[UPBEAT MUSIC] NARRATOR: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts-- [TRUMPET BLOWS] --with 200 pounds each.

I like.

I like.

I like.

NARRATOR: A classic car-- [CAR HORN HONKS] --and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

[HORN BLOWS] [GLASS CLANKS] The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

It's fine.

NARRATOR: So will it be the high road to glory or slow road to disaster?

Pull out the ignition.

NARRATOR: This is the "Antiques Road Trip."

Yeah!

Welcome to a brand new caper in the company of veteran roadtripper Philip Serrell and greenhorn, Arusha Irvin.

Oh-oh.

- You can call me Roo.

- "Roo?"

As in "Kanga"?

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Roo is a dealer from Scotland with a special fondness for glass and all things Art Deco, not that she doesn't know a fair bit about militaria, mind.

Is that a proper sextant navigator?

NARRATOR: You betcha!

Are you any good at this buying and selling lot?

I've got a really good eye for what people like.

Yeah.

That's great.

It's just what I wanted to hear.

NARRATOR: Phil requires little introduction, although we'll do it anyway.

Do you know what that is?

Sure, [INAUDIBLE] typist.

NARRATOR: [LAUGHS] Comedian, an auctioneer with an enduring fascination for Royal Worcester porcelain, which is also where he lives, and quite close to where they're starting at today.

So is that fair or what?

If I have got an advantage, I think it might be because this is kind of my home patch.

ARUSHA IRVIN: It is.

So I have no doubt that we're going to go to some dealers I probably know.

- Yeah.

NARRATOR: Yeah!

But, will they like him?

We'll soon see.

He's never sold us anything cheap, so why should we sell him anything cheap?

NARRATOR: That's true.

Our pair set out with 200 pounds apiece and a fine 1976 Triumph Stag.

So what should we call her?

Him-- well, it him or a her?

I think it him.

Him?

How about Rudolph?

I like that.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] I like that.

NARRATOR: (SINGSONGY) Well, he has a very shiny nose.

After kicking off in Herefordshire at Brimfield, Roo and Phil will be plotting a course up through the Midlands towards Yorkshire taking in a southeast London auction as you do, and then heading west out through the Cotswolds before arriving 33 miles south of their starting point at Newent in Gloucestershire.

Today, we'll be making for a Worcestershire auction at Middle Littleton, but beginning in the aforementioned village of Brimfield.

Well.

Here we are.

- This is it.

- Uh-uh.

Uh-uh.

The road trip starts here.

Wish me luck.

My very first shop.

NARRATOR: One small step for womankind.

Don't get those boots dirty.

ARUSHA IRVIN: I'll try.

Bye now.

NARRATOR: Bet, no one said that to Neil Armstrong, but he didn't look like her.

ARUSHA IRVIN: Hi, I'm Roo.

- Hi, nice to meet you, Roo.

- Nice to meet you.

You are?

- Stacey.

Nice to meet you, Stacey.

What a wonderful shop you've got.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We try.

NARRATOR: Looks like Roo might have landed on her feet in here.

Oh!

NARRATOR: Not that this malarkey is ever exactly easy.

ARUSHA IRVIN: The pressure is on because being with the Serrell.

He's been doing it for years, and he can walk into a place like this, and within five minutes, I'll have that, that, and that.

NARRATOR: Well, he has been doing this for a while now, so keep calm.

Find something you like.

So this is so evocative of Art Nouveau, one of my favorite styles.

And it has that almost slightly McIntosh style here.

Now, this is WMF, which I won't even try and say in German.

NARRATOR: Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik.

Kind of.

WMF was a German manufacturer, did a lot of silver round about the time of Art Nouveau.

And they're are one of the biggest makers, and their work is very collectible, the one to think about at the right price.

NARRATOR: Wise decision.

Mr. Serrell, meanwhile, is en route to his umpteenth road trip retail experience and taking nowt for granted.

Come on, grumpy.

I think Roo is going to be a really, really steady competitor.

I mean, after all, she's a dealer.

She sells things for a profit.

NARRATOR: Well, we could definitely do with a bit more of that.

Huh!

Phil's off to the market town of Leominster, and he knows the way.

If you live in the country, everybody knows everybody.

And I know these people.

Hello, Phil.

PHILIP SERRELL: How are you?

NARRATOR: He does too.

Meet Andrew and Steph.

My very favorite antique center this is.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

NARRATOR: Plenty of choice here as well, 12,500 square feet of it.

PHILIP SERRELL: I think this is so cool.

This is called, for obvious reasons, a cat Because however you put it down, it lands on its feet.

And what do you do with a cat?

That's what you do with the cat.

There you are.

Isn't that-- that's a 19th-century trivet turned out it would kill thing.

But yesterday's taste, and sad to say, who wants a cat today?

NARRATOR: The cat goes back.

Meanwhile, back in Brimfield, things are definitely looking up.

Here, we've actually got Art Nouveau era sconces, which is what would have been sort of screwed to the wall.

They would have actually put the oil lamps in there.

NARRATOR: Let's talk brass with Stacey.

So, what-- what could that be?

I mean, you've got 45 on there?

I'll get 20 on those to give you a chance.

Would you do 15?

18.

17?

Go on then.

ARUSHA IRVIN: [INAUDIBLE].

STACEY: Brilliant.

ARUSHA IRVIN: Thank you.

Brilliant.

I'm glad for that.

So my very first flight buy.

Well done.

- Congrats to you as well.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

You're going to go down in history.

NARRATOR: Yeah, just remember where you were.

Now, is she on a roll?

What's next?

ARUSHA IRVIN: This is a pair of silver-rimmed etched glass vases, 1918.

So you're looking at the end of the Art Nouveau era.

But, what sweet, it's got this little delicate style of etching which you've got so many drinking glasses of that time.

And I've never seen on a vase.

There are silver-rimmed hallmark there as well.

I do like these.

And if I can get this for a good deal, I could be in.

Young man.

NARRATOR: The ticket price is 35 pounds.

These two caught my attention, and I love glass.

I love glass, usually, glass a lot older than this.

But it's really nice.

I haven't seen this-- They are beautiful.

--kind of etching on a vase before.

Usually, you see it on the tiny little sherry glasses.

I'm not 100% sure, so they would have to be pretty spectacular price.

18?

- Yes.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] That takes us to around 35.

Let's stick with that.

- That takes us to around 35.

- Let's stick with that.

- Yeah?

- That sounds good to me.

We're doing all right, aren't we?

Yeah, we're doing OK. OK, 18 sold.

NARRATOR: She's taking to this like she does it for a living.

Five pounds, change.

Thank you.

It's been an absolute pleasure.

NARRATOR: But how's our auctioneer fairing in Leominster.

PHILIP SERRELL: Andrew, there we go.

Look.

- You found something, Phil.

Yes.

I wouldn't mind having a quick look look at this one.

Can I grab a few things out?

You help yourself.

See, I love that.

That is a finger carrot made out of boxwood.

And this will unscrew there like that.

And it will also unscrew there like that.

And you fill that with talcum powder.

And what you do is having filled it with talcum powder, the lady of the house, in about 1895, would have-- with the talcum powder, shaken out down the finger of a glove.

And it just meant that she could pull the glove on a little bit easier.

That's in the '40s.

Can we do something on price on that?

Do you think?

I'm sure we can help you there somewhere.

PHILIP SERRELL: I love that as well, which is-- it's just a butter pat, isn't it?

And I love the color of that because you can almost feel the glow of that.

And people talk about patina.

All patina is, just look at my fingers now and my thumb.

See, what I'm doing with the pat?

And all patina is, it's the muck and grime and grease on your hands.

And as you keep doing that all the time, it's polishing it, and it gives it just that wonderful glow.

How sad is that to get worked up over a plumbing old butter pat?

NARRATOR: Not terribly sad.

The ticket price for those two is 76 pounds.

That's serious.

PHILIP SERRELL: Well, Andrew, what I'd like to do is I think I'm going to try and have a deal with you on these two.

But I would like to buy one other thing while I'm here.

Can I have a quick whizz around and see I might find something.

Sure, something in particular?

No.

No idea, but I'll know it when I see it.

NARRATOR: Going Dutch?

That's on a marble base.

There you go.

So this is marble.

This is bronze.

And it's a little Dutch boy, and he is probably late 19th-century, Art Nouveau period possibly.

I quite like him.

NARRATOR: The ticket price is 95 pounds.

Patina is nice.

Is she?

Sorry.

NARRATOR: Laugh at your own jokes.

PHILIP SERRELL: I'm going to cover the price tag up in the hope that you won't remember what they cost.

Do you want a one-off hit?

As long as you're gentle.

PHILIP SERRELL: Well, I'm thinking 70 quid for the three.

Right.

PHILIP SERRELL: I was hoping you wouldn't see the prices.

Yeah.

Unfortunately, life's not like that, is it?

PHILIP SERRELL: No, go on then.

ANDREW: Nearly there.

85.

PHILIP SERRELL: If I went 20 and then I went 40 and then I went to 60 and then-- because I ain't got five, do you see?

We've got lots of change.

Don't worry.

We've got lots of change.

Because it'd be pay-- would that be all right now?

Just-- yeah, go now.

You're gentlemen.

Thank you, Andrew.

You're a star.

NARRATOR: So those will make a wood lot and a bronze one, 40 pounds each.

But while Phil makes himself scarce, we're staying in Leominster Now, take a close look at the clock.

Well, there's a hint.

One of the more notorious incidents from the town's past.

Roo's headed to the Priory to find out more.

Hi, I'm Roo.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Karen.

Welcome to Leominston Priory.

Thank you so much.

Show me the way.

Come on through.

What an amazing building?

KAREN: It's beautiful.

NARRATOR: Tucked away amongst the more traditional trappings of the 12th-century Norman church is this massive wooden instrument of torture, a ducking stool, a medieval punishment, which somehow survived into the early 19th century with a local resident in this very seat.

ARUSHA IRVIN: So, what can you tell me about Jenny Pipes?

She's famous for being the last woman in England docked for being a scold.

And that happened right here in Leominster.

Right here.

So, what else do we know about her?

Well, Jenny Pipes is more commonly known as Jane Corran.

She was married to a man called John Corran.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a really happy marriage.

It's recorded that in 1809, she was found guilty of being a scold.

The scold is the old fashioned name of a nagging wife.

Found guilty of that by the magistrates, and sentenced to ducking.

That's pretty harsh for being a nagging wife, for telling your husband to pick his shoes off the floor.

Absolutely, it's a good job.

Time's changed, really.

And we laugh about it, but at the time, it was very serious.

KAREN: Very, very serious.

So this is it.

This is the actual ducking stool that Jenny Pipes was kept in.

It's huge.

KAREN: Yeah.

ARUSHA IRVIN: So, how would it work?

KAREN: What would happen is the person who been sentenced and found guilty would be stripped, strapped to the ducking stool-- ARUSHA IRVIN: That's humiliating.

KAREN: --and then pushed around the town in front of all their friends and relatives, and then taken en masse with a baying crowd down to the river itself.

ARUSHA IRVIN: So, can I touch it?

KAREN: Absolutely.

[INAUDIBLE] So this would be-- what, 200 years old?

Jenny Pipes is just over 200 years ago, so it's actually a lot older than that.

I have to touch the seat.

I have to-- I'm just imagining that she sat in this and the fear.

How terrifying?

It's actually giving me goosebumps.

NARRATOR: Gah, give you more than that.

It was Jenny's brave reaction to her ordeal that has made her something of a local heroine.

She was a feisty woman.

And actually, she's famous for coming out of the water and then continuing to hurl a torrent of abuse at the crowd and at the magistrate.

ARUSHA IRVIN: So she was defiant?

Very defiant.

At which point, the magistrate decided it was probably better off just to stop it there.

NARRATOR: No one knows exactly where the Leominster duckings took place.

Although judging by the triviality of the offenses, there must have been quite a few of them.

The ducking stool could have been used as a punishment for various people.

Sometimes, what were seen as crooked tradespeople, like brewers or bakers, who were seen as diddling the public, would have been sentenced to ducking as well.

So it wasn't just the women that were ducked, it was the men as well.

KAREN: Yeah, absolutely.

NARRATOR: It's also worth mentioning that the Kenwater River is looking a lot more salubrious than it would have done back in 1809.

You wouldn't just be ducked in as you see now water, you'd be ducked in what was the town's open sewer.

So literally everyone's-- - Yes.

- --doings.

Absolutely.

Everybody's doings, in straight into the river from the streets.

And that's what you'd be ducked in.

NARRATOR: As a champion of free speech and a bit of a feminist icon, Jenny Pipes even has an all-female Morris dancing troupe named in her honor.

This is her tune.

Yep, that's our Karen at the end.

Look.

She loves hopping.

So from Morris to Triumph?

Well, it's been a long day.

What particular clan are purple suede boots?

Is that-- that's clan Irvin, is it?

ARUSHA IRVIN: That's clan Scooby-Doo.

NARRATOR: Yikes.

Nighty-night.

Next day, Roo may be new, but she's definitely au fait with the rules.

Just tell me what you bought yesterday.

Go on, tell me.

- I can't.

I can't.

I can't tell you.

I can't.

You can't?

You're just gonna have to find out.

No one else-- no one will know.

NARRATOR: Well, between you and I, she bought some silver-rimmed glass vases and a pair of brass wall sconces.

I'm glad with that.

It's my very first buy.

NARRATOR: And so still has 160 pounds left over.

While still plumped for a finger carat, a butter mold, and a bronze Dutch boy, as you do.

ANDREW: Patina is nice.

Is sh?

I'm sorry.

NARRATOR: Leaving 120 pounds for whatever my take is fancy today.

As road trips go, thus far, this hasn't been too onerous a trip really because I haven't traveled very far.

[INAUDIBLE] I'm about 3 and 1/2 miles from home.

NARRATOR: Well, about to get much closer because our next stop is in the city of Worcester.

Such a nice place that Phil, it seems can't stay away.

Perhaps he forgot to put the cat out.

Right.

You have a good day Mr. Serrell.

yeah, you too, lovely.

Break a leg.

Have a blast.

Bye.

Bye.

NARRATOR: So, while Phil renews old acquaintances-- Hello.

NARRATOR: --Roo's off to the shop, and thinking big.

I'm hoping to spend most of my 200 pounds because at the end of the day, if you play too safe, there's no fun in that.

NARRATOR: She's right, none whatsoever.

And I have a feeling that that's what Phil might do.

So it may as well be a level playing field.

NARRATOR: Our would be big spenders heading east to Warwickshire and the town of Alcester, founded by the Romans around 47 AD.

I wonder if they had antique shops back then.

[DOOR BELL CHIMES] ARUSHA IRVIN: What an amazing shop?

Just to let you know the kind of things I love.

I love Georgian glass and Victorian jewellery.

We've got a nice glass section just over there.

Do you?

Yeah.

That might be the first place to start.

NARRATOR: Good suggestion, Spencer.

He's a man of his word, it seems too.

Often when you come to glass section, you'll find sort of Victorian modern glass or reproduction, but there is some genuine Georgian glass in here.

So I'm excited.

NARRATOR: Well, hang onto your bonnet then.

SPENCER: I've managed to find this out at the back.

And that's a nice piece of heavy Georgian glass.

Yes.

That is lovely.

That's got all the signs.

That has got a slight amber tint to it, got the pontil mark there at the bottom, quite nicely polished.

But it's-- what I love about it here you've got the collar and this heavy ball knop, which was a sign of mid-Georgian gl-- mid-1700s?

SPENCER: Yeah.

Is this one glass you have here?

That is the one glass here.

ARUSHA IRVIN: OK. And that's quite genuine wear along the bottom, and also air bubbles.

You know, it's got quite a few imperfections, the rim-- looking at it now, you can see it's not even.

And you can even see the wear around the rim.

That's 250 years of people drinking from this glass.

That's 250 years of people celebrating, drowning their sorrows.

What are they thinking when they raise this glass?

Are they doing needlework by candlelight?

Are they writing a letter to the loved one?

There's so many stories that this glass could tell.

This makes me very happy.

SPENCER: Oh, that's good.

I would say this is about 1740, 1750.

So, what-- what price do you have on this?

SPENCER: I think we could do 50 pounds on that.

OK.

I tell you what, you keep this aside for me.

SPENCER: Yeah.

Do not break it.

I'll not to.

That's a definite potential.

SPENCER: Oh, brilliant.

Thanks, Spencer.

NARRATOR: It's all looking good for our novice.

What's the next move then?

What I'm looking for now is something quite quirky.

My first two items were pretty, slightly safe.

Georgian glass should do well.

I want something that's a bit fun, so I need to look for something like that.

NARRATOR: That certainly seems to do the trick.

Am I Looking cool?

NARRATOR: There's really quite a lot that fits the quirky bill in here.

But young Spencer's on his marks again.

That is a triple champagne ice bucket.

I like this.

NARRATOR: It's 225 pounds, mind.

And you've got just 165.

SPENCER: We'd be able to do a good deal on that for you?

I've never seen a three bottle champagne bucket before.

SPENCER: It really is a bit of decadence.

ARUSHA IRVIN: It's sort of Art Nouveau on the cusp of Art Deco really.

When I asked you if you got anything really cool and quirky, I was expecting you to step up to the plate that much.

NARRATOR: Full marks.

Now, time to pop the question, so as to speak.

So my top two items are the Georgian glass and the bucket.

OK.

Right?

So first road trip, I'm really hoping to have a chance against Phil.

What kind of price would you think?

For the two, I could probably do 175.

ARUSHA IRVIN: Could you do 150?

And I would take both off your hands.

[INAUDIBLE] 150?

160?

155?

Yeah, you got that.

ARUSHA IRVIN: And that's me holding my breath.

NARRATOR: She's really sticking to the plan, even if it means funds are running low for her last shop.

Excellent.

What I'm left with.

Oh.

NARRATOR: Yeah, with 40 pounds splashed on the glass and 115 on the bucket.

Now, we've got a bucket in a bucket seat.

And while Roo's been busy finding a more bubbly traveling companion, Phil's been in Worcester.

You know the town that's famous for its porcelain?

Well, Phil only happens to be a trustee of the museum's friends.

You might have expected that.

How are you?

Phillip.

All right?

Nice to see you.

You too.

This place, every time I come here, it's magical for me.

So let's go and share the magic.

Share the magic.

NARRATOR: Since 2009, Royal Worcester has been made by Portmeirion in the potteries, but the museum located on the site of the old factory houses the largest collection in the world with over 10,000 pieces, including the very oldest.

So here it is.

PHILIP SERRELL: The Wigornia cream boat?

Absolutely.

As far as we know, the very first piece of Worcester porcelain made in 1751.

That's just fantastic, isn't it?

NARRATOR: The oriental design on this little cream jug and the other early products from the factory illustrate the debt that all European manufacturers owed to the far Eastern inventors of porcelain.

But the single most important figure in bringing it to Worcester was undoubtedly Dr. John Wall, a local medic an entrepreneur.

PHILIP SERRELL: Everybody was trying to make pots everywhere, but Dr. Wall made this sort of, if you like, boiling proof pot.

So it didn't break.

We know he was a chemist first and foremost, and that he was really interested in analyzing how things were made.

He wasn't at all a potter, was he?

He was a businessman.

Absolutely.

He was a medical doctor first and forwards.

And then really, he started coming up with all kinds of different-- PHILIP SERRELL: The water cure?

Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Dr. Wall set up practice in the city shortly after moving here in 1740 and then made his fortune promoting the health benefits of the local Malvern water before devising a secret formula for heat resistant porcelain.

Gosh, he was busy.

We know that he'd found this special ingredient that comes from Cornwall soapy rock, which really was unique at this point that made very special properties of the finished porcelain.

And that was really the secret that he was trying to protect.

And so these are a set of the deeds that then he set up in order to be able to make a success of the business.

And you can see that includes a lot of information about the security and making sure that the secret recipe was kept completely secret.

And in fact there was a fine of 4,000 pounds for anybody that disclosed the recipe to anybody else.

PHILIP SERRELL: That's the fortune.

NARRATOR: Over 3/4 of a million, actually.

Worcester porcelain was an almost immediate success, with the company collecting a royal warrant in 1788 and going from strength to strength during the 19th century.

Here's one of the real showstoppers from the collection.

Isn't it astonishing?

So this was made for the 1893 exhibition in Chicago.

So they were really showing off their most important skills.

And this was-- supposedly took a whole year to make.

This artist, George Owen, who perfected this technique of making little holes across the whole piece.

Supposedly, this technique has been lost in the midst of time.

And that actually nobody's been able to create it quite the same way that he was able to do it.

It's like a piece of lace that's been frozen in time.

NARRATOR: No doubt inspired by such masterpieces, our enthusiast is keen to acquire some technical know-how from Royal Worcester maestro, Avril Pulley.

You used to work here, didn't you?

I did, yes.

So, what did you do, Avril?

I used to be a flower maker.

I'd never have guessed.

NARRATOR: Settle, petal.

AVRIL PULLEY: First of all, I'm going to show you how to make a [INAUDIBLE] flower.

Now, we make a little incision like this.

And then, you get a pair of nice sharp scissors, and we're going to cut five individual petals.

Right?

Now with your finger and thumb, you're going to just press it and just shape it just a little bit, like that.

That's really art.

Avril, this is a work of art.

AVRIL PULLEY: And then with a cocktail stick, each one is rolled on your finger like this.

PHILIP SERRELL: Look at this, Avril.

Just honestly, I've taken to this like a duck to water.

And then in the throat, a little markings like this.

When they're colored up, you will see these markings better.

And here's one for you to see.

Avril, I got to tell you, I can't see the skin in that because I don't think anybody would notice the difference between the one that you've made and the one I've made.

No, I can quite agree.

Do you know what?

I've-- well.

[SNICKERS] AVRIL PULLEY: Would you like to just see a rose?

PHILIP SERRELL: You've just ruined it.

You're just jealous, you are.

NARRATOR: Oh, lordy.

But while Phil's been indulging, Roo's motored on.

Taking a route back into Worcestershire and the hamlet of Blackminster with just that 10 pounds in her purse.

Nice place too.

So there may well be a few regrets.

I think it's time to talk budget with the proprietor.

It's pretty low, Ian.

Is it?

Are we talking 10s, 50s?

We're looking-- we're definitely looking at double figures.

OK.

So low double figures.

10.

10 pound?

IAN: OK. ARUSHA IRVIN: 10 pound.

IAN: Now, we know.

NARRATOR: Ian took that well, I thought.

IAN: Do you like any of this because there is movement in some of this?

The vestas are silver.

ARUSHA IRVIN: OK. IAN: OK, so you've got enclosed there.

We've got an open one there.

ARUSHA IRVIN: OK.

They're-- this is all marked.

And these could potentially be-- Yeah.

Possibly.

Basically, some of the stuff I bought it as a job lot.

Yes.

So I can afford to be just that a bit more flexible on some of it.

Yeah.

So that one could-- you could have that one for a tenner.

OK. That one could be 10 pounds.

OK.

I have to say, Ian, you are being very helpful.

I know it.

I'll do my best here.

NARRATOR: For ticket prices 32 pounds each, he certainly is.

Could I put these two to the side?

IAN: For sure.

Yeah.

And then consult Roo?

OK. - Because she gives good advice.

- Does she?

She does.

You always listen to her?

Well, not as often as I should.

Wise.

NARRATOR: Just in time, too, because Phil's here.

Should we go and sniff a profit?

Come on then.

NARRATOR: And he's brought a friend.

[DOG PANTS] He also has Daffy, just as long as Daphne doesn't spend a penny on that settee.

PHILIP SERRELL: Daphne.

NARRATOR: So, while Roo ponders her vestas, there's two doggies in the window.

PHILIP SERRELL: I think those are cool.

How old are they?

Well, I've had them since the mid-eighties.

And they've got a few years on them then.

So they're Elizabethan, aren't they?

Thanks.

And they're trying to be like Chinese temple dogs.

IAN: These, yeah.

You see there's a bit of damage to the front here.

Do you know about this business?

Now, it's not so much about all that loo tables and all the rest of it.

It's about decorative items.

And I think there's a decorative item.

NARRATOR: Well, let's just hope Ian's sick of them, then, because the ticket price is 375 pounds.

Aye-aye.

The bonnet's back.

There's a plan afoot.

I have another offer.

OK. OK. Is that full?

No, this is empty.

One of the big risk items I bought was a three bottle champagne bucket holder.

OK. [INAUDIBLE] Art Deco in style.

Nice.

But you can't instantly tell that's what it is, and this would be a perfect display to put in there.

So, if I could have this for one, and that for nine?

One and nine.

And you've got a deal.

- Thank you so much.

- You're very welcome.

It was a pleasure to see you.

Thank you.

I'll take these and run.

NARRATOR: Well, she promised to spend the lot, which just needs our Phil still sniffing.

IAN: Have a little scout round.

PHILIP SERRELL: Let me have a look in your cabinet.

[INAUDIBLE] boots.

NARRATOR: That does seem to be the place for bargains.

Right, let's have a look.

Oh, I like that.

Is that a little vesta case?

IAN: Pencil sharpener.

Pencil sharpener?

IAN: Yeah.

Lovely quality.

- German, isn't it?

IAN: Yeah.

- So now you know?

IAN: Yeah, says Germany on the button.

Listen, there's one expert on this program than-- IAN: I'll leave you-- I'll leave you to it there.

I don't know who he is.

I like that.

IAN: It's quality good weight, isn't it?

Yeah, I mean, it's been gilded, hasn't it?

IAN: Yes.

- It's just sort of-- IAN: --wearing slightly.

But nice on a gentleman's desk or lady's desk even.

Just a fun thing.

Yeah.

Let's put that there.

OK. Because I think that's a definite possibility.

Oh, I like that.

Oh, look at the little dog.

You're a doggie man?

PHILIP SERRELL: I love my dogs.

IAN: Lovely quality, isn't it?

PHILIP SERRELL: It is.

[INAUDIBLE] something?

Cool.

I don't know.

You know, that came from the same places as the top hat.

I don't know if that is German.

You know why?

Because it hasn't got Germany on the bottom.

[INAUDIBLE].

I'm going to put that down there.

Yeah.

Big quality brass.

- OK. NARRATOR: What's next?

Boot?

Racing car?

Time for the fun and games to start.

PHILIP SERRELL: I'd like to give you 120 pounds for the pencil sharpener, the little doggie and the lions.

IAN: --or dogs.

I haven't got anymore.

That was it?

Well, let me just count up how much is in my little pocket.

I'm pretty sure that's every last single solitary penny.

4, 6, 8, 10.

12.

120 pound.

If you say no that's absolutely fine, and I shall go and find something else because I'm going to spend my money with you come hell or high water.

OK.

But I'd like to buy those.

I'll do it.

Oh, you're a star.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I'm really, really pleased with those.

Thank you very much, indeed.

- You're welcome.

NARRATOR: So that's 100 pounds for the big beasts, and 10 pounds each for the little doggie in the hat.

Bye.

Bye.

NARRATOR: They just can't help but get excited about their first auction in the Vale of Evesham.

What is the Vale of Evesham famous for?

Sheep.

Sheep?

Try asparagus.

Is it?

NARRATOR: Mmm.

Tasty with butter.

Now, time for some shut-eye.

Welcome to middle Littleton.

Yes, there's a North and a South Littleton too.

Loads of Littleton.

The beautiful day for-- Are you excited about this?

I'm really excited.

Your first "Road Trip" auction.

First auction, I know.

Who knows how it's going to go?

NARRATOR: Mind your step.

After beginning back in Brimfield, our two trippers have mostly headed east and south towards this Worcestershire village, home of Middle Littleton auctions, esteemed sell room of the Homer family.

Gavel bashes since the 1980s.

Phil spent every penny of his 200 pounds on five auction lots.

For her first road trip, Arusha has spent a lot on five lots.

So, what do we think?

One thing I do know about Roo is that she knows her glass.

This is an English runner like Georgian, cost her 40 pounds.

I think it's a really cool thing.

This is an absolute winner.

So it's a bronze [INAUDIBLE] a little Dutch boy, which I think looks a lot like Phil Serrell, with a nice little smile, a little tum-tum.

There could be a tiny little profit in that.

I just hope she's not toasting too much success at the end of the day.

This one worries me.

I think out of those items this has to make money.

NARRATOR: What about the more impartial thoughts of auctioneer Ben Homer?

My favorite piece is the champagne bucket.

I think it's because I enjoy champagne.

For me, the wooden spoon or the [INAUDIBLE] probably the pencil sharpener.

I think you'd be lucky if you're [INAUDIBLE] 15 pounds on that.

NARRATOR: Doh.

All right, there we go.

Here we go.

Blimey.

All will be revealed very soon, won't it?

[INAUDIBLE], isn't it?

It is.

NARRATOR: Starting off with Roo's silver matchbox holder, strike her light.

Oh, here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

10 bid, thank you.

12, 15, 17, 20, 22.

Keep going.

At 22 pounds, in the middle of the room.

25, new bidder.

At 20-- 27.

30.

32.

At 32 pounds, we're all in.

Fair warned, 32 pounds.

[GAVEL POUNDS] What an illuminating start?

That's a tidy little profit, isn't it?

That is.

Not bad.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Next, we have Phil's little brass pooch from the very same cabinet.

I'd like 10 pounds to start me on this one, please.

10 bid there.

12 there.

15.

17 on the net.

20, room.

22 on the internet.

25.

25 in the room.

27 there.

30 there.

32 here.

That's 35.

[INAUDIBLE] really, isn't that?

35 at the back.

37, new bidder.

At 37 pounds at the back.

40, she's back here.

45, at the back.

50, on the internet.

I think [INAUDIBLE] into that.

You know what?

Frankly, I'm staggered.

At 50 pounds.

55 anyway, going once.

Staggered.

Going twice.

Sold, 50.

NARRATOR: Given Phil's doggie-mania, he was a no-brainer.

I'm really pleased with this.

Really, really pleased.

NARRATOR: Time for Roo's Georgian [INAUDIBLE] I got commission bids, and I am straight in at 17 pounds.

I was hoping-- I was thinking he might have-- 70, I thought he said.

25 behind here.

[INAUDIBLE] 27 here.

Comes back to me at 30.

32, 35, takes me out.

At 35 pounds.

37 behind you.

40 here.

At 40 here.

Do you want 45, sir?

Yes, yes.

You do.

45, behind you.

Keep going.

At 50 pounds in the room.

50 pounds, we all in.

Fair warned at 50 pounds.

[GAVEL POUNDS] It's a little bit of a profit.

Mmm.

NARRATOR: Quite?

Glass half full, I'd say.

I love my Georgian glass-- In the room.

--wanted it to do so well.

NARRATOR: Now, you've heard of Cagney and Lacey, but Phil's got finger carrot and butter pat.

Huh!

All the commission bids.

And I'm in at 15 pounds.

Bid [INAUDIBLE] at 15 pounds.

17?

In the room that comes back to me at 18.

So [INAUDIBLE] this.

20, here.

22, on the internet.

I've paid 40 pounds for that.

27.

It's inching up, Phil.

That's 27 in the room.

So they did that more than an inch.

[INAUDIBLE] 32, 35, 37.

At 37 pounds in the room.

And we all in.

Fair warned at 37 pounds.

That's disappointing.

NARRATOR: Yeah, he was very fond of those two.

It could have been worse.

It could have been worse?

40 pounds in.

It could have been worse?

NARRATOR: Wise words.

More top brass now.

Roo's sconces.

20 bid, thank you.

At 20 pounds.

22 in the room.

[INAUDIBLE] that.

25 on the internet.

27, new bidder over there.

38, down here.

30 pounds in the room.

At 30 pounds.

You want 32?

At 30 pounds down here.

Going once, going twice, sold 30.

Well done, you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: She's definitely got the hang of this.

I think they have done OK with it.

Because I tell you, I didn't have that much confidence that they would do well.

NARRATOR: Roo thinks this little chat will do well too.

And not just because he resembles a young Phil.

20 bid.

Thank you.

20 in the room.

Looking for 22 now.

22, on the net.

25, room.

27, net.

30, room.

At just 30 pounds, 32, new bidder.

35.

[INAUDIBLE] making money.

37, 40.

At 40 pounds in the room.

45, if you want now.

50, on the internet.

Are we all in?

Fair warned at 50 pounds.

Thought he was calling [INAUDIBLE] at 50 quid.

NARRATOR: Yeah, he's definitely earned his keep.

Emotionally drained.

NARRATOR: More Arusha glass now, her second bye of the road trip.

I've got commission bids, and I'm starting at 18 pounds on these.

20 takes me out.

20 pounds in the room?

22, 25, 27.

At 27 pounds in the room.

[INAUDIBLE] on fire.

30 here.

32.

35.

37, here.

40, 45-- You're absolutely rock on.

They've made Charlie Goodwin.

Keep going.

One more, one more.

- Is 50 anywhere?

We're all in.

Fair warned at 45 pounds.

He's back in at 50.

50, In the room now.

55 down here.

At 55.

60, if you want into that.

At 55 pounds.

And we all done.

Fair warned at 55.

[GAVEL POUNDS] NARRATOR: Crikey.

Four lots, no losses.

Better than Phil.

- It's well done, you.

- Thank you-- - Well done, you.

- [INAUDIBLE] That's it.

And so you should be.

NARRATOR: This program has been brought to you by a certain well-known alloy of copper and zinc known as brass, which is what Phil's pencil shot was made of.

10 bid.

Thank you.

12.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] Hold on.

15, 17, 20, 22, 25.

Do it.

Do it more than 32.

At 25 pounds in the room.

27, on the internet.

30, in the room.

32, on the internet.

35, in the room.

37, 40 pounds in the room.

At 45.

- Go on.

We're all in.

Fair warned at 40 pounds.

[GAVEL POUNDS] - Good job.

- Yeah, it's all over there.

Well done.

You made a great profit.

NARRATOR: Don't let it go to your head, Phil.

You are on fire today.

NARRATOR: Time for the big ticket items now.

First up, Roo's champagne bucket costing 115 pounds, plus the empty bottle for a pound.

65 pounds.

Bid on the net, 65 pounds.

70 comes back to me at 75.

80 takes me out.

At 80-- - Oh, come on, Little bit more.

Little bit more.

90.

95.

At 95 pounds at the back of the room.

100, on the internet now.

On 110, in the room.

110, in the room.

120, if you want that.

Well done.

Well done.

130 at the back.

I want 30 in the room.

140, 150.

Well done.

Well done, well done.

160, 170, 180, 190.

At 190 at the back of the room.

Looking for 200 now.

At 190 pounds.

Are we all in then?

Fair warned at 190 pounds.

He's back in at 200.

At 200.

You're out 200 pounds.

At 200, and we're all in and-- fair warning, 200 pounds.

[GAVEL POUNDS] Well done, you.

Thank you.

Well done, you.

NARRATOR: Hey, that huge profit puts our debutante way out ahead with just Phil's big beasts to come.

Very nervous.

I can take a nice big deep breath now.

NARRATOR: Cry havoc.

They're off the leash.

I've got commission bids, and I'm starting at 100 pounds on these folks.

Bids at me at 100 pounds.

110, 120.

130 takes me out.

At 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260.

That helps, doesn't it?

270.

I think I might need to start buying some of that [INAUDIBLE].

At 290 pounds in the room.

Looking for 290 now.

290, on the internet.

300, back in the room.

At 300 in the room.

Looking for 320-- 320 on the net.

340, room.

At 360 on the net.

380 in the room.

I've lost my puff.

At 380 in the room.

400, on the net now.

At 420 in the room.

420, in the room.

440, on the net now.

Didn't it just got to be on [INAUDIBLE]??

480 on the net.

480, on the internet.

I'm going to call it now, folks.

Going once.

Going twice.

[GAVEL POUNDS] Sold, 480.

Well done.

That was amazing.

I'm not jealous at all.

NARRATOR: Well, I am.

Quite a coup, Phil.

We [INAUDIBLE] warmer outside [INAUDIBLE] I think I'm going to need a scone.

[INAUDIBLE].

I'll buy you a scone.

NARRATOR: Roo started out with 200 pounds.

And after costs, she produced a fine profit of 100 pounds and 94 pence.

So she has 300 pounds and 94 p to spend next time.

While Phil, who also began with 200 made after costs an even bigger profit of 338 pounds and 74 pence.

So he's today's winner with 538 pounds and 74 p in his ample wallet.

Cheer up.

Well, that went well, didn't it?

I think we both made a profit.

I think we did a great job.

Well done, you, on the lions.

NARRATOR: Arr.

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