

I like to smell time.

But this...

If there was ever a time for a sniff test it's... Not now.

Oh.

Oh.

VO: Phew.

Shall we check the bottom?

Yes.

I dread to look.

Oh, dear.

Oh, it's a footstool.

I love it.

Oh.

So, the kids can use it as well.

That's brilliant, and that tapestry top to that footstool adds a real touch of class.

Yeah.

Cuz that could just be plain, but there's... That's a posh old commode, isn't it?

Yes, and you can imagine that, you know, late Victorian times, this would've been really quite fancy.

Mm, yeah.

Fancy loo.

Bit of kit.

VO: Very fancy.

85.

Can we buy it?

ROO: Serious?

TONY: I love it.

Do you?

I love it because I've never seen one.

It's so unusual.

And it is old, as you say.

Wow.

So it fits our remit, doesn't it?

But then, we have to think, taking it to auction, it's a toilet.

And I trust everything you tell me.

But, on this one, I love it.

We're having it.

Really?

VO: Tony's taking charge.

Can we high five on it?

I have washed me hands.

I'll high pinkie you.

Let's hope our profit doesn't go down the U-bend.

(LAUGHS) I knew our Roo would agree to the loo.

VO: Oooh.

Tony's really bowled over with that toilet.

Time to splash the cash.

Sharon?

Can we talk stools?

I could sit on this, couldn't I, while I chat to Sharon?

Yeah, I think that's a good idea.

Well... VO: This is getting to be a habit.

..first of all, I really want this.

SHARON: Do you?

Really like it?

TONY: I really love it.

Well, we don't want it, we don't want it that much, do we Tony?

It would be alright to have it, but... Novice.

And how much is it?

ROO: It's up at £49.

TONY: 49 quid.

49, yeah.

What's your best?

What could you absolutely do that for?

Em, that's quite a good price, really, for that though, in't it?

It is.

Big piece.

40?

No?

(LAUGHS) Not very enthusiastic.

A tiny, tiny little bit...

I think I could go to 35.

Well, you hold the painting and I'll shake Sharon's hand.

Go on.

That one is a done deal at 35.

Thank you so much.

VO: And how about Tony's throne?

That is another dealer's and really you'd probably be better to speak to her.

Let's do it.

Would you like to speak to her?

TONY: Shall I?

ROO: Yes.

TONY: OK. ROO: Yes, yes, yes.

Maria.

MARIA: Hello?

Hello?

Maria?

MARIA: Hi This is Tony Maudsley from Celebrity Antiques Road Trip/Benidorm.

Just so you know, you're on speakerphone so don't swear.

This is an upmarket show.

MARIA: I'll try not to.

Saying that, can we talk toilets?

MARIA: Yes.

D'you know that little round toilet you've got, I've, I've fallen in love with it a bit.

And it's on for 85 quid at the moment.

Any chance you can knock a bit down for me?

I would love it for 50.

Or am I being too cheeky?

MARIA: Um, I tell you what, 55.

D'you know what, I've fallen in love with you, and your toilet, so 55 is wicked and I'm made up with that.

MARIA: Well good luck with it.

Aw, thank you.

MARIA: Bye.

TONY: Thank you.

SHARON: Great.

Nice doing business.

Oh, you want paying, don't you?

Oh, yeah.

VO: That's what normally happens in shops.

So that's £90 for the print and the commode.

Does anybody need to use this before I go?

No, you're alright.

Let's go.

See you.

Thank you.

ROO: Thank you.

TONY: Thank you so much.

SHARON: Nice to see you.

Bye.

VO: In a field outside Grantham, Sherrie's taking a break from shopping to hear about a little accident that led to an amazing discovery, and I'm not talking about Newton's apple!

Here's Alastair, a local baker who knows his history.

So, Alastair, tell us why we're walking along this lovely road in the middle of nowhere.

Well, I brought you here today because this road replicates what was the Great North Road 300 years ago.

Right.

And coach drivers travelling up the country used to stop off in Grantham to change their horses.

Of course.

And, whilst doing so they'd pick up some local food, and they often comprised an old biscuit, a traditional biscuit called Grantham whetstones.

VO: It could take a carriage almost 50 hours to travel the Great North Road from London all the way to Edinburgh, so you'd definitely want a snack along the way.

But these weren't the biscuits we know today.

They're a very rustic like biscuit.

They're a fatless biscuit, they're quite hard on the tooth.

They were designed... Do you want me to have a go?

(LAUGHS) Very basic, traditional recipe.

They're like a rusk, aren't they?

They are like a rusk type biscuit, absolutely.

Are they like a baby's rusk?

Absolutely.

Watch your teeth.

Oh they're... Do you sell these?

No.

(LAUGHS) So, these biscuits are called whetstones.

Is that cos you could sharpen knives on them?

VO: It might just be, Tim!

I made the recipe specifically for you, just to see how things have improved over the last 300 years.

Fortunately things have improved since.

They're flavored with caraway, which is quite a specific, unique flavor.

I hate caraway.

Right, so we've tried this now.

You can have that back.

You can have mine as well.

Let's go find Mr Gingerbread.

VO: The whetstone fell out of fashion, but its successor proved so popular that Grantham's football team is still known as the Gingerbreads today.

So, how do these kind of connect to the lovely biscuits that you gave us in that road?

The Grantham whetstones?

Yes.

Well, William Egglestone, who was the baker of Grantham whetstones, in his kitchen, dark one Sunday morning, the urban myth has it that he mistook one ingredient for another and the end result was these beautiful, delicate little gingerbread...

So that would be ginger instead of caraway?

Ginger instead of the caraway, and these gingerbread biscuits, ginger flavored biscuits came out of his oven.

Came about.

And they were a success.

Ah.

Thus they were a success to the point he continued to make them and they latterly became known as Grantham gingerbread.

Right.

VO: Victorian travel writer George Bradshaw definitely agreed.

His guide singled out the town "for the manufacture of Grantham cakes, a very superior sweetmeat".

By the mid-19th century, Grantham gingerbread had become so popular around the country, a single box would sell for as much as a shilling at a time.

And that was a lot of cash.

Well, this is obviously an antique box.

Yeah.

As we used to use in Grantham many many generations ago.

But our biscuits inside are the beautiful and famous Grantham gingerbread.

Let's try one.

Let's try.

Tim?

TIM: Thank you.

SHERRIE: Mm.

And after two or three you start to get that gentle ginger warming on the tongue.

They're quite moreish, aren't they?

Lovely.

Please help yourself.

Why haven't I heard of these before?

Grantham gingerbread, although it's England's oldest biscuit, they did actually fall out of production for a few years.

They'd always been made by local bakers in the town, traditionally, but as those bakers sadly died away and closed up, this local delicacy closed with it.

This is the renaissance?

It is the renaissance, absolutely, it's the next generation.

And you're the original gingerbread man.

I'm not the original.

I'm the modern day custodian.

And I'm... VO: So more than 250 years after William Eggleton's tasty baking blunder, these treats might make Grantham a must-stop travel destination once again.

That's not bad for what many claim is England's oldest biscuit.

VO: Next stop is Newark-on-Trent.

VO: Both teams are racing here as they have to share the stock of the next shop between them.

Yes, Roo, we are first here.

Brilliant.

Absolutely are.

Oh, wow, look at this place.

Let's go and snaffle all the good stuff before she finishes her latest toilet break.

Chop chop.

She's gonna be here in a minute.

Oh, goodness!

VO: Hot on their heels... TIM: Oh, look at that.

Oh, no.

SHERRY: Oh, no!

TIM: Look who's here.

SHERRY: Oh, for goodness sake!

I bet they've got all the bargains.

They won't!

They won't.

Hang on.

Hang on, hang on.

Come on, come on!

VO: These two aren't wasting any time.

Crikey!

Blimey!

VO: They're at Newark Antiques Centre, where their rivals are already hard at work on their next purchase.

Or not.

There you go, Mister.

Oh, thank you.

We're off to the races.

D'you know who you look like with that on?

Who?

Holly Golightly, Breakfast At Tiffany's.

Audrey Hepburn.

I love that.

Gorgeous.

You're a good man.

If we make a profit at auction, day out at the races, both wearing hats.

Let's do it.

(LAUGHS) But do not wear the same dress as me.

We've got £280.

At the end of the day, if we don't... We can't spend all of our money, then we can't.

We could go out for dinner.

Yeah, we'll have... We could have a really nice cheeseboard for a hundred quid.

Yeah, and a bottle of wine.

There you go.

Sold, to you and I.

We'll get a tenner cheeseboard and a 90 quid bottle of wine.

Yeah.

That's better.

VO: I think you need to check the rulebook.

Ooh, there's a present for Sherrie.

Oh, no, no, no.

I thought it said "Dragon Alley", but it's... (LAUGHS) it's Diagon Alley.

VO: Is anyone here even trying to buy antiques?

What d'you think of this, Sherrie?

Lovely.

Now, this is a lovely family portrait, probably dating to around the 1830s, something like that.

Oh.

And it's a silhouette portrait of what look like parents and their little child, which is a strange composition.

Kneeling child with a dove in front of parents.

Wonder what it symbolises.

Love.

I love this frame, don't you?

What, what is that?

Is it walnut?

Mm, yes, it looks like a walnut to me.

OK. Hey, I'm good.

You are.

You're getting there, aren't you?

I'm getting... You're teaching me.

How much is it?

125.

Hm.

In my mind I was thinking if I saw that in an auction, I would expect to see an estimate of maybe around £80.

Ah.

But, that's only an estimate.

And this sort of painting is quite popular, the naiveness of it will be what the charm is and what the collectors are looking for.

Yeah.

Keep it in our minds.

We've got this massive center to walk around, haven't we?

I know.

We don't want anybody else to get... No, we don't really.

We want to hide it.

Shall we... Shall we keep... Shall we hide it somewhere?

OK.

It was made for it.

So, Roo and Tony won't see it.

Put this on top.

VO: Sneaky.

And this on top of there, and then just... And then you would just say there's a teapot?

Yeah.

OK. VO: What skulduggery!

What is that?

A dog pipe.

Is it a hubbly bubbly pipe?

That's unusual.

It's perfume.

Aftershave.

"I bought you some Dog".

(LAUGHS) I'd buy it for you as a wee prezzie.

Don't bother!

(LAUGHS) Can I just show you these?

Go on.

I only love them because I love the pink.

Yes.

They're very camp, aren't they?

TIM: They're very blancmange.

SHERRIE: Yes.

That's the color of a pair of my trousers that I've got at home.

They're the color of a pair of my knickers, actually.

TIM: Are they?

SHERRIE: Hm, we match.

Right, OK. VO: Stop that you two.

So, what do you think this is?

Well, in the middle, we've got a really nicely painted family crest.

They're probably by someone like Coalport.

There's an old label on the back here that's saying Coalport, and in the centre here we've got a printed retailer's mark.

Right.

And the retailer is a London retailer.

Is that good?

Yeah, it is, it's nice.

It adds to the history.

Oh, OK. And it would've cost a fortune back then.

Really?

What are they now?

Are they a fortune?

Well, 56 quid the pair.

In auction I would expect those to make 50-80 quid.

So, if you can get them for less than £50.

Alright.

Then, if a couple of people...

It's not massive, is it?

They are beautiful.

It's not massive.

We wanted to find things with history.

SHERRIE: Yeah.

TIM: This is that, isn't it?

We'll go and see what we can do.

OK, well let's... We should hide them.

We should.

Oh look!

VO: Again?

There we are.

Right.

Let's wander off.

VO: We definitely need to keep an eye on that pair.

Look at this.

Coronation mug of King George V. Oh, he's quite ladylike.

I was drawn to this.

He looks a bit like Julie Andrews.

(LAUGHS) A bit Julie Andrews.

# The hills are alive.

# With the sound of music # King Julie Andrews.

Can I join you on the stage?

(LAUGHS) VO: It's getting a bit theatrical in here.

Not them too!

Oi.

Oh.

What are you doing?

ROO: Eh... # Where did you get that hat # where did you get that...# You look a bit like Charlie Chaplin.

Do I?

Thank you.

Very nice.

I have to say, actually, you, you're working that hat.

Thank you.

Suits you.

So, how are you doing?

Spoiled for choice.

I know.

I mean, it's a great shop.

We've found at least, sort of... Ooh.

..possibly 15 things we might buy.

ROO: Wow.

SHERRIE: Yeah.

So, you're in a good position, then?

It's just come to me.

Oliver Hardy.

VO: I was thinking Mr Benn.

Come on, Roo.

There's Laurel over there next to you.

Good luck.

VO: Enough horseplay you lot.

TIM: Sherrie?

SHERRIE: Yeah?

Have a look at this.

Oh.

Aw.

Isn't that lovely?

I love horses.

Horses, yeah.

Always have done.

Look at that, what we've got here is a 19th century piece of grand tour bronze.

Right?

So, it's actually quite an interesting object.

It dates to between 1850 and 1900.

Should it have some kind of top to it?

It should.

Now, what it is is a lovely inkwell.

Oh.

And what it's missing, sadly, is its little cover.

Does it matter that its hat's missing?

It will.

Inevitably it's gonna affect its value.

Oh.

But 55 quid.

Now, I don't think that's expensive.

If it had its cover, we're probably talking three or four hundred quid in an auction, because it is such nice quality.

Wow.

However, without a lid, 80-150.

Really?

Might make over £100.

So, it might be worth a shout.

OK.

I'm with you, but we have to hide it.

Yeah, OK. Like everything else.

VO: Really, you two.

Where shall we put it?

I don't know.

In a drawer?

Shall we hide it behind here?

VO: I hope they remember where they've hidden these.

What's Tony found?

Ah.

You're a man of taste.

I know, you've caught me eyeing something.

I don't know if it's the fruit making me hungry, drawing me in, but I think, I think that's beautiful.

Royal Worcester fruit painted vases are very very collectible.

Now, it says there that's painted by Ricketts.

William Ricketts is the most desirable name in Royal Worcester.

And he painted from about sort of 1870s to 1930.

OK?

And I would put this at close to the end of his time painting.

I keep getting drawn back to that period, don't I?

You do.

The '20s, yeah.

He is the biggest name and the most sought after.

And that vase to the right seller at the right auction could go for about £800, £1,000.

Really?

But it's gotta be perfect condition.

VO: It's priced at £205.

This definitely needs a closer look.

Time to call Sadie.

Is this yours or another dealer's?

No, it isn't mine, actually.

Right, OK. Can we... Can we touch it?

Yes, of course.

Oh, goodness.

VO: Careful!

Oh, I can see a little hairline.

Wow, it's like, basically, it's like taking the top off a boiled egg.

VO: That explains the price tag.

I would buy that if I saw it, because I'd be able to own a proper piece of posh Royal Worcester.

Right, as opposed to buying...

Without paying the full price for it.

D'you know what I mean?

If we took this to auction, we wouldn't be appealing to the traders and the Worcester collectors, we would be trading to your average Joe.

Your Tony Maudsleys.

Yeah.

Who would love to own a piece of Worcester, but... Ooh, £1,000 on a vase.

Bit rich for me.

Yeah.

VO: With only £160 left, they'll need to have to think about this.

Let's give them a minute.

We've got a thing with hats, haven't we?

I know, we have now.

I think we should go to a dressing up shop.

Yeah, and dress up as somebody.

Not that.

I'm not going to try that on.

(LAUGHS) Oh, there's a fez there.

Oh, yeah.

Try it, go on.

Me?

I reckon it'd suit you.

There we are.

Tell us a joke.

I haven't...

I can't tell clean ones.

Oh.

VO: Sounds like a great time to check in with Tony and Roo.

The dealer would take 170 for the vase, but that's still over budget.

Time for Tony to get haggling.

(PHONE RINGS) ANGELA: Hello?

Hello, Angela.

This is Tony Maudsley, I'm calling... ANGELA: Oh right.

Hello.

We were calling about the price of the Royal Worcester vase that I'm interested in.

I'm gonna be honest with you.

I've got 160 quid left.

And I wondered if you would consider maybe knocking just 10 more pounds off for me?

ANGELA: Yeah, OK, we'll go with that.

Oh, Angela, I love you, I love you.

And Angela, if you ever want a free hairdo, if you ever want a free perm, I'm your man.

ANGELA: OK, lovely chatting.

Bye bye, Angela, thank you so much.

I'm spent.

We're spent.

I don't even need to count this, I know how much is there.

VO: Yep, they've spent every penny of their £400 budget.

Thank you, Sadie.

ROO: Thank you, Sadie.

SADIE: You're welcome.

You're an absolute star.

TONY: Brilliant, thank you very much.

SADIE: Lovely to meet you.

TONY: You too.

Woo-hoo!

And relax!

VO: Sherrie, meanwhile, has £280 left.

She's hidden a few good possibilities, but can she find a dealer to talk prices?

OK there?

SHERRIE: Jacqui, hi.

TIM: Right.

SHERRIE: So, come on.

TIM: Right, come on.

Give us the worst.

The horse inkwell, I'm afraid the best price is 45.

OK.

The two Coalport plates, he will go down to 35.

Right.

And the picture, I think they would be happy with 100.

Right, OK. OK. VO: Decision time.

Let's go for the inkwell and the plates.

I think the painting is absolutely lovely, worth every penny... SHERRIE: But not, not at 100.

TIM: But not at 100.

SHERRIE: No.

JACQUI: OK. OK.

Brilliant.

Let's shake hands.

SHERRIE: Thank you.

JACQUI: Lovely, no problem.

Do some paying.

Lovely, thanks so much.

I'm so glad you found something.

SHERRIE: Yeah.

TIM: Right, so 35 and 45.

Don't ask me!

(LAUGHS) 80.

There we are.

£80.

VO: Hurrah!

All spent up.

How exciting.

I know.

It's exciting, but can I just give you a bit of advice?

What?

Don't bother going to the auction.

Oh.

Charming!

You told them, Sherrie.

I told them.

You told them.

She's got no chance.

VO: That's a wrap.

I never knew that buying antiques would be so much fun and it's cos of you, mate.

(IN A WELSH ACCENT) Oh, it warms the cockles of me heart.

Don't be doing your Welsh accent again!

VO: Night night, you two.

VO: After starting in Leicester and doing a little county hopping our celebrities and experts are all set for an auction in North Hykeham.

TONY: # Good morning, good morning.

# It's great to stay up late, good morning, # good morning to you.

# And you and you and you.

# I need the lyrics.

# When we left the auction room the future wasn't bright.

# No.

# Sent Sherrie back to Benidorm, # cos her items are all phhh!

# (THEY LAUGH) VO: Just up the road from South Hykeham, we're at North Hykeham, home to the one and only Unique Auctions.

They recently celebrated their 50th birthday, but have definitely moved with the times.

Internet bids are welcome here.

ROO: Here we are.

TIM: Here we are.

You got us here in one piece.

Ooh.

Is it the whole thing, do you think?

Yeah.

Wow, look at this.

It's a big old place, innit?

TIM: Shall we go and beat 'em?

SHERRIE: Yes.

ROO: They don't have a chance, do they?

Hot on the heels, not a chance.

ROO: Humility is a good thing in this day and age.

VO: Sherrie and Tim only spent half of their budget - a mere £200 - on five lots for auction.

Including that lovely paperweight and Sherrie's favorites, the Coalport plates.

While Tony and Roo spent all £400 on their five lots.

Including that cracked Royal Worcester vase.

Oh, my goodness.

It's all the way round, isn't it?

Yeah.

But would anybody buy that?

Em, it's a limited market.

Is it?

Very.

That might be their black hole.

160 quid.

Absolutely right.

Shame.

Oh.

Gaudy pink.

Oof.

I quite like them.

Do you?

What, even the gaudy pink?

Yes, but not at £35.

They're pretty, they're collectible.

But the thing is, Roo, are they dishwasher safe?

I think not.

Well, in today's world, that's all that counts.

Tim, look, here it is again.

Oh, our old friend.

Oh, it's pretty, actually.

Can you hear anything?

The sea.

It's not saying "there's a profit"?

It's saying "no profit, no profit."

We'll see.

We're not bothered.

No.

Not interested.

Ooh.

Ooh, it's an angry looking thing, isn't it?

It's an inkwell.

It's missing its head.

(LAUGHS) I think it's horrible.

ROO: Do you?

TONY: Yeah.

You wouldn't have that on your mantelpiece in your lovely Georgian home?

I wouldn't have that in me bin.

(LAUGHS) VO: What does auctioneer Terry Woodcock think might tickle the locals?

VO: Terry?

The Royal Worcester vase.

What an expensive piece it would've been.

But it is badly damaged.

It'll always be able to be found with infra-red that it's been repaired.

I hope it didn't cost a great deal of money.

The paperweight, I haven't seen one like that before.

If there is paperweight collectors out there, it could do very well.

VO: Well, we'll soon see, Terry.

This is it.

This is exciting.

I'm so excited.

Have you seen, have you got your eye on anything?

I thought he was quite your type, over there.

VO: First up, it's Sherrie's pair of Coalport plates.

They might get used at a Greek wedding.

I've got £20 now, at £20.

At 22 now.

22.

24.

At 24 now.

Like having a baby, this is.

They're flying off the shelves.

26.

At 26.

I'm looking for eight now.

At 26.

Have you all done, at 26.

TIM: Oh, that's very cheap.

And I sell at 26.

No, I'd have bought them for more than that.

Never mind.

I think I'd have still bought them.

I'd have bought them.

Yeah.

So, there we are.

VO: Sherrie started us off with a small loss.

£13 each.

VO: Next it's Tony's 19th century commode.

Start me at £30.

Come on, start me at £20 then.

You might get caught short on the motorway, come on.

Come on.

Surely?

10?

10 I've got, thank you.

Tumbleweed.

Oh, we've got a tenner.

Oh, got a tenner.

At 10, 12, 14.

Tony will sign the loo seat.

I'll sign the loo seat.

You'll sign the loo seat?

I'll use it if you want me to.

ROO: Ooh!

You heard what he said, and you'll get a photograph at the same time.

We'll both use it.

Sherrie'll use it too.

No I won't!

(LAUGHTER) Cor, no, no.

Just the thought.

£20 now, at £20?

Come on.

I'll take two, 22.

Oh.

It's gonna creep up, come on.

26?

26.

Bidding war.

28?

28.

£30, 30, I've got.

At 30 now, I'm selling at 30.

(GAVEL) Ooh.

Ooh.

Ooh.

VO: That money's down the u-bend.

He won't wee in it now.

(LAUGHTER) VO: Next it's that very collectible Blue John desk stand.

At £20 now?

At 22 I've got there.

At 22.

24.

Come on.

Keep it going.

Six.

Eight.

30.

Oh, the room's gone mad.

35's come in.

40's in the room.

At £40, 45.

50, still in the room.

Yes.

VO: This Blue John is red hot.

Come on, keep it going.

New bid, at 52 seated.

At 52, I'll do four.

54.

56.

What an auctioneer.

58.

They're doing w... Back in, 60.

Take one.

Now don't sulk.

TONY: He's refusing.

SHERRIE: Don't refuse.

TIM: One more, come on.

SHERRIE: Don't refuse.

VO: Come on.

60 I've got there.

I'll give you the pound.

(LAUGHTER) 61 I've got there.

At 61.

Have you all finished?

(GAVEL) Yay.

Well done.

VO: A very respectable profit there.

Get in!

VO: Will Tony clean up with the Pears print?

It's the woodworm that will be attractive.

20's come straight in.

At £20, at £20... Straight in.

22 I've got.

22.

Come on, little bit more.

24.

26.

Oh, this is... At 26 now.

Come on the internet.

At 30.

At 32, 34.

At 34 now, at 34.

Little bit more.

At 36 now?

People in this auction have got taste.

Are we all done now?

Quickly.

At 34.

36.

At 36 now.

£36.

Have you all finished?

(GAVEL) 36 it is.

Yes!

We made a profit.

Did you?

Those that mock.

Was it £30 you paid?

How much did you make a profit?

A pound.

How much?

A pound.

(LAUGHS) ROO: Shh!

VO: That's not going to help them catch Sherrie and Tim.

You wouldn't leave a pound on the floor would you?

No.

VO: Will it be yea or neigh to the equine inkwell?

You've spent a fortune on your holiday and you want to come back with a snippet of what you've seen.

And that would've been that.

It would've cost a fortune back then.

I think I'd rather come back with a bar of rock.

20 I've got, the gentleman there.

At 20.

22?

Come on, we've got a way to go here.

24?

26?

28?

At 28, I've got there now.

At 28, come on.

Come on.

Not gonna happen.

30 I've got.

At 35 I've got there.

Now I'm looking for 40.

Come on, we've got a way to go.

40 I've got.

Oh, the internet's gone mad.

Come on.

At £40.

45, back in.

At 45, 50 I've got.

Yes!

Sorry.

She'll sign it for you.

I will.

I'll do anything for you.

55.

I'd be careful.

50 I've got.

Come on, if we can keep going.

AUCTIIONEER: 55.

TONY: Oh.

Oh.

AUCTIONEER: 55.

Internet's back in.

I'll take eight if it'll help.

At 55.

60, straight back in.

At £60.

60 and I sell.

60 quid for that?

At £60.

Have you all finished?

(GAVEL) 60.

Another profit.

Thank you.

Hm, you are doing well.

VO: Another tidy profit sees Sherrie race further into the lead.

Boiling now.

Pleased, are you?

Yes, I am pleased.

VO: Will the spoon warmer prove just as hot?

20 now?

Five.

30.

Five.

40.

At 45.

50 I've got there.

At 50 now, I'm looking for five.

At £50.

Go, go!

AUCTIONEER: At 50.

SHERRIE: Go.

At 50, if you're all done?

(GAVEL) Gone at £50.

Aw.

We paid 50 for it.

VO: Tim and Sherrie are pulling further ahead.

I find it totally ridiculous that people warm their spoons in the first place.

It's like, get a grip!

VO: Will the apothecary jar continue their streak?

The apo...apoc... Apothecary.

We can't say it.

Apocethary jar.

Your huge wine glass.

22, straight in.

At 22, 22 now.

ROO: Wow.

AUCTIONEER: Looking for 24 now.

They love it.

AUCTIONEER: And it's 30 I've got down there.

30 quid.

Wow!

At 35.

40, thank you.

45 we've got now.

At 45.

At 45.

I'll take 46.

Very brilliant auctioneer.

Sorry?

You're a brilliant auctioneer, that's all I'm saying.

Nothing to do with me.

No, you're wonderful.

I love you.

Can you take me home, then?

Yes, I will.

(LAUGHS) Right.

I'll keep you to that.

Have you all finished now, at £45?

(GAVEL) 45 it is.

SHERRIE: Yes!

TONY: Wow.

We doubled our money.

VO: A clear profit on the apothecary jar for Sherrie.

See, you're not just a pretty face, are you?

VO: There's a lot riding on these cloches now.

They'd look very nice in somebody's shop window.

They would.

In a butcher's shop.

At £50, at £50, at £50.

Five?

60.

Five.

70.

Wow, you're away.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

80.

I've got 80 in the corner there, at 80.

Come on.

Come on.

At 80.

Seated at £80.

Have you all finished?

At 80?

(GAVEL) Oh, I'm clapping and there's no reason to clap.

VO: Oh dear, another loss for Tony and Roo.

It's not looking good.

Never mind.

VO: Next up it's that beguiling Clichy paperweight.

Start me at £40.

45... 45 on the internet.

50 on the internet.

55.

60, we're up to.

At 60 now, at £60, 60.

£70 we're up to.

70.

80 we're up to.

85 we're up to.

90, 95, at 100, 110, 120, 130 we're up to.

140, 150.

Straight in.

Take 155.

160 now.

170 now.

170 now.

It's gone mad.

You all finished at 170?

And I sell.

(GAVEL) 170 it is.

Yes!

Woo!

Well done.

What about that?

Do-do-do-do-do-ch!

Oh.

VO: A regal profit on Sherrie and Tim's royal paperweight.

I don't think we're gonna see any real profit until my vase comes up.

VO: It'll need to be a record breaking profit.

I think it's a smashing object.

That's not funny, Tim.

Actually it's cracking.

Sounds like we've got a chip on our shoulder.

VO: Cheeky!

We're up to 80.

SHERRY: Oh!

Now, there you go.

There you go.

That shut you up.

It has shut me up.

At £80 now.

At 80.

Come on.

Come on.

Terrible thing.

I'm waiting but it's not moving.

TIM: It's not moving, is it?

SHERRY: Not moving.

It's not moving.

Thank you, sir.

At 85 I've got.

Yes!

Very good.

At 85 now.

At 85.

At 85.

Are you all finished at £85?

(GAVEL) That's it.

85 it is.

We paid 160 for it.

Oh, God!

VO: Such a shame!

If only it didn't have that crack.

I love it.

I want to do it all again.

I wonder who's won?

Shall we go outside and do some maths?

Shall we go and do some maths?

If we must.

Surely us.

I'm sure it's us.

Oh.

Tony and Roo started out with £400 and after auction costs they made a loss of £169.58 leaving them with £230.42.

VO: Sherrie and Tim started with the same amount.

And after saleroom fees, turned an incredible profit of just under £100.

It leaves them with £496.84, making Sherrie today's Celebrity Antiques Road Trip victor.

Bravo!

All profits go to Children in Need.

TIM: What an amazing day.

SHERRY: Oh, loved it.

Loved it.

TONY: I feel like I've got off a roller coaster.

I know, I know.

My heart's pounding.

How brilliant was that?

You guys did an amazing job, well done.

We're very proud of ourselves.

I'm gonna miss you two.

Me too.

Bye bye, my darling.

Nice to see you.

SHERRY: Nice to meet you.

You take care, mate.

ROO: Are you driving off in little Herbie?

I'm afraid Tony's driving.

TONY: Oh, dear.

ROO: Oh, OK. (ENGINE STARTS) Here we go.

See you soon.

Bye.

ROO: Bye bye.

VO: Time to hit the road.

So, you happy that you won?

Oh, ecstatic.

Now, I know I lost, but I can't believe I lost so badly.

I know.

I can believe you lost so badly.

Well, you know what it was?

Cuz in the showroom they put my lovely vase with the broken back in the middle.

That'll be it.

And I never clocked that people'd be able to walk round the back of it.

And see the damage.

(THEY LAUGHS) VO: Cheerio!

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