VOICEOVER (VO): Some of the nation's favorite celebrities... Why have I got such expensive taste?
VO: ..one antiques expert each... Oh!
VO: ..and one big challenge - who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices...
Answers on a postcard.
Oh!
VO: ..and auction for a big profit, further down the road?
We'll shake your hand and send you a big kiss for that.
VO: Who will spot the good investments?
Who will listen to advice?
Do you like it?
No, I think it's horrible.
Maybe not.
VO: And who will be first to say "Don't you know who I am?!"
Well done us.
VO: Time put your pedal to the metal.
This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
Yeah!
VO: For today's show we'll be traveling through the leafy lanes of Herefordshire and through time in the company of our two celebrities.
VO: A Time Lord, Colin Baker, and Doctor Who's one time companion, Peter Purves.
This is going to be fun I think.
VO: Each will be given a classic car, an antiques expert and £400 to spend.
They must provide their own sonic screwdriver.
What is there not to look forward to?
Driving through leafy lanes with a television god.
You are very kind.
In search of antiquity.
VO: Peter Purves played Steven Taylor, companion to the first Doctor Who, in 1965.
The first episode of Doctor Who, I did, I played a bit part, and that's what got me the part of Steven Taylor.
Oh, really?
Interesting as that's how I got the part of the Doctor.
Because I played a small part in a Peter Davison story.
Oh, really?
And I got on really well with the producer, who as a result of my playing, basically, a glorified guard, offered me the part.
Yes.
VO: Colin Baker was the sixth man to play Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.
How long did you do it for?
A year.
I did 44 episodes.
More than me.
Really?
VO: Peter is of course also known for his work presenting Crufts, and his many years as part of the classic Blue Peter Noakes, Singleton, Purves line-up.
The first time I appeared on Blue Peter, gosh I was terrified.
No autocue, no safety net.
VO: So where did these two old pals meet then?
Battling sea monsters in the outer reaches of cyberspace, perchance?
I directed you in pantomime.
Of course you did.
We did Aladdin in Hayes in Middlesex.
And you were Wishee Washee and you were very funny.
And what part was I playing?
You're still very funny.
VO: Do these old pals have the competitive spirit?
I think I am competitive.
I mean, I am going to win this, there's no question about that.
VO: Seems they do!
Our celebrity pair are off to meet another duo of experts in exploring the midsts of time.
In the 1969 MG are Will Axon and James Braxton.
Oh, hello.
Oh!
How are the brakes?
Spongy.
That fills me with confidence.
VO: James has 25 years of experience in the antiques game.
He says that quality and design are what's set his pulse racing and he has a penchant for a nice piece of jewelry.
Blood to the brain, blood to the brain.
Right, I'm ready.
VO: Will Axon was born in Newmarket and wanted to be a jockey before he became an auctioneer.
He started his career valuing rugs, works of art, and furniture and can spot a bargain anywhere.
There's a silver tankard down here.
Who are we on our way to meet?
James, do you know?
Peter Purves, Colin Baker.
Ah, I sense a Doctor Who theme.
Ethereal, celestial.
Time traveler.
Are they going to arrive in a Tardis?
I hope so.
VO: The very opposite actually.
It's a 1970 Morris Minor, smaller on the inside than on the outside.
Do you think we're going to have to go along that sci-fi theme?
It's not every shop that's going to have a spare Dalek or a lump of kryptonite.
Exactly.
VO: Are our celebrities looking forward to meeting James and Will?
It's like seeing any expert doing their job.
That's why I like watching you act, you know.
Oh!
Oh, Peter.
VO: Hello.
Luvvie alert.
I'm looking forward to meeting my slim, young blonde-haired antique assistant.
VO: Yeah, well good luck with that.
VO: Our teams will have two days traveling in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Starting in Bishop's Frome they'll shop for items which they hope will realize a handsome profit at the auction in Winchcombe.
VO: At the agreed meeting point, there seems to have been some kind of rift in the space time continuum.
In other words our experts are late.
Look Doctor, this can't go on.
What's happening?
Where are they?
Without the benefit of time travel, I haven't got a clue where they are.
Ah!
Looks promising.
My blonde arrives.
Oh, what a disappointment, two gentlemen.
Who's in there?
Well, if it had been the weekend, Colin.
(THEY CHUCKLE) Colin, how are you?
How are you Will, very nice to meet you.
And you, Peter.
And James how very nice.
Peter, very good to see you.
I hope you're excited about working with two people who know absolutely nothing about the subject we're now entering into.
I bet they do.
We were going to ask you the same thing actually.
How are we going to team up?
How does this work?
Well, you're from Suffolk, aren't you, Peter?
And there are two men here who probably like to stop for lunch occasionally.
I heard a whisper about Scotch eggs?
Yes.
I'm a fellow devotee.
Oh, are you?
The glove box is full of 'em!
VO: So that's the Suffolk boys, Will and Peter, in the Morris and James and Colin, the Scotch egg connoisseurs, in the MG. We'll see you at the auction.
Good luck.
We're going to win.
Yeah, good luck.
Right, now they've gone, lunch?
VO: (LAUGHS) Perhaps we could squeeze in one shop before lunch?
Colin and James head into Coles Antiques for some pre-prandial perusal.
Where do you stock your decaying goods?
We're only looking for things fresh and cheap.
VO: How's this for an unpredictable first item... (LAUGHS) a handbag!
Purse, little mirror.
Sweet.
Two men of our caliber shouldn't really be looking at... No, we shouldn't.
..handbags.
Far too pink and far too girlie.
Girlie.
We don't want girlie handbags.
VO: Shall we move on?
This looks more up their street.
You see, look at this, this is a mahogany fellow.
Feel the weight of that.
Lovely joints here.
So a candle box.
It's rather nice.
I do like that.
It's got age, it hasn't been touched.
It's suffered the rigors of youth and hasn't been badly repaired.
VO: I know how it feels.
So damage up there.
Yeah.
Damage below.
But, you know, structurally sound.
And that's done a lot of years.
Nice fielded panels.
I might pay £20 for that.
VO: Or you might not, the ticket price is 60.
I'd like that.
Unusual to find in mahogany.
I like it.
£20 sir.
Very good.
Can we have everything else in here for a fiver?
VO: Coo, that was easy.
There you are.
Thank you very much indeed.
Thanks very much indeed.
Bye bye, Andrew.
Bye.
It looks even better in the daylight.
It says here mid 19th century.
I think it's older than that.
VO: Well, that first shop was all done and dusted double quick.
I wonder why?
Now I've heard a little rumor that round the corner from here, they make Scotch eggs.
Oh!
VO: Ah, that's why.
Our Scotch egg fanatics have been shopping barely 50 yards from a Scotch egg emporium of some repute.
What are the chances, eh?
Oh, the world of Scotch eggs.
Welcome to the egg shed as we call ourselves.
The egg shed.
Exactly.
Oh, look at these.
It's no "yoke" is it.
VO: (CHORTLES) Prepare yourselves, viewers.
Let me give you a menu.
We have unfortunately over 50 different types of Scotch egg now.
VO: Yes, we might be here a while.
This is the Black Watch.
The one you thought you might quite like.
This is black pudding with sausage meat and everything else put together.
Everything we make is fresh and locally sourced.
VO: And Penny and Neil Chambers have been doing that for 10 years and now make 15,000 Scotch eggs a week.
What is your best-selling Scotch egg?
The black pudding one and the classic original.
VO: The original original Scotch egg recipe is said to date from 1738 when they were first made by Fortnum & Masons.
Colin, I am afraid I have to drag you away.
COLIN: Start laying the trail.
JAMES: Laying the trail.
There's a Scotch egg.
VO: I think we got off quite lightly there.
Right, let's see how Peter and Will are getting on.
Full of anticipation and worry a little.
I've got to look for things that will sell rather than things that I like.
As long as we're pleased with what we buy, then, you know, I don't think we can regret anything.
The other car with James of the Time Lord, and in the Morris, the Companion.
Who's going to win?
Er, we should win.
Oh, the gauntlet has been thrown down.
VO: Oh, yes.
Peter and Will are pootling the 16 miles from Bishop's Frome to Leominster, which, back in 1809, was one of the last places to use a ducking stool.
Ah, here we are.
VO: Their first shop is the Leominster Antiques Centre.
Hello.
Hi.
Afternoon.
I'm Brian.
I'm Peter, hello.
Hello, Brian, I'm Will, how do you do?
BRIAN: I'm fine thank you.
WILL: Thanks for having us.
It's a pleasure.
WILL: Right.
BRIAN: Plenty to look at.
Is there?
Give us an idea of the layout.
We've got three floors, a basement and an attic.
I must stop thinking about what I like.
Let's see what will make a profit.
VO: Wise words, but Peter is finding it hard to stick to.
Quite pretty.
(BOWL PINGS) I don't think that's got legs myself.
No.
I see you are being drawn to tea-sets though and things like that, aren't you?
VO: Will tries a gentle reminder.
What was that you were saying Peter?
A hedgerow hammer.
VO: Will's working on a theme here, it's definitely hammer time.
I think that would make me a fine gavel.
And sold.
Oh!
Smash the desk.
What a great... 28 quid.
A cooper's mallet.
That's interesting.
Quite interesting, isn't it?
Yeah.
It's a bit country, a bit bygone-y.
I mean, we can always get a sort of job lot together.
VO: The tools they select from the box have a total price of £82.
That's a good-looking tool.
Yeah, I like that.
I think that's another... That's another cooper's tool.
A metal frame pick.
Not quite the same, but the cooper's tool.
These...
I quite like that though, that's quite unusual with the way that frame goes all around the... VO: Peter Purves has picked up a pick, but how much is Peter Purves prepared to pay for the pick that he has picked?
Who writes this stuff?
£50?
I sense that Peter's going to be quite good at this road trip malarkey.
We might as well have a look on the ground floor.
Then we can say we've covered all bases.
VO: Hello, what do we have here?
That's caught my eye as we came in.
A grain scoop.
It's not a lot of money either.
Someone with a bit of imagination could use that for anything.
VO: Scooping grain maybe?
Right Will take charge.
Where are we?
So let's consolidate our position with what we've seen.
We like the cooper's tools.
Like those four.
I like that grain scoop that we saw just on the way down.
Shall we go and have a word with our man on the front desk and see what he can do?
Yes.
VO: Brian, a unit owner, makes the call to Nigel who owns the tools.
You've got some cooper's tools there.
Ticket price you've got adds up to 82.
And they are making you a very generous offer of £50.
Don't laugh, Nigel.
I just talked them up to that.
Would you like to have a word with the legendary Peter Purves?
This is Nigel.
Hello, Nigel, I gather you laughed at our offer.
60 is his best.
VO: The owner is prepared to come down a fair bit, but there is a limit, even for the legendary Peter Purves.
OK, we'll shake your hand at 60?
VO: Just as business seems to be concluded on the tools, owner Jeremy Weston interrupts.
You are missing a golden opportunity, I have to say.
What have you found?
Look, country stuff.
I like Jeremy, he's a bit pro-active.
He's on our side, isn't he?
I only bought that a week ago.
It's as pure as pure can be.
Is it the candle box?
The candle box, yeah.
18th century.
Yes.
Well, let's have a look at it first.
I know that they sell, but price is everything.
You can sell that.
Get your keys out, Jeremy.
VO: You've pulled.
Candle boxes seem to be today's hot ticket.
Is there some concern about the future of Britain's power supplies, per chance?
I can give you a good price on that.
You can make money on this.
I've got £85.
45 to you.
You're on.
VO: That Jeremy knows what he's doing.
That was a quick bit of business.
Brian, we've made a deal with Jeremy on this candle box.
He's a fast worker that Jeremy, isn't he?
BRIAN: He's a good salesman.
WILL: I'm impressed.
45 quid.
VO: And wouldn't you know it, it turns out Jeremy also owns the grain scoop, ticket price £32.
18.
Ah!
The job's done.
I saw Jeremy's moment of weakness.
120 and 140.
VO: Three lots bought and off to the next shop with Peter showing signs of being a decisive shopper.
Here's hoping their run of form continues.
Loving the bunting.
FIONA: Hello.
PETER: Hello.
Hello there.
This looks rather large.
Are you Fiona?
Yes, that's right.
Hello.
Hi, Fiona.
I'm Peter.
VO: It's one of those shops, floor after floor, room after room, shelf after shelf, all stuffed with antiques.
Lovely.
Now, before you come in here, make me a promise.
Walk straight past it all.
Come on, no, I am not letting you see... No tea wares, no dinner wares.
What do you make to that?
A bit of tribal... African is that?
I like bowler hats.
I think we should maybe revive wearing bowler hats.
Do you know what it's like, it's like opening a new box of chocolates.
VO: Come on Forrest Gump - concentrate.
What about that?
A student microscope with slides.
Oh, that's interesting.
I wonder what the slides are...
In its little box.
Blimey, that' not much money is it?
25 quid.
I've sold those student microscopes for £30, £40, £50.
No money at all.
Without the box or any slides.
That's quite nice actually.
That's worth coming back for.
I think so.
It's not a lot of money.
What have you spotted?
Jelly molds.
This was the one that struck me from a distance because I think, if I am not mistaken... That's a nice shape.
It's a Shelley.
Oh, yes.
And they do tend to be rather nice.
That's rather undamaged.
Looks alright, condition wise, doesn't it?
It's the other side.
I quite like that.
Ah, damage on the base.
Ah!
VO: Peter's taking on the role of the expert now, spotting a tiny area of damage that will affect the value of the jelly mold.
How much is the jelly mold worth?
20 quid.
I mean, I'm not enamored by the jelly molds, but I will follow your lead.
Oh, crikey, don't do that.
Yes.
We'd be dead in the water.
I can't... You know... VO: Hello, do I detect a bit of division in the ranks?
Oh, that's interesting.
Have you seen that?
What the sampler?
Yeah, I just saw that actually.
Do you like samplers?
I do.
VO: Samplers are the embroidery equivalent of an apprentice piece made to exhibit the owner's needleworking skills.
Actually, there's a lot of work in there.
It's got something about it, hasn't it?
I like the border.
I like the edge.
Yeah, they call this a strawberry vine.
I tell you what it hasn't got...
Normally it's got the date of the...
I did notice that.
It hasn't got a date.
A little bit of water damage.
A little bit of staining and not the finest stitch in the world, but...
I like the small, neat...?
Exactly.
You get that very petit pois, I think they call it, don't they, the stitching?
It's something everybody did.
Oh, crikey, look at the back of it.
That's not been off in a while.
It hasn't.
We like things that turn up well, don't we?
Yes.
What's on it?
Victorian, 60 quid.
VO: They like the sampler and have also asked one of the unit owners, Fiona, for a closer look at the microscope.
It's the original.
Oh, you've brought it to us.
I'm good like that.
PETER: Thanks Fiona.
WILL: Thank you.
A little vintage... Looks all there, quite tidy.
I quite like that, I quite like it.
I would have thought at that sort of money there's potential in that.
Let's have a word with Fiona and see if we can do anything on these.
WILL: Shall we see?
PETER: Yeah.
VO: The sampler is owned by Sheila, who's a phone call away.
Peter Purves.
VO: Fiona calls her and hands over to Peter.
Very complicated.
Shall I tell you what we're looking for and then you can say you're ridiculous and go away.
But we're really hoping, praying really, that we can get this for about 40.
VO: The dealer wants 50.
Could we stretch it to 48?
He's very good at this.
Your husband's saying it has to be 48.
OK, we will shake your hand and send you a big kiss for that.
Thank you very much, 48.
That's lovely, Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sheila.
That's lovely, thank you.
Oh.
I think you dealt with that very well.
I think you did well there, yeah, because like I've said to you, what we don't want to do is come in and say look we'll give you a tenner, 20 quid.
She gets no profit at all.
She said to me, I'll have made £1.30 on that.
It might be more than we're going to make on it.
VO: Come on man, have some confidence.
So have we bought that?
We've bought that.
We've bought that.
VO: Time now to tackle the owner of the microscope.
Hello, Mark, you've got a vintage student microscope here with slides for 25.
I have got Peter Purves here, and he's wondering if you'll take 20 for it.
It sounds like you're just name dropping in every shop you go to.
Shamelessly name dropping.
Don't you know I'm Peter Purves.
You've got to explain he's filming the Antiques Road Trip, he hasn't just wandered in off the street and said, "I'm Peter Purves."
That's good.
OK, cheers, bye.
PETER: Did he say yes?
FIONA: He said yes.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you, Mark.
I love that, you'll never guess who walked into the shop.
Peter Purves throwing his name about.
Well... Well, that's two items bought.
Good work Peter.
VO: Everybody seems happy.
£68 seems a reasonable price for those two pieces.
Their shopping for the day is over.
Oh, wow!
That's job done again.
We're on a roll.
VO: Colin and James however have barely started.
They're enjoying themselves though.
What a lovely morning.
What a lovely day.
That's been the perfect morning.
It has.
We bought a nice item at a very good price.
At a very good price.
VO: They've spent all of £20 and consumed a Scotch egg feast.
Time for another treat.
VO: Colin and James are back on the road traveling the five miles from Bishop's Frome to Bromyard to visit what is, in many ways, Colin's own personal museum.
VO: The Time Machine Museum houses one of the biggest collections of screen used Doctor Who props in the galaxy.
Let's go and meet your fans.
My fan.
Singular.
No.
Your fans.
They await.
VO: Former policeman Andy Glazzard has been collecting for 30 years.
Is it going to be bigger on the inside?
No, it's smaller.
VO: Prior to opening the museum in 1997, he kept the whole collection round at his mum's place.
I'm the owner of this exhibition...
Yes.
..which is approximately 80% Doctor Who actual props and costume from the show.
How fantastic.
And the rest is made up from Star Wars, Star Trek, the Gerry Anderson...
Sorry Star what...?
VO: Right, time to boldly explore some of these exhibits.
I recognize that.
Oh, yes, this is the L1 robot, one of your infamous foes, isn't it?
It is.
It's very strange, because that particular robot, I was unconscious being dragged along by this thing and my then, I suppose she was two years old, three-year-old daughter and she saw her daddy, who wasn't there with her, being dragged by this thing... ..on this box in the corner and she couldn't grasp this and had nightmares for weeks.
It must have cost the BBC a fortune.
More than they were paying me.
And you're talking £25,000, 35,000.
Yes.
VO: Cor you got a lot of intergalactic megalomaniac to the pound in those days.
This is the well-known Tardis.
That's a very big one.
I never had one as big as that.
No, I think yours wasn't as tall...
Nowhere near.
It might have been a little bit wider.
What are you suggesting?
That was Jon Pertwee.
Oh, trust him to have one bigger than mine.
So lead on Andy.
Will I ever return?
VO: The museum is an old bakery, plenty of the fourth dimension but not much of the first three.
This tiny old place is packed to the gunnels with stuff.
Here you'll find the majority of the props and costume.
You can have a look at the first exhibit which is... Down there is... Have you seen that before?
My goodness.
A necktie as worn and signed by Colin Baker.
Could I have it back please, it's mine.
I did pay an awful lot of money for it.
No you stole it from me.
I can attest that it's genuine so you should have paid more for it.
VO: The trip back in time to the days he traveled through time has put Colin in a nostalgic mood.
Late one night after filming a Dalek story, I'd been in the bar and I'd had a couple of drinks, I was walking back and I took a shortcut through the studio to my dressing room.
They'd stripped all the sets out, but there was one Dalek left in the middle of the studio floor.
And it was dimly lit with the emergency lighting, and as I walked past, the eye stalk followed me round.
And it turned out that the operator had been worried, cuz all day it had been squeaking, and he was inside oiling it.
But I didn't know that.
And for me, alone in a vast empty space with a Dalek, for a moment, just one moment, it terrified me.
DALEK: Exterminate!
VO: But he seems to know no fear these days, stepping once more into the Daleks' lair.
DALEK: Exterminate!
You and whose army?!
Do you never learn?
This is their one opportunity to finally kill the Doctor.
DALEK: Exterminate.
All humans!
They don't learn.
How many times have I defeated them?
And they still come back for more.
And they still come back for more.
VO: He's still got what it takes.
Once a Doctor always a Doctor.
So with that time traveling interlude, day one of the road trip is done.
Night-night, I hope the Silurian bed bugs don't bite.
VO: It's a new day on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip and our two-time traveling celebrities of yesteryear are catching up on yesterday.
We had a really good day, we bought... What did you buy?
What did you buy?
PETER: I'm not telling.
COLIN: Oh, go on.
Animal, vegetable or mineral?
Mostly vegetable.
VO: And what did Doctor Who Colin Baker make of his new companion?
I think James would be a rather good renegade Time Lord.
And stop for a nice meal before rescuing the Martians.
VO: And over in the MG our antiques experts swap notes on their two new pals.
Peter does like to shop.
Does he?
Yeah, he's a natural.
He needs a bit of guiding.
He seems to like unsalable porcelain tea sets.
Excellent.
VO: Both of them seem very happy.
Colin's a very nice fellow.
They're both, aren't they?
Yeah, they've seen it, they've done it.
We can't teach them anything can we?
Look at this?
How kind of you to join us.
Do you know what?
We can't work it out.
We can't work it out.
We don't know how you do it.
You always get everywhere we're going before us.
The secret's in the title - Time Lord.
Ah... Yeah.
We have the mastery of time.
That's an unfair advantage.
Have you got lots of good ideas of where we can go today?
Yes, good ideas, lots of cash.
Good, right let's get on the road then.
JAMES: Let's crack on.
WILL: Let's get off Right, good luck.
Not.
Cheers Colin.
VO: Yesterday Peter and Will shopped well, buying five items for £191 leaving them £209 to spend today.
Well, that's job done again!
VO: James and Colin hardly shopped at all, buying just the candle holder for £20 and have got a pocket busting £380 in their crisply ironed chinos.
It looks even better in the daylight, doesn't it?
VO: Teamed up again, Peter and Will use the drive through the famous spa town of Malvern to consider their rivals' progress.
I think Colin actually is sharper on the antiques than we think.
He's a good actor.
He is that.
He is that.
I shouldn't say anything nice about him, he won't be saying anything nice about me.
VO: And let battle recommence.
And there's space, look at that!
VO: Yes and you can probably walk to the curb from where you are.
I bet that's a rarity in Malvern.
I bet it is.
(CLOCK CHIMES) Oh!
They've announced our arrival.
Perfect.
VO: First up today is Foley House Antiques.
Hello, Will, I'm Bridget.
Bridget, thank you for having us.
Hi, Bridget, I'm Peter.
This is Peter, my partner in crime.
Pleased to meet you.
It's the hard bit this bit, isn't it?
The browsing, the looking... VO: Well no one said it would be easy.
A backgammon set.
Yeah, little sort of... What, North African or something like that, do you think?
A souvenir piece.
Sumo ware is it?
Yes, I think it probably is.
VO: Will is still struggling to point Peter away from the porcelain.
Walk on Peter, walk on.
Walk on.
Yes, sorry.
Sorry.
Stopping at things that we are not going to buy, I know that.
VO: Hello?
What are they?
This could be trouble.
Oh, look.
Jelly mold.
Your Shelley jelly mold.
Yeah.
How much have they got on that?
I can't see it.
68.
Really?
I mean, that's an interesting one... And you've got some more down that end.
Yeah, maybe have a look at those.
Yeah, we could have a look at those.
I'll get the key for you.
Oh, thanks, Bridget, you heard us.
Peter and his jelly molds, eh?
VO: Can you sense Will's enthusiasm?
Not.
Am I sensible with that or... WILL: Yeah.
PETER: They're OK.
I'm happy.
VO: I don't think he is.
Shelley Potteries, once known as Foley, were based in Staffordshire.
They were known for their fine porcelain with production peaking during the art deco period.
But not for molds.
Go on Peter, dive in.
There you are.
Thank you very much.
It looks in very good condition.
It does, doesn't it?
What's the total?
What, 68?
It's a lot of money that.
What's your budget?
There's 160 in here.
170.
184.
£184?
For the three.
VO: Remember those molds they saw yesterday?
They were £20 a pop.
I mean I suppose there is a market, kitchenalia, that sort of thing.
Yes, there is.
People will buy them.
BRIDGET: Would you go and ask Tracy...?
VO: Is Will warming to the molds?
We're not hugely aware of what the market is like for jelly molds, but of their type, they are nice ones, I'll give you that.
Yes.
VO: Luckily the dealer is on hand and Peter can work on her with his sharply honed bargaining skills.
Hello, Tracy.
Hello.
Hi.
Thanks for... We're showing an interest in these, they're all Shelley.
Yeah.
I am afraid for us they're rather pricey.
How did you buy them?
Where did you get them?
Eh, they came from a local house clearance.
Did they?
Did they?
Yeah.
We've got to try and turn a profit on these at auction.
Obviously we don't want you to make a loss on them.
She's bought them well, Peter.
Yeah, they've come out of a clearance, exactly.
You're probably already in profit for the whole clearance.
Not really.
Shall we give you a figure for that we were thinking of?
Go on then.
We were thinking of maybe for the three, 80 quid.
VO: That's a trifling £100 off the jelly molds.
I was thinking more of 100 really.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Meet you half way on that, 90?
Go on then.
Yeah, go on.
We'll have a deal.
Peter, you've done the deal, mate.
Peter's done the deal.
Tracy that's very nice from my point of view.
That's lovely.
So we've bought... Three molds.
We've bought three jelly molds.
Three jelly molds.
VO: Even at half price I'm all of a wobble.
They've all got something and they all have the Shelley mark which is the thing that makes them.
I think the three together.
Well, listen, Peter, I think we've bought our fifth item, don't you?
Definitely.
Without a question.
VO: And how does Will feel about his partner's work?
Well, Peter finally got his jelly molds.
You know, he does seem to like his little ceramic-y knick-knacks and so on.
Well, the proof will be in the selling, won't it?
We'll have to see.
VO: Still, you're both in it together, aren't you?
Nothing to do with me, guv, it's all Peter.
VO: Well, maybe not.
80, 100.
I think that's a very nice deal.
WILL: Yeah.
BRIDGET: Thank you very much.
Not at all.
Thank you Bridget, that's lovely.
VO: Over in the MG, also in Malvern, James Braxton gives Colin a few insider tips.
The person whose shop it is knows his stock a lot better than we do.
We want to buy something that has come from a house clearance, that's been in a house for the last 30 or 40 years.
Ah, lovely.
Something new to the market.
So we want fresh goods.
VO: Now after a relaxed first day these two need to get shopping.
Good morning.
Good morning, sir, how are you?
Very well, thank you, yourselves?
We've come to admire your wealth.
Your fine stock.
James.
Mark.
Mark, you'll know your stock a lot better than we do, have you done any clearances recently?
Fresh goods we're after.
We don't want it... We don't want to buy something that everybody's seen.
You've got to put the work in.
You've got to walk around this a couple of times.
Lovely item that.
35 quid.
What?
A chair.
That is an interesting item isn't it?
What on earth is this stoneware item here?
A chicken feeder, you put it out in the field and... Chicken feed.
Made of?
Stoneware.
Stoneware.
It's salt glazed.
Salt glazed stoneware...
They very often refer to it as an orange peel glaze.
Oh!
Of course, yes.
Chimney pots and things like that.
That's a feeder, is it?
A chicken feeder.
Unusual item.
You don't have to pay chicken feed for it though.
VO: Ah, yes, chicken feed.
Very good.
We have chickens.
Do you have chickens?
We do have chickens.
And a particular variety or not?
No.
Egg laying ones.
Egg laying ones.
That certainly is an unusual item, isn't it?
It is funny.
VO: He's trying to look casual, but I think James has taken a fancy to the chicken feeder.
Mark, what price would you put on this?
Think cheap Mark.
Colin is the most...
He's the meanest man I think I have ever come across.
Colin, how would you price something like that?
20.
VO: Ouch.
It was priced at 75.
You can't have it for 20 I'm afraid.
Can't have it for 20.
Alright, I'll do 22, then we are...
The absolute best I can do is £40 on that I'm afraid.
VO: Back in your court then Colin.
I promised myself I wouldn't go above 25, but I'll do 30.
Really, you'd give that much?
You still wouldn't buy it though, I'm afraid.
OK, fair enough.
We'll pass on that then.
We'll pass on it.
VO: I don't think Colin's done yet.
To be continued.
And Mark has sensed our two are keen to buy.
Nice deco bowl.
Is that Sabino or somebody?
I've written the name on it, so... Andre Hunebelle.
It's called the Chrysanthemum pattern.
It is there.
I can see it now.
Yes.
Very stylized.
It's quite nice because it gives a three-dimensional... JAMES: Yeah.
COLIN: ..feel to it, doesn't it?
And this sort of opalescence.
Yes.
Typical French.
Typical French, isn't it?
The chap who...
The forefront of this was Lalique.
Good design, get somebody else to manufacture it, then retail it.
VO: Lalique bowls are very collectable.
This, however, is by Andre Hunebelle, a less well-known glass maker who became a film director.
How much have you got on that?
45.
That you can have for your 25, or your 20.
Ah...
I can feel he's softening up a bit.
VO: And Colin decides to pounce.
You wanted 35 you said for that?
Wasn't it 35 you said?
I think I said 40 but I will...
I will...
So...
It can be 35, as it's you.
So if I gave you 50 for that and that?
VO: Oh, cheeky.
55 would be much better.
COLIN: Done.
JAMES: Done?
Yeah.
I thought you were in haggling mode.
No, no, he's already beaten me down.
That's very good.
It's the chicken feeder.
JAMES: Thank you.
COLIN: Done.
Well done, Colin, a really good buy.
I think we've bought two very different objects.
Yes.
For different people.
And they won't be paying chicken feed for it either.
VO: Well, if a joke works once...
Thank you very much indeed.
Thanks a lot, Mark.
Really kind.
You've looked after us very well, thank you.
You're welcome.
VO: With their shopping completed, Peter and Will are heading to Worcester and whereas Colin explored the world of science fiction, Peter is looking into the history of science fact.
WILL: What about this, eh?
PETER: Lovely.
VO: Worcester has a rich medical history and has two museums of medicine.
One of them is housed in an old infirmary, the site of many major advances in health care in its 243-year history.
Museum guide Carol Bowsher takes Pete and Will on a tour not for the faint-hearted.
And was this actually an infirmary Carol?
Yes, it was purpose-built.
It was at a time when they were doing model hospitals.
So, as you can see from the design of it, it had very large windows, the beds were laid out in the form of a Florence Nightingale-style.
Right.
Nurses could get up and down the aisle.
The windows haven't changed have they?
They're the same.
The windows haven't changed.
This is the actual room we're in?
It is.
Originally known as the Rushout Ward.
In fact, there you are.
Slightly changed.
Aged well.
This really tells you about when medicine was starting up prior to well really in the 1700s.
So before the 1800s, it was based on the four humors theory which were - blood, bile, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
So if they thought you were perhaps a bit too red, or had a fever, they would actually let your blood into the bowl here.
Cut you and let your blood... No.
VO: I really hope you're not eating your tea at home.
I'm glad we didn't live then.
This is a genuine antique isn't it?
Yes, it's actually from the hospital.
From this hospital?
Yes.
These bowls would have dated, I mean, this is brass, so it probably could have dated anytime from about the 1860s.
Is that valuable?
I suppose it probably is.
It's not quite gory enough.
Funnily enough, people that collect this sort of medical memorabilia and so on, surgical equipment, the sort of gorier the better really.
Mm.
The scarifiers and similar that you used to cut the skin, there's a market for those certainly.
Have you got any of those here?
Not on display.
VO: They do have some fairly gruesome exhibits, however.
So obviously, we've got a bone saw here.
Scalpel.
Scalpel.
We've got a trephine used for boring into the head to relieve pressure on the brain.
Cauterizing iron and the horse hair used for sewing and stitching...
I didn't know that, that they used horse hair for the stitching.
The bones are examples of... Well... Bones that were cut at that time?
Yes, that's a really interesting story behind these bones.
They were found in a shallow pit just on the other side of The Infirmary.
And they are one of the largest collections of disarticulated bones that have been found in a post-medieval hospital.
And it's reported that they used to take executed prisoners from the jail opposite and bring them in a tunnel through to The Infirmary.
So a very macabre story of carrying bodies underneath.
And that's how they got their research bodies for...
Developing techniques.
Yes.
An endless supply of...
Criminals.
Oh, dear.
They didn't really have enough bodies, so that's where you get the Burke and Hare and all that body snatching.
Because they just didn't have enough bodies.
VO: With its interactive keyhole surgery display, the museum also marks some of the more recent developments in medical technology.
So, Peter finally gets to play the "doctor".
Oh, crikey.
It's a lot more sensitive than you think, isn't it?
Peter, I think you've just severed an artery.
Oh.
Now you see, I nearly got that little bit then, did you notice that?
Yeah, you are doing very well in fact Peter.
VO: Left a bit, right a bit.
You've removed the wrong kidney.
VO: Snip.
Yeah!
Oh, I did, I picked it.
I killed the patient there I'm afraid.
Extraordinary, isn't it?
The advances and in how many years is that, 150?
Yeah.
Which in the big scheme of things is nothing.
WILL: Is nothing is it?
CAROL: No.
Fascinating Carol, absolutely fascinating.
VO: So how's the real Doctor getting on?
VO: James and Colin are also on their way from Malvern to Worcester and their final shop of the trip.
We now have three items.
We have three items I would be happy to put my name to.
Yes.
Absolutely.
And we've got one more shop to go to.
So are we downhearted, James?
No, we're chipper.
No, we're chipper.
we know we're going to find something.
VO: That's the spirit.
We need a win.
We need a win.
It's good for the soul.
We do.
VO: James and Colin's final shop is another place just packed full of desirable items.
Oh, it's like Aladdin's Cave in here.
VO: Unfortunately not much of this is at a price the lads can afford.
£3,500.
Maybe not.
What do you have on those?
295 the pair.
VO: Ouch.
JAMES: Too pricey.
DEALER: Yeah, yeah.
VO: James decides...
There's more to it than meets the eye.
Come on Doctor.
Nothing's leaping out immediately, is it?
No.
I'm slightly regretting passing that chair now, Colin.
Oh, dear!
Whoa.
VO: James decides that they might have better luck outside in the gardening section.
Ah...
This is better out here, isn't it?
Bonaparte has a naive charm, doesn't he?
COLIN: (CHUCKLES) VO: Naive?
Definitely.
Charm?
Not so much.
Is Bony cheap?
Is he nice, or is he hideous?
VO: Would you like my opinion?
Is that a companion figure?
Yeah.
Let's have a look at her.
Oh.
I quite like the pair.
VO: Well, I never, he's thinking of buying two of them!
Where do these come from then?
We just bought them from a house.
They were in the grounds of an old property.
They're not old.
No.
But they're good.
They're sort of '50s, '60s, aren't they?
Do you think somebody else might share your... ..your fondness for them if we took it to an auction?
Probably made by an amateur sculptor, but on the hand they are ceramic.
Somebody's had to fire these.
There's an element of skill.
You're not convincing me James.
Come on.
I'm going to bring the lady up to him, then we can view them at a proper height.
They are different.
They're going to divide people.
You'll either love them, or loathe them.
VO: It's a "not tonight Josephine" from me.
Look at her face.
They're 150 the pair.
COLIN: 150?
DEALER: Yes.
It's a price thing you see.
I don't think you'll get £100 for them at auction.
75, that's cheap.
The pair?
The pair.
55 would be more my...
The measure of it.
It's giving me chest pains.
65 and I'm losing on those, actually losing money.
Now you've established that you're prepared to lose money, will you lose a little more?
Let's have some fun and have them at 60, shall we?
60, sir.
65.
65?
Do you want to do it?
Go on then.
65, well done.
I hope somebody else is going to carry them for us.
VO: Let's hope somebody else will buy 'em!
VO: That leaves Colin and Peter with four items.
They really need one more.
In the previous shop, James spotted a Victorian nursing chair priced at £75.
He wants to call the owner, Mark, and see if he can do a deal.
Have you recovered from our visit?
That chair, is it still there?
A little nursing chair, walnut one, wasn't it?
Yes.
With the nice feet.
Would you take 30 on it?
Really got to be 35, has it?
Mark, let me save you the grief, we would love it at 35.
Thank you very much indeed, Mark.
VO: They made hard work of it, but James and Colin's shopping is now done.
They join Peter and Will at The Infirmary to compare their wares.
Oooooh.
Oh, my goodness.
Goodness me.
Heavens to Betsy.
A lot of wood involved.
I'll let Peter talk you through it.
What's that?
That's a candle box.
A candle box, what a novel idea.
And it's got the original staple hinges.
It's rather nice.
It's nice, isn't it?
It is with this double...
I like that, the double dome at the back.
And I like the wood.
It's very rustic.
It's elm we think.
It is definitely elm.
VO: Is that candle box envy from James?
I like these, they're all Shelley molds.
They were actually priced quite high and we managed to get those down to rather a nice price.
Shelley jelly molds.
Shelley jelly molds.
They're in... That one's perfect.
That one's perfect, That's got the tiniest bit of damage on the side.
That was Peter's doing that.
That was...
The lot there was £180.
We didn't pay that, did we?
We didn't.
We got them for 90.
Those three molds?
Those three.
Come on then, go on.
I think very good.
COLIN: Excellent!
JAMES: Lovely selection.
Well, it's a nice little mix, isn't it?
A variation.
Which one first?
All together.
Oh, I say.
Go, go, go.
I'm going to be very careful.
I know what's under here.
Look what I've spotted at the front there.
Oh, yes.
A nice candle box again.
A nice candle box.
Yes, well done.
Different one with a sliding top.
Nice that they're different sort of models.
Yes.
That is more... Less rustic than ours.
Less rustic.
Slightly smarter piece.
Slightly country.
And slightly cheaper.
How much was it?
Shall we tell them?
Yeah.
20.
Well done.
Good price.
VO: Our candle box was cheaper than your candle box!
It was marked at 60, was it not?
JAMES: Yeah.
COLIN: Yes.
That's good.
You did well with that.
Good work.
Moving swiftly on.
And what are these horrors?
I don't like those.
You either love them, or hate them, don't you?
They are very mysterious.
Napoleon looks like... Oh, my days, look at her!
He looks like Spike Milligan.
She looks like Spike Milligan.
They may fall on deaf ears those.
And the chair at the end... VO: Ah, yes, the last minute chair.
That's rather elegant.
You've gone for a piece of furniture?
We've gone for a piece of furniture, I don't know why.
It's lovely quality.
It's walnut.
Walnut, isn't it?
JAMES: Carved walnut.
WILL: Did you do that stain?
It's a nursing chair.
No, I left that to others.
But we bought it on price.
25 quid?
Almost.
35.
I mean, we say it all the time, how cheap is that for a piece of Victorian seating furniture.
Look at those legs and those lovely wheels on it.
WILL: Ceramic castors.
PETER: It's got everything.
So if the word eclectic means anything, it means our... Our joint collections.
Is that not?
I tell you what, if we were holding a little car boot here, I reckon we'd be swamped with buyers.
Look at this, what a fine selection.
VO: But come on, what do they really think?
It will be interesting those jelly molds.
That's quite a price, isn't it, £90?
I was staggered when I heard that.
Yeah.
I clearly don't know the value of jelly molds.
No.
Even jelly, jelly molds.
Jelly, jelly molds.
I can't see them making money on those at auction.
Seeing those two gargoyles on the end, I think they're horrendous.
Oh, God, they're awful.
Absolutely horrendous.
I wouldn't give those house room.
No.
They could make 20 quid.
If they're lucky.
Altogether, I wouldn't swap.
No, nor would I. VO: So both teams approach the auction confident of victory.
VO: For the sale our celebrities and experts are traveling the 25 miles from Worcester to Winchcombe.
What out of your lots do you think might struggle today?
Are you worried about any lot?
Struggle?
How dare you.
My lots don't struggle, they don't walk, they don't run, they fly.
I think our Achilles heel might be in Peter's jelly molds... VO: Oh, they're Peter's jelly molds now, are they?
Fortunately Peter Purves is confident and has a cunning plan.
Well, I'm determined I'm going to win.
I'm going to smile very sweetly at everybody and hope that I am more appealing to them that you smiling very sweetly at them.
VO: The auction house is British Bespoke Auctions in Winchcombe.
Before we get under way, auctioneer Nicholas Grainger casts his eye over the teams' lots.
I quite like the terracotta heads of Napoleon.
They're quite stylized, a bit quirky and people like quirky things because quirky things sell.
I like the art deco bowl.
That's most probably one of my favorite pieces, I'm a great lover of Lalique because Lalique's best bit has budgerigars on it.
As you can see I quite like parrots behind me.
So it's in Lalique-style, I'll be interested to see where that goes.
It's got a good chance.
VO: Sadly the expert opinion of the parrot was not recorded.
Although he did think that Napoleon looked like a pretty boy.
VO: Peter and Will spent only £281 on a collection of items and the candle box and grain scoop will be sold together as one lot.
I tell you what, Jeremy...
Thanks very much.
You haven't got a spare pot of polish or wax?
VO: Colin and James were even more frugal spending £175 on their five lots.
Now you've established that you're prepared to lose money, will you lose a little more?
VO: Locals and internet bidders are ready and profits made by our teams go to Children In Need, so let's get on with it, shall we?
Good luck.
Good luck.
VO: First in the pecking order is James and Colin's salt glazed chicken feeder.
That's lovely, isn't it?
At 20 on the net we have straight away, thank you, I'm looking for £30 on the net.
Got 30, 32, looking for 35?
We're looking for £35 on the internet, at 35 and 35, We've got an eight now, looking for 40?
£40 on the internet now.
A bargain, come on!
We're looking for 42.
I've got 40 on this.
Fair warning... Are there no chickens near here?
At £40, going once, twice, and sold, thank you to the internet.
VO: That's £5 more than they paid, not a bad start.
I can't believe it went for as little as that.
VO: The cooper's tools are next.
Will they make a "barrel" load?
So starting with a commission bid at £15.
We've got £15 and £18.
At £18, at 20.
At 22 sir?
25, 28 sir?
28, 25 here, we're looking for 28.
I've got £28.
Thank you.
At 30 there, sir.
At 30 with you.
£30 I've got.
Looking for 32 in the room or the net.
Do you have relatives here?
No.
I've got £30.
I wish I'd phoned them.
At £30.
Fair warning at £30.
Going once, twice, at £30 to the room, sold.
Thank you, sir.
VO: Peter and Will paid twice that.
The French après Lalique bowl is next.
I wish I was allowed to bid.
Straight away I'm looking for £22 on that, 22 I've got and five, and looking for 28?
Have I got 28 in the room now, at eight now.
Looking for 30.
30 I've got.
Looking for £32 on this.
For £32 I've got 30 on this.
We're looking for £32 in the room, or at home.
I've got 32.
It is worth hundreds.
It's worth hundreds as he said.
We can take his word for it, but we've only got 30.
We're looking for 32.
We've got £30.
Great taste.
The lady behind at £32.
I am looking for 35.
Now, at £32 with you madam.
At £32.
Oh, surely more than that!
Going once, going twice, at £32?
Sold, thank you.
You are very, very lucky.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Chosen by us, for you.
VO: Not too shabby.
James and Colin are doing quite well.
A small profit.
Well done.
A profit's a profit.
VO: Now, Peter and Will need to get going.
Will the joint grain scoop and candle box do it for them?
We travel back in time ladies and gentlemen for this one.
This is a 19th century candle box.
At £45 we've got.
At 45.
I'm looking for 48 on these two.
50 now.
I've got £50 on these, We're looking for 52.
And five.
And five we've got now.
Commission, we need 60.
They know there's a better candle box coming later.
Fair warning at £55.
Going once.
Twice... At £55.
VO: Sold for £55 and bought for £63.
The joint lot policy just doesn't pay off.
It's above its estimate, but not enough.
May I?
VO: Will James and Colin's candle box fare any better?
A commission bid on this, I'm looking for £42.
Do we have 42 in the room, or at home?
I've got £40 on this.
I've got £40 here.
We're looking for £42.
At £40.
Do we have 42?
In the room or at home?
I will give you the two quid!
I've got £40.
Going once, twice, at £40... Sold.
VO: They've doubled their money there.
James and Colin are doing OK. Well done, gentlemen, the candle war is yours.
VO: Peter and Will will need something to turn a profit.
Could the 19th century needlework sampler do it for them?
We're looking for £20 only on this.
At 20 on the net, we've got 20 bid straight away.
And in the room now we've got 22.
I thank you sir, with you at 22 in the blue.
At 22.
And 25 do we have?
At five on the internet, at 25.
30 sir?
At 30 in the room, thank you at £30.
And two sir?
We'd like to go £30.
Do we get 32, fair warning.
32 on the net now and five sir?
Would you like to go... At £35 in the room now, looking for 38.
35 I'm going to sell then.
At £35, going once, twice then.
At £35 to the room.
Sold.
VO: Peter and Will are naught for four at the moment.
That's another painful loss.
This is very disappointing.
35... VO: Oh, look, a matching skirt and chair combo.
If this does well, Colin and James will consolidate their lead.
£30 for the nursing chair.
That's got to be worth £30.
Out of fashion.
At £30.
At 30 here.
And two, sir?
And five?
I've got 32 with you, sir, thank you.
At 32.
Looking for 35 elsewhere.
Come on, at £35?
I've got 32 bid already.
Come on, it's lovely.
At £32.
Going once and five on the net.
Way!
We've got five on the net.
At £35.
Obviously the Tardis is a bit slow, took a bit of time to come in.
We've got 35, we're looking for 38 bidding in the room.
We've got 38 in the room.
We're looking for 40.
Just pull that... Just pull that plug.
Going once, twice, at £38... Sold, thank you.
VO: The last-minute purchase makes a last-minute profit, although probably a small loss after auction costs.
A small loss is better than a big loss.
VO: Could the student's microscope be the item that makes a profit for Peter and Will?
Let's get it going at £15.
Any takers at £15 in the room, or at home?
At £15.
Come on.
£15 I've got.
£15 over there, thank you.
At £15.
We're looking for £18.
I've got 15.
18 now on the net.
£18, we've got.
20 then?
Bidding 20 in the back of the room.
Looking for 22.
Do we have 22?
We're looking for £22.
At 20 with you, sir.
Looking for 22.
Fair warning at 22.
£20 then going once, twice.
Thank you.
At £20... VO: Which is exactly what they paid for it.
I thought that would have made a bit more than 20 quid.
What do I know?
VO: Colin and James are doing well, but this pair might be their Waterloo?
I can see at least three people out here who look just like that.
(LAUGHTER) Can we start the bidding at £40.
They've got to be worth £40 for those two.
At 40.
At £40, we're looking for 40.
Come on.
What's wrong with you?
At £40, at 30?
Let's start them off at £30.
Have we got £30?
At £30.
We're looking for 30 then?
At 30.
Let's start them off at 15 then.
Got to be a giveaway at 15.
All the hands go up, that's great.
At 15.
They all want them.
18 sir?
At 18, at 20.
Keep going.
Don't get carried away.
And two, and five.
That's nothing.
That's £12.50 each.
At £25.
Do we have 28 elsewhere?
You won't believe what we paid for them.
I'm going to sell at £25 then.
At £25.
At £25, hammer down.
Sold!
VO: Hey, look, the buyer is ashamed to show his face.
That loss may well have undone all of James and Colin's hard work.
Unlucky gentlemen, unlucky.
That could work to our favor, Peter.
VO: Finally, it's Peter's, sorry that should be Peter and Will's, jelly molds.
They need a big win here.
At £40, a commission bid.
At £40 I've got.
At 45.
And 48.
And 50.
And £50 we've got now.
At 50, we're looking for £55.
We've got 50 here, we're looking for 55.
£50, going once, twice, at £50 for three Shelley jelly molds.
And sold.
Thank you.
VO: I could try and put a positive spin on it, but not one of Peter and Will's items made a profit.
COLIN: You paid what?
PETER: 80.
That's cheered him up.
VO: Oh, dear, not a good day at auction, eh?
VO: Peter and Will lost £125.20 after auction costs leaving them with £274.80.
VO: Colin and James lost £31.50 leaving them with £368.50... ..making them the winners.
Like they say, I'm not bitter.
Come on... Just a little bit twisted.
Just a little bit.
..before he gets any more ideas.
Well done.
I could get used to this winning lark.
It's rather good, isn't it?
Very good.
Hooray!
Off we go.
Cheerio guys.
So Colin and Peter... Colin and Peter, lovely, lovely, lovely people.
We had a lovely day.
I've thoroughly enjoyed this.
It's been great seeing you again.
It's been a brilliant three days.
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