(CAR HORN) VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite celebrities...

It's not worth a tenner.

VO: ..paired up with an expert... You're learning.

VO: ..and a classic car.

This is very exciting, isn't it?

It is.

VO: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

Got a nice ring to it.

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

Come on.

VO: But it's no easy ride.

RICHARD: Brake.

DOMINIC: I can't!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

I hope I don't live to regret this.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

We've definitely got a problem.

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

You'd never catch me buying anything like that.

VO: There will be worthy winners... (THEY CHEER) VO: ..and valiant losers.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah.

Er, look at this.

That... AMY DOWDEN: Yeah?

SARA DAVIES: ..is Pincher Monument.

What's that?

A very famous monument here in the northeast of England.

VO: Howay, the lass!

Eminent Durham-born entrepreneur Sara Davies is showing off sights of the northeast to dear friend and star of Strictly, Amy Dowden.

I have been looking forward to my girly time with you.

Well, there's nothing better than a road trip.

No.

You know, you're starting to sound a bit Geordie.

AMY: Shut up!

SARA: No.

VO: Sara is admired across the country for bartering through bold business deals on Dragons' Den.

You're a very successful businesswoman, so I've got a feeling you're going to be much stronger at haggling than I am.

Oh, I'll be really good at haggling, don't you worry.

But the way I see it is, buying and selling, just dealing in antiques, it's just like a little business.

You could treat it like a dance... Competition, yeah!

Or you... Dance competition, there you go... AMY: Yeah.. SARA: ..got something in there.

VO: Amy has been strutting her stuff as a partner and instructor on a celebrity dance competition Strictly Come Dancing since 2017.

Sara competed in 2021.

SARA: Did you know I actually made it my mission to make you my friend?

Aw...!

We just hit it off, though, didn't we, and supported each other.

And I loved seeing you and having our debrief on a Friday in the studio.

No, no, it wasn't just... Like, I was making a beeline.

I decided... ..the only person I was really hoping to make friends with that I haven't is Amy Dowden!

VO: Aw!

BFFs, taking it all in... ..in a 1965 Ford Cortina Mk2.

They call them stick shifts.

AMY: What?

SARA: It's a stick shift.

I'm just wondering where, you know, you hook up your phone for the music and everything.

VO: Cars didn't have mod cons in 1965, Amy, just the radio, I'm afraid.

Here's hoping they know a bit more when it comes to antiques, eh?

See, me mam loves, like, antique shops... Oh, well you're definitely going to do well... SARA: ..charity shops.

She likes being round...

I can remember having all my grandma's old, like, teacups and saucers, and then scouring loads of charity and antique shops trying to find more in the set.

Well, don't I?

I love a cup of tea.

You do love a cup of tea.

Yeah, I have eight to ten a day.

SARA: Eight to ten a day?

AMY: Yeah.

I'm not sure that's quite...good for you!

VO: Hold off on the teas for now.

Our delightful duo are heading all the way to Harrogate, but are getting into gear in Jesmond for this northeastern excursion.

They have £400 each to spend on teacups, teapots, or anything else that takes their fancy.

And there are two experts on hand to guide them, Natasha Raskin Sharp and Steven Moore, two good eggs.

Our experts and celebs are getting their dancing shoes on at Fern Avenue Antiques.

AMY: We're here!

SARA: Right!

SARA: (LAUGHS) VO: Time to fall into the arms of your partners.

Let's get shopping...!

Do it, boom.

AMY: Hello...!

NATASHA: Oh Amy, great to see you.

How are you?

I'm good, thank you, Tash, how are you?

I'm OK...

This is my world, I'm quite happy, but what about you?

Are you walking into this and saying, "Where am I?

What am I doing here?"

This is a very new world to me.

Nothing like the Strictly ballroom, that's for sure.

Well, you say that, but have you noticed the floor's a wee bit bouncy?

Yeah...!

This is an old dance hall!

No way!

Yes, definitely destined to be here!

Yeah!

NATASHA: It's so good.

It's so perfect.

Is there anything that immediately jumps out to you or anything that catches your eye?

AMY: Yeah, these remind me of, like, cameras on set.

I also saw something else I like.

Oh, right, OK. Go ahead.

I love tea.

You love... Me too!

Cups of tea.

I'm like... Just cups of tea all day.

Honestly, you couldn't meet somebody who drinks more tea than me, and there's flasks and a teapot already.

NATASHA: Look at that!

AMY: I am destined to be here.

NATASHA: Right, shall we get stuck in?

See if we can find anything tea-related?

AMY: Yes, let's do it.

NATASHA: Yes, let's do it.

NATASHA: Lead the way.

AMY: Thank you.

NATASHA: I cannot believe you're already after a tea break!

VO: Put one on for Sara, and her fellow northeastern native Steven.

SARA: Steven!

STEVEN: Hello!

SARA: Nice to meet you.

STEVEN: And you.

SARA: I tell you what, it feels like an Aladdin's cave in here!

STEVEN: It is.

Shall we go and see if we can find a lamp to rub?

I'm hoping we find more than a lamp to rub!

STEVEN: A genie?

SARA: Er...

I think we might need a genie.

STEVEN: He's this way.

SARA: Right...!

VO: Tea sets, genie lamps.

With a community of around 20 sellers, if you're going to find it, you'll find it in here.

(RINGS BELL) VO: You rang?

Ooh.

Now... Now, what do you think, the wacky world of antiques, what do you think might have gone in there?

VO: Be careful, Sara.

He's got something up his sleeve here, or in his hand!

Isn't it just a milk jug?

Yeah, like a milk... Or a gravy boat?

Gravy boat.

You decide.

VO: A gravy boat, it certainly isn't.

You might not want to put gravy in after I've told you what it's actually for.

Go on.

So imagine, back in the Jane Austen era... ..you were a lady in your carriage...

This wouldn't be your gravy.

If you were caught short... Oh!

Oh!

Put it down!

Put it down.

I don't want it!

VO: Of course, it's a bourdaloue.

A portable she-wee from the Regency period.

£38.

Well, we'll be leaving that in the shop.

STEVEN: You sure?

SARA: Yes, I'm sure.

Alright, OK. That's a red line for you.

SARA: That's a red line.

AMY: My grandad, he taught me bowls.

He used to play bowls.

Yes!

Oh, so you used to go and watch and play?

AMY: Yeah!

NATASHA: Oh, that's really nice.

And they're always so heavy.

So you know they're wood.

It's lignum vitae, so really heavy, dark wood.

AMY: Do they sell well in auctions?

NATASHA: Not particularly well.

£16 each is not expensive for a shop, but for three... You'd want four for the auction.

Yeah.

And for three, they wouldn't make much more than that.

NATASHA: To be honest with you.

AMY: OK. Maybe not even reach the dizzy heights of £16.

AMY: (SADLY) OK. NATASHA: Which is quite sad.

VO: Let's keep the ball rolling, eh?

I don't think I've ever walked into an antiques shop with anyone who is getting so much joy from everything.

Amy seems to be able to relate personally to every object, so I think the challenge is going to be whittling down the list.

But, hey, that is a good challenge.

She's adorable!

There's a few crafty knickie-knackies in here.

Crafty knickie-knackies, now you're talking my language!

That's a professional term, isn't it - knickie-knackies?

See a little bit of Georgian embroidery?

SARA: (GASPS) I wouldn't have... ..even known that was embroidered!

From a distance, I thought that was just a picture.

STEVEN: That was the idea.

That is gorge.

I reckon there's about, I would say, about 30 hours of work gone into that.

VO: Sara's route to business success was paved in the world of crafts.

There's a pincushion, which... SARA: Oh!

STEVEN: ..you need.

SARA: Do you know what you do with these?

STEVEN: No.

SARA: OK.

So when you're on your sewing machine, or you're doing a bit of hand stitching, you would literally pop the pins in so that you can see where they are.

VO: The ticket price of the pincushion is 35 and it's 58 for the silk embroidered picture.

Well, she's 100 years old.

Well, she has to be if we're classing her as an antique...?

Exactly.

Oh, I love the precision.

Oh, yes, darling!

I've...

I've read up in detail.

Right.

It's not an antique if it's less than 100 years old.

VO: She's keen to learn and Sara's in on the embroidered picture and pincushion.

Well, that's one way to do it.

AMY: These look really cool, are they like clips?

VO: Popular during the reign of George III, these are called George III steel shoe buckles.

They're marcasite, so it's a semi-precious stone and it's a way of imitating diamonds without having to splash out on diamonds.

AMY: ..diamonds.

NATASHA: They're at the very tail end of the Georgian era.

I actually think these would probably have been quite unisex.

Gentlemen would have been quite happy to wear these as well, just a little bit of flourish on their shoes.

AMY: Nice!

NATASHA: So they're quite smart.

But, I mean, £55, they could flop.

AMY: OK.

They could really flop, or someone could say, "Oh, I have a bit of a space in my collection for those."

"Always nice to have the pair."

I like that it's glitz and glamour, but something as humble as a shoe buckle.

I like it's sort of a mixture of the two.

NATASHA: The high-low.

AMY: Yes, I like that.

NATASHA: The high-low.

AMY: High-low.

VO: They're not saying no to the high-low, just waiting to see how they go!

SARA: I love these.

STEVEN: OK. Do you know what they are?

SARA: It says "finger bowls".

So why might you have a finger bowl?

SARA: For washing your fingers?

STEVEN: Yes.

If you were a Victorian entrepreneur... SARA: Yes?

STEVEN: ..your house would have been full of cranberry glass because it was quite the fashion.

SARA: It's £68 for six.

Is that a good price or not?

Erm...they're not... Cuz it's alright me liking them, but not if it's not going... STEVEN: Let me put it this way, when did you last use finger bowls on the table?

But nowadays you would put a little candle in that and it would be...

So someone might buy that just because it's very pretty and handmade.

Mm-hm.

And it would go on the table with candles in it.

SARA: And look really nice with candles in.

So even though they're not going to wash their fingers in them, they're going to look beautiful around the house.

As much as I love these bowls, you think it's... We might not make any money on them.

Park them pending a decision.

SARA: OK. STEVEN: OK?

Yeah.

NATASHA: Back in the sort of Edwardian era... AMY: Yeah.

NATASHA: ..ladies did have quite elaborate hair... AMY: Yes.

They loved to wear hats, and when you wore your hat, you would pin it in place with a hatpin like this.

And you would pin it straight through your hair because you weren't taking that hat off.

AMY: No.

If you were going to lunch or anything, it was OK to wear it indoors.

VO: Elaborate hatpins have been used to stop flashy hats blowing onto muddy streets since the 15th century.

It's all about what we would call the finial, the terminal, the little decoration that rounds it off.

The real selling point is actually the fact that it's a beetle.

That just really appeals to buyers.

So that's what I think takes it from 80 to 120 towards the higher end.

It's 125.

They're lovely folk in here.

I think we could push it down a touch.

AMY: How much?

NATASHA: I don't know.

I would aim for obviously sort of... AMY: 100?

Ooh!

NATASHA: ..80, 90 or so.

But 100 wouldn't scare me off.

AMY: I was thinking more on the 80.

You're thinking about the 80.

OK. Well, something to think about.

It's something...

I think it's another potential.

So I...

I think it's really smart.

So what are the other potentials?

AMY: The buckles?

NATASHA: Yes, the marcasite buckles.

VO: Priced at £55.

And then this... Maybe we could do a deal for both of these?

Oh, maybe we could.

A job lot.

Like £150 for both.

150...I think 150 is still too punchy.

Really?

Gosh...

I think we could go for lower.

Just channel your inner Sara.

OK. Steven, I've found something.

STEVEN: Oh, something big?

SARA: No, it's not big.

STEVEN: Right, but... SARA: But I feel like I have to get it.

STEVEN: Right.

SARA: I found some dragons.

STEVEN: Ah, yes, Tash and Amy.

VO: Cheeky!

But very on point.

These are a pair of late 19th century Chinese cast bronze dragon heads, priced at £24.

SARA: And it's a bit...bit damaged.

But I just...I don't know, that just seems like... Have you seen the price as well?

That's a no-brainer, that.

That's OK?

It's a no-brainer.

To the counter!

SARA: Oh, right!

OK, I'll tell them we're having these.

Are you any good at doing deals?

Well, yes... ..funnily enough.

Funny you should say.

Well, I think you should do the deal.

VO: Sara will be pitching to Colleen.

SARA: I am ready for this!

STEVEN: OK.

Right.

Colleen, the boss.

SARA: (GASPS) Nice to meet you!

COLLEEN: Hello.

COLLEEN: Nice to meet you.

OK, there's quite a few bits I want.

OK.

Right, so first of all, there was... You had two little dragons.

Ah yes, lovely little things.

SARA: I'm just going to have to have that.

SARA: What did you say it was?

STEVEN: A no-brainer.

COLLEEN: Excellent.

SARA: A no-brainer.

We'll keep it going like that.

VO: That's a straightforward £24 for the bronze dragons' heads.

Round in cabinet seven, there's a little pincushion, that was 35, and there was also a little embroidered...a little piece of embroidery in a frame.

VO: The ticket price for the embroidered silk picture is £58.

So I was thinking... Mmmmm... STEVEN: Mmmmm... SARA: I... STEVEN: No, no, no, no.

Don't give yet.

Don't give... Don't... 45, 48?

Round that sort of... Give us a tenner off?

I think that's fine.

VO: Very generous.

Just the cranberry bowls to deal with now.

The ticket price is 68 on those.

So we could do 55 on those.

Yeah, so I was thinking more like the 40 region.

Ooh...

This is how it goes in Dragons' Den as well.

STEVEN: OK, right.

COLLEEN: OK.

So I was thinking 40, you were at 55.

COLLEEN: Yeah?

I could meet in the middle... COLLEEN: OK. SARA: ..a 45-er?

What about 47?

SARA: 47 seems in the middle.

STEVEN: Lucky number seven.

COLLEEN: Is that alright?

SARA: So 47 on the bowls.

That's it.

Seeing as I've been such a great customer... COLLEEN: Yeah, it's a deal.

SARA: Thank you so much.

VO: It comes to £154 altogether.

STEVEN: Thank you.

Shall we go up and go?

SARA: Thank you!

STEVEN: Come on.

VO: Sara has £246 remaining.

SARA: Howay, I'll give you a lift.

STEVEN: Not a bad haul.

SARA: Ah, I've done alright... STEVEN: I know!

SARA: ..for me first er...First visit.

STEVEN: I never doubted you.

(LAUGHS) That's a good job!

STEVEN: That way.

SARA: That way, right.

VO: Now we're just waiting for Amy to talk terms with Pat.

Hi.

How are you?

Grand.

Yourselves?

How are you both?

AMY: I'm good thanks.

NATASHA: We're well.

PAT: Have you had a good look round?

NATASHA: We have... AMY: Yeah!

I mean, Amy looks a little bit nervous because she's going to take the lead.

OK. NATASHA: First time really in a proper antique shop.

Certainly first time haggling for items.

So be gentle, Pat.

I promise.

VO: The hatpin is priced at £125 and the George III buckles are 55.

It comes to a total of £180.

Is 100 too little?

Yes...

I'm afraid so.

It is.

110?

120?

You need to go a little bit north.

130?

I think we could do 130 for you.

AMY: Yes!

Thank you.

NATASHA: Oh, Pat, you're a legend!

PAT: Cuz it's been so good... AMY: Thank you so much!

PAT: You're welcome.

AMY: Let's just do that now!

VO: Very generous, and well done, Amy.

It means she has £270 remaining.

AMY: Thank you.

NATASHA: Thank you so much.

PAT: All the very best.

AMY: Right.

AMY: We found one each!

NATASHA: Onwards and upwards.

Yes, let's do this!

NATASHA: I love it, why are they touching?!

They're so sweet.

Oh, sorry!

(LAUGHS) VO: First shop complete!

Sara and Steven are driving on.

SARA: You're a proper Geordie.

STEVEN: Yeah.

So where's home for you?

Well, I was born in Wallsend.

Wallsend!

Proper proper Geordie.

I live in Newcastle now, so I've got very posh!

Finally moved to the big... Got a big of a twang.

Finally moved to the big city.

SARA: You can take us anywhere in the world and you can tell within a couple of words where I'm from.

And I love that.

Like, I'm proper northern and proud.

Shall we say, the more shandies I have, the more Geordie I get!

SARA: Yes!

STEVEN: Yes, I'm afraid!

VO: The northeastern charm has worked wonders for Sara.

I always get asked this, how do you get to go on Dragons' Den?

So my friend was round one Saturday night and he said, "You'd be fantastic on Dragons' Den."

And I was like, "Oh, I really think I would."

"Like, that is my cup of tea."

And he said, "Well, why don't you apply?"

And I said, "Well, I will when I'm older."

He said, "You're being ridiculous, though."

"You started your business a lot younger than most people do."

He rang them, pretended he was going through the process to apply to be on the show, got through to a researcher and said, "I must tell you about my friend."

"She'd be brilliant as a Dragon."

And the rest is history.

Shy bairns get nowt.

Shy bairns get nowt.

VO: For anyone living south of Northallerton, that's shy children get nothing.

Here's hoping Sara's frankness works wonders in Whitley Bay, a seaside town that was voted the best place to live in the north of England in 2023.

SARA: The Owl And The Pussycat.

Went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat.

SARA: How delightful... STEVEN: I know.

Listen, strategy on this one, we're going big.

VO: David will be accepting the money, not honey, today.

SARA: Hello!

DAVID: Hello.

SARA: Hi!

Nice to meet you.

DAVID: Thank you very much.

SARA: I'm Sara.

DAVID: I'm David.

SARA: David.

Hi, David.

STEVEN: Steven.

Steven, welcome to The Owl... SARA: Have you two met before?

STEVEN: We have, yes.

If you need any help, just give us a shout.

SARA: Brilliant, will do.

VO: With three rooms spanning antique, art deco and beyond, there's a lot to look at.

STEVEN: (SOFTLY) Oh, good God!

This looks not unlike my teddy bear.

He's what we call in the trade careworn.

SARA: Careworn?

STEVEN: Yes.

I would have put him as disheveled.

We'll just position him back there.

Exactly.

Put him down gently.

SARA: With his little friend.

STEVEN: Oh, no, he's very sad.

He's saying, "Buy me, buy me!"

And we're saying, "No, no!"

I...I think the antiques are this end of the shop.

VO: Let's hope he doesn't bear a grudge.

I like that boat there.

And it's Norwegian, so that's... STEVEN: It is, yeah.

That's what you're saying, different.

And they were known for their enamel work.

VO: Norwegian enamel from the 19th century can be very collectable.

So this is...£89.

I mean, it's quite small for 89 quid.

STEVEN: But it's got a bit of class to it, I feel.

So at auction, then, are these the sort of things that... Do you need to have... Do you need to hit on lucky with a collector for something like this?

STEVEN: Erm, well, you have to hit lucky with a collector.

If you've got two people in the room bidding...

But they are collectable, wearable things.

I mean, It's sort of day jewelry.

SARA: But it's nice.

STEVEN: But you could try your negotiation skills.

Something to think about, maybe.

VO: While Steven and Sara think on, in Whitley Bay, Amy and Natasha have made it to Langley Moor and Amazing Antiques.

Even if they do say so themselves!

OK. Oh, I've never been here.

VO: Ali is keeping shop today.

Like it says on the tin, it is pretty amazing in here.

NATASHA: Oh, hi.

AMY: What's this?

NATASHA: Well, I can never resist a fancy biscuit tin, and this one is very sweet.

It looks sort of 1940s, a nice Sheffield one.

It's just a shame about the condition because I haven't seen it before.

So many of them you see all over the place and this one is a little calendar.

I mean... AMY: Aww!

NATASHA: ..so sweet!

It's a shame because the condition is not great.

Look at March.

Someone's scrubbed out the "M".

But look at that, they have looked to the Far East for inspiration.

This is pure chinoiserie.

It's a trick of the eye.

So it's meant to look like papier-mâché or lacquered furniture, but of course it's just tin.

And these are quite popular, tins that are purporting to be something else.

But condition is key and this one is just such a mess.

VO: Vintage, quirky tins can be very collectable.

But will they take the biscuit if there's damage?

My parents have a biscuit tin.

NATASHA: Oh, really?

AMY: And my gran did.

We were always allowed to have two biscuits every night for supper.

NATASHA: But it's not about the biscuits, I believe, it's about the tea.

It is about the tea.

I love tea and we still haven't found that antique teapot.

Yeah, but I did see one.

It's definitely antique, it's definitely a teapot.

Whether or not you like it, I don't know.

Let me show you.

I'm going to show you.

Forget about the biscuits... AMY: It's the cup of tea.

NATASHA: Tea, tea, tea.

VO: They're leaving us to stew in Langley Moor.

Back in Whitley Bay, Sara was considering the Norwegian enamel, but Steven has advised against.

He's been quite tactful with me, so I think he's really appreciated that I haven't understood but I'm like a bit of a magpie.

I keep getting drawn to things and instead of just saying, "No, that's ridiculous, we're never going to make any money there," he'll say, "Oh, yes, that's lovely.

Not so sure on how commercial it's going to be."

And I think I've really...

He's been really thoughtful.

VO: Tact is just one of Steven's fortes.

So sometimes it's a good idea to ask the dealer if there's something new in because it might not be on... Not be out yet.

Exactly.

So, do you want to try that tactic on him?

SARA: Hiya.

It's David... DAVID: Hello, Sara.

SARA: ..wasn't it?

DAVID: It was.

SARA: Erm, we're just wondering if you've got any anything in that's new that hasn't kind of quite made it out yet.

Oh, maybe.

Well, actually, I've just been researching and pricing up some signs that have just come in.

One or two of them might be suitable.

Which are the ones you haven't researched?

I like...I like the strategy!

You're just too late.

I've just done the last one.

STEVEN: Oh... (MUTTERS) We have that one, which is American.

Uh-huh.

DAVID: His Master's Voice Radio, which is unusual because you quite often get His Master's Voice for the UK ones, but not the radio ones.

VO: His Master's Voice was a British record label created in 1901, better known as HMV in later years, well known for their picture of Nipper the dog listening to a gramophone.

So what would be good in terms of most profitable?

Or what would be...?

The one with the cheapest price.

The one with the cheapest price.

OK!

Well, good...His Master's Voice is a good name, but then sometimes it's the obscure names that have gone out of business that people know about.

SARA: Right.

Something that was famous in its day... DAVID: We've got one that might fit that bill.

STEVEN: OK.

So, yeah, Royal Enfield Cycles were really famous in the time.

Right.

VO: Royal Enfield motorbikes were produced in Redditch from 1901, and are now manufactured in India.

For the mancave or the family kitchen.

What's the ticket price?

Ticket price is 285...erm, for you... Can we even afford that?

No, I haven't got that much left.

STEVEN: Oh, right, OK. VO: Sara has £246 remaining.

I could stretch to like 170, 180.

My absolute max would probably be 200.

Well, that'll leave us with two bob and a conker...

I was quite good at conkers as a kid.

So...

So, erm...

I would do 200 on that one for you.

SARA: You would... You could do the 200?

200 is the bottom line.

What does your gut say?

It's a good sign.

I mean, it's in really good condition.

SARA: Mm-hm.

STEVEN: It's got, you know, it's got nice...

It is, it's very expressive.

It's a well known name.

It's nice and bright.

It's a good size.

It's kind of quite macho, which is what you want in an enamel sign because... Mancaves, the cyclists.

I'm liking the story.

In for a penny, in for a pound, I say.

I'm good with...I mean, we've got him down from, what?

DAVID: 285.

SARA: 285.

Come on, we've done alright there.

We've got a chance.

We've done alright there.

Right, 200.

DAVID: Right.

SARA: 200, it's a deal.

DAVID: Thank you very much.

SARA: Tremendous.

VO: The sign is sealed and delivered and Sara has £46 left to play with.

And I'm the proud owner of a Royal Enfield Cycles sign.

STEVEN: No... No regrets?

I'm quite happy with my purchase.

Good.

And I'm happy with my pricing.

I think that's worked out... You said we're going big and we've gone big.

We've gone big.

VO: Go big or go home, eh?

Back in Langley Moor, Amy and Tash have been trying to make time for tea since this trip started.

This is a teapot table, right?

AMY: Yeah!

NATASHA: I mean... NATASHA: ..do any in particular stand out to you?

AMY: I can remember my grandad and my nan having teapots like this in their... Oh, really?

..glass cabinet in the kitchen.

Yeah.

So novelty and for display, not for use.

Yes, for display.

NATASHA: For me, the most interesting one is this one.

Yep.

It's not silver plated, it's not silver, it's not pewter.

It's an alloy and it's called Britannia metal.

VO: A mix of tin, antimony and copper.

Until 2016, Britannia metal was the core metal of the Oscar statuettes.

The dog is, for me, what really lifts it.

This is by no stretch a money-maker.

But there's lots of detail.

There is lots of detail, but dogs.

Now, dogs can drive people quite wild at auction.

They can, OK?

AMY: I actually like this.

NATASHA: Yeah it's...it's attractive.

It's quirky as well.

NATASHA: And it's just all about the fact that this full set...Yeah, you be mother.

This full set, everything would've had this greyhound finial... ..which is actually just such a nice little touch.

But...

But... Yeah, here's the big but.

I already have seen it.

You're going to... £65.

It's a lot of money for a teapot.

It's a lot of money for a tea pot.

Now, I like my tea, don't get me wrong.

But is it going to sell in auction?

NATASHA: It will sell.

AMY: But not £65?

Certainly not £65.

I wonder if it would even sell for £20.

Oh, gosh.

But I think that Ali has also probably clocked... ..there's a slight hole in the teapot.

AMY: We don't want our tea getting cold or leaking.

The only hole you want in your teapot is in the spout.

You don't want it in the body.

It's tiny, but it's there.

So these are things we can use to our advantage.

AMY: I love a challenge... Let's find Ali.

Oh, I'm so excited... AMY: Let's do it!

..to see this happen.

VO: Brace yourself.

AMY: Hello.

NATASHA: Hi, Ali... ALI: Hi, did you find something?

Yes, I did.

Cuppa?

Do you like a cup of tea?

ALI: Beautiful, isn't it?

The price is sort of reflective of... AMY: The dog.

ALI: ..the dog.

I'm thinking Britannia teapot, yes, there's a little dog, but is the world going to get too excited?

NATASHA: Probably not.

ALI: Maybe.

NATASHA: But do I want Amy to leave here with a teapot?

Yes.

AMY: Yes, we want to leave here with an item.

NATASHA: We don't want to pay more than £15, OK?

ALI: If you really like it... AMY: I do.

ALI: Uh...

The best we could possibly do is 25 on it.

25 is the very best?!

Like, it's not happening?

20?

Well, if you promise next time you're in, you've got deeper pockets, I'll do 20.

NATASHA: We've got there!

AMY: Yeah!

Deal.

VO: Very generous.

We should probably leave before Ali makes us leave.

AMY: Yeah.

NATASHA: So we'll sneak away, but we're really grateful.

AMY: Thank you, Ali!

ALI: Goodbye.

NATASHA: See you later.

He won't forget us in a hurry.

AMY: No.

NATASHA: No, he won't, no.

VO: It means Amy has £250 remaining.

Finally, got my teapot.

You'll never guess what I fancy.

AMY: A cup of tea?

A cuppa.

Let's get the kettle on.

VO: Sara and Amy are spent for the day.

Time to get back on the road.

The thing is, it's really difficult because I'm in that catch-22, whereby... You're my friend.

..you're my friend and I want to help you be good at this.

Having said that, I'm not sure I'm the best one to be giving you antiques advice.

VO: Sara's keeping schtum for now, it seems.

Sara, I am glad you're driving because I'm not sure I could drive this car.

I mean, you probably could.

We're not taking the chance, though.

VO: But who will pull ahead on tomorrow's shopping trip?

Nighty night.

So, good day yesterday.

How did you two get on?

Oh, we did really well, didn't we?

NATASHA: We did.

AMY: Yeah...

So, yeah, actually, incredibly well, I would say, Amy.

VO: Steven and Tash have hitched a ride in the '65 Cortina, which was made in an era when seatbelts were not mandatory.

We've got loads of money left still.

Oh, now, we haven't.

No, we've got, what is it, two bob and a conker?

Two bob and a conker!

Yeah, we didn't really get to see your negotiations in action, Sara... Steven, how would you assess?

STEVEN: Grinding.

NATASHA: Grind... That's brutal.

Grinding them down.

Hey, Sara, you should have seen Amy in action.

What was your best negotiation?

My best negotiation was from 65... SARA: 65 to what?

50?

AMY: 20.

SARA: 20!

STEVEN: 20?

Yeah.

20!

Yeah, but you haven't seen the teapot on which we were negotiating.

We needed that discount, Sara.

NATASHA: We needed it.

AMY: Yeah.

VO: Not long to wait, Tasha.

Time for each team to reveal their wares.

ALL: Wow... STEVEN: Can I just say how beautiful and curated our side looks?

VO: Very neat.

Amy and Tash will see what Sara's stocked up on first.

Would you have bought that if we'd seen it?

AMY: No.

NATASHA: No, right, OK. No.

SARA: But I got a really good deal on it!

VO: Sara spent half of her kitty on the Royal Enfield sign yesterday.

She bought cranberry glass bowls, a silk embroidered picture, plus pincushion and cast bronze dragon heads, too.

SARA: I feel like I have to get it.

STEVEN: Right.

VO: Sara has just £46 left to spend.

AMY: I would've got the dragon.

There's one looks a little bit disheveled, and is missing a horn.

STEVEN: (LAUGHS) I'm not going to comment on who we think that might be.

VO: She's very discreet.

Time for Sara to spy Amy's buys.

Do you see now why we had to haggle hard for the teapot?

Did you get it for single figures?

We should've, we should've.

NATASHA: And Amy did try.

STEVEN: Is that silver?

It's not, it's Britannia.

It's got a lovely dog on the top.

STEVEN: Exactly.

SARA: Is that a lurcher?

STEVEN: Oh!

Or maybe a greyhound.

STEVEN: It's got more expensive.

SARA: Oh?

Do you think it's a lurcher?

STEVEN: I think it could be.

SARA: It looks a bit... SARA: It's a lurcher or a greyhound.

Can I just say, most importantly, it makes a lovely cup of tea.

VO: As well as the teapot, Amy bought two George III steel buckles, and a George V silver and steel hatpin.

It's something...

I think it's another potential.

VO: She now has £250 to spend.

SARA: All I would say, who would you put your money on?

Team Conker all the way, isn't it?

Yes, it is!

(LAUGHS) That's because we haven't got all our items.

We've still got £250!

Oh smear your money in our faces!

Yes, do not count us out!

VO: Before their shopping expedition kicks off again, all four road trippers are headed south to the River Tees Barrage to learn how what was once Britain's most polluted river has been transformed into a sanctuary for flora and fauna and a true urban retreat.

Sara and Steven are making their way to a recreation center on these waters that today attracts thousands of visitors... STEVEN: It couldn't be a nicer day.

VO: ..while Amy and Natasha are meeting Judy Power of the Tees River Trust to uncover just how impossible the transformation of this place would've felt just 30 years ago.

NATASHA: Judy, we're standing on a glorious day on what looks to be a glorious river, but paint us a picture of centuries past, or even just decades past.

The river Tees has had a bit of a patchy history.

It's a fantastic, dynamic river now, even though as recently as the 1970s, the river was actually quite polluted.

From what was going on in the estuary with steelworks and chemical works, there were high levels of cyanide.

How bad did it actually get?

It was pretty dire.

At one point, it was almost ecologically dead.

There are reports in newspapers of it being almost black in places.

There was quite a pungent smell if you were walking alongside it.

So, Judy, what exactly are we standing on?

So this is the Tees Barrage.

It was designed and built in 1991 and finished in 1995.

It was the idea of a local man called William Pearson who came up with this idea in the 1970s.

VO: Amy and Tash are on their way to meet William, a retired engineering draftsman who pondered his local river's problematic pollution.

I used to come down to the river, at the quayside at Stockton and look at it and think, 'What a mess.'

It was just as though there was a plug of filth which was just being moved up and down the river.

I thought, 'We'll never get rid of it this way.'

You used to hear about it once having been a terrific salmon river.

VO: William had a "eureka" moment when he understood a barrage, a kind of dam, could contain 22km of the river Tees upstream and protect the river from polluted estuary water.

So that's when I put the scheme together.

I sent it out to the local press, the local authority, and nothing seemed to happen apart from the Evening Gazette, they were the only ones who took any interest in it.

So I thought, 'That's it.

'It's dead in the water, like everything else.'

VO: William's plans were left to sink until, in 1987, prime minister of the day Margaret Thatcher visited the area.

I learned that the Teesside Development Corporation had been formed.

They were funded as a result of Margaret Thatcher walking in the wilderness over there.

VO: Just as pollution flowed out of the river, regeneration money flowed in.

And in 1991, William's 70 meter wide barrage was being built.

So the first idea was to actually improve the river, stop pollution coming upstream and control flooding.

But also there was an economic regeneration sort of side to it.

The Development Corporation was tasked with putting industrial units in and making it a nice place to work.

What success has this barrage been?

It's been a massive success.

As you can see, as we're here, there's people passing by, using it.

There's all sorts of leisure activities that go on here.

VO: There certainly are.

While Tash and Amy have been chatting, Sara and...well, just Sara, have been preparing to utilize the river's leisure facilities.

She's going to paddle board.

STEVEN: Can you hear me?

Just about!

STEVEN: That's alright.

VO: While Sara stretches, Amy and Tash wonder what delights could await her if she falls in!

What we do know now is the Tees has cleaned up so much, particularly in the estuary, that we are getting more and more salmon and trout moving upstream.

I mean, in my mind, the barrage is a bit of a blockage.

So how do the fish get through?

JUDY: So there is a fish pass.

Equally, some of the gates are also kept slightly open to help with that.

So we're looking at designing a new fish pass to cope with these new fish that we never dreamt we'd actually start getting back up the river.

Well, we're slightly devastated because we're not going in the water.

But Amy's friend Sara is about to go paddleboarding.

Yeah.

I mean, is that something that the likes of William, who conceived of this barrage, could have imagined in the 70s?

I don't think anyone who lived around here in the 70s would have conceived of that!

VO: You join us at the River Tees Water Sports where, yes, I've just heard we can go live now to Sara Davies' attempt at the Celebrity Standing On A Paddle Board event!

Just make it graceful, yeah?

Remember that foxtrot!

Yeah!

Yes, yes, yes!

VO: Sara carefully making her way over to the starting line now.

On hand, partner Steven, who won gold at last year's Reclining Statuesquely In A Boat event.

STEVEN: Oh, my God!

You're doing very well.

A picture of elegance!

Go on!

VO: Oops!

So close!

Ah!

NATASHA: Oh!

STEVEN: Oh!

Oh, look at that.

She is a total... AMY: Pro... Go on.

NATASHA: ..pro!

OLIVER: Stand up with your feet nice and wide apart.

NATASHA & AMY: (CHEER) Yes!

(CLAP) VO: Sara wouldn't have wanted to fall in there 40 years ago.

But thanks to the ingenuity and imagination of William Pearson, like thousands of others, her adventurous spirit can paddle freely.

AMY: (WHOOPS) NATASHA: Go on!

Would you believe, it's positively tropical up north, Amy!

VO: All dried off, Sara, Steven, Amy and Tash are back on the road, heading for more coastline.

Our dancers, Dragons and dab hands are arriving in Hartlepool, a charming coastal port town once famed for its shipbuilding industry.

NATASHA: Here we go!

AMY: Here we are.

Oh, there it is!

STEVEN: Oh, the last shop.

NATASHA: Oh, come on.

Look at this driving.

Come on!

AMY: Come on!

Come on!

NATASHA: Come on!

SARA: Parked to perfection!

AMY: Thank you.

NATASHA: Come on, Amy.

SARA: Right.

VO: Today's finishing line, shop wise, is Kiwi Trading.

SARA: Oh, nice little nook.

STEVEN: Mm!

VO: There are quirky curios, arts, antiques and all in here.

Alan's on hand to answer any queries.

Just reminds me of, like, the movies.

I've always wanted to be in a movie.

VO: Cut!

SARA: I love it here.

STEVEN: It's like a builder's yard.

SARA: They've got all sorts!

AMY: Tash, I think I found something.

NATASHA: (LAUGHS) What?

I mean, when you say something, what is that?!

This is how they get the books off those shelves... NATASHA: OK. AMY: ..in a grand... Look!

I quite like it.

Really interesting!

VO: It's a long arm or grab hook for a library or shop.

AMY: It's all hidden treasures, isn't it?

NATASHA: (LAUGHS) Yes!

It's all about the price.

Have you managed to get that information?

So I got a good price already.

Oh, have you?

From 300 to 250.

But I think we could go lower.

NATASHA: If you had told me sort of 30, 40... AMY: No!

NATASHA: ..£50.

AMY: It's Victorian!

Do you think that would be the way to go?

I just want something that's going to make us win.

NATASHA: Hm.

AMY: But I agree... AMY: ..let's keep looking.

NATASHA: Let's keep looking.

I think there's some hidden gems here.

VO: Well, at least we'll know it's up for grabs!

VO: Hello, Tiddles!

STEVEN: Like a bit of fine art?

SARA: ..if it was valuable.

What do you reckon on this one?

Is this fine art?

SARA: Erm...It's art!

We recognize who it is.

So, do you think they painted this when he was the prince, though?

STEVEN: Well... SARA: Therefore it's...?

..it's quite recent.

It might have been when he was the king!

SARA: It's definitely not antique and there's no fine about the fine art.

No, it's by that well-known artist, Ama Teur!

SARA: (CHUCKLES) SARA: I mean, I'm up for coronation antiques.

OK.

But they need to be antique.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Keep looking.

STEVEN: A few coronations ago.

SARA: Keep looking.

VO: Sara's out.

I'm sure His Majesty will be snapped up in no time.

I mean, it is strange, isn't it?

Rummaging on a bus... AMY: It is!

..in the center of a courtyard in an antiques...kind of compound, this area.

AMY: But it's kind of funky.

NATASHA: It is funky.

NATASHA: It's mind boggling.

AMY: ..it's fun.

NATASHA: We need to find something funky, though... AMY: Yes, we do.

Have a little browse around... Look at the vintage-y, not antique-y stuff as well.

Oh, hello!

Oh, gosh!

Oh, hey, you two look busy!

You don't!

We're well ahead!

These guys... We're on there, scouring that bus to within an inch of our lives, and you're here, feet up, relaxing in the sun.

I always say, you know, hard work comes through in the end.

NATASHA: Ah... AMY: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

We've done the work!

NATASHA: On that note... STEVEN: We've... And I also say, don't get bitter, get better.

NATASHA: Oh!

STEVEN: Ooh!

NATASHA: Unbelievable.

That felt like a bit of a mic drop.

But you stay chilled, let us find the goods.

NATASHA: Yeah.

Then you can come and have a look afterwards.

SARA: Yeah.

STEVEN: OK...sounds like a deal.

AMY: Alright, then!

I'll get my feet back up... NATASHA: Before you know it... AMY: Enjoy!

STEVEN: Get sandwiches sent round.

What was that?

Don't get bitter, get what?

AMY: Don't get bitter, get better.

NATASHA: I like that!

STEVEN: I'm still recovering from that!

Don't get bitter, get better.

What a cheek!

VO: With just £46 to her name, Sara can't really afford to rest on her laurels.

She's got such a focus on stuff, she's really learning quickly and she's sort of spotting stuff.

I think it's that attention to detail she has.

VO: And you'll have to get up sometime soon too, Steven!

Now, what's Amy seen?

NATASHA: You look very interested in that chair!

(LAUGHS) AMY: It's very Amy.

It screams backstage, in the glam chair.

NATASHA: Have a seat, Madame.

AMY: It's comfortable.

NATASHA: Is it?

AMY: Yeah!

NATASHA: OK, and... AMY: I like it.

I mean, looking at the proportions, it's kind of skirting between child size and full size.

But I think it's just petite proportions, isn't it?

It's like a dressing room, isn't it?

VO: It's a 20th century boudoir chair, a boudoir being the opposite of a man shed.

A sort of she shed, if you like.

I think this is perfect.

It's giving me theater... AMY: Yes!

..with the fringing at the bottom.

And you'd have that on your costumes as well.

Of course.

And it's the color, isn't it?

NATASHA: If this were... AMY: It's rich and glamorous... ..it's expensive.

NATASHA: You can see on the metal, it's a little bit corroded, which is just to say that it has a little bit of age.

So let's call it late 20th century.

AMY: OK. Let's think that we're in the sort of '90s or '80s or something.

I love it.

I think I'm going to go for it.

But the only thing is, there's no price on it.

So... NATASHA: Right.

I did clock that.

I'm going to have to go in at... NATASHA: I'd say sort of...25.

AMY: ..20?

Yeah?

Something like that.

25, 30.

I mean, at that kind of price, surely it's bound to make a profit.

It's so eye catching.

AMY: It is.

NATASHA: It's so glamorous.

OK. We're not leaving the shop without this chair!

Right!

If only it were a pair.

Can you imagine?

Oh!

I know!

NATASHA: Or all four!

For every single one of us.

VO: Sit tight!

Let's see what Alan has to say.

AMY: Hello, Alan.

ALAN: Hello, alright?

AMY: Are you OK?

ALAN: Yeah, we're good.

You've got the two best items in the shop.

Yeah?

Really?

We're going from the 19th to the 20th century.

ALAN: Yeah.

We're spanning the ages, Alan!

AMY: The chair, you say?

ALAN: 30.

30...

So, Alan, come on, do me a deal, where I can get both of these, take them to the auction...and win.

Well, I know I can do you a good deal on that.

AMY: What's a good deal?

ALAN: I know that.

ALAN: What is the good deal?

AMY: Yeah.

ALAN: 95.

NATASHA: Oh... AMY: 95?!

ALAN: Yeah.

VO: The ticket price was £300.

Very kind.

It seems like it would be churlish to start haggling on that price.

AMY: Yeah, I'm happy.

ALAN: You can't haggle... AMY: That's a deal!

ALAN: You can't haggle on that one.

And 30, quite happy?

Yeah, I'm really happy.

ALAN: That's good.

NATASHA: Fantastic!

AMY: Alright!

NATASHA: I'll hold your picker!

AMY: Thank you.

VO: It all adds up to £125.

Thank you ever so much.

Right.

AMY: You alright there?

NATASHA: I mean, that's our star haggle.

AMY: Yeah.

NATASHA: That was... NATASHA: And we didn't actually really have to haggle!

Here we go, do you want some help?

NATASHA: I think it should be OK.

This should just slide on the... Gotta look after these beauties you see!

NATASHA: Oh, look at that.

Right.

Here we go.

Profits ahoy!

Let's do this!

VO: After those final purchases, Amy is left with £125, and we're just left waiting for Sara.

What do you think of this?

SARA: Do you know... STEVEN: Hide the price for now.

SARA: I quite...I quite like this.

Well, the reason I like it as well is, look, the price is already reduced.

SARA: We like reduced.

STEVEN: So... ..£70.

SARA: We like reduced.

It's not a million miles away from our two bob and a conker.

VO: She has £46 burning a hole in her pocket.

So it's figured walnut.

So you see, each corner... SARA: Mm-hm.

STEVEN: ..is from the same slice of wood.

SARA: Oh, yes, I can see.

And then folded, match-booking, as they call it.

SARA: Nice!

Yeah?

STEVEN: This is metal.

So...

It's probably just before the war, just after the war, that period when...it is sort of art deco, but the style kind of continued on as well.

VO: Art deco re-emerged in the late 50s and 60s after the austerity of World War II.

Let's have a look at the back, because it's always a good... Hey, that is...

I mean, I don't know me antiques, but that is well made.

I think here, we've got a bit of a mancave aesthetic going on with our... SARA: We have.

..our cycling sign.

Shall we try and make a deal?

If I can get a deal on that, that's the one.

STEVEN: If you get a deal on that, tea's on me tonight!

Tea's on me tonight!

Well, yes, because I've got no money left!

VO: Alan is standing by.

Nice to see you again, Alan.

Sara.

STEVEN: Steven.

SARA: And Steven.

Alan... OK. ..there's a clock out the back in the Kew Gardens bit.

Right.

So here's the thing.

It's reduced to 70.

OK.

I'll just hit you with it straight.

ALAN: OK. SARA: Alan, I've got £46 left.

Really?

I appreciate that was 70.

OK. SARA: But I literally, I can buy it for 46, or I can't buy it.

I could probably let it go for 46.

So 46 and we've got a deal?

ALAN: We've got a deal.

SARA: We've got a deal!

STEVEN: We've already shook on it!

SARA: Brilliant!

ALAN: Brilliant, yeah.

VO: It means Sara ends her shopping spree with every single penny spent.

STEVEN: Done and dusted.

SARA: I know.

This is the smug face of someone who's quite pleased with herself!

STEVEN: Lead on!

SARA: Yes!

VO: Dragons and dancers all spent up, it's time for Sara and Amy to hit the road again.

Have you ever actually been to an auction before?

Never.

Not a house auction, never mind an antiques auction.

Have you?

I've been... Me dad bought me first car from a car auction.

I'm quite excited.

I'm really excited as well.

I'll be gutted, like, if me stuff doesn't fetch much money.

AMY: Oh, and I will be.

But now, you're the seller.

You're not the buyer, you're the seller.

I know... VO: There's a big day ahead, alright.

Best get some shuteye, hey?

Nighty night.

VO: Sara and Amy have roamed all over the northeast and they've now made it to their grand auction finale in North Yorkshire.

They're meeting back with Tash and Steven at Harrogate Auction Centre in, well, Harrogate!

AMY: Hello... SARA: Oh, it's good to see you.

Have you missed me?

Speak of investment, and up you turn!

Let's go and find out... AMY: Let's go!

NATASHA: I think he's started?

STEVEN: ..through the black door.

VO: Potential purchasers have already pitched up and there are more waiting by the phones and world wide web.

Observing it all is auctioneer George Allen.

So it's George and the Dragon, and the dancer!

Any more?

Come on, come on, come on.

VO: Well, Amy has come with five lots that she spent £275 on.

Anything fire you up, George?

The boudoir chair is in very good condition.

A nice color.

Dressing table chair, what we would call it here, the Americans would call it a boudoir chair, but they're buying them back, they're making a lot of money over there.

VO: Sara spent it all on her five lots.

Which one inspires George?

GEORGE: The enamel signs were always discarded, they threw them away, they rusted, but they've come very, very in vogue at the moment.

VO: It's time for the teams to take their seats.

Your first-ever lot selling at auction, right?

Yeah.

OK. Best of luck.

We hope you make a profit.

Yeah, I do as well.

NATASHA: We do.

We do.

AMY: Yeah.

Come on.

NATASHA: (CHUCKLES) SARA: (MUTTERS) GEORGE: £40 the bid.

NATASHA: Come on.

VO: High five, eh?

Sara's Victorian cranberry finger bowls are up first.

20.

20 bid.

Any advance on 20?

25 bid.

Any more?

Tell them they could be used as tea lights!

In the room at 27.

30 bid.

£30 the bid.

Any advance on 30?

£30 the bid, any more?

Done.

32 bid.

32, 35.

GEORGE: 35 the bid.

NATASHA: Oh!

STEVEN: Oh, 35?

GEORGE: 35 the bid.

All done... STEVEN: You could put crisps in them!

NATASHA: (LAUGHS) STEVEN: You could put crisps... Or tea lights!

They'd be a great tea light holder!

35 the bid.

Any more?

We're going to go.

Last chance at £35.

Selling these...

It's a...it's a smaller loss.

That's how I'm looking at it.

VO: At least Steven's glass is still half full.

Shame though.

You have to say, he gave it a fair chance.

There was no... Yeah, I hope he does that for us!

STEVEN: He milked those.

..they were on them for 78 in the shop!

VO: Amy's first lot is the metal boudoir chair.

At 40 the bid.

£40 the bid.

Oh, we have £40!

A profit!

STEVEN: You're in profit!

It's a room bid.

It was in the room!

NATASHA: Go on, George!

AMY: Come on, come on, come on!

It's beautiful!

Part of the celebs there, you could be on Come Dancing next week!

Yeah, come on!

GEORGE: £40 the bid.

Any more?

42 bid.

Another bidder.

42 the bid.

NATASHA: I think it might be... AMY: Was that 42?

GEORGE: ..selling it... NATASHA: Listen!

GEORGE: At 42 only bid.

45.

SARA: Oh!

AMY: (SHRIEKS) Wahey, we're dancing with this one!

GEORGE: 45 the bid.

NATASHA: Brilliant.

GEORGE: All done.

AMY: Come on!

At 45 the bid.

Woo!

GEORGE: Yabba dabba doo!

AMY: Yes!

Sold at 45.

SARA: 50% profit.

VO: Sitting pretty with the first piece of profit.

Well done!

AMY: I'm really good at this!

NATASHA: (SQUEALS) NATASHA: I love your style!

SARA: You're brilliant.

The world loved your style... Look at that face!

How good is that?

Against a Dragon!

Do you know what I mean?

VO: Sara's married the silk embroidered picture with the pincushion for her next lot.

I never even asked, what's the scene?

Is it domestic?

STEVEN: A rural scene.

NATASHA: A rural scene?

AMY: Here we go.

STEVEN: You'll see in a second.

GEORGE: £60 to start me.

60.

SARA: Yes... STEVEN: Yeah, we'll take that.

AMY: Come on!

GEORGE: 50 for the pair.

NATASHA: Feel it.

GEORGE: 40.

30.

They're just not appreciating it.

No.

20 bid.

£20 the bid.

22 the bid.

22 the bid.

Have you all done?

AMY: (WAILS) No!

GEORGE: At 24 bid.

GEORGE: 25 is it?

At £25 the bid.

Oh, yay!

GEORGE: 27 the bid.

STEVEN: (SCOFFS) 27 the bid, any more?

At £27... GEORGE: Sold.

STEVEN: (GROANS) Oh!

Could have been worse.

AMY: Yeah... Amy's wail helped you!

"No!"

VO: Bound to be a needling for Sara, but someone's got a good deal.

We've still plenty left to win.

I'm hoping we've got a lucky streak coming.

I think I can smell a lucky streak.

Can you?

It that what that is?

I can smell something...!

I hope it is.

VO: Aiming to "stick" it to them, it's Amy's silver and steel hatpin now.

No buyer's remorse.

I dig it.

If it doesn't sell for a profit, the world is bananas.

NATASHA: That's what it is.

STEVEN: It was a nice thing.

20.

20 bid.

£20 the bid.

£20 the bid.

22 bid.

25 anywhere?

30 bid.

£30 the bid.

GEORGE: Any more?

AMY: Please, please!

All done.

37 bid.

Back online.

37 the bid.

NATASHA: Go on.

AMY: 38, please!

GEORGE: They're screaming at me here.

Last chance.

Ooh...Ooh, 37.

40 bid.

Yay!

GEORGE: 40.

At £40 only bid.

Cringing at this one.

We're cringing.

All done at 40...?

Sold!

Mea culpa.

I am sorry.

I thought it would be...

Still, 40's not bad.

NATASHA: Yeah.

AMY: We need 100!

VO: Hats off to the buyer, eh?

They got that for a song.

Basically, I was really invested in the beetle.

I thought, "That beetle's selling it."

Alas, the world has seen enough.

VO: Hoping for brighter things to come, it's Sara's Royal Enfield sign.

This could make a lot of money.

STEVEN: Fresh goods.

SARA: This...this... SARA: This is... Ready...!

AMY: Here we go, good luck.

£100 to start me?

100 would be a great start.

Oh, no... GEORGE: At 50 bid.

NATASHA: Wait.

We've got a bid.

AMY: We've got a bid.

GEORGE: 50 bid.

60 bid.

GEORGE: £60 the bid.

STEVEN: Going in tens.

Room bid, room bid, 80.

Room bid, 80.

GEORGE: 100 bid.

£100 the bid.

STEVEN: Come on!

SARA: Right George.

NATASHA: Come on.

At £100 only bid.

110 bid.

NATASHA: Oh!

STEVEN: 110!

SARA: Oh, yes.

Yes, come on.

STEVEN: You're a lucky mascot.

Hello.

What a beauty.

Stick it in your mancave, boys.

Stick in your mancave!

That's what we thought!

GEORGE: One.... Oh, just in time.

120 bid.

Tell you what, George's... AMY: Gosh, my heart.

..long, drawn style, it works!

STEVEN: I know!

At 120, for the first time.

NATASHA: Oh, first time.

GEORGE: For the second time.

STEVEN: Tease it!

SARA: Come on.

120, for the third and final time...

It's gone at 120.

VO: A mancave's going to look a lot more chic, at least.

That was my "go big or go home".

NATASHA: Mm.

That was the one I was... All eggs in that basket.

VO: One-two!

It's time for Amy's George III steel shoe buckles.

Old buckles.

So we were thinking showbiz.

We were thinking glitz and glam.

Hollywood Regency?

So we've gone for some marcasite buckles.

Were also Georgian, actually.

30 on that lot?

30?

20?

10 bid, £10 bid.

Any advance on 10?

Any more?

10 the bid.

Any more?

15 the bid.

Back online.

15 bid.

17, can we see?

17 the bid.

Come on, come on!

Fancy dress thing.

18 the bid.

18 the bid.

19.

At 19 only bid... Sold.

Ai-ai-ai, that hammer went straight to my heart, actually.

STEVEN: I know.

VO: Buckled under the strain.

I'm sorry, Amy.

I'm sorry.

Thought we were doing really well and we just go and crash back down.

NATASHA: We're crashing.

VO: Time for Sara's walnut art deco clock now.

It would look nice in a mancave, next to a Royal Enfield... SARA: He's took it.

STEVEN: ..Cycles sign.

27 the bid.

27.

STEVEN: 27.

NATASHA: 27, OK. We just need double that, at least.

We do.

27 the bid.

Have you all done?

30 bid.

£30 the bid.

32 bid.

STEVEN: 32.

GEORGE: 32 the bid.

35 bid.

Whoo!

35 in the room.

Any more?

37 the bid.

37... Closer to heaven.

Me heart is... 37 only bid for the first.

For the second.

For the third and last at £37... Sold at 37.

VO: If they could turn back the clock, would they?

Now that that's happened, OK, and it's made a loss... ..would you still have bought it...?

SARA: Yes, I would.

STEVEN: Yes.

No, it was... That means no regrets.

SARA: Do you know what?

I would say that about... AMY: All of the items.

SARA: ..all my items.

STEVEN: Je ne regrette rien.

NATASHA: Exactly!

SARA: Je ne regrette rien.

NATASHA: Alright, Edith!

It sounds nicer in French!

VO: Can Amy's Regency long arm snatch some profit?

Basically need it to make about £300.

NATASHA: Here we go.

Here we go.

AMY: Here we go.

NATASHA: Pick up a bargain.

Actually, not too much of a bargain.

No, no, no.

Pick up a very expensive lot!

GEORGE: £50 to start me?

40?

NATASHA: OK. GEORGE: 30?

NATASHA: OK. AMY: Oh, no.

GEORGE: 20?

AMY: I'm not liking this.

GEORGE: To grab your book.

20 bid.

Any advance on 20?

22 bid.

22 the bid.

Please?

GEORGE: 22 only bid.

AMY: (WAILS) No!

25 bid, new bidder.

NATASHA: Can you feel the panic?

AMY: Yay!

All done at £25...?

It's a chunky loss.

Sold.

VO: Not many librarians in the room today.

Mm, lucky for the buyer.

Focus on the positives.

VO: Hoping to go out in a blaze of glory, Sara's Chinese bronze cast dragon heads now.

£100 to start me on the Oriental early.

SARA: Go on, spend £100.

NATASHA: Go on.

This dragon won't be very pleased.

Oh, yes!

20 bid.

All done?

25 bid.

25 in the room.

Any more?

30 bid, back online.

SARA: (MOUTHS) I love you.

GEORGE: 30 the bid.

GEORGE: Any more?

All done?

Go on!

Go on, my son.

32 the bid.

At 34 bid, back in.

Any more?

Last chance... (ROARS) At...Oh, 36!

NATASHA: Oh, on the hammer!

SARA: Whoo!

GEORGE: Just in time!

STEVEN: We're back in the game.

GEORGE: 38, you woke up.

NATASHA: Keep going, keep going!

GEORGE: 38 the bid.

Go on, George!

Any more?

Done at 38?

Yes!

Well done!

Sure?

GEORGE: Sold!

AMY: That's a profit!

NATASHA: Well done.

Thanks, George!

That was great.

VO: Magical stuff.

Sara's first piece of profit.

Nice work.

He did a great...

He worked hard for us, then.

I need to buy that man a drink.

Or make him a cup of tea.

Yep, a cuppa.

VO: Amy's final lot might help.

It's the Victorian Britannia metal teapot.

You think you've seen haggling?

You've not seen Amy haggling for a teapot.

Oh, I heard all about this haggle.

I was proud of the lass.

£40 to start me?

40?

NATASHA: Go on, George.

AMY: Come on, please, please...!

GEORGE: 20.

NATASHA: Go on.

That would still be good.

AMY: (WAILS) Come on!

NATASHA: Go on, don't... 10.

10 bid.

£10 the bid.

Tenner bid.

Any more?

15 bid.

Come on, we're so close.

It's coming round the final furlong.

£20 the bid.

AMY: Come on, come on.

NATASHA: Come on.

Keep going!

AMY: Cuppa tea.

GEORGE: 25 bid.

Keep it warm.

£30 the bid.

AMY: (SQUEALS) SARA: Triple your money.

GEORGE: At 30.

AMY: Come on, tea lovers.

GEORGE: All done at £30...?

AMY: Whoo!

GEORGE: Gone!

NATASHA: Yes!

GEORGE: It's a winner!

NATASHA: So chuffed.

SARA: Look at her face.

STEVEN: I know.

NATASHA: So chuffed.

SARA: 300%!

I didn't realize how hard this was going to be.

VO: A good pot of tea, it can cure anything.

Cheers.

Cuppa tea?

SARA: I don't know about you... STEVEN: And a biscuit?

I need something stronger than a tea.

..tea will make us all feel much better.

SARA: Er, careful with these chairs...

They just sold for a fortune.

NATASHA: (LAUGHS) VO: Time to find out which of our road trippers is walking away with the biggest profit or smallest loss.

Totting it all up, Sara started with £400, spent it all on the road and, after costs at auction, made an overall loss of £189.26.

Amy started with £400, too.

She spent 275 on the road, and, after saleroom fees at auction, she's lost less than Sara, so she's today's winner.

But they both gave a first-rate performance.

I've had a lush time.

I want to do it all again.

Do you know, we could totally go and hit up a couple of antique shops now.

Yeah... Now I've got an idea, I feel like I know better what works.

I think I'd even go in with a different approach, maybe?

I would definitely be up for, like, me and you antique shopping again.

Let's make it a date.

Well, only if...we can get a classic car again.

Yeah, and can I drive it?

Er...we'll see.

I'll bring a teapot.

VO: Milk and two sugars, please.

Cheerio!

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