VO: The nation's favorite celebrities...

There's a fact for you.

VO: ..paired up with an expert... We're like a girl band!

VO: ..and a classic car.

Give it some juice, Myrie, give it some juice.

VO: Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.

I'm brilliant at haggling.

Who knew?

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

I can't believe that!

VO: But it's no easy ride.

TRISHA: What's that smell?

AMIR: The clutch!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

That's very art deco, innit?

VO: Take the biggest risk?

EAMONN: It's half toy, it's half furniture.

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

That's irrelevant.

VO: There will be worthy winners... CHRIS: (GROANS) RUFUS: (LAUGHS) VO: ..and valiant losers.

No!

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

Woohoo!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Ha ha, what fun!

VO: It's that time again!

VO: Get ready, this is gonna be a good 'un.

This is what I love about the north, look at them views, rolling hilltops, trees.

Brakes not working.

I'm so happy that I'm on the road with you, you know?

I am.

VO: Today, driving a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, we're joined by actress and comedian Crissy Rock and TV presenter Scarlett Moffatt.

Look at the cows, all on the floor.

CRISSY: It's going to rain.

SCARLETT: That means it's going to rain, yeah.

Hey, did you know that cows moo in regional accents?

CRISSY: Do they?

Yeah.

It's a scientific fact, yeah.

VO: (CHUCKLES) VO: We're in County Durham, so are these cows Mackems?

VO: Ha-ha!

These northern lasses forged a close friendship after meeting at a showbiz bash.

So like Scouser cows will sound different to Geordie cows.

Yeah, they'll go "moo-ve, moo-ve".

SCARLETT: Yeah.

CRISSY: (LAUGHS) VO: Yeah, moo-ving on, Crissy started her acting career in the late 1980s but is best known for starring in a much loved British sitcom.

CRISSY: Oh, look at this.

(CAR RATTLES) Is it meant to make that noise?

CRISSY: I don't know!

(LAUGHS) I've never been in a Rolls-Royce before.

Roy's Rolls, I've been in, the bakery.

(CHUCKLES) VO: Scarlett began her career on a hit reality show, and has since forged a career in TV presenting.

I'm a good haggler.

I like haggling.

Are you?

Are you a good haggler?

CRISSY: Yeah, I'll go, "Get a life!

How much?

"Are you having a laugh?"

So you're taking the aggressive tactic of haggling?

I will take the aggressive tactic.

I take the like smiley, "This is my first time in an antiques shop.

Please, can you give me a bargain?"

I'm going for the like nice approach.

VO: Now that's decided, let's meet the experts.

Our duo are being paired with Margie Cooper and Christina Trevanion, who are driving a white Triumph Herald.

CHRISTINA: You are an absolute pro at driving this car.

How is she, how is she cruising?

MARGIE: Actually, this is alright.

CHRISTINA: Oh, good.

MARGIE: She's alright.

Well she's got everything we need.

MARGIE: Yeah.

CHRISTINA: And you know what, for the first time in a long time, it's not raining!

VO: Oh, good.

SCARLETT: I've got to warn you, as much as we're friends, Crissy... Yeah.

SCARLETT: ..I am very competitive, and I'm a professional couch potato and I watch a lot of antique shows, so I'm just pre-warning you that I'm aiming to win.

Alright, love.

MARGIE: So... CHRISTINA: Mm-hm?

MARGIE: I thought I might go with Scarlett.

Is that alright?

Ah!

You're going to go with Scarlett, so I'm going to go with Crissy.

MARGIE: Yeah.

CHRISTINA: Cool.

CHRISTINA: Well, that sounds like a plan.

MARGIE: Alright.

A plan.

CHRISTINA: I'm looking forward to it.

I hear that she is absolutely hilarious, so I expect to be in tears by the end of the day.

MARGIE: You will.

VO: Let's hope in a good way.

VO: Now that's sorted, let's spend some money!

VO: Our antiques adventure takes us across the northeast of England before an auction in Newport, Shropshire.

VO: We begin in the town of Stanley, and Raine & James Antiques, where Margie is already getting stuck in.

CHRISTINA: Woohoo!

Hello!

SCARLETT: Hello.

CHRISTINA: Margie is waiting for you, Scarlett.

SCARLETT: Ooh!

We've got to part company now.

CHRISTINA: You're going to get a head start.

Now, are you a safe driver?

Yeah, well, I've got to 15mph.

Ah, good work.

15mph is good for me, good for me.

SCARLETT: She is safe-ish.

CHRISTINA: Is she?

SCARLETT: Yeah, yeah.

Ish, Scarlett, ish?!

SCARLETT: Yeah.

Keep your seat belt on.

Keep your seat belt on.

CHRISTINA: (LAUGHS) Cool.

Have fun!

CHRISTINA: Alright, let's buckle up, Buttercup!

May the best man win!

CHRISTINA: Or woman, come on!

Right, let's go, Crissy!

CRISSY: Let's go.

CHRISTINA: Go, go, go!

CRISSY: Bye, love!

CHRISTINA: Woo-hoo!

SCARLETT: Bye!

VO: Scarlett has £400 in her pocket, and Margie is waiting for her.

(DOOR BELL RINGS) VO: Oh, twinnies!

Ah, Scarlett!

We're matching!

MARGIE: We are!

SCARLETT: We're matching!

We should've spoken to each other, look!

SCARLETT: This is a good sign.

MARGIE: It's a good sign.

SCARLETT: Yeah.

MARGIE: Green for good luck.

I'm so happy that I'm with you.

Oh, that's very sweet.

SCARLETT: I am.

You're my fave.

MARGIE: Likewise.

VO: Pleasantries over, let's get down to business.

So let's take a look, come on.

Oh, now, I like these.

SCARLETT: See?

What did I bother with bloody veneers for?

I could have just got a pair of these.

SCARLETT: It's like looking in a mirror.

VO: Say cheese!

MARGIE: Would you put that in your house?

SCARLETT: Er... No.

SCARLETT: (LAUGHS) MARGIE: Oh!

But you can't always buy things that you like, can you?

SCARLETT: No.

I like really quirky things.

Probably things that other people go, "Why have you got that in your house?"

SCARLETT: Do you know what I mean?

That's my style.

"Why do you own that, Scarlett?"

That's far too classy for my house.

MARGIE & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) VO: I don't believe that!

So it's mid-20th-century Italian glass, not Murano, I'm afraid.

MARGIE: And it's £110, probably 1960s.

SCARLETT: That would be a nice little item to put your champers in.

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) SCARLETT: Wouldn't it?

You'd need a few bottles to fill that.

MARGIE: Are you saying no to that?

SCARLETT: I don't know.

You're the expert.

Alright.

So you're putting me under pressure.

MARGIE: Well, it all depends how much we could get that for.

SCARLETT: Yeah.

MARGIE: But it is a thought.

MARGIE: A possibility.

SCARLETT: OK. VO: One to think about.

VO: And where are our other two?

Tell me about our competition, Crissy, because I don't know Scarlett.

Is she a competitive person?

CRISSY: Oh, she's very competitive.

CHRISTINA: Is she?

She'd go for me jugular, if she could.

No, really?

CRISSY: In a nice way.

I've never won nothing in my life.

Oh, don't tell me things like that!

Really?

Yeah.

But there's always time.

You know what I mean?

There is always time.

It's like the tortoise and the hare.

Yeah, absolutely.

VO: But don't go too slow!

VO: They're heading to Newcastle upon Tyne, and to Fern Avenue Antiques Center.

VO: This antiques center is a family-run business and the largest in the northeast.

CHRISTINA: You are like a child in a sweet shop.

CRISSY: Oh, wow.

Look at all this.

CHRISTINA: What do you think?

CRISSY: I love it.

CHRISTINA: Do you find it a bit overwhelming, or are you... A little bit because you go, "Oh," and then you go, "Oh," so you don't know.

CHRISTINA: There's just so much to see, isn't there?

I know.

CHRISTINA: How do you feel about chairs, Crissy?

CRISSY: I love chairs.

Which is your favorite out of those two chairs?

CRISSY: Out of them two?

CHRISTINA: Yeah.

CRISSY: I think that one.

CHRISTINA: Yeah, mine too.

Do you know what that chair is called?

No.

CHRISTINA: So it's called a Sussex chair, that kind of design, and it's one of my favorite, favorite ranges of furniture.

Oh, that's nice, isn't it?

Have you ever heard of a chap called William Morris?

CRISSY: Yes!

So that chair was designed by a man called Philip Speakman Webb.

CRISSY: Yeah.

And it was designed for Morris & Co. VO: William Morris is best known as the 19th century's most celebrated designer and a key figure in the arts and crafts movement.

He designed it in around, I think it was about the mid-19th century, 1860s, I think.

And it was in production right up until, I think, just before World War II.

CHRISTINA: That one looks like it could be a later production.

The early ones, at the moment, I think I've sold one recently for about £400 or £500.

CRISSY: No!

CHRISTINA: Yeah.

The later ones, they're not so valuable.

How much is on that one?

CRISSY: I'll tell you how much he is.

CHRISTINA: Have a little look, see what's on the price tag.

CRISSY: £145.

I would say that is a very fair retail price.

CRISSY: Yeah.

But we would want to be looking at getting it for sort of £80 or £90, really.

CRISSY: Yeah.

CHRISTINA: What do we think?

Well it's the first thing we've seen, and there's so much here, I'd like to have a little nose.

Explore a bit more?

Yeah, explore a bit more.

VO: Ooh, off you go, then.

VO: Meanwhile, back in the town of Stanley...

So I'm sitting down and taking a break.

Thinking.

And this is typical, when you're in places like this, you miss so much.

So I'm just sitting, and I'm at the right height.

Look at that, pedestrians sign.

And it's old, and it's £45.

I reckon that'd make money.

VO: Right you are, then.

Anything else?

VO: Hello.

Right, that tractor man.

MARGIE: Yeah?

I like the look in his eyes.

MARGIE: Well he's... (LAUGHS) He's telling a tale.

No, he looks frightened to death!

VO: Ha-ha!

Lordy.

MARGIE: So I reckon that is like 1950s, 1960s.

Really?

Yeah, I think so.

It would be on the wall of a nursery or something, wouldn't it?

SCARLETT: Oh.

MARGIE: And I wonder if that painting has been done by somebody else.

MARGIE: Perhaps it didn't have that painting on it.

Oh, what, and they've added that later?

MARGIE: Yeah, maybe added that later.

And made it into a really interesting thing, that's what's saleable about it.

MARGIE: The rest of it is just basic, just contiboard, really.

Oh, I love it.

Yeah?

I do.

So, yeah, yeah.

Well spotted.

VO: This nursery plaque has a price tag of £45.

SCARLETT: I once got a pair of trainers for 12 quid that were meant to be 60 cuz they only had one size four left, and one size five.

MARGIE: And you bought... SCARLETT: Yeah.

MARGIE: ..odd ones?

SCARLETT: Yeah.

SCARLETT: Just wore thicker socks on the other one.

I love a bargain!

VO: Well, you're in the right place.

VO: How's the other team getting on?

Oh, Christina, look at this.

Oh, wow, he's brilliant, isn't he?

Look at him.

CHRISTINA: Why do you like that?

CRISSY: Because he's quirky.

CHRISTINA: He is.

Yes.

It's a talking piece.

VO: A novelty butler side table.

Fun!

What do you think he is marked up at?

£35.

That's not bad, is it?

CRISSY: Yeah.

That's not bad at all.

No, but we'll knock him down.

Oh, will we?

I'll get him, knock him down, or knock him out, one of the two.

CHRISTINA: Don't do that, oh my goodness!

VO: Yeah, keep an eye on her, Christina.

Ha!

CHRISTINA: It is really cool.

I like that very much.

I mean, it's the kind of thing that it's not going to make a fortune.

CRISSY: No.

CHRISTINA: It isn't.

It never is, it's not got a kind of intrinsic value to it.

But... CRISSY: 35 quid, we'll knock 'em down.

CHRISTINA: And also, when you look at it, Crissy, it's the kind of thing that just makes you smile, doesn't it?

It's like a talking point.

And that is totally you.

VO: This shop's serving them well so far.

Oh, oh, oh!

I recognize that pattern.

Oh, what have you found now?

CRISSY: Look at that - Clarence Cliff's.

Clarence Cliff?

CRISSY: What's his name?

What's his name?

CRISSY: How would you pronounce it?

So it's Clarice Cliff.

Oh, Clarice, not Clarence?

CHRISTINA: Not Clarence, no.

CRISSY: Ooh.

So Clarice Cliff, she was a big ceramic designer, I think from sort of the 1920s to the 1960s.

CHRISTINA: She was kind of one of the first women to start sort of painting and beautifully decorating.

CRISSY: So they were all hand-painted, weren't they?

Yeah.

Clarice Cliff, especially if we're going to an online auction, Clarice Cliff is one of the things that people still do search for.

CHRISTINA: So she was based in Staffordshire.

She was at the Stoke Potteries, I think.

CHRISTINA: And it's called autumn crocus because we've got that yellow, or the orange and the yellow and the blue.

CHRISTINA: What prices have we got on there?

He's 18, but he's got a big chip in.

CHRISTINA: Oh!

CRISSY: Ooh!

Well, let's see what we've got, how much are they?

CRISSY: 18.

CHRISTINA: 18, yeah.

And then what's on the rest?

That one's 28.

CHRISTINA: I mean, that is incredibly reasonable for a piece of Clarice Cliff.

When you display it, you're not going to see that chip.

The chip's on the back.

I don't think that's a bad price, if I'm honest, at all.

CHRISTINA: I think we need to see what we can do on the price.

CRISSY: Yeah.

CHRISTINA: Potentially.

Because... CRISSY:(WHISTLES) ..we've got 35, 45, 55, we could maybe do a sort of global figure.

Yeah.

VO: Right, time to see what Dennis can do for them.

Stand by, Dennis.

Dennis!

Just the man we want.

CHRISTINA: Dennis, I apologize in advance for anything that might happen.

(THEY LAUGH) Right.

What can I do for you?

Now, Dennis, I looked at you, and I got this vibe.

I thought he has got the loveliest, kindest face.

You are a comedian, aren't you?

CHRISTINA: (LAUGHS) Well, I am short-sighted as well, but I will not hold that against you.

No, Dennis, we've seen some things we want.

We need a price.

What have you seen?

Well, a plate.

What sort of plate?

It's a Clarence Clift.

Clarice Cliff.

Clarice Cliff.

Yeah, yeah.

And how much is on it?

Well, it's £18.

DENNIS: That can be 15.

CRISSY: Thank you.

CHRISTINA: So what about the butler, Crissy?

CRISSY: The butler?

DENNIS: 35, that can be 28.

Blimey!

CRISSY: So how much?

How much?!

43 altogether.

CHRISTINA: 43 CRISSY: 43.

For the two?

For the plate and the butler stand.

That's lovely, that.

CRISSY: 40 what?

Three?

DENNIS: £43, please.

Lovely.

Thank you very much.

CRISSY: Thank you.

Thank you ever so much.

VO: Well done, Crissy!

First shop down, and they've got £357 left.

VO: Back in Stanley... Oh, I like that mind.

45.

I like the pedestrian sign.

Oh, I like that.

VO: So did Margie.

Looks like it's a goer.

VO: It's now time to talk cash with owner Philip.

Are you alright?

We've been looking for you.

SCARLETT: What's these here?

They have literally just come in, in the last 20 minutes.

SCARLETT: That's a good sign.

MARGIE: It is always a good sign.

MARGIE: New stock.

PHILIP: Some retro glass lamps.

VO: The design and color of these shades are typical 1960s, and are just as usable today as they were 60 years ago.

SCARLETT: I believe in signs, and I feel like the fact that they've just arrived.

PHILIP: Literally.

SCARLETT: That's a sign, innit?

MARGIE: But it's all down to price.

PHILIP: £85 for them, the three.

For the lot?

PHILIP: Yeah.

That's the death, is it?

PHILIP: That's me getting a pint of beer out of this.

SCARLETT: Is it?

Right.

Well, that's a possibility.

Now, what else have you got on your list, love?

SCARLETT: What I can't say no to, and it's that little man with the beady eyes... MARGIE: (LAUGHS) SCARLETT: ..the tractor man.

PHILIP: Oh, the tractor man!

Yes.

Did you think I was talking about you?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cool.

PHILIP: It's great, yeah.

SCARLETT: Yeah?

Yeah, but is he cheap and cheerful?

What's the price on that?

MARGIE: Uh.

(MUMBLES) SCARLETT: I think 15, wasn't it?

£15, I think.

You can't blag me, honey.

45.

PHILIP: 45?

You can have that for 25.

Yeah, we'll have the tractor man.

SCARLETT: Well, we'll go with tractor man.

VO: Thank goodness.

MARGIE: We've spotted, haven't we... SCARLETT: The pedestrian sign, I like.

MARGIE: Yeah, bit of fun.

PHILIP: It was 45.

In all fairness, you're here and you're dealing with me, which is really nice.

MARGIE: Yeah.

PHILIP: I would, I would take £30 for one.

That...you're a very nice man.

VO: Indeed!

Come on, then, pay up.

85 add... And 50, 30 and 25, is 55.

So 85 and 55, eight... 130.

MARGIE: 130.

SCARLETT: Yeah.

OK, you've got a deal.

Thank you very much.

Oh, yes!

We've done a deal.

SCARLETT: This is exciting.

VO: Oh, it is!

Thank you very much.

Job's a good 'un!

MARGIE: Job's a good 'un!

SCARLETT: We're a good team.

SCARLETT: It's the blazers, I'm telling you.

MARGIE: It's the green blazers.

VO: Good spending, team.

VO: Scarlett has paid £20 for the nursery plaque, 30 for the pedestrian sign, and the lamps cost 80, which means they've got £270 left.

CRISSY: Hey, love.

Keep peddling, you're nearly there.

CRISSY & CHRISTINA: (LAUGH) VO: Crissy and Christina are on their way to Beamish in County Durham.

My husband's got a llama, Clarence, and he loves sugar beets.

What?

You've got a llama called... CRISSY: A llama called Clarence.

That's a very fancy name for a llama.

I know.

And he love sugar beets.

Giving a llama sugar beets is like giving them a polo mint.

VO: Aw, how sweet!

VO: They're off to the Living Museum of the North to meet Callum, a confectioner who runs a sweets shop in traditional early 20th century style.

Hiya Callum.

Are you alright?

CALLUM: This is our lovely Jubilee confectionery.

CRISSY: (GASPS) Sounds good, doesn't it?

Currently based in 1913.

Yeah, just before World War I. VO: They are here to learn how sugar went from being a luxury of the rich to a staple of the masses.

VO: Sugar can be linked back as far as 510BC, when Emperor Darius of Persia discovered cane sugar.

They used to actually chew on the sugar cane.

Traditionally, that's where sugar was really first consumed.

VO: Sugar was only discovered by Western Europeans in the 12th century, and was treated as a spice.

Why was it so expensive?

Sugar at one point in time was roughly about £100 per kilo, and that's back then.

CALLUM: That's actually more valuable than the price of gold at the time.

So sugar was referred to as white gold.

What was the packaging like?

Was the packaging just as much important as the sweets?

The packaging was one of the best ways of them actually selling the product.

CALLUM: So you've got such a premium product that the packaging needs to be just as premium.

CALLUM: A lot of the chocolate boxes would've had a beautiful woman, such as yourself... VO: Oh, you charmer!

Aw!

CALLUM: ..marketing the boxes.

Who's he looking at?

CHRISTINA & CRISSY: (LAUGH) CALLUM: Yes, to help sell the boxes, they'd have a painting of a beautiful lady on the front, because it would be the wealthy lords that would be purchasing the boxes.

VO: Sugar was capable of making vast profits and was taxed highly, keeping it a luxury item until 1876, when prime minister William Gladstone removed the tax.

It became a lot more accessible for the average man and woman to be able to afford sweets.

So boiled sweets would have went from about 6p to roughly half that.

VO: The discovery of sugar beets also had an effect.

VO: It meant that sugar could be grown in Europe, which was far more economical to harvest.

VO: By the early 20th century, shops like this one had popped up all over the country.

We have a record of maybe only about half a dozen local firms to going up to around about 120 after that time period, just a few years later.

Gosh, 120?

CALLUM: 120, yeah.

CRISSY: Yeah.

CHRISTINA: Gosh.

CALLUM: So there was a lot more sweet shops in the area, and they'd practically have one in every local town or city in the area, particularly anywhere near where there was a mine in the local area.

VO: In the northeast, local producers created a sweet for the miners called the Black Bullet - dark in color to conceal being covered in coal.

VO: Ha!

Splendid.

Flavored with peppermint oil, which would basically be very, very strong.

So you'd actually be able to taste it through all of the grime and the coal dust and whatnot.

VO: It's time for Callum to give Crissy and Christina a demo on how to make the classic boiled sweet, rhubarb and custard.

Oh, look at that.

CRISSY: It looks so simple, doesn't it?

VO: He pours the sugar mix into a mold.

CALLUM: This table actually has pipes that run through the table, so we have the ability to run hot and cold water through it, which can cool and heat the sugar depending on the time of the year.

CALLUM: We're going to add our vanilla flavoring to one half of the sugar now.

CALLUM: It does give off a lovely smell.

VO: Bright colors added to these sweet treats appeal, as sweet makers experimented with ingredients.

CALLUM: The colorings could have been quite poisonous.

Could have been yellow lead, believe it or not.

VO: Yikes!

CHRISTINA: Oh, my goodness!

And what about the red?

Where would that color come from?

CALLUM: That could have been cochineal, which is ground up beetles.

Yeah.

CALLUM: It could have been pig's blood.

Oh, that's not too bad, cuz that's... CALLUM: Yeah, not too bad.

CRISSY: ..in black pudding.

CALLUM: Black pudding, yeah.

Or it could have been red lead.

Oh.

CALLUM: So you'd want to hope for it to be a pig's blood.

VO: Luckily, today they use good old beetroot - ha!

VO: The sweets they make are handmade, and so have different qualities to the mass-produced sweets we're accustomed to today.

CRISSY: Wow.

CALLUM: And we just give them a light tap on the table.

And that separates them into individual sweeties.

CHRISTINA: Oh, wow.

CALLUM: And there we have rhubarb and custard.

Ooh, they look good.

VO: What started as an exclusive product for the wealthiest in Britain became so cheap that a bag of rhubarb and custard like this one would have only cost 3p in the early 20th century.

VO: Yum, yum!

Oh, these are lovely.

CHRISTINA: Are we allowed to eat them now?

Mm.

I am.

CHRISTINA: Oh, they look really good, don't they?

CRISSY: Oh!

Died and gone to heaven.

Oh God, they're really good!

VO: Oi, save one for me!

VO: Now, what are Scarlett and Margie up to?

Have you got any antiques at home, Scarlett?

I like eclectic things.

Yeah.

So I like unusual things.

I love a sign.

SCARLETT: I love a sign.

We've got one.

Not a very good one, but we've got a sign.

MARGIE & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) VO: The team is heading to Horsley, to Graham Smith's Antiques, armed with £270.

(TAPS GLASS) A true antique shop, full of treasures from the past.

It's a little gong.

(BONGS GONG) SCARLETT: Dinner's ready!

No, I'm going to get in trouble, quick.

VO: Come on, behave.

Oh, I like this.

Newcastle upon Tyne.

SCARLETT: Royal Doulton dish with this crest of Newcastle upon Tyne.

£25?

SCARLETT: From the '50s, I think that's quite a long time ago, as well.

VO: Hmm, let's see what Margie thinks of it.

SCARLETT: So I was looking at this.

MARGIE: Yeah.

SCARLETT: The Royal Doulton.

MARGIE: Yeah.

And it's got a little Newcastle crest on it.

MARGIE: Yeah.

SCARLETT: That's why I like it.

And, 25 quid.

Yeah.

SCARLETT: Oh, you're doing a face.

VO: Oh, not the face!

I think we wouldn't be looking at it, if we weren't in the Newcastle area.

MARGIE: I think it's the right money, I could see it scraping 30.

Oh, that's a bit of a risk, that, isn't it?

MARGIE: Yeah.

VO: Yeah, could be a risky buy.

MARGIE: Does this interest you?

Well, it's green like our blazers!

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) SCARLETT: I do like a bit of green.

MARGIE: It's...it's about 80, 100 years old.

MARGIE: It's a trinket box.

It's called Mary Gregory glass, with that distinctive design, and it used to be so popular.

VO: Mary Gregory, originally in the 19th century in America, enameled glass, usually in white, with landscapes.

VO: This piece, though, is from the Czech Republic and is later.

I like the story.

I think if I knew who Mary Gregory was, I'd probably buy into it more.

I just think, while we're up north, we should buy something... MARGIE: Right.

SCARLETT: ..northern.

You're determined to have that Doulton dish, so we will buy it.

I am, you know.

Yeah, can we buy it?

VO: (DESPERATELY) Please!

SCARLETT: It's something me grandad would like.

It's something me dad would like.

So surely someone from up here is going to go, "I've got to have that as a gift."

Right, right.

Lead on.

VO: Looks like it's time to get owner Graham involved.

SCARLETT: What do you think you can do for this wonderful plate?

GRAHAM: I'll have a look.

SCARLETT: Thank you.

For a fellow Northerner.

Fellow Newcastle.

The best for that would be £20.

Yeah, is that alright?

GRAHAM: OK?

That is fine.

Thank you very much.

VO: No messing about here.

And with that purchase, it leaves Scarlett and Margie with £250.

VO: Bravo!

Well, I'm pleased I got something proper Northern.

(CHUCKLES) VO: As the first day closes, it's time for the teams to wind down.

I'm very impressed with your driving.

CHRISTINA: Very impressed with your driving.

Well, I'm getting used to it now, but I don't want to get too overconfident.

And I feel like I should be doing it because I should be chauffeuring you around.

I'll be Parker, you can be Lady Penelope.

CHRISTINA: (LAUGHS) MARGIE: You could say you're a really lucky girl, it's everybody's dream, what happened to you, isn't it?

Aw, thanks.

SCARLETT: When I was a kid, I actually, if I had two boiled eggs, I would call them Ant and Dec. MARGIE: (LAUGHS) SCARLETT: So you'd have Ant and Dec with toast.

So the fact that now I have them, you know, in my phone book and I can give them a ring is amazing.

VO: Nighty night, ladies.

VO: Rise and shine, it's time to hit the northeast roads once again.

Me and Margie yesterday had matching outfits on, we were like, we were like Salt-N-Pepa.

Christine's lovely.

And she's posh.

Oh, is she posh?

She talks nice.

I wish I could talk nice.

You do.

No, like, like posh.

You know what I mean?

(POSH ACCENT) You mean talk terribly far back like that?

SCARLETT: (POSH ACCENT) Yas.

(POSH ACCENT) I don't think I could keep it up, actually.

VO: (POSH ACCENT) Oh, me neither!

VO: Now, to our experts.

Crissy is possibly the loveliest, cheekiest person I've ever met when it comes to haggling.

MARGIE: Oh, is she?

CHRISTINA: Yeah.

Yeah, she approaches it in a rather nice way?

CHRISTINA: She does.

But she's very cheeky.

Well, I love Scarlett's accent.

Geordies can get away with so much because you just want to listen to them talking all day.

Yeah, I know.

VO: Wey-aye, man!

Right, now, time for a peek at the purchases.

Do you want to know what's in the boot?

SCARLETT: Yes.

CRISSY: Me ex-husband's body.

CRISSY & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) CRISSY: Here.

CRISSY: Is that yours?

SCARLETT: (LAUGHS) We weirdly have, like, very similar taste.

SCARLETT: And I think the word that describes it is tat.

CRISSY & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) CRISSY: I love him.

Downton Abbey.

VO: Crissy bought this butler's side table and a Clarice Cliff plate... Oh, oh, I recognize that pattern!

VO: ..leaving them with £357 in the piggy.

CRISSY: What have you got there, "pedestrian"?

SCARLETT: Yeah, a little pedestrian sign.

SCARLETT: To be honest, you could do with that for your driving.

VO: Hey, cheeky!

VO: Scarlett and Margie also purchased three 1960s retro glass light fittings and a child's nursery plaque.

Right, that tractor man.

MARGIE: Yeah.

I like the look in his eyes.

VO: That lovely lot has left Scarlett with £250 to spend.

SCARLETT: Come on.

VO: Crissy has dropped Scarlett off en route and made her way to the town of Boldon Colliery, in Tyne and Wear.

VO: She's met Christina at Laurie's Antiques.

I've just seen this.

CRISSY: An inkwell.

CRISSY: That's going to be a lady's one that, cuz look how delicate the nib is.

Oh, I'd imagine Jane Austen writing.

VO: Oh, how novel!

Ha-ha-ha!

CHRISTINA: Crissy, look how glamorous these spoons are.

Oh, hang on, I can't see properly.

CHRISTINA: Oh!

Let me have a look.

CHRISTINA: (LAUGHS) CHRISTINA: Can you see them now?

CRISSY: Yeah, let me just focus.

CHRISTINA: Can you see the hallmark on them?

What's it say?

CHRISTINA: They, to me, are just everything that I kind of wanted to buy with you.

CHRISTINA: They're glamorous.

They're Deco.

They're funky.

They're just really cool, aren't they?

CHRISTINA: Look at these little beautiful, shell-shaped bowls.

Are they silver?

CHRISTINA: Well, I don't think they are, sadly.

Silver-plate at auction at the moment is just not doing particularly well.

£20, very fair retail price, but not at auction.

VO: Oh.

Keep looking, girls.

VO: Meanwhile, Scarlett and Margie have made their way to Whitley Bay.

VO: They're visiting the antiques shop The Owl and the Pussycat.

Oh, I like this.

Groovy, baby!

Yeah!

SCARLETT: That is very Austin Powers.

VO: Yeah, man.

MARGIE: That looks interesting.

Yeah, I like that.

Doesn't it?

SCARLETT: What is it?

I like it, but I don't know what... MARGIE & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) VO: Oh, Lordy!

MARGIE: So it's like a box of games, French box of games.

What's in the drawers?

SCARLETT: Diablo X. MARGIE: Various games that we probably don't know.

That is amazing, that.

I really like that.

How old do you think this is, then?

Mid-20th, maybe 1930s.

I don't think it's much older.

That's quite old, that.

Oh, it is.

Yeah.

Shall we bear that in mind?

SCARLETT: Yeah.

MARGIE: And I'll follow you, and you tell me what you fancy.

VO: Back in Boldon Colliery... That looks suspiciously like gold to me.

It could be gold-plated.

But that has actually got a mark on there, which could be gold.

CHRISTINA: That's quite nice, and it looks like it might be Victorian as well.

It's very light.

But nonetheless, it is gold, which, frankly, when there's a lot of other stuff in here which glitters but isn't gold, it's a bit of a find.

CRISSY: Christina, have you found anything yet?

Well, Crissy, my love.

Funnily enough, I have.

Oh, what have you got?

Have a little look at that, see what you think.

CRISSY: Wow.

CHRISTINA: Now, I know it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I was rummaging, technical term, through a massive, great big box of jewellery, and that was loitering at the bottom.

Is it gold?

It is gold, yeah.

CRISSY: How can you tell?

CHRISTINA: Well, if you look on the side, can you see there's a tiny, weeny, little mark?

CRISSY: Oh, yeah.

CHRISTINA: And a lot of people, if it was with that jewellery that it was with, a lot of people would just go, "Oh, it must just be costume."

CHRISTINA: But that is actually gold.

CRISSY: Yeah.

Wow.

CHRISTINA: And it's nine carat gold as well.

See, you have them special glasses like that, don't you?

They're called eyes, Crissy.

CRISSY: I know!

VO: Look who's the comedian now, Crissy!

That's lovely, that.

And on one side, it's engraved.

On the other side, it's plain.

So you could wear it either way.

Either, either, yeah.

Yeah.

Fundamentally, Crissy, it all comes down to the price, so we need to have a good chat, and I need you on your best haggling skills, OK?

CRISSY: OK. CHRISTINA: You're up.

I found it.

This is the team, the dream team.

I find it.

CRISSY: This is dream team.

CHRISTINA: You haggle and buy it at the right price.

No more than 40 quid.

Got it?

CRISSY: OK. CHRISTINA: Alright, let's go.

VO: Let's see if Margie and Scarlett are having as much luck.

I like that.

Well, it's clean, isn't it?

Brightly colored.

SCARLETT: Yeah, it reminds us of school, like it reminds us of geography.

It's in very good nick, isn't it?

MARGIE: It might have been used in an office, it might have... What's D7 mean?

It might have been something to do with the war.

MARGIE: I don't know.

SCARLETT: I like it.

MARGIE: David probably knows where it's come from.

Do you want to ask him?

SCARLETT: David!

DAVID: Coming.

MARGIE: (CHUCKLES) Yes, madam.

So we were wanting to know a little bit more information about the map.

DAVID: Right.

MARGIE: Where did you buy it?

DAVID: We bought it from another dealer.

It is an old school map.

MARGIE: Ah!

DAVID: From Germany.

MARGIE: Yeah.

1960...the date's in the corner.

MARGIE: It's very good nick.

It's mid-'60s.

In the corner.

MARGIE: Good nick.

Yeah, it's been used as a school map.

SCARLETT: I said it reminded us of geography class, as well!

VO: You deserve a gold star, girl!

MARGIE: How much is that?

Might be out of your budget, cuz it's £500.

MARGIE: Oh!

Gosh.

DAVID: (LAUGHS) Oh, just a little bit out.

But it's good, isn't it?

I'm happy to do you a deal, but maybe not within your budget.

MARGIE: Yes, there you are.

You've got expensive taste.

SCARLETT: We also love this little bad boy here.

DAVID: Oh, the game's compendium?

SCARLETT: Yeah.

MARGIE: Yeah.

Yeah.

"Joy united," I believe it means on the top.

Do you like that?

That is quite cute.

How...how much money is that?

Well, we could do that for you 45, we could do that.

(GASPS) We've got to take that!

We'll have it.

I'm not even going to barter with you.

What a wonderful man.

VO: Well, that was easy, but you've still got money to spend.

MARGIE: Scarlett, we've not really bought anything girlie, have we?

Well, define girlie.

That pedestrian sign's quite girlie.

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) SCARLETT: I like that.

MARGIE: Yeah, its Norwegian, and it's an enamel and silver brooch, obviously.

1950s by quite a famous designer called David Andersen.

MARGIE: £75, which is a little bit too dear.

Do you like it?

Oh, I think it's so, it's cute, innit?

MARGIE: Yeah, it's a lovely color.

How much do you think, max?

SCARLETT: 65?

MARGIE: No.

SCARLETT: No?

How much are you wanting?

MARGIE: I would want 50, definitely.

Oh, you can haggle him.

I live round here!

I can't haggle him that much.

You just look at it, and let him decide.

SCARLETT: OK, OK. VO: Psst!

Discussion's over.

It's time to see David.

DAVID: Now then.

SCARLETT: Hello.

DAVID: Right.

SCARLETT: We love this.

DAVID: Very good.

SCARLETT: David, dude.

MARGIE: Andersen.

SCARLETT: Andersen.

MARGIE: Yeah.

Sweet little brooch.

It's beautiful.

Gorgeous.

But obviously we need the best deal possible, because we want to win, and we're wanting to buy the beautiful bonjour game set.

SCARLETT: French game set.

What deal can you do on this?

Cuz it's currently 75, it's a bit... We need to do 95 for both.

Fair enough, David.

DAVID: You'll make a... SCARLETT: That's... ..hopefully, you'll make a profit on those two.

MARGIE: Right, right.

I'm trusting you!

95.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

VO: Great work, team.

VO: That's £45 for the French game set and £50 for the brooch, leaving them with £155 left.

VO: Over at Boldon Colliery, it's time for negotiations.

Excuse me, love.

LAURIE: Hello.

CRISSY: Christina, with her golden eye... LAURIE: Yeah.

CRISSY: ..found a golden cross.

She did.

What is the best price you'd on that?

I'll meet you at 40, which is the best of the best.

39, and we've got a deal.

Go on, then, I'll meet you, I will give you that little inch.

And get out of her shop, poor girl.

CRISSY: Ooh!

It's still hot money.

CRISSY & CHRISTINA: (LAUGH) VO: This leaves Crissy and Christina with £318 and one shop left to go.

CHRISTINA: Magic.

Let's leave Laurie in peace, shall we?

CRISSY: Thank you very much.

Thanks very much, guys.

Best of luck!

CRISSY: Oh, we've got a nice cross!

VO: Back with the Triumph... Have you ever done a re-enactment?

No, I can't say I have done a re-enactment.

Like dressed up as a Viking, or a Roman, or?

No.

No.

What?

I thought you would have.

MARGIE: I think I'd feel a bit silly, to be honest.

MARGIE: (CHUCKLES) SCARLETT: You've got to do it at least once, I used to do it all the time with me dad.

MARGIE: Did you?

SCARLETT: Yeah.

It's a good way of teaching children about history.

Yeah.

I wasn't a child.

I'm talking like 18, 19 year old.

MARGIE: Oh, really?

SCARLETT: Yeah!

(LAUGHS) Oh, dear.

Oh, I was cool.

I was a cool teenager.

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) VO: These cool dudes are traveling 10 miles to South Shields.

VO: Here, amongst an unassuming housing estate, lies a startling discovery.

VO: Curator Alex Croom is on hand to tell them what makes this site so special.

Welcome to Arbeia, South Shields' Roman Fort.

ALEX: If you'd like to come on through.

SCARLETT: Wonderful.

VO: Arbeia was a very active and important Roman site, becoming the storage center for this corner of the Roman Empire.

VO: Various parts of the site have been reconstructed, meaning that Arbeia offers a unique insight into Roman life.

VO: From the top of the gatehouse, the scale of the site becomes clear.

That is massive.

SCARLETT: I can't believe this is like on my doorstep, really.

It's literally on them people's doorstep.

ALEX: Yep, that row of houses is actually built on part of the fort.

That is a good selling point, that.

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) MARGIE: So when was it discovered?

Well, they always knew there was Roman remains here... MARGIE: Yeah.

..but it was always just open fields until 1875.

MARGIE: Right.

ALEX: When they sold the land off, to build all these houses.

MARGIE: Yeah.

ALEX: And a group of local antiquarians got together and said, "We've got to excavate it before it gets covered over forever."

ALEX: So they did, got a lot of public interest, and because of that, they actually left part of it as a Roman remains park.

Obviously, we are in the middle of like South Shields.

I know this place for like the amusement park.

SCARLETT: But why would the Romans come here specifically?

Just because of its position.

You've got the River Tyne just over there, and the sea over there, so it was a perfect place to watch what's coming in, and for all the ships bringing transport.

So what was it actually used for?

Well, it started off life as just a normal fort, but the important thing about South Shields is it becomes the supply base.

ALEX: They actually extend the fort a bit and knock down various buildings and put granaries up.

ALEX: Now, normal forts just have two granaries.

At the largest extent, this had 24 granaries.

SCARLETT: That is like a massive cupboard, innit?

It's like a big pantry.

SCARLETT: A big fancy pantry.

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) A Roman pantry.

VO: In 208AD, Emperor Septimus Severus made Arbeia the supply fort for the campaigns north of Hadrian's Wall, stocking 11 other forts.

ALEX: And we have some evidence that he may have actually have come to the fort here.

ALEX: And if he did, that meant that the whole of the Roman Empire would have been governed from this place, because wherever the emperor is, is the heart of the empire.

So the emperor would have been here?

We actually had three emperors, in fact, because his two sons came along with him, and they were also co-emperors.

Them people who live there, do you think they know all this?

SCARLETT: This was a big deal, this was like the center of practically the universe at one point, wasn't it?

Yes, very much so.

VO: Over the years, the excavations here have revealed some surprising insights into Roman life.

SCARLETT: They must be like rich, special people, because they are very fancy tombstones.

Yes, exactly.

You can see how much wealth went into buying these tombstones.

ALEX: But these show us a bit more about everyday life of the people who actually lived at the fort here.

This one over here is to a woman called Regina.

ALEX: See her name on the inscription here.

ALEX: And she was a freed woman, and wife of a man called Barates, who came from Palmyra, whilst Regina herself, she was of the nation of Catvallauna, which comes from southern England, and she lived for 30 years.

But what's really interesting about this tombstone, it's a bilingual inscription.

ALEX: It's the only one in the country.

So underneath the Latin, there is this line of Palmyrene that says, "Alas, Regina, freed woman of Barates."

He must have fallen in love with her, mustn't he?

Yes, very much so.

Yeah.

So she said, "Free me, and I'll marry you."

ALEX: Yes.

(LAUGHS) MARGIE: (LAUGHS) SCARLETT: Do you know what I've loved about this?

Normally, when you talk about Romans, it's just all about the war.

Yeah.

Whereas this is just about everyday people falling in love.

VO: Oh, Scarlett's gone all fuzzy.

VO: When it came to the living quarters for the lowly soldiers, it was cramped.

Each barrack would have housed up to eight men at a time.

MARGIE: Eurgh.

Oi, I've stayed in worse.

MARGIE & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) SCARLETT: Oh, at least you have a sponge.

MARGIE: Yeah, that's not a sponge.

SCARLETT: What is it?

Well, guess what that's for?

SCARLETT: What is it?

MARGIE: That was your toilet paper in those days.

SCARLETT: Eurgh!

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) Oh, I've just touched that.

No, it hasn't been used, I'm sure.

MARGIE: Aren't you glad you live now, in this age, today?

Yeah.

I'd have liked it back here, you know.

MARGIE: Would you?

SCARLETT: Yeah.

MARGIE: Really?

VO: Another reconstructed area on site is the commanding officers' rooms, a stark contrast to the soldiers' barracks.

This is where I would have wanted to be.

Absolutely.

Proper stepping up a notch.

They've even got wallpaper!

Yes, it's definitely a good idea to be rich if you were a Roman.

This is everything you want in a house, like it's nice and spacious, big high ceilings.

SCARLETT: Is this just for effect, or did you know that they actually had high ceilings?

It's difficult to know exactly how high these ceilings were, but there is a Roman architect who wrote that rooms should be as tall as they are long.

Again, it's a way of being, impressive space to impress your guests, as they're coming in.

Ah!

VO: Arbeia offers a one-off chance to become immersed into the world of the Romans, and their stories are brought to life once again.

Are you feeling fancy?

Yeah.

I feel like this is the perfect place to eat our little punnet of grapes.

MARGIE: Why is your bunch bigger than mine?

Why is yours so small?

My, what small grapes you have!

VO: Ha-ha!

You two, honestly.

MARGIE: They're delicious, aren't they?

Mm.

Would they have had grapes in Roman times?

Nah, they'd have been raisins by the time they got here.

VO: Now, back to the others.

Crissy and Christina are on the coast in Whitley Bay, where they're hitting their last shop, Whitley Jewellery & Antiques.

Where on earth has Crissy gone?

It's not a particularly big shop.

(BELL RINGS) You rang?!

CHRISTINA: (LAUGHS) Hello!

Hello, love, what are you wanting?

How are you doing?

CRISSY: So, alright.

I'll tell you what, I've been nosing down there, and there's nothing, really.

CRISSY: Well, these...

I just love them.

Do you?

CRISSY: You can even feel the thistles.

CHRISTINA: Wow.

Well, that thrills me, Crissy.

CRISSY: They're just amazing.

CHRISTINA: I love your eye.

CHRISTINA: So these are, who are these by?

JS.

Josef Strnact.

CHRISTINA: Now, these are very typically sort of Vienna Secessionist style.

CHRISTINA: These wonderful, sinuous handles, like this, is a transition between the art nouveau and the art deco.

CRISSY: You're be lucky if you can even get your nails down there.

CHRISTINA: They're so delicate, aren't they?

But I love the fact that, A, they're marked.

Yeah.

CHRISTINA: B, they're numbered, 4275.

So they're a pair?

CHRISTINA: And they're a pair!

Yeah.

I love that.

Yeah, and there's not one chip that I can feel or... No.

I've got a little chip on a foot rim down here.

CRISSY: Have you?

(GASPS) CHRISTINA: But I would suggest that that is forgivable.

They've had a fight.

I've got one.

Yeah.

They have had a fight.

You're absolutely right.

Crissy, that is a great spot.

VO: This pair have a price tag of £45.

What date do you reckon they will be?

I think they're going to be sort of turn of the century.

CHRISTINA: 1900.

CRISSY: See.

CHRISTINA: Yeah, really nice.

That's amazing.

So that is a potential purchase.

I really, really like that.

I can see that.

And I'm so excited for them.

VO: Well done, Crissy.

Good start.

I mean, imagine, you've got your little thing in there, and then you go and... (POSH ACCENT) Oh, hello.

Chin-chin.

(POSH ACCENT) Oh, your port is absolutely... (POSH ACCENT) Is it Portuguese?

I don't know.

Well darling, I think I might have found something.

Wow, what is it?

These are sugar nips, so you would have them in your sugar bowl and you would take out your lump of sugar, put it in your tea.

CHRISTINA: These are solid silver.

CRISSY: (GASPS) CHRISTINA: Yeah.

And I know you wanted some silver.

It feels like Christmas.

CRISSY: So, how do you know they're solid silver?

CHRISTINA: Well, they've got a really lovely hallmark just on the top there.

CHRISTINA: But for me, the difference about them is the fact that they are this wonderful wishbone shape.

VO: This item costs £35.

CHRISTINA: So we've got two potential items now.

Shall we go and see what we can do as a bit of a price?

Let's see.

CHRISTINA: Here's the man himself, Philip.

PHILIP: Hello.

CHRISTINA: How are you doing?

Hi, fine, thank you.

Good.

I've brought the lovely Crissy with me today.

Yes.

Nice to meet you.

PHILIP: Hello there.

CRISSY: You too.

CHRISTINA: She's my secret weapon.

She's very good.

Yes.

Well, what a wonderful shop.

PHILIP: Thank you.

CRISSY: And, what would be the price on those vases?

PHILIP: Well, they're marked at 45, but seeing as it's you, Crissy, we'll do them for 35 for the pair.

PHILIP: How does that sound?

CHRISTINA: That's great.

PHILIP: Is that alright?

CHRISTINA: That's incredibly generous.

PHILIP: Not at all.

CRISSY: That's lovely.

CHRISTINA: The second thing that we saw was this sweet little set of sugar tongs... PHILIP: They're lovely, aren't they?

..that were in the cabinet.

They're really cute.

PHILIP: A bit different.

CHRISTINA: Nice little novelty pair.

The price tag said 35.

PHILIP: Right.

CHRISTINA: Can you give us any movement on that?

Yeah, of course.

We'll do them for 25 for you.

VO: What a gent, eh?

VO: Having paid £60, it leaves our team with £258 unspent.

CRISSY: I am absolutely thrilled to bits with these!

VO: Shopping done, it's time to hit the road.

MARGIE: Have you been to an auction?

SCARLETT: I've never been.

It's on me bucket list, so I'm excited to tick it off.

MARGIE: It's on your bucket list?

Yeah.

And it's like where they go, "The 10, 20, 25, 32" like all that, isn't it?

MARGIE: Yeah.

But that tends to be more for animals.

SCARLETT: Oh, does it?

Oh, OK.

So it'll be more... MARGIE: Yeah.

£10.

Is there £10.50 anywhere?

Anywhere in here, please.

MARGIE & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) VO: Think positive, ladies.

CHRISTINA: OK, Crissy, are we going to win?

Yes.

Louder than that, come on.

CRISSY: Yes!

CHRISTINA: Are we going to win?

Yes, we are!

VO: Game on.

Sweet dreams, eh?

VO: Wakey-wakey, it's auction day.

I'm a bit nervous about this auction, you know?

Aw no, I'm made up.

I'm regretting buying a few things, like, I really am.

Our little tractor man sign, in the shop, it didn't have very good lighting and... Yeah.

..it looked really cute.

CRISSY: But it is!

SCARLETT: But then when you got it in the light, it's not, it's creepy.

He's got creepy eyeballs.

VO: Oh, dear.

Today, they'll be viewing the auction from the beautiful Brancepth Castle near Durham.

VO: After scouring the northeast, their items have winged their way across the country to Newport in Shropshire.

VO: They'll be under the hammer at Brettells Auctioneers & Valuers with valuer Gemima Brettell.

VO: Crissy and Christina parted with £142 on their five items.

(GAVEL) The fretwork-cut dumbwaiter.

GEMIMA: Items such as these always do tend to do well, and it is quite novel, in the form of a butler.

We'll just have to see how it goes, and it's a lot cheaper than obviously buying a butler.

VO: Yeah.

VO: While Scarlett and Margie forked out £245 for their items.

GEMIMA: The French compendium, this has attracted so much interest, and whoever purchased this, definitely, were not playing games.

I can see this doing, or I definitely know this will be doing well on the rostrum today.

And, yeah, I'm incredibly excited about selling it.

VO: The bidding is on the book, on the phone, and from around the world online.

So how are we feeling, team?

Confident.

Oh, good, Crissy!

I like it.

MARGIE: Have you been to an auction?

CHRISTINA: Scarlett?

(LAUGHS) We did buy tat, didn't we?

(THEY LAUGH) SCARLETT: We did!

No, we did.

We've had a good time, but, yeah, Crissy, you might have this one in the bag.

VO: Let the bidding commence.

First up, Scarlett's David Andersen brooch.

Any Scandinavian jewellery for under £100 is a bargain.

You've bought this for £50?

MARGIE: Yeah.

CHRISTINA: I'm hoping the enamel's damaged?

It's not, it's perfect.

We could be in trouble.

Good luck, guys.

Start the bidding straight in at £60.

Yes!

We've made a profit!

GEMIMA: 65 now bid.

65 now bid.

65.

65 now.

Could we get 70 anywhere?

Come on, it should be £100.

GEMIMA: Can we get it 70 anywhere?

Come on!

At 65, then, once.

At 65, then, twice.

(THEY GROAN) GEMIMA: I'm not going to ask you, you've got to bid now, you've got to bid quick, cuz I'm putting the gavel down for £65.

(GAVEL) I thought that was going to go for about 300.

Oh!

VO: Still a profit.

Great start.

No, I thought, "We're going to make a profit here."

Yeah, but not that much.

You have made a profit, though, guys.

15, bah!

Ooh!

VO: Next up is Crissy's Clarice Cliff plate.

I called it Clarence.

CRISSY: I didn't realize it was called Clarice.

Well, this looks lovely actually.

Start the bidding in at £15.

At £15 bid.

£15 bid now.

Where's 18?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 15 bid now, where's 18?

Any more interest?

GEMIMA: At £15, then, on my left.

I'm selling.

GEMIMA: Bid it in.

Bid it now.

Bid it quick.

I'm selling.

Clarice Cliff.

Here we go.

Here we are.

18 bid.

20?

(GASPS) GEMIMA: At £20 bid.

At £20, then once, twice, third, final warning.

I'm selling away this time around for £20.

(GAVEL) CHRISTINA: Yay!

CRISSY: Ooh!

There we go.

VO: Well done.

Well done, Clarence.

CRISSY: That's alright, wasn't it?

CHRISTINA: That's a fiver.

We'll take that, won't we?

VO: Now it's time for Scarlett's pick - the Royal Doulton Newcastle-crested plate.

I liked it cuz I thought me grandad would like something like this as an ashtray.

CHRISTINA: Right, OK. CRISSY: An ashtray?

(LAUGHS) So I think I just...

I got caught up on the idea that, you know, it was like memorabilia.

It meant something cuz it had the Newcastle crest.

Start me in, £5.

GEMIMA: Ooh, £5 bid.

CHRISTINA: Hey!

GEMIMA: At five now, can I get eight if you want to go?

Must be from Newcastle here.

MARGIE: (GASPS) (LAUGHS) GEMIMA: At £5, then.

Can I get eight?

Go to go.

£5, then, once.

At £5.

Oh, no, give us some more welly than that!

(GAVEL) Well, I think that's what it deserved, really.

CRISSY: Ooh!

VO: Oh, never mind, pet.

Well, I'm actually pleased that it sold, to be fair.

I am, actually.

VO: Crissy's wishbone silver sugar nips are up next.

This is quality, quality, quality.

MARGIE: It's really nice.

CHRISTINA: What do you think?

MARGIE: Very, very nice.

I mean, you are the silver queen.

Yeah, I mean, they're useless, but... CHRISTINA: (LAUGHS) CRISSY: Ooh!

They're a useless item.

But for £25, they are lovely.

Start me in now, £20 for them.

£20.

£10, then, start me in.

She's doing my head in here now.

It's not her fault no one wants your wishbone!

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

18 now, 18 now.

GEMIMA: Fit it up for me, go on.

Come on, more than that.

At 18 bid now.

Once.

CHRISTINA: No!

CRISSY: No!

GEMIMA: Third time, I'm going to ask, you've got to press these buttons.

20.

There we go.

CHRISTINA: More than that.

CRISSY: Go on.

GEMIMA: At 22.

CHRISTINA: Come on.

At 22 now.

Are you coming in at five?

Yeah, go on.

At 22, then, once, twice, third and final time, I'm going to ask.

(GAVEL) Oh!

CHRISTINA: My goodness.

I thought 35, minimum.

I don't think anyone's there.

She's just talking to an imaginary friend.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: (LAUGHS) What's happening?

Don't worry, it's not over yet.

I don't mean to rub it in, but yous were a little bit overconfident there, weren't you, with the old wishbone?

Yes.

I think you're right.

VO: Let's see how Scarlett's pedestrian sign does.

Genuinely, I am very concerned about this, cuz this is the kind of thing that, at auction.. CHRISTINA: ..might take off.

CRISSY: Go mad?

CHRISTINA: Yeah.

CRISSY: Yeah.

I'd like to start the bidding in at £25.

CHRISTINA: Let's see.

GEMIMA: At 25 now bid.

At 28 now bid.

SCARLETT: Yes!

GEMIMA: Can I get 30 anywhere?

At 28 now, can I get 30 anywhere?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

More than 30 quid!

GEMIMA: At 28 now, where's 30?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

GEMIMA: We're selling, final warning.

(GAVEL) Yes!

28!

I thought we were...I thought we were in there, cuz it took off quite quickly.

Madness!

That is madness.

28, I am so happy with that.

Are you?

Are you happy with that?

Well, I would have liked a teensy bit more.

VO: Ha ha.

Well, at least someone's happy.

Not bad, ladies.

Hey, be grateful, Margie.

Yeah, I think we got out of jail.

We got out of jail, there.

VO: Here's what Crissy has been waiting for - the butler side table.

I bet you get at least £50 for this.

No.

CRISSY: Well, if I do, I'll pass out myself!

Start the bidding in at 20, and two now bid.

At 22 now bid.

At 22, and two and five anywhere?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 22, and two and five anywhere?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 22, then, coming in at five.

GEMIMA: At 25 and 28 and 30.

Thank you very much.

CHRISTINA: Oh, we made a profit!

SCARLETT: Yay!

GEMIMA: At 42.

And five, if you dare.

45.

MARGIE: (GASPS) SCARLETT: Told you 50 quid.

You did.

£60 bid.

(THEY LAUGH) SCARLETT: What?!

Behave!

Behave!

75.

At 75, then.

I'm selling, then, on my right for £75.

(GAVEL) Yay!

Well done, Crissy.

(APPLAUSE) VO: Bravo!

Serving up a lovely profit there.

CHRISTINA: Fantastic.

Well done.

I can't believe that.

I am in a state of shock.

Well done.

I mean, you said 50, and I thought, she's taking the mick.

VO: Up next, Scarlett's nursery tractor plaque.

At £20 bid now, 22 if you want to go.

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 20, and two anywhere?

GEMIMA: Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At £20 bid now, where's two for the red tractor?

SCARLETT: Come on.

GEMIMA: Any more interest?

SCARLETT: No way.

MARGIE: Oh, no!

GEMIMA: £20, then.

I'm selling, then, final warning at £20.

(GAVEL) Yes!

I'm actually buzzing about that, you know, because I genuinely thought, it's going to go for a penny.

I thought we were going to make history and it was going to go for a penny.

VO: Ha ha.

That's the attitude!

I thought it was brilliant.

It's sad that it didn't make a profit, but it never lost, as you say.

It sold.

I'm happy.

It sold!

VO: Oh, this will excite Crissy.

It's the pair of Josef Strnact vases.

You bought something really unusual here.

Well, we'll see.

I mean, it's a bit of a gamble.

It's £35, quite a lot of money.

So we shall see, we just hope the collectors are out there for them.

So do I.

Start the bidding in at £30.

At £30 bid, £30 bid now.

Two if you want to go.

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 30, at 30.

And two anywhere?

At £30 bid.

In and out?

At £30, then, once.

And twice.

Oh, bit more.

GEMIMA: Third time.

I'm selling, then.

Are we done?

32.

At 32, now bid.

GEMIMA: At 32.

Are you going in at five?

At 32, then, once.

Twice.

Third, final warning.

Here we go.

Here we are.

Sold away at 32.

(GAVEL) Oh, I'm so sad for that.

MARGE: I know, but... Because I really thought they would... MARGIE: I know.

CRISSY: ..hit the mark.

MARGIE: That's the way it goes.

CRISSY: At least.

VO: They went to pot!

Ha!

Never mind, ladies.

All that work on those, you know.

They must have taken ages to make those.

I know.

VO: Now this could change Scarlett's luck.

The French Games compendium.

Start the bidding straight in at 95.

SCARLETT: Ooh!

CRISSY: Yay!

MARGIE: Ooh!

CHRISTINA: Brilliant!

At 95 now, where's 100?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 95, 95 now.

GEMIMA: Come on, where's 100?

Bid it in.

Bid it now.

At 95.

GEMIMA: In and out, shake it about?

Are we done?

Are we sure?

At 95, then, once.

At 95, then, twice.

Third and final time, I'm going to ask.

Here we go.

Sold away this time around for £95.

(GAVEL) CRISSY: Yay!

SCARLETT: Go on!

CHRISTINA: Fantastic!

VO: That's more like it!

This game ain't over yet!

That's good.

CHRISTINA: Awesome.

Well done.

I'm really chuffed for you.

MARGIE: Oh, thank you.

I'm so happy!

VO: It's Crissy's nine carat gold crucifix next.

Right, come on, gold.

CHRISTINA: Glitter for us, will you, please?

We need you to.

Straight in at 75.

CHRISTINA: Aah!

CRISSY: Oh!

SCARLETT: Yes!

MARGIE: Wow!

80 if you want to go.

Bid it in, bid it now, bid it quick.

GEMIMA: At 75, then, once.

Twice.

Third, final warning.

MARGIE: Well done.

I sell, then, for £75.

(GAVEL) Well done!

SCARLETT: Well done, that is impressive, that.

VO: Fantastic!

A solid profit.

Thank goodness, Crissy, it was worth rootling through those boxes for hours.

I know.

VO: Ha-ha.

The last item, Scarlett's retro light shades.

Start me in £10.

CRISSY: She's having a laugh now!

And 18 now.

And fit it up, where's £20?

£20 bid.

£20 bid.

22 now bid.

25 if you want to go.

Yeah, come on, keep going.

Long way to go.

GEMIMA: At 22 now.

Five now bid.

Now, come on.

Eight now bid.

At 28 now.

Fit it up, fit it up, where's 30?

At 28, then, once.

At 28, then, twice.

At 28 for the third and final time today.

GEMIMA: Don't argue, here we are, sold away, then, for £28.

(GAVEL) Oh, you guys!

Oh, we've been, we've been hammered!

VO: Oh, shady.

Sorry, team.

I mean, it wasn't ideal, was it?

SCARLETT: But someone's got themselves a bargain.

We've made someone very, very happy.

Ah, Scarlett, what a good way to think about it.

CHRISTINA: Yeah.

VO: With the bidding over, now time for the numbers.

VO: Scarlett started with £400, and after auction costs, has made a loss, so she's ended up with £352.62.

(GAVEL) VO: Crissy started out with the same amount, and after auction costs, made a profit of £41.68, meaning she's the winner.

VO: All profits go to Children In Need.

Well done.

VO: Now, time to reflect.

See, I've learned that I definitely want to go on a night out with Margie.

CRISSY & SCARLETT: (LAUGH) That's the thing I'm taking away from this.

SCARLETT: I don't know how they store so much information in the brains about antiques.

I think what it is, it's because they've done it for so long that they get, like, you know, like a horse whisperer.

Like an antiques whisperer?

Yeah.

VO: Aw!

Bye bye, you lovely lot.

Ha!

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