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: Groovy baby!

VO: Tearing through the rip- roaring countryside of Sussex in a red Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider... Keep moving, keep moving!

TRISHA: Ugh... AMIR: Don't stop!

VO: ..is this fine pair.

Phew!

What's that smell?

It's the clutch, it's the clutch!

TRISHA: Oh my God!

AMIR: (LAUGHS) TRISHA: Have you burned rubber?

Literally?

Yeah!

Did you fart?

No, it's the clutch!

VO: 'Course it is.

It's TV's nicest GP, Dr Amir Khan, and chat show queen, journalist and broadcaster, Trisha Goddard.

(GEARS CRUNCH) Ahh!

That was...

I don't know what that was.

Have you got your window open?

(LAUGHING) Yeah, because I am so nervous... AMIR: (LAUGHS) To let air in but also to let air out!

VO: Oh, blimey.

Amir is a medical doctor turned TV GP, appearing regularly on British daytime television.

AMIR: During my university days of training to be a doctor, I was also watching 'The Trisha Show'.

I never thought I would be driving Miss Trisha Goddard.

It's like driving Miss Daisy.

Except, like...

Except the age difference isn't quite as large!

I would say it's about the same.

Oh, you're so evil!

VO: Trisha started her presenting career in Australia, but is best known as a hugely successful British talk show host.

What do you know about antiques, Amir... Am I allowed to say, very little?

I'm probably the only antique you know!

AMIR: (LAUGHS) VO: Well, these newbies are in good hands.

Today they'll be joined by old pros Tim Medhurst and Izzie Balmer.

TIM: Izzie, I'm thinking your nails might clash with the car a bit this morning.

IZZIE: Clash?

TIM: Clash, yeah.

Yeah.

What do you think of the color?

It's like a very lovely lilac, isn't it?

Love the color!

It suits you...

It reminds me of those sweets.

What are they... IZZIE: Parma Violets.

TIM: Yes, that's it.

I hate Parma Violets.

TIM: Do you?

Oh, I love them... IZZIE: Eugh!

Oh, no!

VO: They're no rhubarb and custard.

Anyhow, they're driving the Morris Minor 1000000, manufactured before seat belts were mandatory.

Hanging out with Trisha, it'll be interesting because she's done so many different things.

You going to air your dirty laundry?

I think so.

I hope she doesn't make me take a lie detector.

IZZIE: Learn the deepest, darkest secret of Timothy Medhurst.

And his love for coins.

Yeah!

VO: And on that note, it's time to get to the first shop to spend some hard cash.

Today's Antiques odyssey takes us all over the home counties before an auction showdown in St Albans... ..starting first in the West Sussex town of Steyning.

Brake.

Brake... Oh, pretty car.

AMIR: I'm loving that.

TRISHA: Small, compact, cute.

And the car's nice as well... AMIR: (LAUGHS) Come on!

VO: Enough of that.

Time to find your experts.

VO: Steyning Antiques is owned by Ed.

The celebrities have £400 each to spend.

Izzie!

Amir, hello!

How are you?

I'm really well, thanks.

I'm very excited, because this is my first time ever in an antique shop.

IZZIE: No... AMIR: Yeah.

And I'm looking around and thinking, why haven't I been to one of these before?

I just want one of everything.

I'm so excited, but it does mean you've got your work cut out for you because... No, it'll be fine.

..I have no idea what I'm doing.

VO: Well, you've got to start somewhere.

Let's find the others.

Hi, Tim... TIM: Hello, Trisha.

How are you?

TRISHA: Good.

I can see you're already getting into the dresses.

Only at the weekend, Trisha.

Only at the weekend... Have you ever been antique shopping before?

TRISHA: Mm, not really.

I like a rummage though.

TIM: Do you?

I do as well.

TRISHA: Yeah.

You're going to have to teach me about antiques because I'm the only antique I know.

TIM: (LAUGHS) VO: I think we've heard that one before, Trisha.

Well, I've seen a lot of things, but the shop's huge so... TRISHA: It's gorgeous.

Shall we rummage that end of the shop?

TRISHA: Yes.

TIM: Come on, then.

TIM: You lead the way.

VO: OK. Now time for some serious rooting.

I'm instantly drawn to this.

VO: Nice bird bath.

(GIGGLES) Probably a bit of a busman's holiday for you, but I've just spotted the first aid kit.

AMIR: Yes, now that looks very different to the first aid kit we have at work.

(LAUGHS) Which is a bit more high-tech.

Oh, wow...

I'm not quite sure what that is.

VO: I thought you were a doctor.

AMIR: Oh, it's a bit of iodine.

So, yes, we do have disinfectant and cotton wool and bandages.

How much is it?

AMIR: £28.

Well, I don't think the contents are original to the box, I think they've been added later.

AMIR: Ahh!

IZZIE: Even bandages probably have a use-by date, do they?

Dressings always have a use-by date on them, so I imagine those ...

Probably can't use... AMIR: ..ones are not usable.

IZZIE: No.

AMIR: (LAUGHS) IZZIE: So we could pop it on the maybe list.

AMIR: OK, maybe.

IZZIE: Maybe.

Alright, keep browsing.

TRISHA: Check this out.

Totally 1960's.

TIM: Oh, wow.

Now if I was a girl, I'd wear that.

TRISHA: # ..Bobby's girl # You would?

Be my guest.

See, I lived through all of those times.

I just...

I remember all of these.

I had to make one like this at school.

TIM: Did you?

TRISHA: Yeah.

This could be it.

TIM: (LAUGHS) VO: Our very own Vivienne Westwood.

Now I'm afraid, Trisha, I don't know anything about vintage clothes and their value, but I've spotted something through here that you might like.

Let me show you.

VO: Intriguing, Tim.

TIM: Trisha, I found these.

There's a pair of them.

TRISHA: Wow!

TIM: Aren't they beautifully done?

TIM: So they're a pair of... TRISHA: Wow.

..costume designs.

And do you...

The Intimate...

BOTH: ..Opera Company.

TRISHA: They're still going.

TIM: Are they?

VO: Oh, yes.

The Intimate Opera Company was founded in London in 1930.

It specialized in performances of chamber operas.

TIM: What I like about costume designs is that it's not about the person wearing the costume...

There's no facial features, not even hands.

TRISHA: And this is... must be the character.

Um, Miss Boyd.

TIM: And I've got Mr Manton.

TRISHA: Oh!

God, this is lovely.

TIM: And it looks like, well, they're probably based on Victorian costume maybe.

TRISHA: Yeah.

TIM: They're just lovely, aren't they?

TRISHA: I love them.

TIM: ..No price on these, I could see them being quite collectable in auction.

But it all comes down to price, whether we can buy them or not.

Because we want to make a profit.

I know you want to win, don't you?

You want to beat Amir, don't you?

That's the only reason I'm here.

Well, let's find out the price because I think if they are below sort of 80 to £100... For both of them?

Yeah, we'll be in with a shot.

VO: Well, they seem pleased with themselves.

How are the others getting on?

AMIR: Izzie, I've found something I like.

IZZIE: Ha-ha!

AMIR: Now, it might be the kid in me, but that is a clockwork submarine.

VO: Oh, what fun!

AMIR: Wait a minute, Izzie... IZZIE: What?

AMIR: It's made in Leeds.

IZZIE: No.

AMIR: And that's where I live, so we've got to buy it.

AMIR: That's a sign, right?

IZZIE: Oh, I really hope... OK, I really hope the price is right.

AMIR: How much would you pay for it?

I mean, I'd like it to be about £30.

How much is it?

You're going to be disappointed because it's £65.

IZZIE: OK, I mean... not surprised.

AMIR: No?

IZZIE: Ever the optimist.

It's made by Sutcliffe.

IZZIE: So the toys that fetch the most amount of money at auction, it comes down to the rarity of the toy, how many were produced in the first place.

And if it's in its box, unused, it's never been played with, that, bizarrely, makes more money at auction than one that's... Yeah.

..been out of the box and been played with.

Looking at that, I can see some tears to the box, I can see some damage to the box, so the item itself has clearly been used and played with.

It does, however, give you some points for negotiating on the price because the condition isn't great.

IZZIE: Why don't we see if we find anything else?

Cuz then it might be, we can do a bit of a deal on a couple of items.

Good idea.

You sound like my mum.

That's what she says when we go shopping together.

I'm not sure how to take that, that I sound like your mum!

It's a good thing!

Is she a lovely lady?

IZZIE: I'm sure she is.

AMIR: The best.

The best.

VO: Boys and their mums, eh?

Right, let's keep looking, then.

Hello, Trisha.

(LAUGHS) Now, I've found something for you.

I know you're going to be out driving later.

Yes.

AMIR: We've got to warn the other drivers and pedestrians, so stick this on your car.

So rude.

Look... Well, I found something for you... Oh, yeah?

..cuz I am going to triumph over you.

AMIR: Wishful thinking, I think.

TRISHA: (SIGHS) Have you found anything good?

I've found some pretty awesome things, I've got to say... TRISHA: Yeah, me too, yeah?

AMIR: Be afraid.

Be very afraid.

Yeah.

You should be terrified.

I suggest you keep browsing.

I am going to keep browsing.

Thank you very much.

VO: I suggest you both keep at it.

You've got a long way to go yet.

TRISHA: Oh, Tim, I think I've found something I like.

TRISHA: Ooh!

TIM: Look at that.

TIM: I'm...I'm not surprised that's caught your eye.

It's quite stylish, isn't it?

What period is that?

So, it could date as early as the 1920s, but maybe up to the 1950s.

Ooh.

TIM: And that's such a stylish period, isn't it?

Yeah.

What's lovely about this, is that it's absolutely timeless, isn't it?

TRISHA: Oh... (GROANS) TIM: Sorry, sorry... (LAUGHS) VO: Oh, lordy.

TIM: Well, you've spotted this beautiful clock and we've got those costume watercolors as well.

So I wonder if we could do a deal on the two.

Shall we find Ed and see what he can do?

TIM: Come on.

VO: Neither item has a price tag, so it's time to get their haggling hats on.

TIM: Ed.

ED: Hi.

TIM: How are you?

You alright?

ED: I'm not too bad.

TIM: We've found a few things, haven't we, Trisha?

TRISHA: Yes, we have.

Art deco clock.

ED: Mm-hm.

TRISHA: A couple of paintings... TIM: Costume designs... TRISHA: Costume ones.

Oh yes, I know.

Yeah.

So, how much are they?

Eh, the clock could be 65.

And how much for the paintings?

ED: The pictures, for the pair, 75.

TRISHA: 130... ED: Yeah.

We don't want them that much though, do we, Trisha?

We could do 100.

A ton?

£100 cash.

That would be lovely... TRISHA: Or, if we did 95, then I could give you a selfie.

VO: That's a new technique.

Call it 95 and we have a deal on the selfie.

Yes!

Shake me duster.

VO: What a star, eh?

TIM: Good deal.

TRISHA: So, 95... ED: Well done.

TIM: Thank you, Ed... ED: Come back and see me again.

TIM: See you, Ed.

Thanks.

Bye!

VO: Hey, you forgot the selfie... ..Poor Ed.

TRISHA: In the boot.

VO: Having spent £95, Trisha has £305 left.

TIM: Ah!

TRISHA: Off we go.

TIM: Here we go.

Woop woop!

VO: Now they're off.

VO: Are Amir and Izzie having any luck?

AMIR: Izzie?

IZZIE: What have you got?

This table.

Now, I don't know anything about it, apart from it's got flowers on it and I am a gardener, and I love it... You love flowers.

AMIR: Yes!

They're just so beautiful.

And they've got butterflies and there's a moth.

It's right up my street.

AMIR: I would have that in my hallway or something.

IZZIE: Would you?

Yes.

I mean, it's not my cup of tea.

VO: Izzie might need convincing... ..but this hall table is still as useful today as when it was made.

IZZIE: This style of furniture isn't generally a big seller at auction, and it's hard to say whether this has always been painted or whether someone's had it as a table and then decided to do a bit of artwork on it.

AMIR: Yeah.

IZZIE: I can see why it appeals to you.

It would come down to price.

Doesn't appear to be a price on there... IZZIE: OK. AMIR: So we'll have to find out.

OK, it's going to be down to you.

See how good your haggling skills are... Let's see if my mum has taught me how to haggle.

Make your mum proud.

I will.

Right, let's do it.

IZZIE: Let's go find Ed.

VO: Let's hope Mama Khan approves.

Time to see the owner.

Hi, Ed, how are you doing?

Not too bad.

Not too bad.

So, let's start with the toy submarine I found.

ED: Right, OK. AMIR: I really like it because it's made in Leeds, same as me.

Something from home.

AMIR: Something from home.

ED: Yeah.

AMIR: It says £65 on the box.

As it's boxed, it could be...50.

Could you go any lower than that?

ED: 48?

AMIR: 40?

ED: 45.

AMIR: Deal.

ED: Yeah.

AMIR: Deal.

OK. And I've found this beautiful table just back there.

ED: The green one with the lovely flowers on... AMIR: Green one, yeah.

And I don't really know much about it, but I just like it.

ED: You like it?

Buy it, sir.

AMIR: (LAUGHS) That's right.

AMIR: So, how much is that one?

Because it didn't have a price on.

I've had it a little while.

You can... £30.

AMIR: £30.

ED: £30.

AMIR: Sound good?

IZZIE: Yeah, go for it.

AMIR: OK...deal.

ED: Yeah?

IZZIE: Very fair.

ED: OK.

Thank you, sir.

VO: Job done.

With a total cost of £75, they've £325 left to spend.

AMIR: Here we go... VO: Let's find Trisha and Tim in their red Alfa Romeo.

Now, you went straight for that vintage clothing in our last shop.

So that is something you love, isn't it... TRISHA: I love fashion.

Absolutely love fashion and the history of fashion.

Mm.

And what is it about that that you love the most?

TRISHA: Cuz it keeps repeating itself.

Nothing is new.

VO: These followers of fashion are off taking a detour to Brighton and Hove.

TRISHA: Oh, who's that?

Hi.

VO: They're meeting specialized Regency tailor, Zack Pinsent, to learn about an era of fashion that still has influence today.

TRISHA: Hi!

Oh, I love your clothes.

Is this just for us?

Oh, no, no, no.

This is just something I threw on.

Welcome to Brighton, the home of the Regency.

Please, come on in.

VO: In the late 18th, early 19th century, a new wave of trendsetting gentlemen referred to as dandy brought about a new, distinct style.

VO: Being a 21st century dandy himself, Zack explains all.

Zack, sum up the dandy fashion for me.

Well, dandyism was very much part of the fashion in terms of all these components.

Of course, I'm wearing the shoes, stockings, britches, waistcoat, tail coat, cravat, shirt and hat and, of course, cane were all part of what made a gentleman a gentleman.

And by adding patterns and an exacting fit really encapsulated what dandyism was all about.

VO: Pre-dandy, the fashion was hugely influenced by the French.

Clothes were colorful and opulent and far more about conspicuous consumption.

ZACK: Fashion, as you transfer from the 18th century into the 19th century, moves from the colorful styles and be-wigged fops through to the more subdued styles brought in by Beau Brummell.

VO: George Bryan "Beau" Brummell, famously named the Father of Dandyism, was a gentleman of humble beginnings.

He broke down the barrier that separated average men like him and the aristocrats of England.

For the first time, fashion was more about flair than wealth.

Despite his meager means, his pioneering style helped him develop a close relationship with the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, and fashion influencers of their day.

He popularized the idea of the three piece suit, basically, consisting of dark tail coat, dark waistcoat and dark trousers.

And it perpetuated to now, it's become the norm.

VO: The changes that Beau Brummell made paved the way for the fashion we have today.

But unfortunately for him, his lavish lifestyle caught up with him and he died penniless and suffering from syphilis.

Poor chap.

VO: Much of Brighton exemplifies the rich Regency style.

The Prince Regent helped turn the seaside town into a fashionable resort when he transformed his marine pavilion into a seaside pleasure palace, known today as the Royal Pavilion.

VO: So, what better place for Zack to set up his studio, where he has been making and dressing exclusively in Regency gentleman attire for almost a decade?

ZACK: So I first got into dressing vintage and alternatively from about the age of 14.

So I rather rebelliously burnt my last pair of jeans and switched to vintage.

And it was through repairing vintage and understanding vintage and shapes that I then moved on to creating my own clothing and now doing it for people the world over.

TRISHA: But why dandies?

ZACK: It's such a fantastically interesting part of history, and it's really the birth of tailoring, really, where you suddenly have the maths involved in it.

You know, it really comes into its own as a profession.

But it's wonderful making things from the 18th century and seeing them change into the 19th century, and how society informs fashion.

Very much like it does today.

TRISHA: You know, I'd love to try some of the things on because, you know, I'm crazy about fashion and a lot of the clothes that we've seen are clothes that I've got the modern day versions of.

But I'm just seeing some really lovely things here.

ZACK: Well, I'm pretty sure we can find something for you.

TRISHA: Ta-da... TIM: Ooh!

TRISHA: What do you think?

TIM: You look like a sofa.

Sofa so good... TIM: It's beautiful.

What wonderful fabric... TRISHA: But it's really heavy, isn't it?

TIM: It's so 18th century.

TIM: I'm presuming?

ZACK: Exactly.

And I deliberately cut it so that on each shoulder you've got a parrot, on each shoulder... TRISHA: Oh!

TIM: Aww.

Jim, lad... TRISHA: It's honestly... TIM: Beautiful.

TRISHA: ..beautifully made.

VO: How en vogue.

TIM: Ta-da!

TRISHA: (GIGGLES) ZACK: Oh, wonderful.

TIM: What do you think?

I do feel a bit like a pair of curtains.

Yes, you should pull yourself together!

ZACK: It's quite loose, cuz it's designed to be loose.

It was actually the earlier style which came from the East and is actually styled after the Japanese kimono... TRISHA: Ahh... TIM: Oh, of course.

The sleeves are even deep as well... TRISHA: Yeah.

ZACK: Exactly.

It's quite comfortable and light... ZACK: Exactly.

TRISHA: So, I'd see you in that and I'd say, well, "kimono-ver" to my place!

TIM: On that note...goodnight.

VO: Back with the Morris Minor 1000000 and her companions.

IZZIE: You've been in your first antiques shop.

Yes, and I loved it.

Just a morning of shopping, antique shopping, and you're already converted to the cause... Yeah!

When you were growing up, were there any antiques around the house?

AMIR: We used to have this bell ringer in the kitchen and each room has a... has a bell in it.

So I imagine when there were cooks or people who used to work in that house, the owners of the house used to press a bell and... Be summoned to that room.

Do you know what?

If you had an original complete set of those bells and the board that says the room that each bell is ringing in, they're really valuable at auction... ..they're really collectable... We have got all of that!

Don't let your mum get rid of them.

AMIR: No, I won't.

VO: Now that's sorted, they're heading to Eclectic Antiques and Picture Framing.

With £325 left, they've got a lot of money still to spend.

Come on, Izzie, get cracking!

AMIR: Hi, Dan, how are you doing?

DAN: Hi, nice to see you.

Nice to see you too.

AMIR: Are you going to sell me a bargain?

DAN: Absolutely.

Maybe two.

AMIR: (LAUGHS) Yes!

Well, hello there.

VO: Bone-jour!

AMIR: Izzie, I really like... ..this horse and carriage for fresh fruit.

IZZIE: You're going with a bit of a toy theme here, aren't you?

AMIR: I'm a big kid at heart, to be honest!

VO: Aren't we all?

I like this because it's advertising, and advertising sells well.

AMIR: I like it because it's got this kind of... Victorian vibe to it, which is drawing me in.

But the only thing I'm not so keen on... ..the red lettering on the umbrella there.

IZZIE: I mean, it does look like it's been added later, doesn't it?

AMIR: Hm.

My thought is, looking at it, is it probably isn't as old as it looks.

AMIR: Right.

Absolutely nothing wrong with a reproduction, but as a general rule, it doesn't really do that well at auction.

VO: And that's the name of the game.

AMIR: Let's give this a miss.

IZZIE: OK. Let's carry on looking then.

IZZIE: OK. VO: Very decisive, chaps.

Now, Izzie, I can't resist doing this.

IZZIE: Are you going to do what I think you're going to do?

Yep.

VO: Trust him.

He's a doctor.

Well, Izzie, after all my years of medical training, I can confirm that he is indeed...dead.

VO: Thank goodness for that.

Don't get too comfy!

There's still a job to do.

AMIR: Now, Izzie, look what I've spotted.

These medical posters here.

And I've got to tell you, every medical student I know had at least one of these posters or a copy of them on their wall.

VO: How organ-ized!

In fact, I had that kidney one up on mine.

IZZIE: Real... That same one?!

AMIR: Well, a copy of it, I would say... IZZIE: Yes.

I mean, believe it or not, anything to do with medicine and the anatomy is really popular.

The older, the better.

I mean, they look original.

I would say they look 1950's or '60's from here.

VO: You're in luck, Amir.

IZZIE: As with everything, condition is really important.

So just having a quick look at them, I would say that one is probably in best condition, or maybe the one on the far right.

AMIR: Yeah!

I'm trying to think what my favorite organ is.

IZZIE: Ooh, what is your favorite organ?

AMIR: Well, I've got to say it's the liver, but I can't see a liver picture up there.

Eh, but... Why do you like the liver?

AMIR: It stores sugar.

It makes proteins.

It looks after parts of your digestion.

It cleanses your blood.

There's so many things that it does, and I don't think everybody knows about it.

AMIR: Everybody just thinks... IZZIE: No.

..it helps break down alcohol and that is literally all it does... That is literally what I was going to say...

But I'm still drawn towards the kidneys.

VO: I'm more of a heart man myself.

IZZIE: Dan?

DAN: Yes.

IZZIE: We really quite like your posters... DAN: Alright.

IZZIE: ..but how much are they?

DAN: They're 125 each, yes.

IZZIE: OK. Could you go down to 100?

How about 110?

100?

Alright then, because you're so nice.

AMIR: Aww!

VO: Oh, charmer!

IZZIE: I don't know if I'd get one or two.

AMIR: How much would you do for two?

What's the best?

How's about...200?

ALL: (LAUGH) Shall we go for the kidney and the eye?

AMIR: It sees you.

IZZIE: It sees me.

AMIR: It's looking at you, OK. IZZIE: Yeah!

AMIR: You can't possibly go any lower to 180?

Eh, no, well... Well... Come on.

DAN: Yes.

Why... AMIR: Yes!

180!

DAN: Why not, why not, why not...

Right, perfect.

It's a deal.

180, Dan.

I'll leave that there for you.

VO: That went well.

AMIR: Thank you very much.

IZZIE: Thank you.

DAN: Marvelous.

VO: They end the day with £145.

Not bad at all.

Oh, it's horrible!

Let's go!

Oh, gosh.

OK... IZZIE: Protect the posters!

AMIR: (LAUGHS) VO: And the other team are ready to wind down too.

TIM: What do you like to do after a long day?

Say you're doing...you're on a panel show or something.

TRISHA: Hot bath.

TIM: Mm-hm.

Epsom salts, bubble bath, glass of wine... Job's a good 'un.

Sounds good.

Well, I'll join you for the glass of wine.

Yeah, not the bubble bath... TIM: (GIGGLES) VO: Cheeky!

Nighty night.

VO: Next day, the competition is hotting up.

TRISHA: Amir, the things you do to try and sabotage me.

What do you mean?

TRISHA: Well, you threw a snake at me.

What?!

In my dream last night!

AMIR: In your dream?

TRISHA: Yes.

And I woke up.

I screamed... AMIR: Oh, no... TRISHA: ..that was 4am.

I couldn't get back to sleep.

I mean, that does sound like something I would do.

Exactly.

But it just goes to show that I am willing to do anything to win... You even enter my dreams.

Enter your dreams!

TRISHA: Wow... Like Inception.

TRISHA: That's so evil.

AMIR: (LAUGHS) VO: And what do our experts think?

TIM: Trisha is definitely in this to win this.

She wants to beat Amir.

Em...

I'm really happy for you to win!

Don't say that.

You've got to be in it to win it.

I'm just going to...

I'm just having fun.

If no one plays a game to win, then it's not a game, is it?

I suppose there's some logic in that.

VO: If you say so.

Amir, what do you think?

How have you found it all?

Eh, I loved looking around all the shops.

Did you haggle?

I haggled.

Yeah, I... Mama Khan will be very pleased.

Mama Khan will be very proud.

VO: Well, it's not over yet, so let's get moving.

VO: Today, the teams are in the magnificent Surrey Hills, known as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, heading for the town of Redhill.

Now Trisha, I'm really excited to see what you've bought.

TRISHA: # You're going down, you're going down... # AMIR: (LAUGHS) This looks great!

TRISHA: Ooh!

AMIR: What's this, then?

A clock?

It's art deco and I, I just...

I don't know, I just liked it.

And it's really heavy.

It is heavy.

It's not like those... ..cheap-y ones.

And I got a really good bargain on it... AMIR: How much did you get that for then?

I'm not telling you my secrets!

AMIR: Very competitive.

TRISHA: Yes.

VO: Don't worry, I won't tell a soul that you bought the clock and a pair of costume design pictures... God, this is lovely.

VO: ..for £95... TIM: Thank you, Ed.

ED: ..see me again.

Yeah, I will with those prices!

VO: ..leaving 305 in the piggy.

Do you like my toy?

TRISHA: How old is that?

I think it's for age three upwards, so I fit into that category... No.

I mean, how old... How many... How... From whence cometh this?

Eh, it's from 1934.

TRISHA: Right.

AMIR: Yeah.

VO: Hm, afraid not, old boy.

More 1970's.

AMIR: So that's pretty good... TRISHA: Yeah.

..that it's in its original box.

So I'm hoping that'll do well in auction.

And it's made in Leeds, so that's...got a connection... TRISHA: Oh, right.

AMIR: ..with me.

Aged three upwards!

VO: What a kidder, eh?

And that's not all Amir acquired.

He also bought a floral table...

It's right up my street.

VO: ..and two original medical posters... AMIR: It sees you.

IZZIE: It sees me.

It's looking at you.

VO: ..leaving him with £145 left to spend.

You'd better get to it, cuz you're going down.

AMIR: (LAUGHS) I think I'm going to find something brilliant in there.

Good luck with your shop.

Yeah, good luck to you too.

(LAUGHS) VO: While Amir heads into The Old Bakery Antiques, Trisha is off.

Izzie?

Amir!

Hey... Oh, hello!

What are you doing down there?

Amir, I am rummaging.

You've got to teach me how to rummage.

The pressure is on.

Trisha's been goading me all morning.

I think today the challenge is to find what I would call a proper antique.

AMIR: Yes.

Something that's more than 100 years old.

Well Trisha's left the building so that rules her out... IZZIE: Oh!

VO: Ooh!

AMIR: Don't tell her I said that.

Right.

I think, challenge accepted.

But how do I do that?

Leave no stone, no table, no candlestick unturned.

Get those hands dirty.

Have a look under things.

AMIR: Let's do it.

This is the start of your learning journey.

Let's rummage.

VO: And the first stop is... AMIR: I'm looking in drawers, Izzie... Good start.

Things get forgotten in drawers.

IZZIE: What have you found?

Oh, there's something in here.

It could be an ancient manuscript.

AMIR: It could be, or it... IZZIE: Harking back... AMIR: (LAUGHS) I don't think it's...

It's...it's definitely not more than 100 years old.

IZZIE: No.

VO: Well, no rest for the wicket!

Keep looking.

VO: Let's catch up with the other pair.

Trisha has traveled further down the road to Dorking Antiques Limited.

TRISHA: Tim, what are you doing?

Aren't you meant to be looking for antiques?

You've caught me breaking mirrors.

VO: Gee whiz.

How are you doing?

TRISHA: Good!

Interesting.

TIM: It is an amazing shop.

TRISHA: Yeah.

TIM: I don't know which way to head.

There's so much.

Shall we go this way or that way?

This way... TRISHA: (LAUGHS) TIM: I'll follow you.

VO: Housed in a fully renovated ground floor Victorian shop, Dorking Antiques Centre has a huge range of antiques from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

TRISHA: Oh, wow...

This is amazing.

TIM: What have you found there, Trisha?

TRISHA: A really old map.

It says 1665.

There's Egham.

Chertsey... Oh, I don't believe it.

Stroude.

That's where our house was, where I grew up.

Wow.

TRISHA: And I went to school in Chertsey.

TIM: So this is 350 years old.

What's the price?

TRISHA: 290.

TIM: It's not a bad retail price, but we need to find something that's going to make the winning...winning profit, don't we?

TRISHA: Yeah.

TIM: Come on then.

VO: With their eyes on the prize, Trisha and Tim crack on.

But back in Redhill, how's Amir faring with his challenge?

AMIR: I'm trying to find something old-looking.

More than 100 years old.

But it feels to me that everything in this shop fits that bill, to be honest!

(LAUGHS) And I'm nervous now, I don't want to get it wrong because the stakes are high.

Trisha has to be beaten.

VO: Maybe Izzie can help.

That's her job, after all.

I have just seen this on the other side of the room, made a beeline for it, and it is what I think it is.

This is actually quite exciting.

Amir?

AMIR: Hi, Izzie.

This may not be your cup of tea... ..excuse the pun.

IZZIE: It's a ladies' tea tray.

AMIR: Right.

IZZIE: It's in very poor condition... AMIR: Hm.

IZZIE: ..I will concede.

IZZIE: However, it's circa 1790.

AMIR: What?!

IZZIE: I know!

It's that, sort of, just as we're turning into the Regency period.

There's this stunning leather, which has got this garland decoration round the side.

And then you've got this gorgeous silk panel here that's been embroidered, little sequin details here, even some silver wire work going round the edge there.

I just think it's a really beautiful thing and, you know, as a lady, you would have your tea brought to you on this tray.

And it's really glamorous, it's got an air of glamour about it, which I love.

IZZIE: The condition is going to let it down.

I would like to think someone's going to buy this because it's a really interesting item.

Does it have a price on it?

IZZIE: No, not at all.

AMIR: OK.

I mean, I'd like it to be sort of £10, £15.

I think if we can get it for the right price, we should take it.

Amazing!

VO: What a team!

Jolly good.

Over in Dorking... TIM: Trisha, have a look at this.

TRISHA: Oh, wow!

TIM: It's a little tea bowl and saucer.

And, immediately, I don't know if you think it, but looks quite Chinese, doesn't it?

It does.

TIM: But actually, it's English porcelain.

It's one of the earliest English porcelain, cuz if you look at the bottom, can you see that little blue crescent mark?

TRISHA: Right... That's the mark for Worcester Porcelain.

VO: The Worcester Porcelain factory was one of the first English factories to open in 1751.

Dr John Wall, a physician, and William Davis, an apothecary, developed a unique process for creating porcelain.

This tea bowl would have been used in around the 1770s, that sort of time, so we're talking... Oh my gosh!

TIM: ..the Georgian period.

Imagine all those gents and ladies in their fine dress, drinking tea.

They didn't have handles on these?

TIM: No, cuz it's copying the Chinese, early Chinese ones, you see.

Because before we made porcelain in England, all of our porcelain would have come from China.

And it was referred to as white gold because it was so rare and valuable, cuz we didn't even know how to make it.

TRISHA: In my teens, I worked in a China shop and... (WHISPERS) I think we should get this!

TIM: £45... TRISHA: (WHISPERS) Right.

..for a bit of early English porcelain in wonderful condition...

I think that would be a winner.

VO: Back in Redhill, I wonder if Amir's any closer?

AMIR: Now, I know I'm supposed to be finding things that are more than 100 years old, but I just love these robots!

VO: That would be a no then.

I know Izzie will kill me, but I really like them!

I think I'm going to buy one.

VO: Oh, dear.

AMIR: Izzie.

IZZIE: Hm?

I know you said 100 years plus.

Have you found something?

I found something.

That's not 100 years plus... AMIR: No.

VO: Circa 1980s.

Can we get it?

I think we should get it.

I think it's brilliant.

Are you actually asking my advice or are you telling me?

AMIR: I'm telling you, I want it.

IZZIE: OK. OK. Well, it looks like a Ditto ceramic robot to me.

A set of them, a set of the seven can be very collectable.

Set of the seven, you're probably looking at £200-300 at auction.

Buying one on its own, some are more rare, some are more collectable than others.

So that's one item that you seem very set on, and I suspect I can't change your mind even if I wanted to.

No.

Is that what we're going for?

AMIR: The tray and the robot.

IZZIE: OK. VO: What's the saying, method in one's madness?

AMIR: Rob?

ROB: Hello.

Can we borrow you?

ROB: You can.

AMIR: Now, I really like this robot.

How much is it?

ROB: £80.

AMIR: £80.

ROB: Yep.

You've come to an antique shop and you're buying the newest thing in it.

AMIR: I know!

It's just got something about it that I think would do well at auction.

OK.

But I need to get it at the right price in order to do so.

ROB: Oh, do you?

AMIR: (LAUGHS) Could you go as low as 50?

No, I couldn't.

55?

Please... Alright, go on then.

Oh, brilliant!

Thank you.

And we also like that tray.

ROB: £15 on that.

AMIR: £15?

ROB: Yeah.

AMIR: Deal!

So 55 for this and 15 for that.

Yeah, it's 80.

It's 70.

ROB: Oh, is it?

Yeah, OK. VO: Nice try.

I'm just going to leave that in there.

VO: That's their last item bought.

With a total of £75 left, it's time to hit the road.

VO: Over in Dorking... Ooh!

Oh... TIM: Oh, look at that.

This is really fitting in with our Road Trip theme, isn't it?

TRISHA: Yeah.

TIM: Fashion.

TIM: And Regency period as well.

TRISHA: Yes!

TIM: Look at him standing there.

It is a silhouette portrait.

And there's lots of different types of silhouettes.

TIM: This one's on paper... TRISHA: Right.

..and it's also cut out and laid on a background.

You can just see where the paper of the silhouette is lifting slightly.

A lovely little touch here is that you can see in his left hand he's holding a little snuff box and his other hand is ready... ..to take the snuff.

TRISHA: Oh, wow!

TIM: Isn't that lovely?

So, do we know who it is or anything?

Oh... And that is lovely.

Look at that.

Now, often... TRISHA: Ooh.

TIM: ..you will hear antique specialists say, always look at the back of a picture.

Quite often it tells you more than the front.

And this one certainly does, look.

"John Dean, born 1779 to 1857, rector of Horwood, Devon."

Isn't that lovely?

Oh, look.

And it says "His ancestor was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1500 to 1502."

TRISHA: Got to get it... TIM: You really like this one... TRISHA: No, I do!

TIM: Well, it's priced at £110 which, actually, for a silhouette that size, with the history and the fact that there's the nice touch of him taking snuff, as a snapshot of social history, I don't think it's too bad.

VO: Time to get the proprietor Eddie over for some good old-fashioned haggling.

TIM: Hello, Eddie.

EDDIE: Hi, guys.

Em, we've had a really good look around and we've found this lovely Georgian silhouette and a Worcester teacup and saucer as well.

And what's on the ticket of the silhouette?

Em, 110 and 45 for the cup and saucer.

They were 155 on the ticket.

How about 140?

We're definitely getting there.

I'm getting there, but you're not.

TRISHA: 108.

See... my lucky number is eight.

VO: Oh, that old chestnut.

Oh, that's a shame, isn't it?

ALL: (LAUGH) EDDIE: 110.

Honestly, I can't do any better.

TRISHA: You can't do any better?

TIM: I think that's a good deal.

EDDIE: They are quality items.

TRISHA: 110.

EDDIE: Done.

TRISHA: Thank you so much.

TIM: Thank you very much... VO: Phew!

Finally!

TRISHA: So, let me count that out.

EDDIE: You've got all that money left over.

TRISHA: Oh, no, no... That's, erm, buy a few G&Ts.

VO: No, it's not.

TRISHA: Joke.

No.

VO: Keep an eye on her, Tim.

EDDIE: Thank you very much.

TIM: Thank you, Eddie.

TIM: it's been a pleasure.

VO: The queen of the haggling walks away with £195 and one shop left to go.

VO: Back with our unmissable Minor... Izzie, I am far more comfortable being here on the passenger side.

IZZIE: Being chauffeur driven... AMIR: Yeah!

(LAUGHS) AMIR: I like it!

And, admit it, it is not that easy to drive.

Of course I'm not going to admit that!

AMIR: (LAUGHS) We did stall very early on.

IZZIE: I know.

It isn't that easy to drive, I admit, and it is also... Ooh!

Oh, that is a downpour!

Oh... Oh!

That was a splash coming through.

VO: Oh, dear.

Let's hope the sun will put his hat on.

Oh!

Do you like gardening?

AMIR: Oh, one of my passions is wildlife gardening.

So we've dug a pond out, which now we have lots of frogs and newts in.

It's gorgeous and we've got hedgehogs visiting the garden.

Oh, wow!

AMIR: We've put hedgehog houses out and they sleep in the hedgehog houses.

We've got little hoglets running around as well... IZZIE: Aww!

AMIR: It's a bit like Narnia, to be honest.

VO: Magical!

And talking of a secret land far away, they're off to an undisclosed location just outside Dorking, to swot up on the importance of bees and beekeeping.

VO: People have been keeping bees for thousands of years, but now that relationship is threatened by their fast declining numbers.

Master beekeeper Bob Maurer can tell us more.

AMIR: Hi, Bob, lovely to see you.

Hi, Amir.

Hi, Izzie.

IZZIE: Hello.

BOB: Nice to see you both.

And welcome to Reigate Beekeepers' Association Apiary.

AMIR: Apiary.

That's a posh word for a bee farm?

BOB: Absolutely.

AMIR: (LAUGHS) VO: Bee populations are thought to be rapidly declining due to a mixture of climate change, pollutants and pests.

Being the underpin of a healthy ecosystem, beekeepers like Bob are essential in helping them survive, but it's not always been the case.

BOB: We know mankind has had a very long relationship with bees.

There are cave paintings that go back 20,000 years that show people robbing wild bee colonies.

We know that the ancient Egyptians kept bees, the ancient Greeks - Aristotle was a beekeeper.

We know from the Domesday Book that beehives and beekeepers were recorded there.

For most of that time, bees would have been kept in fairly standard containers, maybe pottery, log hives.

Similar things are still used in poorer parts of the world today.

And also in straw or wicker skeps like these, which the bees love because they're textured inside and it's easy for them to fix their comb to the inside of this.

VO: The beekeepers found using skeps meant that they could not inspect the comb for diseases and pests, and the removal of honey was not easy, often resulting in the destruction of the entire colony.

To get the honey, the bees were quite often just killed, sometimes using lighted sulphur, to allow the honeycomb to be removed.

So, I'm not familiar with those kind of beehives, but this certainly looks more familiar.

So when did we change from them to these more familiar beehives?

BOB: The middle of the 19th century, there were a lot of very inquisitive Victorians looking carefully at bees, and they worked out that if you made frames in a box that were exactly replicating the distance between the combs that bees would naturally build, then they would build their comb just within the frames and they wouldn't attach it to the sides of the box.

And that's a game-changer because it means that from then on, we could lift frames out, look at them, take frames away that have honey on them, but do no damage at all to, to the colony.

VO: These revolutionary beehive boxes, known as Langstroth hives, were invented by American Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth.

Over the years, his hive design has had many tweaks but is considered the origin of modern beekeeping.

IZZIE: Hey!

AMIR: Izzie!

AMIR: You look amazing!

"Are you properly dressed?"

IZZIE: I think I might be.

How about you?

Ooh... AMIR: I think we are as well, and I'm so excited!

Let's go!

IZZIE: OK. VO: Bob's part of the British Beekeepers' Association, which began in 1874.

Their aim was to encourage the improvement and advancement of bee culture in the UK.

VO: Beekeepers like Bob use a smoker called a shows smoker when they want to access the hive.

Calms the bees down before they open it up.

BOB: I'm going to start taking it apart now, and you'll see that we have these outer lifts.

AMIR: Yeah.

BOB: And then, the bees themselves are in these boxes inside.

And I need to be very careful as I do this not to jar... ..the boxes because bees hate vibration.

And if I knock them, they'll get cross with me.

AMIR: Ah!

BOB: We're now looking at the uppermost brood chamber and they've put some stores into here.

You might like to just hold this frame and... AMIR: Yes!

Can I?

BOB: ..see the weight.

AMIR: God, it's heavier than... BOB: Now that...

AMIR:..I thought it would be... BOB: That is not full.

BOB: So, imagine that full.

AMIR: Gosh!

That's incredible.

VO: All bee species and other pollinators in the UK are vita.

A third of wild bee and hoverfly species are in decline across Great Britain, raising concerns about biodiversity and the potential loss of pollinators.

After that education, it's time to taste the goods.

Did you know that one bee produces about a 12th of a teaspoon of honey in its entire life?

IZZIE: No!

AMIR: Yeah.

IZZIE: I think I might have just had two bees' worth of honey on here.

I'm going to have a lot more than that.

Here we go... AMIR: Mm!

The perfect end!

IZZIE: (LAUGHS) VO: Not quite the end of the day for our other duo though.

They're racing to their next antique shop, J Hartley Antiques in Ripley, Woking.

TIM: This looks like a good, old-school antiques shop... TRISHA: It sure does.

TIM: I'm liking the look of this.

TIM: Right, £200.

TRISHA: Yeah.

TIM: Let's splash the cash.

VO: That's the spirit!

TIM: Oh!

Almost got stuck in there.

TRISHA: (LAUGHS) (HORN) Oh!

VO: Come on, it's time to spend your brass.

Oh, Tim... Yeah... Oh!

TRISHA: Ooh!

You plonked me on the nose.

What is this?

This a net?

TRISHA: Yeah, so my net profit.

TIM: How are you getting on?

TRISHA: Ah... TIM: Apart from mucking around.

TRISHA: Yeah, pretty good.

Pretty good.

I'm still browsing.

I'll just get back to it, shall I?

You carry on messing around.

Ooh, cheek.

VO: Quite.

TRISHA: Ooh... Tim.

TIM: Oh, I spotted that on the way in, so I'm glad you did too.

It's quite nice, isn't it?

Do you know what it is?

Well, obviously it's a queen.

TIM: Yeah.

TRISHA: Do we know which queen?

TIM: Well, it's Queen Victoria.

It looks like young Queen Victoria to me, so I'm thinking 1830's or '40's.

And it's a reverse print and painted picture on glass.

So what's a reverse print?

TIM: So it's basically where the print is stuck on the back of glass... TRISHA: Right.

TIM: ..and colored.

And then when you have it framed on a backing board, it brings out the lovely color... TRISHA: Oh, OK. TIM: So it's actually quite a nice piece of royal memorabilia, so... TRISHA: Yeah.

TIM: ..I think it's a good spot.

And I did notice the price of £45.

It seemed fairly reasonable to me.

TRISHA: Yeah.

Em, so it might be something to take on.

TIM: It's a proper antique.

TRISHA: Good.

That's what we're here to find.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

TIM: Shall we call John and see if you can... Do my magic, I think is what you mean.

..OK. John?

Hi there, John.

Any luck?

Yes... Trisha's found this nice, reverse-printed miniature here in its case.

JOHN: Oh, yes.

The ticket says £45.

Wondered what you could do?

Uh, the owner would let me drop it down to 39.

I was thinking more like...32.

Well, I did cheat because I know her absolute death and it's, em...35.

TRISHA: Yeah, actually... TIM: Sounds good.

..yeah, sounds good.

VO: Jolly good.

TRISHA: 20, 30, five.. Great.

Thanks again.

(SQUEALS) TIM: Here we go.

TRISHA: Here we go... VO: All spent up.

It's full steam ahead to the auction with £160 left.

TIM: We have done our buying.

Yee-hee!

TIM: I think we've done rather well.

I think you've got a great eye at spotting a nice-quality piece as well.

Oh, blimey!

Thank you.

I...I kind of think you're the talent there and I'm the...haggler.

I think we've made a good team.

AMIR: It's been a real eye- opener of new experiences that I've enjoyed, really enjoyed.

The antique shop, my first time, and I will certainly be going back.

VO: Why buy brand-new when you can buy quality items that stand the test of time?

Aww!

Sweet dreams.

VO: Grab your gavel, it's auction day, and our two celebrities are off.

TRISHA: There's nothing like the great British countryside and there's nothing like the great British summer.

VO: You said it.

AMIR: I'm nervous about the toy robot, because I kind of had a bit of a stubborn moment and said, "I want this toy robot!"

AMIR: (LAUGHS) TRISHA: You stamped your foot?

AMIR: Kind of.

So you'll feel like a fool if it doesn't sell?

VO: Hold your nerve, Amir.

Today, they're heading to the city of St Albans.

Their final destination is to the de Havilland Aircraft Museum, where they are sat beneath the impressive de Havilland Mosquito FB6.

IZZIE: Hey!

OTHERS: Hello!

AMIR: It's stopped raining!

TIM: I know.

It's beautiful now.

IZZIE: You brought the sunshine!

AMIR: Yes!

VO: Having started off in West Sussex, their road trip took them down the coast of East Sussex, through the home counties of Surrey, and ended up on the outskirts of St Albans in Hertfordshire.

VO: Their purchases have traveled up north, to Bolton Auction Rooms, with auctioneer Harry Howcroft.

£120 for the last time... VO: Amir and Izzie spent £325 on their five lots... HARRY: One of my personal favorites, which the guys have bought, are the posters.

We've got a good following of these and I think they'll do really, really well in auction.

VO: ..while Trisha and Tim parted with £240 for their items.

HARRY: The tea bowl and saucer, Worcester period with the crescent, really nice item.

Good for our auction.

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

Let's hope Lady Luck is on both their sides today.

Is it both your first antique auction?

TRISHA: Yes.

TIM: Wow.

TRISHA: Yes.

It is... TIM: This will be fun, won't it?

VO: Time to begin.

First up... ..is Amir and Izzie's 18th century ladies' tea tray.

TRISHA: Quick, quick!

It's about to start.

TIM: Oh, here we go.

TRISHA: Here we go.

I've got 28 only bid.

At £30 bid... IZZIE: Profit straight in... TIM: Well done!

AMIR: Yes!

Yes!

HARRY: ..five bid.

45 bid now.

At £45 bid.

TIM: Wow, look at that... HARRY: 60 bid now.

At £60 bid... HARRY: 70 bid.

TRISHA: 70!

IZZIE: Five.

TIM: Wow!

HARRY: Five bid.

75 bid.

80 anywhere?

At £90, I'll take...

This is incredible!

HARRY: ..five.

Are we all done, and don't miss this one, at £90.

HARRY: At £90... IZZIE: Don't miss it!

HARRY: Five, just in time.

AMIR: Oh-ho-ho... Woo-woo!

TIM: I wonder if they'll top it up to 100?

HARRY: At £100 bid, I'll take 10.

£100!

All done and finished?

The gavel's up then, for £100.

All done at £100... AMIR: Yes!

TRISHA: Oh...

Yes!

Oh, brilliant!

VO: Good start, Amir.

Oh my gosh!

That is a cracking start!

I mean, I am pleased for you guys, but I am now worried.

Yeah, but I'm now worried.

Now I understand why you guys come to these auctions.

That buzz, I've got that buzz!

TRISHA: Oh!

VO: Next, it's time for Trisha's find, the art deco clock.

Fingers crossed.

I've got...45.

£45 bid.

45.

50, five... TIM: Yes!

Into profit.

HARRY: 60.

AMIR: Wow.

HARRY: £60 bid in the room... TRISHA: Yes!

At £60 only bid.

I'll take five.

All done then for this?

Lady's bid then, in the room, at £60.

We all done at 60... IZZIE: Well done... TRISHA: Yay... £60...well done.

VO: Well done indeed.

The bids are flying today.

TRISHA: I can breathe.

AMIR: That was so exciting... TRISHA: Oh my God!

AMIR: Well done.

VO: Amir's table with hand-painted flowers is up next.

I've got to be honest, this isn't an antique, but it's just something I liked in the shop, and it's mainly because it's got flowers on it.

Oh, my... Obviously, you like it, Amir.

I do like it.

So you may well end up with it!

I'd quite happily end up with it... TRISHA: No, look...

I've got £30 bid, at £30 bid.

40 anywhere?

At £30... IZZIE: So that's a profit.

AMIR: That's a profit.

IZZIE: Well done, you.

AMIR: Yes!

IZZIE: You've got the eye, Amir.

AMIR: Oh, phew!

HARRY: At 45 bid.

AMIR: Yes!

TIM: Well done.

AMIR: Oh, I'm pleased with that!

All done and finished?

The gavel's up then at £45... AMIR: I'm happy with that... TRISHA: Ooh!

VO: So you should be!

It's a nice profit.

I don't know what I was expecting.

It was just a purchase of the heart.

Right.

I'm usually governed by my heart, to be honest, so it's nice to know that sometimes it makes the right decision.

VO: Trisha is next with the Georgian silhouette portrait.

With Trisha's marvelous haggling, we got it for £75.

I've got bids with me at £30 bid.

At £30 bid, I'll take five.

We've got a long way to go here.

HARRY: Five.

At 55 now.

TRISHA: 55... HARRY: At £55 bid.

65 bid now.

I've got 75.

80.

AMIR: Hey... TIM: We're getting there, yes!

At £90 bid on the internet.

95 now.

100 bid now, I should think so.

AMIR: Well done.

HARRY: At £100 bid.

110 just in time.

TIM: Oh!

IZZIE: Oh!

HARRY: 110 just in time.

Are we all done and finished at 110?

Last call then, at £110... (GAVEL) AMIR: Yes... TIM: Well done, Trisha... AMIR: Yay!

VO: Cor, that drew in the crowds!

The profits are rolling in today.

Hurrah!

TIM: What a good spot.

TRISHA: Oh... AMIR: Well done, Trisha.

I think I might have to go to the ladies.

ALL: (LAUGH) VO: Now, let's see how Amir's toy submarine does.

Boys and their toys, and this is definitely that.

And you're wearing short trousers.

I know, I'm dressed like a little boy, to be honest... TRISHA: No!

AMIR: (LAUGHS) I've got £30 bid.

At £30 bid.

Five anywhere?

35 bid.

Lovely item.

At £40 bid.

At £40 bid...

It's getting there slowly but surely.

HARRY: All done at £40... IZZIE: Don't let us down... IZZIE: Last minute bid... HARRY: ..last call then at 40... IZZIE: Oh!

AMIR: Oh, no!

TIM: Oh, I'm sorry... IZZIE: It's only £5... TRISHA: Oh!

AMIR: Aww!

VO: Sub-dued bidding, I'd say.

Shame.

That's disappointing...

It is only £5.

IZZIE: It sunk, the submarine sunk.

It definitely sunk.

VO: This might stir things up... Trisha's Worcester tea bowl and saucer.

This...this was a nostalgic buy.

You got it at a good price.

Have faith.

I do have bids with me.

At 28.

£30 bid.

£35 bid now.

HARRY: At £35 bid... TIM: That's what we paid!

TIM: A little bit more, come on.

See us a profit...

I'll take 40, bid.

At £40 bid... HARRY: I'll take five... TIM: We're in profit.

HARRY: At £40 bid.

TIM: (WHISPERS) Oh, come on.

HARRY: On the internet then, at £40.

We all done at £40... £5 profit.

VO: It wasn't a big stir, but it was a profit.

That teacup and saucer have stayed together for 250 years... IZZIE: Yeah.

TRISHA: Yeah... ..so you can go to an auction or an antique shop and walk away with something so historical for a smallish amount of money.

Well, we made a profit.

VO: Indeed.

Now, here's Amir's favorite item.

What is this?!

If there ever was a wild card... AMIR: ..this is it.

I think we've got a few wild cards.

IZZIE & TIM: (LAUGH) AMIR: One of many wild cards.

Where do you want to be for this one?

AMIR: Come on.

Come on... HARRY: 16, 18, 20, 22, 24...

I thought he was saying, "60, 80..." TIM: I thought that!

IZZIE: (LAUGHS) HARRY: 24 bid.

Six I'll take.

£30 bid.

I'll take five.

On the internet then at £30.

The gavel's up then at 30... (GAVEL) Oh, no!

VO: Never mind, folks.

TRISHA: Oh!

IZZIE: I'm not going to say it!

AMIR: No, I know.

You told me... TRISHA: What, I told you so?

AMIR: Yeah.

Several times.

TIM: (LAUGHS) VO: It's Trisha's pair of design pictures next.

I'm nervous now because if we don't make a profit...

I am really sorry for any losses that you've had so far... Oh, I see what you're doing.

Uh, I've got £20 bid.

At £20 bid.

Two, four, six.

28.

TIM: Oh, he's going fast... HARRY: £30 bid.

35 now.

HARRY: £35 bid.

TIM: We're slowly going.

HARRY: At £35 bid on the internet.

At £35 bid... Come on, these have got to make a profit.

40 bid.

40 now.

At £40... Oh, no, don't stop.

Are we all done and finished at £40... IZZIE: Oh, put the hammer down!

TIM: We're not finished.

AMIR: Come on, hammer!

IZZIE: Down!

(GAVEL) I'm surprised at that.

I thought they might make a profit, those.

TRISHA: Ahh... VO: What's happening?

Where have the profit-winning lots gone?

Let me...let me channel my inner GP.

Right.

I'm very sorry, Trisha.

It's bad news.

You made a loss.

VO: At the moment, Trisha's in front, but let's see what Dr Amir's final lot makes.

These are our big ticket items.

Oh, your mum would be so pleased with you... She would.

I mean, well, it would depend on what they make.

HARRY: I've got 40, 45.

I've got 50, five... HARRY: ..60, five.

70 TIM & TRISHA: Ooh!

Coming up quickly... HARRY: Five.

They're a good size, these.

AMIR: Come on, come on!

HARRY: At £80 only bid.

It should be double this.

At £80 only bid.

TIM: Oh, no... HARRY: Five bid.

At £85 bid.

Bit disappointed at £85... TIM: Oh, no!

AMIR: Oh, no!

No... Gavel's up then at 85... Come on, someone!

AMIR: Oh, no... Oh... TRISHA: Oh!

VO: That's not what the doctor ordered.

AMIR: That was painful... TIM: Ouch!

TRISHA: Ow!

I can't even gloat!

AMIR: No.

Even our auctioneer thought they'd make more.

There we are.

That's the way of auctions, isn't it?

VO: So, last item, Trisha's mid-19th century portrait of the young Queen Victoria.

Good luck.

You're going to need it.

Clenched botty... TRISHA: Clenched.

AMIR: Yeah.

Where do you want to be?

55 only bid, at 55 only bid.

Great expectations for this one.

At £65 bid.

70 only bid... AMIR: Wow!

TIM: It's going on.

HARRY: Five bid.

80 bid now.

Bidding confidence.

At £85... TIM: That is not... HARRY: Bids a little more?

HARRY: 90 bid just in time.

TIM: Ooh!

HARRY: £90 bid.

Are we all done and finished at 90... 100 bid just in time.

Yes!

HARRY: At 110 bid now, at 110.

At 110, 120 bid.

TIM: He's got 110... AMIR: Wow!

HARRY: 120 bid.

Don't miss out.

IZZIE: Yes!

Are we all done and finished at £120?

For the last time...

Yes!

TRISHA: (YELLS) Woah!

AMIR: Oh, well done!

IZZIE: Well done!

VO: Excellent result.

Bravo!

Good old Queen Victoria, eh?

Great.

Wow!

I can see what the excitement is about these auctions.

It's the taking part that counts... AMIR: It's the taking part... TRISHA: Taking part, yeah.

Now I know what my teachers were on about!

VO: Well, that was a sterling effort by all.

Now, time for the numbers.

VO: Amir started out with £400, spent 325, and after auction costs, has made a loss, so he's ended up with £321.

VO: Trisha started out with the same amount, spent £240, but after auction costs, made a profit of £63 and 40p, meaning she's the winner.

All profits go to Children In Need.

TRISHA: (SINGS A TUNE) AMIR: Oh, behave, Trisha!

TRISHA: # And she is triumphant!

# The winner!

# I'm never going to hear the end of this all the way home.

TRISHA: # Oh!

# AMIR: You are very competitive, Trisha, but I'll allow it.

VO: It's going to be a long drive home, Amir.

Buckle up.

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