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.

What's that smell?

The clutch!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

That's very art deco, innit?

VO: Take the biggest risk?

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

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

That's irrelevant.

VO: There will be worthy winners... VO: ..and valiant losers.

No!

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

Woohoo!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Kookaburra.

VO: Bore da, you lovely lot.

We're back in Wales for another antiques caper.

Today, we're joined by TV presenters and close pals, Radzi Chinyanganya and Karim Zeroual.

So I don't drive, but that, to me, doesn't sound... ..like that's the way it should be.

Yeah, that wasn't classic...

But I can't take the mick because I don't drive.

But that sounded... No, you can judge, because that was awful.

VO: Radzi is behind the wheel of a cherry red 1959 MGA Roadster, manufactured at a time before seat belts were mandatory.

Got it?

That's better.

KARIM: Ooh.

RADZI: That's better.

KARIM: She's singing now.

RADZI: That's a bit better.

She's singing now.

Listen to that, that was like Pavarotti at his absolute finest.

And before, it was like me and you singing in the shower.

RADZI: (LAUGHS) KARIM: It wasn't a good look.

VO: Radzi is one of Britain's most talented TV presenters.

He earned his spurs fronting a flagship children's show.

KARIM: Tell me a couple of things that you've done on Blue Peter.

So, skydived with the RAF Falcons.

Lots of stuff on Blue Peter, but never sold an antique.

Never bought an antique!

This is your biggest challenge!

VO: In the passenger seat, presenter and actor Karim is a man of many talents.

He's a hit on kid's TV, and also in sellout shows in London's West End.

RADZI: How competitive are you going to be about antique buying and selling?

So, you're my friend...

I know nothing about it.

But do I want to win?

Yes, I do.

And you know that, anyway.

RADZI: OK, here's the problem with you.

You only do stuff you're really good at, ie Strictly.

You turned up.

You got to the final of Strictly.

RADZI: Which makes... KARIM: I had a dance background.

I haven't an antique background.

VO: Don't you worry, Karim.

I know just the people who can help.

Auctioneer Catherine Southon... and dealer Paul Martin.

CATHERINE (CAT): Radzi, he's lovely, isn't he?

PAUL: He is, isn't he?

Yeah, I mean, the thing is, I know those guys because of my kids, and you would as well cuz our kids have watched CBBCs.

Absolutely.

And are you one of these parents that sort of lets them watch television and you're like, "Oh, such rubbish".

Or are you one of those that kind of actually sneaks in and watches?

Yeah, I sneak in and watch a bit.

I do sneak in and watch a bit.

VO: Catherine and Paul are in charge of our other classic motor - a 1982 Ferrari 400.

Wow!

PAUL: The good thing about a V12 is you don't need a sound system.

We've got it at the back with those exhausts.

CAT: I know.

Vroom!

PAUL: Go on, give it a bit.

Go on.

PAUL: (IMPERSONATES MOTOR) CAT: Oh no, I daren't down here!

We'll end up in that field over there.

VO: Moo-ving on.

(COW MOOS) RADZI: Who's going to win?

Nobody knows.

But what happens to the loser?

Is there going to be a forfeit?

KARIM: Do you know what it should be?

RADZI: Go on.

Classic Blue Peter fashion.

RADZI: Get gunged?

KARIM: A pie...gunge, or a pie.

RADZI: (LAUGHS) KARIM: Is that a deal?

Getting gunge out of this hair takes about three working days.

Yes.

This is why I want that forfeit.

It's a deal.

KARIM: Gunge?

RADZI: I cannot lose this.

VO: Crikey, the stakes are high this time!

This shopping extravaganza will see us crisscrossing the border between Wales and England before concluding in Ludlow, Shropshire.

But we begin in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

RADZI: Why are you looking so cool while I'm still in this car trying to get the handbrake on?

(GROANS) VO: You snooze, you lose, Radzi.

Our first port of call is the Wye Emporium.

"Why?"

you ask.

He!

Well, it has more antiques than you can shake a stick at in here... ..and a couple of antiques experts, too.

PAUL: Hi.

KARIM: Hello.

PAUL: Great to see you!

KARIM: Nice to meet you, Paul.

PAUL: Welcome to my world.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) I am really out my depth here, so I'm expecting a lot of help.

But it looks wicked, and I'm excited to get stuck in, if I'm honest, so...

There could be a few treasures.

Let's get hunting, shall we?

KARIM: Do you reckon?

PAUL: Yeah.

PAUL: And I can find out a bit about you, what you like... KARIM: (SQUEALS) This is wicked.

VO: Loving the enthusiasm, Karim.

Catherine, I wasn't expecting to see anything like this.

CAT: Oh, hello!

(LAUGHS) I know.

Welcome to... Well, I'm not quite sure what this is, but it looks more like a fairground here, but this is an antique shop.

To be fair, could it even be you?

CAT: Oh, no, please!

(LAUGHS) She's got a W on.

I should be a C. VO: There's definitely a resemblance.

Ha!

But I think fairground rides sometimes can do pretty well at auction, but not quite like this.

We'll park these cars and vans here.

RADZI: Nice.

Yeah.

CAT: Do you like it?

RADZI: Head inside?

CAT: I think so.

VO: Our lads each have £400.

But they have to spend it wisely.

Do you know what I've realized?

It's about looking up as well.

There's so many little hidden gems, right?

And down, and underneath.

She's cool... Mate... PAUL: Looking everywhere.

I've no idea what that is, but that looks mad old.

Doesn't it?

That's 1930's or 1940's.

Brooke Bond Tea.

VO: That is mad old!

He-he-he!

Ticket price, £225.

KARIM: I like the fact it's kind of deteriorating.

Is that rude?

That's what you want.

It would look a bit odd if it was too clean, cuz there are plenty of reproductions of these, and that's genuine.

You can see all the rust around where the bolts held it onto the wall.

Arthur Brooke was the founder of Brooke Bond Tea in 1845.

Now, he opened his first tea shop, you're going to enjoy this... KARIM: Go on.

..in Manchester.

That's where I live.

PAUL: Yeah.

I like that.

KARIM: I love that.

I like the fact that it's orange, because it puts a smile on your face.

It does, and I just love the authenticity of it, like, the kind of oldness, the rust.

Yeah.

I feel...

I feel a connection with it, I want it so much.

Yeah, and there's a Manchester thing.

KARIM: Shall we speak to him?

PAUL: I'm up for that.

Yeah.

Loving it.

Charm on.

VO: Nice find, Karim.

RADZI: Catherine?

CAT: Mm-hm?

This could be toot, it could be treasure, but I think I found something I really like here.

A deep sea diving helmet, if indeed it's called a helmet.

What do you think?

I think it's great.

CAT: The thing is, that is actually a reproduction.

If it were an original, we're talking lots of money.

We're talking sort of four figures... You're joking?

No, they can be like £4000, something like that, but you try and put something like that on your head and it weighs... RADZI: Oh, let's see.

CAT: ..a ton.

CAT: Oh, no, please don't.

It's just definitely designed for the afro.

RADZI: (GROANS) CAT: Oh, no, please don't.

RADZI: That is as much as my head goes in.

Oh, hang on.

Hang on.

Hang on... Hello!

RADZI: Ha ha!

Ha ha!

VO: Talk about diving in headfirst.

I hope you can get it off again.

RADZI: Oh, just so much gold here, Karim.

KARIM: Oh, here he is... Oh, just constant bargains I'm spotting here, mate.

Of course you're trying to fish in my li'l area, my neck of the woods.

VO: He's trying to what?

Ha!

You have so little faith in me, Raz, didn't ya?

Yes.

For good reason.

Prepare...to apologize.

KARIM: That is uncanny, bro.

That is the Blue Peter ship!

I am very sorry.

That actually is the Blue Peter ship.

RADZI: That's incredible!

As if that is here!

That looks just like a Blue Peter badge, basically.

KARIM: It does!

But I never actually got a Blue Peter badge, so that's mine, baby.

You never earned one.

VO: I saw three ships go sailing by.

Anyway, back to it, chaps.

CAT: What have you found, Raz?

This is an old school, presumably black and white TV.

CAT: If you showed that to the children who watch Blue Peter, they'd be horrified.

RADZI: Yeah!

VO: Vintage televisions are highly collectable, although pre-war sets get the best reception.

At auction, that is.

Ha!

My mum told me about...she remembers the first TV that arrived on her street!

CAT: Yeah.

And she grew up without much money, and so it took quite a long time before they ever got their own TV.

So this kind of touches back to before everyone having a screen in their palms, essentially.

CAT: Yeah.

Looks great, though, doesn't it?

Shall we go and talk to the dealer?

(CLICK FINGERS) VO: No ticket price on that one, though.

Have to see what dealer Hannah will do.

Hannah... Hello, Raz, how are you doing?

RADZI: I am very well.

I have come to you looking for a black and white television, that's gorgeous, by the way.

It's fantastic, isn't it?

But I'm hoping that we might get a good price.

HANNAH: OK, so he's priced up at £40.

RADZI: OK... You can have him for 15.

How does that sound?

Fiftee...I was expecting it to be a bit more, so I'm absolutely going to take that.

Thank you very much.

No problem at all, you're so welcome.

VO: That leaves Radzi with £385.

Time to get in the Ferrari, and hit the road.

CAT: Come on.

RADZI: Yeah!

VO: Meanwhile, are Karim and Paul still browsing?

Oh look, Karim, some outside space.

That's cool, I didn't even know that!

KARIM: This is a good find.

PAUL: Yeah, I tell you what... ..people spend a lot of money on garden ornaments.

KARIM: OK. PAUL: But it's about getting the look right.

You know, all of this is reconstituted, and it's all small scale.

There's one thing down there that stands out to me.

Oh, what is it?

PAUL: The duck, with its head to one side.

I'm so happy you said that.

PAUL: With its little beak.

Now that's 1960's.

OK?

It's reconstituted stone.

KARIM: It's aged well.

PAUL: Yeah, you know, he's weathered.

That's a good thing, no?

Look, it's a good thing.

Yeah, and it's a good size, OK?

Yeah.

It's cute.

That makes my heart melt a bit.

And me, and me.

And that in auction is worth maybe £10 to £15.

OK.

So we've got to be buying that at a fiver.

KARIM: Max.

PAUL: Max, OK. KARIM: Fiver max, yeah.

PAUL: Five max.

Five max.

KARIM: Five max, yeah?

PAUL: Shall we get the... VO: Don't forget now, five max!

Barry's the man they need to talk to.

KARIM: And before we start, Barry, can I say something, you look absolutely dashing today.

Thank you very much.

KARIM: Honestly, I just... You're a very handsome man.

VO: Oh, you little charmer.

PAUL: What's the very, very best?

He'd be £3 to you.

PAUL: Well, we're not going to argue with that, are we?

You know what?

I actually am happy with that.

BARRY: OK. PAUL: There is one thing... ..we want to know the price of.

BARRY: OK. KARIM: Now this might be tricky.

PAUL: Is your Brooke Bond trade sign.

BARRY: OK. VO: £225, remember.

BARRY: Very, very best I could do for you, boys... ..80?

VO: Very generous.

80, if I'm honest, is a little bit...even if you could just drop a cheeky tenner.

You can have it for 70.

You've broken my heart.

Thank you so much!

VO: A generous discount.

Thanks, Barry!

That leaves Karim and Paul with £327 to shop with.

VO: Now, where have Radzi and Catherine got to?

RADZI: I...cannot believe this.

It's my first Ferrari I've ever driven, my first V12 engine.

CAT: Me too.

It's pretty exciting, isn't it?

RADZI: I feel like we're in an '80's classic film.

CAT: I know!

That's exactly what I said!

I feel like we should have some '80's music in the background.

VO: No problem, Catherine.

We've taken care of that.

CAT: Radzi, you were sort of at the helm, really, of the Olympics back in 2012.

RADZI: Do you know what, it's the memories that make me love sport.

There are moments that happen in sport that aren't about fame and fortune.

They aren't even about glamour and glory.

They can just be about persistence and determination and representing something bigger than yourself.

CAT: Yeah.

And that's what I'm all about.

VO: They're putting the pedal to the metal, all the way to Ross-on-Wye.

VO: Our pair are here to learn about the history of rowing on Britain's fourth longest river.

Rowing veteran Ian Hale will show them the ropes.

IAN: Hi, Radzi.

RADZI: Great to meet you.

IAN: Yes, and you.

CAT: Hi, Ian.

This is lovely!

IAN: Hi Catherine.

It is.

Welcome to Ross-on-Wye and Ross Rowing Club, especially.

And our beautiful river.

Thank you very much for inviting us.

Can we get a little bit closer?

IAN: We can.

CAT: Not too close.

IAN: Take a walk over here.

VO: The river Wye flows for over 150 miles from the mountains of Wales to the mouth of the Severn.

With no weirs or lochs interrupting its passage, it's said to have some of the best rowing conditions in Britain.

RADZI: Ian, this is absolutely stunning here.

It's clearly a special place, but historically it's special as well.

The rowing club has been here for 150 years now.

It was formed in the 1870s.

There was a boat builder just around the corner from here, and those boats were used sometimes by the local tradespeople for plying their trade up and down the river.

And people started to use those boats for pleasure purposes.

After a period of time, those people decided that why not have a race against each other?

You had people that were tradespeople that would actually row for money.

Even back then?

IAN: Even back then.

So you had amateurs and professionals.

VO: Despite rowing's humble roots as entertainment for river workers, it found itself in a battle over class in the late 19th century.

In 1872, Oxford and Cambridge, along with the biggest boat clubs, codified the laws of boat racing.

In an act of supreme sporting snobbery, they banned tradesmen and anyone who competed for money, effectively excluding working class rowers from their events.

IAN: It was very much not an elitist sport, but it was the more professional people that could afford the equipment and afford to be able to do that.

The working class really didn't start rowing until much later, and, in fact, it didn't really take off until after the First World War.

VO: In 1936, the row came to a head when the Australian Olympic team was barred from competing at Henley because they were policemen, and hence manual workers.

Parliament was forced to intervene.

After pressure from the government, in 1937 the rules were finally changed, opening the sport for all.

At Ross Rowing Club, this has led to a rich history of amateurs and professionals, as well as different social classes, coming together to row on the River Wye.

RADZI: What I love about this place is you don't just have rowing at a recreational level, it's also at an elite level as well.

IAN: It is.

We've brought people through the coaching and training down here, not only at a rowing level, but also a coxing level.

VO: Morgan Baynham-Williams is a Ross Rowing Club alumni and a Team GB member.

RADZI: Morgan... RADZI: It is great to meet you.

MORGAN: Hello!

I've got all the gear and no idea, as we stand, an honorary member.

What is this?

MORGAN: We're going to teach you to row on it.

RADZI: You're the cox, so you are used to shouting at people and telling them exactly what to do.

I am, I am very much good at telling people what to do.

So what do I need to do?

Can I get stuck in?

MORGAN: Of course you can.

So here, nice, stable position, and rowing is all about using your legs.

You just have to remember, we go arms, body slide.

Arms... sounds like a dance, this.

MORGAN: It does, it's good, right?

Arms, body slide.

Arms...body slide.

MORGAN: Yeah.

And then we go legs, body, arms.

Legs...body, arms!

MORGAN: And that's it!

RADZI: Morgan, what could possibly go wrong?

Exactly!

Rowing in a nutshell!

VO: Time to put theory into practice, Radzi, my lad.

RADZI: Catherine, do you fancy joining?

CAT: No!

I'm very good at coxing from the bank.

RADZI: (LAUGHS) CAT: So I might shout directions, OK?

RADZI: We're floating!

CAT: (LAUGHS) It's amazing, the boat moves without me even moving.

Do you want to have a go?

Absolutely.

OK, so...that's it.

There we go.

And we're off!

VO: Rowing is quintessentially British, and, after overcoming social division, today is an inclusive sport, open to everyone.

Very good!

CAT: We're off!

RADZI: Off to the Olympics... # ANGELIC VO: Ah, the Welsh countryside.

So tranquil.

(ENGINE ROARS) PAUL: God, it's bloody noisy!

KARIM: Go on, Paul... VO: There goes the neighborhood.

PAUL: Are you quite competitive?

KARIM: I am so competitive.

PAUL: (GROANS) You've known Radzi a long time, haven't you?

KARIM: I have known Radzi a long time.

PAUL: From your CBBC days.

And we've got a forfeit now as well.

Which is getting pied or gunged.

Cuz that's what we used to do on children's TV.

Right.

KARIM: But I am competitive.

In a competition, but like, if I don't do the best that I can do, that's what upsets me.

That's disappointing, yeah.

KARIM: Do you know what I mean?

So it'd be more of a... personal loss rather than, KARIM: "Let's beat Radzi."

PAUL: Yeah.

But on the sly, Paul, we're going to beat Radzi.

We're going to beat Radzi.

KARIM: We're going to beat Radzi.

VO: The sporty roadster is taking them to Monmouth.

Nestling in the Wye Valley, it's famous for being the birthplace of Henry V. Come on, let's get a beauty.

VO: And it's also home to D4 Interiors.

PAUL: Ooh.

Top drawer, top drawer.

KARIM: Oh, it looks fun.

PAUL: Getting higher up.

VO: Karim and Paul still have £327 to spend.

Whoa, that is big... How awesome is that?

That reminds me of something that could be in, like, a Buddhist temple, like a Thai temple.

It's stunning... You know what?

I could fit in that.

I'm not going to, it's probably very expensive.

Let's see what it says.

Whoa...1860 to 1890.

That's about my mum's age, I think.

Joking.

Love you, Mum.

That's stunning.

It's Japanese... Ooh, I love Japan.

I've actually been very lucky to work in Japan, and I absolutely loved it.

I think my favorite country I've been to.

Of course it's Japanese, but I wasn't far off with the Buddhist, Thai...

I'm quite proud of myself for that, actually.

So obviously it's beautiful.

But, more importantly, what's the price?

Oh, 425.

425 quid!

I mean, it's way out of our budget.

VO: Just a tad.

Sayonara.

Lovely.

See, automatically, I walk into the room and just see the big things.

But, the thing is, you never know what is hidden within the little things.

You know what they say, great things come in small packages.

Like myself.

And obviously I love my rings, as you can tell.

Some beautiful rings there.

I'm really into my gold rings.

And these are absolutely stunning.

I wonder what Paul's going to think about these.

VO: Yes, where has our expert got to?

PAUL: Karim, come and look at this, because I think this has got a lot of potential.

KARIM: Wow.

PAUL: I love that.

PAUL: There's something really quite poignant about this man, this gentleman, this officer.

I'm not going to lie, Paul.

That is genuinely powerful, like.

PAUL: When you actually stand and look at it, and you look deep into that guy's eyes... ..he's telling you something.

Yes.

It's signed by the artist.

I don't know who the artist is.

And I can't quite make out the name.

Look at the date.

KARIM: 19...16!

PAUL: 16.

What does that tell you?

That's the Battle of the Somme.

PAUL: We don't know if he was there, but he was in that war.

Many of his colleagues would have been there.

People that he trained with... Yeah.

PAUL: ..would have been there.

What's crazy, Paul, is that I would walk past this normally and think, oh, yeah, I'm going to come in here and buy a piece of art... PAUL: I know.

..about a guy who I don't know, from the war that I don't know much about, just because of my age...

But looking at it and speaking to you, and...

It speaks to my heart a little.

PAUL: Good, good.

KARIM: You know, I can see it in the eyes and you know what?

I'm willing to...obviously not spend too much, we want to save the money, but this is genuinely such an amazing piece and it's got so much...

I don't know, so much presence that I do really want to go back with it.

PAUL: Yeah, and hopefully it's 120 quid and we can get it down to 80, or... KARIM: Yeah, 80, 100, maybe.

Shall we find out?

PAUL: Mm.

KARIM: Oh, God.

VO: Time for Karim to work his magic on shopkeeper Stacey.

KARIM: Stacey... STACEY: Hello.

KARIM: How are you?

STACEY: I'm OK.

So, obviously, you know why we're here...

It's nerve wracking, isn't it?

So we absolutely...we do really like the serviceman.

STACEY: Right, OK. Do you know the regiment?

We believe it's the Welsh Guards.

KARIM: Oh, wow.

PAUL: Makes sense.

OK, there's one big question left.

Yeah, the big question is... the lovely Stacey, may I add, is how much is it?

95.

KARIM: We do want to take it to auction.

We really, really do.

And, you know, you have a beautiful shop, and it's so nice to meet ya...

..It really is.

It's working on the flattery here.

KARIM: Thank you... Would you do 75?

STACEY: 75?

I can do 75.

KARIM: Ah!

Yes mate!

Sick!

PAUL: Yes!

STACEY: I can do 75.

PAUL: Thank you.

Seriously?

Oh, you're an absolute legend!

VO: After that generous discount, Karim is left with £252.

Come on then.

Thank you so much.

KARIM: Let's go, let's go... VO: Let's blow this joint, baby!

VO: After a big day of road tripping, it's time for a well-earned rest.

CAT: Let's hope tomorrow can match up.

Yeah... CAT: Right now we need... we need to relax.

We've worked very hard.

Hot chocolate?

Oh, no, something stronger, I think.

KARIM: Paul, I'm not going to lie to you, I was a little bit frightened about doing this, and you've made it so fun.

I've learned so much from you today.

PAUL: Oh, thank you.

KARIM: Honestly.

Roll on day two, let's have it!

VO: Time for some shut-eye.

VO: Morning, all!

We're back on the road in the Brecon Beacons.

This is kind of what Wales is all about.

RADZI: You've got the towns, you've got the valleys, and then you've got, right at the top, the hills like this.

I would never get bored of looking at this.

It's absolutely stunning, but you wouldn't want to get broken down here, would you?

RADZI: Er, if only we had a car that was possibly not known for its reliability because it was manufactured quite a few years ago.

Yeah!

VO: Don't worry, boys, we'd get you a tow.

KARIM: Don't you just want to roll down that hill?

I've always said this, yeah, this is genuine, every time I see, like, a vast kind of countryside, I've always wanted to just run through it naked.

KARIM: Honestly.

I'm not even just saying it!

I've always just...don't you think it would be so freeing?

VO: Freezing, more like it!

Goodness gracious me.

VO: In the Ferrari, two fully clothed experts.

But we've had a change of personnel... Vroom!

PAUL: Oh, I like the throb of a V12!

I thought you'd never say that, Paul.

VO: Auctioneer Phil Serrell has joined the party.

PAUL: Hey, thanks for stepping in, Phil.

Yeah, no, it's lovely to be here.

I mean, Catherine had to go away, so I got the call, and here I am.

You've always wanted a Blue Peter badge!

VO: Phil's paired with Radzi, while Catherine's called away.

RADZI: How was yesterday?

Yesterday was good, actually.

Do you know what, I found it so interesting, and learnt a lot.

I was a del boy.

Were you really?!

Mate!

I was like, "I'll give you a fiver!"

It was like I was at the markets.

VO: Flattery gets you everywhere, it seems.

Shall we have a gander in the boot?

RADZI: I'm excited about this.

KARIM: I'm excited.

I know what's in the boot for me, you know what's in the boot for you, but we don't know what's in each other's.

KARIM: Shall we find out?

RADZI: Yes, please!

KARIM: I'm excited for this.

RADZI: Here we go.

KARIM: Let's see what's... Ooh.

RADZI: Hang on.

What?!

KARIM: I see you got yourself a new phone.

BOTH: (LAUGH) Yeah, this is meta.

We're on TV with a TV.

(SIGHS) It's a beautiful thing.

RADZI: It is a beautiful thing.

KARIM: That is absolutely legendary.

I like the handle on it because, you know, in those days you just want to carry your TV around.

RADZI: "We're off".

KARIM: We all do that.

KARIM: We all do it.

That's old.

VO: Yeah, Radzi's 1958 black and white television was his only purchase yesterday, setting him back a frugal £15.

Catherine, are you happy?

I'm delighted for you.

VO: While Karim splashed out £148, buying a 1930's Brooke Bond Tea sign, a 1916 portrait of a World War I officer... KARIM: Ah!

PAUL: Yes!

KARIM: Seriously?

Sick!

VO: ..and this mid-century duck.

RADZI: When's your duck from?

Em, he's old.

Really, is he?

KARIM: But he's aged well, I feel.

RADZI: Definitely a he?

KARIM: Yeah, he's called Raul.

Ra... KARIM: That's his name, Raul the Duck.

But look how cute he is.

The little, you know, the little cocked neck, and he's so endearing.

VO: Just like you, Karim.

Anyway, best get to it.

Radzi has a rendezvous with Phil in Pontypool.

VO: They're shopping at Ragamuffins Emporium.

Spread across several floors of a former bank and managed by the affable Allun... ..they'll have happy hunting here.

Good morning, Catherine!

Catherine?

Whereabouts are you?

# JAMES BOND PHIL: Well... ..there's been a slight change of plan.

RADZI: You're not Catherine.

PHIL: You're right.

Slightly confused, but now very excited.

PHIL: Yeah, well...really?!

RADZI: (LAUGHS) So, we've got to go do some shopping, haven't we?

Yes, we do, apparently.

PHIL: Yeah, but less of the "we".

You know, there's a huge age difference between us.

I think you should go and shop, while I just relax.

RADZI: You enjoy yourself.

VO: No time to chillax, Phil!

Radzi still has a fair bit of dosh to spend.

£385, to be exact.

Chop, chop!

Get to work.

Catherine wouldn't be hanging about.

RADZI: Right, these, I would love to walk away with something sports-wise.

And here we have a sport I know that you love.

PHIL: Yeah...absolutely.

RADZI: Rugby, boots and a ball.

PHIL: Let's have a look.

How old are the boots?

So these boots, I believe, were actually played with in the First World War.

PHIL: Right.

So you've got a rugby ball?

RADZI: (WHISPERS) Yes.

PHIL: And originally, that would have been dubbined, it's leather.

It needs a bit of repair there.

What about the boots?

What do they look like?

RADZI: Leather as well.

PHIL: See, I bet they've got leather studs...

So they do have leather studs.

So the studs would have been layered...right, and they're on nails, and you hammer them into the sole.

So these are actually nails?

PHIL: Yeah, they're little nails that you hammer into the sole.

When you think how far technology has come in sport, this is crazy.

Have these things got a ticket price on them?

Yeah, they do.

So the boots...are 25.

PHIL: OK. RADZI: The ball is 48.

See, I think the boots are probably OK.

I think the ball's bonkers money.

I think the ball's worth £5 to £10, and the boots probably 20 quid.

What you might consider is buying them both, or you might consider just buying the boots.

But Radzi, I'm going to leave that to you.

RADZI: Lots to think about.

PHIL: You have, mate.

VO: While Radzi does just that, we'll check in with our other pair.

VO: Karim and Paul are in Ebbw Vale, 14 miles away.

VO: Their next shop is King Street Antiques & Collectibles, a family run business and veritable Aladdin's cave of treasures!

Whoa!

VO: With £252 still in the kitty... ..they better get cracking!

PAUL: Take a look at these.

They were hidden back there.

KARIM: Ooh.

That's classic auction room fodder.

KARIM: OK. That's Victorian blue and white.

1850, 1860, somewhere around there.

KARIM: It's got a bit of weight to it.

Oh, and it's got two swallows on it.

I have two swallow tattoos!

Oh, I love it.

PAUL: Do you?

Yeah!

What I want you to look out for are any losses to the glaze, OK?

KARIM: OK.

It's looking reasonably OK. Maybe it needs a little bit of a wipe down, but... PAUL: No cracks?

No cracks, hairline cracks?

KARIM: No, actually.

PAUL: OK.

It's not going to sell with a crack, because you can find another one down the road in another sale-room without a crack.

KARIM: Yeah.

PAUL: I think we buy them as a duo, (WHISPERS) if you get a good price.

Yeah, just like us two, the famous duo, Karim and Paul on a plate.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) VO: This bromance is delightful.

Meanwhile, in Pontypool, how are Radzi and Phil getting on?

Radzi, come and have a look at this, mate.

Hey!

PHIL: That's a car for us, isn't it?

RADZI: Love that.

PHIL: So this is a Bentley.

RADZI: Yes.

Right?

But it's a famous Bentley, cuz it's called the Blue Train Bentley.

It was a race in the Bentley from London to Paris, I think it was.

So that's a real race that happened?

PHIL: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This is a painting by a man called Terence Cuneo.

He signed it, but he also had another little thing that he put on every painting that he did, right?

He put a little mouse on it.

You see if you can find it.

VO: Like a game of hide and "squeak".

Ha-ha!

There we go.

RADZI: There!

It's going to get run over, and it's running part of the race as well.

PHIL: So every painting he did, he put a little mouse on.

I spent hours looking at these things, you know, and it becomes an obsession that you can't leave it till you've found the mouse.

That's perfect.

PHIL: For us or no?

I think I absolutely love it, and I love the story even more.

But I think for here, great, for us, possibly not.

PHIL: OK, onward then.

VO: Back over to Ebbw Vale, have Karim and Paul found anything else?

PAUL: How are you getting on, Karim?

Not too bad.

Ooh!

That is an old-school record player.

Love that.

Come check this out, Paul.

PAUL: Oh, yes, look at that!

It's a little portable gramophone.

They were called gramophones... Gramophones!

That's what I was thinking.

I love the case it comes with.

That's awesome.

VO: Ticket price, £48.

PAUL: This, I think, is HMV.

Yes, it is.

Look, it's made by HMV.

I would say this model, because of its case, it's portable, you can take it anywhere, you can take it into the garden, have a tea party, have a dance... Oh, it's wicked.

Early 1900's.

Well it's very different to the record players I have.

I've got a pair of Technics.

PAUL: Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch... KARIM: Yeah.

PAUL: It's got to work.

If it doesn't work, we're not going to buy it.

KARIM: Well let's have a look.

Oh, the needle is always the dodgy bit, I lose so many needles.

# OLD JAZZ I want the record as well to play in the clubs.

I think this would pop off.

I really do.

Get the crowd going mad.

VO: Perhaps literally.

Ha!

I think it's a beautiful piece.

If we can afford it, this speaks to me.

I absolutely love it.

Yeah.

Well, let's find out, shall we?

VO: Let's see if Karim still has the magic touch with dealer Sian.

I've not seen a gramophone like this, and my record player is a little bit modern, but this is stunning.

What is the best price you could do for a fellow DJ?

How does £20 sound?

KARIM: Quite literally music to our ears.

Thank you so much, Sian.

I'd absolutely love to get that for £20.

VO: So far, so good.

Now for the meat platters.

PAUL: What's the best for the two?

I'll do a really, really good deal... PAUL: Cuz there's no price ticket on them.

SIAN: £10.

KARIM: You are a leg-end.

Thank you so much.

We're really happy with that.

Thank you.

VO: So that's £30 in total, and Karim's all shopped up.

In Pontypool, Radzi and Phil are still browsing.

RADZI: Oh, look at this!

Phil, you are going to absolutely love this.

PHIL: What, a new body?

Check this out, a proper trench coat.

PHIL: What, you mean like World War I trench coat?

Well it's got...well, I was going to ask you that question.

It's got to be!

In fact, it says, there's a label here, it says, "World War I trench coat."

I love this.

In fact, to be honest, it kind of reminds me a little bit of my grandad.

Why?

So, he fought in the Second World War and actually lost his leg, and as a result of that, kind of his legacy, I always think about the military and connect the dots when it comes to him and things like this.

And admittedly, it would have been his dad who fought in the First World War.

But this is...

I mean, I'd love to come on this show and walk away with something military-based.

And this is it!

And this isn't even a trinket!

It's a really lovely thing.

And I think it's a lovely thing because of the story it tells.

You've got to make sure...

Right, the belt's missing.

OK. Alright?

I suspect the buttons are replaced.

RADZI: Gotcha.

PHIL: What you really need to look at in anything that's leather, whether it's a handbag, a chair, a coat - rips and tears.

Ah, OK.

Right, now, you've got some scuffs down that lapel.

It adds character, Phil.

OK.

This boy is learning already, isn't he?

You've spent too much time with Catherine Southon, you have.

But I do think actually it's kind of an in thing.

OK, so someone might just see it and just happen to love it.

Yeah, but you've got to find out, A, how much it is, and B, how much you can buy it for.

(SNAPS FINGERS) Well, let's do exactly that.

PHIL: Go on, then.

VO: Watch out, Allun, Radzi's dressed for battle.

Hi.

I would love to talk to you about two things I'd like to potentially buy.

ALLUN: OK?

RADZI: One, is this jacket.

ALLUN: A very fetching jacket, yes.

RADZI: I love it, by the way.

How much potentially could this be?

Oh, that's got a ticket price of, I think, £85.

PHIL: (CLEARS THROAT) Sorry.

(COUGHS) ALLUN: I hear that, Mr Serrell.

RADZI: (LAUGHS) ALLUN: How about we say...35?

RADZI: (SNAPS FINGERS) I think you've just got yourself a deal.

Fabulous.

I think you've got a bargain there.

Well, thank you very much.

The other thing I'd love to talk to you about... ..is the boots and the ball.

ALLUN: How about we make it 30 for the pair?

That...is 100% a deal.

ALLUN: Is that good?

RADZI: Thank you.

You've been very kind to me...and I have to say, this, I'm going to struggle take it off, because I don't want anyone else to have it!

It's very fetching on you.

PHIL: Yeah, it's cool.

VO: Wowser!

What a generous discount from Allun.

That's £65 in total, leaving Radzi with 320 to go on with.

RADZI: And away we go... PHIL: Well, that was a successful job, wasn't it?

VO: Let's catch up with Karim and Paul.

They finished shopping and have time for a detour.

KARIM: So Paul, quickly, thank you so much.

I've had such an amazing time.

I've learn so much and it's been such a laugh.

You're such a legend.

I think we make a good team, because you are such a good negotiator.

You have the charm.

Because you've got the youth and the smile and the looks, they melt, they melt at your feet!

VO: They're motoring on to Merthyr Tydfil, at the foot of the Brecon Beacons.

VO: They've come to meet Ben Price, to learn all about one of Wales' most celebrated sons.

BEN: So welcome to number four, Chapel Row, right here in Merthyr Tydfil, and this is the home of Joseph Parry, world-famous musician and composer.

VO: In the 19th century, South Wales was an industrial heartland, with ironworks, mines and thousands of workers living in slum conditions.

Parry was raised to the sound of hammers and roaring fires of the forge in a town dubbed 'Little Hell'.

What was Joseph's life like as a kid?

BEN: He was employed from just nine years old at the Robin's coal mine, just the other side of the valley from here, and from 12 years old, apprenticed at the Cyfarthfa Ironworks.

Yeah, so it wasn't a crazy easy life.

No, it was a difficult life.

It was a dangerous life.

KARIM: Yeah, yeah, definitely so.

PAUL: So how did you get the birth of a musician here in such an industrial landscape?

It's that environment that Joseph Parry would come from, used to the sounds of heavy industry, but on top of that, Welsh language and culture, poetry and art and music were central to life here in Merthyr.

VO: Whilst Britain's industry was thriving, countries around the world were crying out for experienced workers.

So in 1853, Joseph's father, Daniel, moved to America to work at the aptly named Rough and Ready Mill.

And, in 1854, his family followed.

PAUL: Tell me about his musical education in Pennsylvania.

BEN: So that runs in tandem to his jobs in Pennsylvania.

So he follows his dad to the Rough and Ready rolling mill.

And whilst he's working there, which he carries on for the next 11 years, he begins to study music more formally.

The Parry family weren't the only ones making that journey, and with them, they don't just take those skills and experience.

They take the language, they take the culture... KARIM: Culture, yeah.

BEN: ..they take the same traditions, that they held dear here in Merthyr Tydfil, follows them to Danville.

The Welsh choir, the Welsh voice.

KARIM: Yeah.

VO: The Welsh people that traveled across the Atlantic regularly celebrated their culture in America.

And in 1860, in a locally held Eisteddfod, a Welsh music and poetry competition, Parry won first prize for his composition, 'Temperance Vocal March'.

Over the next few years, his fame grew steadily, as he racked up win after win in competitions, both in the US and in Britain.

KARIM: So obviously, he was in his early 20s then, quite young, so what happened next for Joseph Perry?

BEN: He's invited to attend at the National Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth.

Wow, so he comes back to Wales?

He comes back.

Is this a point where he has to decide whether or not he wants to carry on in the steel industry in Pennsylvania, and become a professional musician?

BEN: It is, so the entry he sends back to Wales to the National Eisteddfod, he enters under the name Bachgen Bach o Ferthyr, Erioed, Erioed.

Which means "a Merthyr boy forever and ever."

KARIM: I love that.

PAUL: Oh, that's nice... BEN: He's been in Danville for over 10 years, but Merthyr is still close to him.

PAUL: Aw, that's sweet.

..passionate about where he's from, born and bred, and I guess he has to be cuz this is where he learnt his talent, where he got inspired from.

It's his roots.

BEN: And it's the foundation of everything he goes on to.

KARIM: Yeah.

VO: Parry was invited to join the National Gorsedd, a council of Welsh bards.

Soon, he made the decision to remain in Britain and study music full time, so raised enough money to go to London and study at the Royal Academy of Music.

PAUL: With this new success as a composer, this fame, this notoriety, I guess, did he earn much money?

Did he become rich?

So his talent is recognized, but his future lay in teaching, and it's recognized by the newly formed University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, who invite him to become the first professor of music at the university.

And, from that point on, that's where his career lays.

During his time at Aberystwyth University, he is instrumental in the first female students being admitted to the university as well.

It was the first university in the country, wasn't it?

BEN: Yeah, and this is it...

Which is why he is so key outside of his own compositions as well, to musical culture in Wales.

VO: Parry's music was celebrated far and wide, as his hymns were sung by missionaries across the world.

His compositions were performed to sell-out crowds of up to 10,000 people, and he became Wales' most famous musician.

KARIM: So Ben, we would love to hear some of Joseph Parry's music, if we could.

PAUL: Yes, definitely.

Well, we can play you his most famous composition, 'Myfanwy'.

PAUL: OK. MUSIC: "Myfanwy", by Joseph Parry.

VO: Today, his legacy lives on in the voices of male choirs throughout Wales, and what has been called one of the greatest ballads ever written, 'Myfanwy'.

# Yn llenwi'th lygaid duon di?

# KARIM: Wow.

PAUL: Mm.

Incredibly moving.

Beautiful.

PAUL: Poignant.

Yes.

KARIM: Genuinely beautiful.

VO: He rose from abject poverty to become the greatest composer Wales has yet seen, but never forgot his roots in Merthyr Tydfil.

VO: Back on the road, Radzi and Phil are en route to their next destination.

PHIL: I'll tell you what, this road's really bumpy, isn't it?

It is.

It's V12 Ferrari, 350 brake horsepower, on these bumpy roads, it doesn't like it.

Do you want to go back?

Because I think you missed a pothole back there.

PHIL: (LAUGHS) VO: They're joining Karim and Paul in Merthyr Tydfil, and will be shopping at Halfway Trading House.

Phil, look at this here!

I've found it!

The perfect antique!

Who better to win the Antiques Road Trip than with one of the most devastating heavyweights of all time, Mike Tyson?

Watch your ear!

Nice sound bite.

A lot of money to spend!

VO: Seconds out!

VO: Radzi still has a whopping £320 under his belt.

Better get shopping, lads.

PHIL: Come and have a look at these, matey.

Those are half sovereigns...and they're made out of pure gold.

PHIL: It's interesting, I mean, the price of gold goes up, up and down, as does silver.

At auction, if you have a bad day, they're going to make 200 quid.

Wow.

PHIL: If you have a good day, they might make 260, 270.

Might.

This is a gamble, because I don't know how much they are, but if we buy them today and between now and the auction, the price of gold goes up... Oh!

..happy days.

There is a "but" to that.

RADZI: Yes?

If the price of gold goes down... ..our trousers are down around our ankles.

VO: Thanks for that mental image, Phil.

RADZI: Ooh, could I chuck another potential spanner in the works?

PHIL: Yeah.

So I've seen a grandfather clock.

PHIL: Right.

VO: Time to show us what you've learned, Radzi.

RADZI: So... PHIL: It's a grandfather clock, is it?

Ah, it's a grandfather, and... PHIL: OK, stop.

It's a grandfather clock.

But, really, they're called longcase clocks, because it's a long case.

PHIL: So "grandfather" is kind of a slang term.

RADZI: Is that right?

PHIL: They're actually longcase clocks.

RADZI: Thank you.

PHIL: So what we need to know is, has it got two thundering great heavy weights with it?

VO: There's this one, Phil.

Oh, that makes more sense.

RADZI: If that's what these are, and they are very heavy... PHIL: Yeah.

RADZI: ..yes.

So they pull the chains down, which work the movement.

A lot of old clocks had just lumpy old iron or lead weights.

Those are brass-mounted, so that would kind of indicate that it's possibly slightly a better clock.

It's 50 to 100 quid's worth.

OK...

Which, actually, is no money at all for something like that.

RADZI: So, essentially, what you're saying is we could, in theory, be able to afford them both.

RADZI: I'm actually quite nervous.

PHIL: You're nervous?

I'm nervous.

VO: Me too!

Let's see what dealer Kelly will do for Radzi.

Kelly, hi.

Hi.

Thank you for allowing us into your shop.

I've seen two items that I absolutely love, and we'd love to do a deal with you today.

Two things - so one is the longcase clock, and the second thing are the two half sovereigns.

What is the best price you could do for us here today?

I'm going to give you a good price.

285 for the lot.

Ooh...I...with all my years of experience in this game, I was hoping for a tiny bit lower.

Is it possible?

No, that's my lowest.

You've got a good buy there.

VO: Very generous, Kelly.

I'm going to absolutely take that.

Thank you very much, Kelly.

VO: That's £215 for the sovereigns and £70 for the clock, which they'll have sent on to the sale-room.

RADZI: Yes, Phil!

PHIL: Boom boom!

Woohoo!

VO: And that, as they say, is a wrap for the day.

PHIL: I want to know.

RADZI: Yes?

Which do you think gives you more street cred, Crackerjack pencil or a Blue Peter badge?

No question!

Blue Peter badge.

Correct.

Blue Peter badge.

RADZI: It's like asking, what would you rather, have your five meter swimming badge or an Olympic gold medal?

Well, correct.

Correct, correct.

KARIM: I can't wait for the auction, you know.

I've seen it on the telly and stuff.

"Ba-ba-ba, going once, going twice... ..sold to the beautiful, handsome Moroccan in the back."

KARIM: That's me, by the way.

PAUL: That's you.

VO: Yeah.

Nighty night, chaps.

VO: Leeeet's go!

It's auction viewing day in Ludlow, a lovely historic market town.

It's just 14 miles from the Welsh border.

On their way in a classic motor are our two likely lads.

Their destination is Grade II- listed country house, Henley Hall.

VO: And Catherine's back!

PAUL: Well, they should be here soon, and they can't miss the house, it's big enough.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) CAT: That's true.

That's very true.

PAUL: Henley Hall, you can see it a mile off.

CAT: We have the perfect setting today, so they better hurry up cuz they're going to miss out on all this...

Yes, this is definitely the calm before the storm.

VO: They've hopped back and forth across the English and Welsh border on their journey, and today the gang's assembled in Shropshire.

Meanwhile, their goodies have been sent to Bourne, Lincolnshire, home of auctioneers Golding, Young and Mawer.

Radzi was our big spender, splurging £365 on his six lots.

What does our man with the gavel, Colin Young, fancy today?

Finished at £16, selling... What greater thing to bring on to a television program than a vintage television?

So it's the most viewed lot in the sale.

But will that turn into bids?

VO: While Karim was a bit more frugal, spending a total of £178 on his five lots.

COLIN: Really sweet watercolor, good subject.

So hopefully the militaria buyers will buy into this.

Um, not by anybody in particular.

And art is all about the artist, so hopefully the lot will be all about the bidders.

VO: The auction is open to bids on the phone and on the net worldwide.

KARIM: You know what?

I was feeling very confident.

Now I'm here, and it's come to auction day, I'm a little nervous.

PAUL: Yeah, so am I.

Join the club.

VO: Radzi's black and white TV will commence proceedings.

So who's going to tune in at £30... CAT: Oh, that would be nice.

£20, anybody?

20?

RADZI: Quick!

COLIN: 10.

RADZI: Put your hand in your pocket!

COLIN: A fiver.

RADZI: Stop celebrating, Karim!

Five bid.

Six now, do I see?

£5 I'm bid, six?

PAUL: You're off.

COLIN: Eight now... RADZI: Yes!

KARIM: No!

RADZI: Double figures.

COLIN: All done now then?

£7... COLIN: At £8.

At £8 bid.

I would disagree with your valuation.

Just hit the hammer!

Yeah, get the hammer down.

KARIM: Come on.

COLIN: Nine is now bid.

COLIN: Nine.

Looking for 10.

PAUL: Do you know what, he's really bigging this up for you!

He's really giving it a good go!

There's three of you hovering, you all want it.

They all want it!

At 11, bid me 12.

12 bid.

RADZI: Good.

COLIN: 13...

Yes, we might break even!

KARIM: No!

PAUL: (LAUGHS) COLIN: 14 bid.

14.

15 now, then.

16.

All done and finished at £16.

Selling... (GAVEL) CAT: That was painfully... PAUL: He did well.

..slow, though.

I've never been so happy to make £1.

VO: The auctioneer earned his commission there, I think.

I loved it.

You were celebrating at five... KARIM: I don't know how it works.

PAUL: "Put the hammer down!"

KARIM: I thought he'd got it down to five, hit the hammer, job's a good 'un, everyone's happy.

VO: Karim's duck, aka Raul, is up next.

10 for the bid.

10.

12.

12, 15... RADZI: Whoa!

CAT: No... CAT: No!

PAUL: Quack quack!

Quack quack!

Quack quack!

COLIN: This is no money yet at all.

At 15 by the bid, at 15.

Just remember, it's not going to be a very big bill.

At £15 are we all done?

No way... COLIN: Selling this time then.

One more, have another bid.

(GAVEL) Sold, £15.

Yeah!

CAT: It was the cute look.

KARIM: Get in!

I'm so chuffed.

This is genuinely better than, like, coming second on Strictly.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) VO: Karim's taken to the auction like a duck to water.

Ha!

I wasn't shocked when you came second on Strictly.

I am shocked at what's just happened there.

VO: What can Radzi's rugger boots and ball do now?

15, 15 bid.

18 bid.

18, 20.

20 I'm bid, two bid, five.

Five bid.

25.

28.

28 bid.

30 bid.

RADZI: Yes!

CAT: Yes!

COLIN: ..five bid.

38.

40.

CAT: Yes!

RADZI: (YELLS) CAT: (LAUGHS) COLIN: Two now, do I see?

COLIN: £40 I'm bid.

Two now do I see, at £40 I'm bid.

Are we all done then?

At £40 then, the hammer's up, I am going to sell.

COLIN: Are you going to bid me online?

At £40... (GAVEL) CAT: That's OK. KARIM: Well done.

CAT: That is OK. £10 is good.

KARIM: Not too shabby at all.

CAT: Are you happy with that?

RADZI: I'm delighted at that.

VO: All square so far.

I'm taking it.

Absolutely.

Well done!

VO: Can Karim's Victorian meat platters dish up a profit?

COLIN: Start me at £1.

ALL: Whoa!

CAT: Oh, that's really harsh!

Oh, that's brutal.

That is brutal.

Three bid.

Four, five, six, seven now, then.

You are so close.

It's climbing up.

Eight bid.

Nine bid.

Nine bid.

10 again, surely.

10 bid.

KARIM: Go on.

COLIN: 12 now, do I see?

10, 12.

CAT: Oh, no!

COLIN: 15 bid.

CAT: (LAUGHS) We're lucky, you know.

18 bid.

20 bid.

CAT: 20?!

COLIN: 22.

25 now, then.

KARIM: We might be here all day.

CAT: What!

CAT: No!

COLIN: 28, surely... Is your mum here, Karim?

ALL: (LAUGH) 25 bid.

Eight or not, now, then.

The service is done.

We're done and finished.

I will sell, hammer's up, then.

Selling at £25 online... (GAVEL) COLIN: Sold!

CAT: £25... PAUL: ..£25!

KARIM: Paul!

I could kiss ya!

PAUL: (LAUGHS) VO: Steady profits for Karim and Paul.

So what I've learned is, things that I think are going to do well, don't.

And the reverse is true.

VO: Now, there's been a fair bit of interest in this one.

It's Radzi's trench coat.

COLIN: 55, 65.

KARIM: See, there you go.

Well done.

80 online.

80 online.

Five now, then.

£80.

The bid is online.

CAT: Oh my goodness.

COLIN: 85 now online.

85, 90.

95.

Bid me 100 now, then.

COLIN: 100 bid.

110.

RADZI: 110, wow!

COLIN: 110 bid.

Bid me 20...

I love trench coats!

130 is bid.

It's on the market.

The hammer's up... (GAVEL) COLIN: Sold!

CAT: That's fantastic.

KARIM: Well done!

VO: And with that, Radzi and Catherine take the lead.

So I saw this and thought, you know what?

It meant something to me, and £95 profit.

CAT: Amazing.

PAUL: That is brilliant.

Well all credit to you and Phil, because that was a fantastic buy.

Well spotted, Radzi.

Condition was key on that as well.

VO: Karim will need his gramophone to do well now.

Oh, yes.

COLIN: I have 10 I'm bid.

10 bid, 12 now.

Do I see 12 for the bid?

12, 15, 18.

18 bid.

18, 20.

£20 I'm bid.

Looking for two now, then.

COLIN: 22.

25.

RADZI: Yes.

CAT: Oh, well done.

At £30 bid.

Two, now, do I see?

At £30 I'm bid.

We go, then, hammer's up at £30... (GAVEL) CAT: That's very good, actually.

PAUL: It's OK. VO: Not too shabby, but still some big ticket items to come.

Did you sign that one though, Karim?

That's why it's gone low, I think, cuz I've signed it.

I think if I'd left it, I'd have made more money on it.

VO: For whom does the bell toll, eh?

Radzi and his longcase clock.

COLIN: £30 is bid, at 30.

And two now, then £30.

COLIN: Your time will come.

RADZI: Oh no... COLIN: 32, it does now.

32... KARIM: Your time will come, good.

COLIN: 38 do I see?

35 I'm bid.

38, surely.

35 I'm bid.

38 bid.

40.

40 bid.

RADZI: Get to 50.

Go on, guys.

CAT: Keep going.

COLIN: 48 KARIM: Put the hammer down.

COLIN: 50... Five.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) 60.

No!

Five.

CAT: Well done!

Ooh!

COLIN: Five now, then.

£70 bid.

At 70, any more now, then?

Five for anybody else, now.

Any more now then?

My bid's in Australia.

At £70 bid...

In Australia!

COLIN: Going this time then at £70, are we all done?

I will sell it at £70... You sell it!

(GAVEL) CAT: Yes!

Well done.

PAUL: Well done.

VO: Even Stevens there, then.

I didn't realize how much avoiding defeat feels like a victory.

KARIM: Yes.

RADZI: Oh my goodness!

PAUL: It does, doesn't it?

KARIM: Yeah.

VO: Karim's World War I portrait is up next.

COLIN: 15.

18.

22.

Five, now.

25.

28.

32.

35 now, then.

Selling at £32.

Selling at 32... (GAVEL) COLIN: Thank you.

KARIM: (SOBS) PAUL: Sad, isn't it?

I feel really sad.

Yeah, I feel really sad for that.

VO: Paul and Karim edging closer to a gunging with that loss.

PAUL: It was a lovely thing to have.

Yeah, it was.

It was really nice and it meant a lot to us, so.

VO: Radzi's half sovereigns up next.

The auction house will sell each separately.

110.

120, now, then.

KARIM: Wahey!

Radz!

PAUL: Wahey...

Yes!

COLIN: 120 bid.

Looking for two, now, 122.

125 do I see?

PAUL: Oh, what?

COLIN: £125 is bid.

125.

Eight as a last call, then.

Are you sure?

I know you're not.

128 bid.

128.

Make it 130 now.

130.

Are we done?

(IMPERSONATES GAVEL) (GAVEL) CAT: That's brilliant.

PAUL: That's very good.

VO: So far, so good.

VO: Radzi's second gold half sovereign and final lot.

COLIN: 120.

Give me 130.

132.

135, now, surely.

100 and we're done.

We're finished and we go this time then at £132... (GAVEL) Sold.

KARIM: Nice work.

PAUL: Brilliant.

Happy with that.

Happy with that.

CAT: Absolutely brilliant.

VO: Gambling on gold paid off.

I'm not sure if it's me, or if it's my experts, who give me the nod and say that could work.

Yeah, see, I only had one, didn't I, really?

PAUL: (LAUGHS) CAT: (LAUGHS) PAUL: Yeah, it was a big team going on over there!

VO: Karim's last chance.

Will it be anyone's cup of tea?

£60.

65.

70.

75.

75.

COLIN: Bid me 80 now, then.

CAT: Keep going.

£75 is now bid.

At 75, 80.

£80 I'm bid.

At 90.

95.

Go on.

COLIN: If I offer you 98, that might help you bag it.

Oh!

Go on, Colin!

95 bid.

He's good, isn't he?

100 now.

100!

Come on!

COLIN: Any more now, then?

At 100.

Five as a last call, then.

Are we all done, then?

You've all had your chance.

(GAVEL) KARIM: £100... CAT: Well done.

Triple figures, guys.

VO: A tidy profit.

But is it enough to avoid the gunge?

CAT: That was a good auction.

PAUL: It was a good auction.

KARIM: That was good, that.

VO: Karim and Paul started off with £400.

After commission, they made a small loss of £12.36, ending up with £387.64.

VO: Radzi and Catherine also started with £400.

With the help of Phil, they ended up in the money, with £459.76.

Which makes them today's winners, and that can only mean one thing.

I kind of thought it was you two that were going to get it.

I know.

We're all one big team here, Paul.

Absolutely.

PAUL: Go on then, let's get... KARIM: ..not seen this in years.

CAT: Go on.

KARIM: Oh, it's heavy.

Is it warm?

Oh it's warm!

PAUL: Three, two, one, go!

RADZI: Go on!

(LAUGHS) CAT: (SQUEALS) ALL: (LAUGH) VO: Ooh, yuck!

CAT: Don't come close.

Don't come anywhere near us.

VO: Good show!

Toodle-pip, you lovely chaps.

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