VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Alright, fair enough.

It's a really cute subject.

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car.

NATASHA: Make it so.

MARGIE: Here we go.

VO: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Frankly terrifying.

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

But it's no mean feat.

I've lost money!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... Get in there!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Could have been worse.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory?

Ooh.

VO: Or the slow road to disaster?

Ugh!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah baby!

VO: Ah, there's nothing like a lungful of fresh country air, is there?

Oh, that's a good Bristolian rural smell, that is, isn't it, eh?

Yeah, you don't get that in London.

VO: Puts hairs on your chest, that does.

Metropolitan man and dealer Serhat Ahmet and country lass and auctioneer Christina Trevanion are off again on their antiques expedition.

Did you on purpose pick the most bumpy track in Bristol?

I thought I'd see, uh, how the cars fared.

Well, it's pretty bumpy.

(SHE LAUGHS) You've got padded seats.

I haven't.

I've got a metal flap.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: No seatbelts, either.

They weren't mandatory back when her Series One Land Rover was built.

But it does have some advantages over Serhat's low-down Porsche Speedster.

Oh, look at those nettles.

They're much closer to me than they are to you.

CHISTINA (CT): Breathe in for the stingers!

SERHAT (SA): What's that?

Oh!

VO: You've bust your bumper, Serhat.

Don't put your hand out, Christina!

Serhat, where on earth have you brought me?

Well, listen, there's nothing like going down a road that you don't know where it leads.

VO: Just like last time out, when these two challenged themselves to shop outside of their comfort zones, with Serhat resisting his usual bits of pot...

It's a ceramic, and I'm not gonna buy it.

VO: ..and Christina going for less of the shiny stuff.

It's a tripod, isn't it?

Ooh, whoa-ho-ho!

VO: For one of our pair, the buyer's remorse was almost instantaneous.

CT: Why did I buy a door?

No one wants doors, everyone's got their own doors!

VO: For the other, the regrets kicked in at the auction.

I think I've lost half my budget.

CT: Should we talk about money or is it a little bit of a painful subject for you?

No, we can, we can.

CT: OK. How are you feeling?

SA: I feel good.

I've got over my little loss, my big loss, and I'm raring to go.

VO: Good man.

Chin up and fight on!

VO: Serhat started out with £200 and although he took an early lead, he now finds himself with a mere £94.82.

Christina, who started with the same amount, now has quite an advantage.

She's on £276.50, but she's not home and dry just yet.

You can do some serious damage to me with that money, Serhat.

You are just one piece of Meissen porcelain away from burying me into the ground.

SA: If there's anything I love, Christina, it's a challenge.

CT: Ha-ha!

VO: The comeback starts here, once he's fixed that bumper, of course.

So far this Trip, we've already taken in north Wales, Yorkshire, the Midlands and Derbyshire.

We'll be popping back into Wales again, the south this time, before a final showdown in Sussex at Battle.

On this Trip, they'll be traveling hither and yon around Gloucestershire, ending their shopping in the county town itself.

But let's begin in Bristol and more specifically, Kingswood, on the east of the city.

The first shop, Odds & Todds... CT: Hi!

VO: ..is going to be a two-fer.

SA: Hello.

Hi.

Now, I've been here before, are you going in there?

I'm going to go that way, yeah.

Yeah, cool, alright.

I'm going down here.

Good luck.

CT: Catch you later.

SA: See you later.

VO: Separate entrances, eh?

That should stop them treading on each other's toes.

Divan beds, bed frames, mattresses, etc, office furniture, desk, office chairs, filing cabinets and...much more.

VO: It'll be the "much more" that we'll be after, then.

These guys are house clearance specialists, so it's fair to say that you could furnish your entire home here.

CT: Exercise bike!

VO: But in amongst all this stuff, there's bound to be a few antique goodies waiting to be unearthed.

You just need the nose for it.

Ready, antiques hounds?

Get sniffing!

Mattresses, mattresses and more mattresses.

What is that?

Mm, one second... VO: Oh, careful.

We don't want an avalanche of beds.

Oh, cool, it's a sign!

It's a painted wooden sign, it looks like a big trade sign that would have gone across the front of a building or something.

VO: A big bit of wood with writing on it?

Anyone else getting deja vu?

Hang on a second, I think it says... "Crane and Son."

And then there's something on the bottom.

There's a..."dry".

It's really cool.

VO: It's really stuck is what it is.

Uh-oh, there's trouble.

Christina, are you in here?

CT: Hi!

SA: What are you doing up there?

You know, I'm looking at the mattresses.

SA: What have you spotted?

CT: Can you see the sign?

I can see something on this end.

Is it the red one?

Yes.

So how are you gonna get that down?

Erm, I think that is a problem to think about.

(SHE LAUGHS) And it's a problem I'm gonna leave you with.

Oh, thanks, you're so kind!

Ah, pleasure.

I've got some ground to make up.

See you later!

Come and help!

Help!

VO: I think you made a wise choice there, chief.

Let's see what you can dig out.

SA: Oh, that's good.

That's nice.

So, I'm a complete sucker for this period.

It's the arts and crafts period.

It's a movement that happened from the very late 19th century into the very early 20th century as a precursor to art nouveau.

And this is a fireguard or a fire screen made from wrought iron and copper.

And it's embossed, so, beaten from behind into the shape of this fantastical dragon.

These things could be very expensive if you were buying them from the top makers.

But if you didn't have the budget, you could go to your local blacksmith and create one of these in the look, much cheaper.

So, it's priced at £65.

That's a bargain for someone.

Unfortunately, that someone's not me today.

VO: Yes.

Given your current financials, smaller would be better.

VO: Unlike Christina, who's still trying to get to the largest thing in the shop.

Looks like she's called in the cavalry.

Go for it, Jay and Alex!

I think I'm causing chaos.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: You don't say.

CT: Sorry, guys.

I don't reckon I've worked so hard for 45 quid in my life.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: At least we know what he wants for it now.

I didn't realize it was quite that big.

VO: I'd make yourself scarce if I were you.

Hello.

VO: What's she spotted?

This is an Ekornes Stressless recliner, isn't it?

They're Norwegian, so, Scandinavian design.

And they're just really good sellers, really good sellers.

I mean, it hasn't got a huge amount of antiqueness to it.

VO: They only started making them in the 70s.

It's barely retro.

I really quite like that, and it is ridiculously comfortable.

Honestly.

Oh!

Oh, that's good.

That's really good.

The Scandinavians were just genius at designing furniture from like, the sort of post-war period.

And it just... everything is just... it's comfortable, it's functional, it's well made, it's good quality.

And it fits into the home.

For £25, not just the chair.

Footstool as well.

VO: I think she's taken with that.

I don't think she's budging, either.

Oh, it's lovely.

I might stay here all day.

(SHE SNORES) VO: Poor love.

It wears you out watching other people work, doesn't it?

Ha!

Now, has our perkier purchaser found anything else?

SA: These are quite interesting.

These are apothecary or pharmaceutical funnels.

So, these were used to pour from the big dispensing jars into the smaller bottles of medicines and the potions.

That kind of thing.

You can see the way that these have been hand blown.

And that's what really makes it interesting.

It's not pressed glass.

It's not from a mold.

I'm guessing they're probably mid 19th century.

I'd like to think that they were 18th century.

And if they are, then they would make a lot more money than what's on the ticket here.

VO: Ha.

Which is £12 for the big one and 18 for the other three.

SA: They're really a graduated set of four.

So, I think that's more interesting than just a single funnel.

These would appeal to different types of buyers.

So, you'll have people that love the old pharmaceutical storage jars that these were used with, people that like hand-blown glass.

VO: Or mad scientists looking to kit out their lab.

Let's have a chat to Jay about those.

He could probably do with a break.

What we looking at?

Jay, I just spotted these funnels.

Yes.

I know you've got them as two sets.

So, 12 and 18, £30.

JAY: Yeah.

SA: I would... Cheap.

..really...cheap for some.

Maybe cheap for Christina.

But tell me, what is your very best?

Er...well, I'm thinking, I don't know.

25 sound fair?

I've got a price in mind, and it's...18.

18?

Um, best I can do on that, which I think's more than fair, is 20 for the four.

Yeah, I'm happy with that.

VO: Hm, a fiver a funnel.

But with over a fifth of his money gone already, he's really going to have to eke out the rest of it.

And while Serhat departs, we finally get a gander at that enormous sign.

How is that?

CT: Jay.

JAY: Yeah.

I'm not sure I want it anymore.

I knew you were going to say that.

VO: You can go off people, you know.

That is fab.

Cochrane and Son, Fellwick Foundry, established 1866.

VO: Do you know, I don't think that thing's old at all.

I'm pretty sure it's a bit of a set dressing from the costume drama Lark Rise To Candleford.

Ha!

That's a lot of sign for the money.

It certainly is.

£45.

And then there was also a reclining chair and a footstool for £25.

Oh, great.

Where...what...where's that one?

Don't worry, that's on the floor.

OK, great.

(SHE LAUGHS) No unscrewing required on that one, don't worry.

So, 45 and 25.

I'm not going to haggle, because God love you, you have been a superstar.

VO: Pay the man £70, then.

And she's still got over 200 left.

I'll send someone to pick up the sign.

Brilliant.

VO: If we could just have it wrapped, that would be super.

Ha-ha!

And having made possibly the largest purchase in Road Trip history, it's time our girl departed.

Now, full of beans after his funnel purchase, Serhat is on a bit of a glass odyssey.

He's headed further into Bristol to Arno's Vale in search of a renowned type of glass that's particular to the city - Bristol Blue.

And who better to tell the story of this strikingly colored material, than master glassmaker James Adlington?

James, tell me, what is Bristol Blue glass?

JAMES: Well, back in 1672, a chap called George Ravenscroft invented something that was the Holy Grail of all glassmaking.

He invented clear glass, lead crystal glass.

Prior to that, all glass was very, very pale green.

The British glass industry went from being a backwater, right to being the world leaders, virtually overnight.

And we were attracting glassmakers from all over the world to come to work with this beautiful, new, clear material.

VO: One of these immigrant glass makers, Lazarus Jacobs, moved from Germany and set up a business here in Bristol.

The city had all the raw ingredients required for this perfectly clear glass, made by adding lead oxide to the mixture, as well as access to supplies of one other key component, cobalt.

This element was used to create the blue decoration on china in the city's porcelain factories.

And it was Lazarus's son, Isaac, who had the idea of adding it to the molten glass to produce the iconic blue glassware.

Now, people had been adding cobalt to glass for years, but this was the first time anybody added cobalt to clear glass.

And he created this beautiful, pure blue color.

He presented it to the King, and the King had it on his table.

And if the blue glass is good enough to go on the King's table, it was good enough to go on anybody's table.

So you had all these dukes and earls, not only in Britain, but across Europe, ordering this whole suite of glasses in Bristol blue glass.

And so, Isaac and his father became extremely rich.

VO: So successful was Isaac's creation that 17 other companies sprang up in the city to produce it.

But at the same time, the Industrial Revolution was beginning to take hold.

Mechanical processes soon outstripped the work of traditional glass-blowers.

As glass became cheaper and more plentiful, the hand blown glass industry took a nosedive, as did the Jacobs' fortunes.

JAMES: Bristol glass was too expensive for the market, and it declined up until 1923, and they couldn't afford to get the fuel in to melt the glass cheaply any more.

So, the glass industry just died out completely.

VO: But fast forward to the 1980s, when, as a young artist, James decided to bring Bristol blue back to the city.

What began as a one-off exhibition turned into a fully-fledged business.

James and his crew have been turning out this beautiful blue glassware ever since.

JAMES: This is a hot shop.

It's um... SA: Whew, you're not kidding!

Yeah.

Currently where we're standing is about 45 degrees.

We've got two furnaces here and they're running at 1,100 degrees and they have molten glass inside.

SA: Yeah.

We've always got a pool of molten glass there so we can work it.

And the guys here are making little drinking glasses.

They basically start with a molten glass puddle, really, and gather it on a metal tube, and shape it and blow it using simple hand tools.

And it's fascinating to see the color of it changing to the Bristol blue... Yeah.

..as it's being worked, and as it cools down, I guess.

A lot of people, when they first come to see it and it comes out the furnace bright orange...

Yes.

..they think, "But I thought it was blue."

So would you like to have a go?

SA: I'd love to, yeah.

VO: Well, they say it takes seven years of training to become as good as these guys.

But honestly, how hard can it be?

JAMES: Get it in your mouth as soon as you can and blow.

Keep blowing, keep turning, turn it.

Blow it, keep blowing.

VO: Blimey, he's doing it.

Blow, blow.

Blow.

VO: Would you look at that?

Right, put your thumb over the end... (BANG) (JAMES LAUGHS) VO: Oh, shame!

Does that mean I don't get a job here?

That means, I'm sorry, I mean, that'll have to come out your wages... in the first week.

VO: I don't think the crowned heads of Europe will be beating a path to your door, Serhat.

Ha!

Now, elsewhere, also still in Bristol, our Christina is on her travels again, and still banging on about that sign.

Yeah, I'm really excited about it.

VO: Well, I'm happy you're happy.

She's headed off to the Clifton end of town for her next shop, Rachel's & Michael's Antiques.

I wonder which of them will be behind the counter today.

CT: Hello.

RACHEL: Hello.

Ooh, this looks right up my street.

Lots of sparkly things.

Yes, and us ladies do like sparkly things.

VO: It's like catnip to Christina, Rachel.

Now, there's plenty more shop to see behind the shiny stuff.

So, make sure you have a good look around.

CT: Love those curtains.

VO: With £206.50 burning a hole in her pocket, might there be something else in here to her liking?

A pair of spittoons.

It's just a bit disgusting.

People used to go to spit, I suppose, because they were smoking raw tobacco and it was just a bit gross, wasn't it?

So they used to kind of spit into these...can you imagine that being your job, having to empty a spittoon?

I think we'll put those back from whence they came.

VO: Alright, you win.

Back to the bling.

CT: That's really pretty.

What do you know about the maker, Rachel?

Well, I know it's OMG, but I'm not... OMG!

It's OMG.

(BOTH LAUGH) Very good.

Erm, yeah, I know it's OMG, but I'm not quite sure much about the maker, so... Well, OMG is normally a maker called Ola Gorie, and she's a Scottish maker.

VO: Indeed she is - one of the founders of the modern craft movement in Scotland.

Got an MBE for all her hard work.

She takes a lot of her designs from sort of Celtic influences, and Nordic influences...

I can see that influence in the design.

Yeah, absolutely.

And this is called The Tree of Life, this design.

Great.

So, yeah, really pretty.

And I love it how you put, "£65, OMG" on the price tag.

I need to put that on all my prices.

Yeah, it's cool.

I like it, I like it a lot.

Is there any sort of flexibility on that price?

Well, there's always flexibility.

Oh, good.

I like it when we can be bendy.

Well, I was a black belt.

Still am, technically.

What, a black belt?

Yes.

VO: Blimey, I bet that's handy for dealing with unruly shoppers.

Mind your manners, Christina!

Hey, this looks like my corner, Rachel.

We've got a bit of a cocktail theme going over here.

Bit of that.

Like that.

That's really quite fun.

Cocktails are having a bit of a sort of renaissance at the moment, aren't they?

Yeah, yes.

People, we find, are buying them for 18th and 21st presents.

Yeah.

Definitely, the younger generation, there's quite a lot of cocktail bars opening up and it's quite in vogue at the moment.

Younger generation?

(BOTH LAUGH) Sorry!

VO: You're still young at heart, Christina, unlike that shaker, which was made in the 30s.

I like that.

That's cool.

One and a quarter pint...ooh, one and a quarter pint.

Sounds fantastic!

I'll have two of those mojitos please!

VO: Steady on!

That's priced up at £65.

Anything else around here?

CT: Ooh, those are nice.

"Lundtofte, Denmark, stainless steel."

Those are really cool.

RACHEL: I do sell quite a lot of that type of era, the sort of 70s...it's very in fashion at the moment.

Yeah, my...

They're, again, for younger people.

VO: When you're in a hole, Rachel, stop digging.

I'm starting to feel slightly offended!

But to them, that's probably twice their lifetime.

Yeah, true.

Before I was born.

Just.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: You're all whippersnappers to me!

Those are taper holders, for very slim candles, £20 for the four.

CT: I've only ever known Lundtofte as being, like, tea and coffee services and trays and utilitarian wares.

So it's quite nice to see some sort of slightly more decorative wares by them.

So we've got a bit of a...got a bit of a pile going on here, Rachel.

Hang on a second.

VO: All told, that haul comes to £150.

With my budget, I'm thinking probably one of the more expensive items, so, the brooch or the cocktail shaker, and I really like the little taper sticks.

So, best price wise, what are we thinking?

We could possibly do a deal for one of those items and the candlesticks for £50, which is a very good deal.

Oh, that's very good.

Yeah.

Now, obviously, if you were to go a step further... Yeah.

..and have three items... You're very persuasive.

..my very best price might even improve.

So, £80 for all three items.

Ooh.

And bearing in mind I'm a black belt... Yeah, I'm not going to argue with you.

I don't think you should.

(BOTH LAUGH) I'm just going to give you my money.

Give...give you my money.

Don't take my life.

OK, thank you very much.

Don't hit me, don't hit me!

Is that the quickest exit I've had from a customer?

VO: It's the scariest sales technique I've ever seen.

So, that's £30 each for the brooch and the shaker and 20 for the candle holders.

Now drive, Christina, drive!

Drive, and don't look back!

That's better - safety in numbers!

Hang on a second, are you trying to take me down roads that are too narrow for a Land Rover?

Uh, you could say that.

Is this your cunning plan, to just wipe me off on a wall somewhere?

(SHE LAUGHS) The other way to do it is just give me some of your money.

VO: Lordy!

They've all got it in for her today.

Nighty night.

VO: We're up with the larks!

And what a morning, eh?

There is not a cloud in that sky.

Yeah.

It is beautiful!

VO: Glorious Gloucestershire is our stomping ground today.

Plenty of places to pick up an antique or two.

I went past a skip yesterday and I had a good old rummage in it for you.

(HE LAUGHS) That's evil!

But I thought, "Oh, this might be more Serhat's budget.

I'll see if I can find something."

SA: Thanks.

CT: You're welcome!

SA: And?

CT: Nah.

Oh.

VO: He's not that desperate - yet.

Yesterday, our Christina went to the mattresses, picking up a distinctly un-antique chair and an enormous wooden sign.

It's really cool.

VO: She was also made an offer she couldn't refuse on a Scottish brooch and some taper holders.

CT: Yeah, I'm not going to argue with you.

I don't think you should.

VO: She bought one other thing, but Serhat's itching to show his solitary purchase first.

How's that?

Oh, that is gorgeous.

Isn't it?

Is that Victorian?

Yeah.

And there's four of them.

Oh, nice...all the same size?

No, graduated.

So there's... Oh.

..a dinky one like that.

And that's the biggest.

How about you, how did you get on?

Oh, well, let me show you.

Are you ready for this, Serhat?

I'm ready.

Breakfast cocktails!

Ooh, nice!

VO: It's a bit early for happy hour.

It's cool, isn't it?

I love the handle.

I love the spout.

CT: Yeah.

It's so sort of art deco 1940s, maybe, that kind of thing.

I could just imagine them having cocktails at the Ritz.

Need some contents, I think.

Need some ice in there.

VO: We'll save that till the sun's past the yardarm, eh?

But there's still lots to do, so let's start today in the village of Staunton.

This one's for Serhat.

Pretty Old And Interesting.

No rude comments about yours truly, please.

And look, Serhat - browsers welcome.

It's his favorite pastime.

See what I mean?

On and on.

Oh, your shop is amazing, it is packed full of treasures.

Thank you very much.

Just looks amazing.

So I'm going to get browsing.

I'll give you a shout if I see anything.

VO: He can't get enough of it.

Now, there must be something here to fit your £74 budget.

Oh, look, that looks familiar.

Blue glass.

Bit like the Bristol blue glass I saw yesterday.

And that is lovely to see.

But what are they?

I don't think they are from Bristol.

I think they are Bohemian.

So, what we know today as the Czech Republic.

And that was a region that was renowned for its glassmaking.

And in the 19th century, they were making all sorts of shapes and sizes, vases, bowls, epergnes.

In different colors, in all sorts of shapes and sizes and types of decoration.

You could have flowers, painted birds, you name it, you could get whatever you wanted.

And they were extortionately expensive.

And these would have been made actually for a much smaller budget.

VO: Such as yours, for instance.

SA: They're hand blown.

You can see the pontil mark here, and it's got this white enamel detail, these vine leaves trailing around the middle of the vase.

And on top of that is gilding into 20 carat gold, and it's picking out the veins on the leaves and the details on the flowers and the grapes and so on.

That's really nice.

VO: Paul's got the pair priced up at £38, but if you sweet talk him, I'm sure he'll help you out.

Paul, can I have a quick chat with you on this?

Yes.

Nice little pair of vases.

They're lovely, aren't they?

Price is what I need to talk to you about.

£38.

What could you do on those?

I mean, straight away, I can take the eight off the back end.

I can take them down to 30.

VO: So far, so good, but I sense a "but" coming on.

That's definitely in the right direction.

PAUL: Mm-hm.

SA: But... VO: Told you.

..can I tell you what I've been thinking?

Go on.

And you can always say no.

It's 20.

I'd like to pay £20.

Do you know, I thought that was coming.

(SERHAT LAUGHS) OK. You're happy with that?

Special for you.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Let's do that.

VO: Top man, Paul.

Very kind indeed.

And that's two vases for me, and I'm off.

Thanks very much, Paul.

Bye.

Good luck, thank you.

VO: That leaves our boy with just over £54, and still a fair bit of work to do.

Better get moving.

Now, having shopped a bundle yesterday, Christina can afford to take it a bit easier.

So... she's off for a little jaunt into deepest Gloucestershire and the village of Huntley.

She's come to the wonderfully-named Plump Hill Farm for a date with some of the county's most famous but endangered inhabitants, Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs.

Hi Debs.

Hi Christina.

Come on in.

Am I alright to come in?

Yeah, yeah, please.

Hello, you cheeky.

Hello.

Hello!

VO: Deb Blackmore swapped her career as a lawyer... Come on!

VO: ..for a taste of the good life to help bring these rare little porkers back from the brink of extinction.

So, what makes a Gloucester Old Spot?

They are basically very, very placid, very laid-back, they're lop-eared pigs, so that means their ears cover their eyes.

But one of the key things that most people know of is that they have to have at least one black spot.

They can have more than one black spot, but there shouldn't be more black spots than there is the white.

VO: As pigs were seen as peasant livestock, their pedigrees were not recorded till the late 19th century.

So no one really knows how old the breed is.

However, there is evidence that these piggies were snuffling around orchards as far back as the 1700s.

Since they were the first spotted pigs to be registered, they are seen as the oldest spotted breed in the world.

CT: So, where does the breed originate from?

It originates in Berkeley Vale, which is on the southern shores of the Severn.

They were originally kept in cider apple orchards and perry orchards.

In fact, folklore has it that the spots came from apples falling and bruising the skin.

CT: Oh, really?

DEBS: Yes.

VO: Due to their placid nature, Old Spots were incredibly popular throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for smallholders.

But because they don't thrive well under modern, intensive farming, the survival of the breed came under threat.

By the 1970s, their numbers were down to just 100 animals.

DEBS: Before the Rare Breed Survival Trust was formed in 1973, the pig was...well, it is still nearing extinction, so it's an at-risk breed.

They're so important that we actually have a royal patron.

And that's Princess Anne, the Princess Royal.

She actually keeps some of her own as well.

She breeds a few Gloucestershire Old Spots as well.

CT: Oh, does she?

DEBS: Yeah.

Aw, regal pigs.

Absolutely.

We only keep posh animals here!

VO: I don't think anyone's told the pigs that!

Just had a bath!

Don't shake now, whatever you do.

You guys, you were beautifully clean, now look what's happened to you!

DENS: This is their sun protection.

This is their SPF 30, if you like.

Oh, so they've just put their sun cream on?

Yeah.

VO: Thanks to farmers like Deb and her husband, their numbers are on the rise again, and the Old Spot pig has escaped the fate of some other traditional British breeds.

But looking after these porcine beauties is hard work, so it never hurts to have a willing farm hand around the place.

Has anyone ever fed pigs in white shoes before?

Never!

VO: You missed the memo about wellies, then.

Ha!

Come on, then, piggies!

Oh!

Oh, stop fighting.

Just throw it over their heads, they'll be fine.

Oh, that looks good.

So what is it you're giving them over there?

It's cheese whey, which is a by-product from a local cheesemaker.

Similarly, the grain that they're having is a by-product from a local brewer just down the road from us.

Sorry, I almost just lost my arm then!

VO: Yeah, less talking, more feeding.

We've also planted up some apple orchards here ourselves, and we feed those to the pigs as windfall apples as well.

Oh, perfect.

The traditional orchard pig gets their orchard apples.

CT: I just got spattered... DEBS: Sorry.

..with mud, big time.

OK, that one just got me straight in the eye!

VO: You did bring a change of clothes, didn't you?

Oh, look!

Oh, look at them!

Oh, they're so cute, look how pink they are!

VO: Nowadays, due to a growing public interest in where our food comes from, heritage breeds like the Old Spot are having a comeback.

CT: So Debs, is this what it's all about, as far as you're concerned, is bringing these piglets in, and then just watching them grow and nurturing them, and literally bringing them into your fold?

Yes, it is.

I mean, there are several facets to it, really, one of which is maintaining the breed and ensuring the survival of the breed.

Yeah.

The other is ensuring that we know that these animals have a good lifestyle, they exhibit natural behaviors, they run around in the outdoors.

You know, they act like pigs are supposed to act.

It's very, very hard work, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

CT: And the rewards?

The rewards are huge.

Just...I mean, look.

VO: Aw, I know - so cute!

VO: Now, elsewhere in Gloucestershire, this little piggy is off to market looking for his last chance to buy in the county's capital, Gloucester.

Cash strapped and pushed for time, our Serhat's got a lot of work to do in the Gloucester Antiques Centre.

It's quite overwhelming just how much stuff is here.

There's loads and loads and loads.

There's rooms, cabinets, just brimming with stuff.

I need to focus, because I've... ..not much money.

VO: £54.82, to be exact.

And he's not wrong about this place.

It goes on for miles.

No easy task to find the hidden gems.

That's completely out of place there.

Believe it or not, this is also from Bohemia.

VO: Just like his blue vases earlier.

SA: This is by a company called Loetz, who manufactured glass from the late 19th century.

And this is from the art nouveau period.

It's very organic in its shape, and it's been applied with these lovely green bands.

There's no price on it.

And that might be because this has been ground down.

This is not how it was originally made.

It would have had a longer spout.

Perhaps it would have flared out at the top.

And someone's cleverly disguised it with a silver ring collar to hide that break.

But that's great.

I mean, they've recycled an antique to make it useful again rather than throwing it away.

How fantastic.

Gosh, if I buy this, this is actually going to be my third purchase of glass, third purchase in a row.

VO: It's becoming a bit of an obsession.

Let's get the skinny on that from shopkeeper Mick.

SA: So, I found that... MICK: Yeah.

..sat there.

Gorgeous little thing, a bit of damage.

It depends on the price.

What's the best you can do on that?

I'd do that for £8.

£8.

OK, wasn't expecting that.

Well, I can't quibble.

That's great.

I'll take that.

Thanks very much.

VO: Sounds like a snip, but there's still lots to do.

Back to the cabinets with you.

Now, has anyone seen our Christina?

She should have made it to the shop by now.

Ah.

I bet Serhat couldn't reach these in the Porsche.

VO: Scrumping, eh?

Naughty, naughty.

Oh, these are delicious.

I probably ought to save some for Serhat, really, but... Talking of which, I probably ought to get shopping, hadn't I?

Hang on, just a couple more.

Couple more, couple more, and then I'll go.

VO: If you get a tummy ache, you'll only have yourself to blame.

Now, back in Gloucester, our other expert is doing his own bit of foraging.

Ah-ha, what do we have here?

That's nice.

Very nice - a lidded tankard.

And it's in the arts and crafts style.

VO: He's been hankering for a bit of that.

SA: Everything about it screams arts and crafts - the shape of it, the lovely motifs on the side and on the lid.

That lovely clover-shaped handle.

All working order.

It's lovely.

On the bottom, what have we got?

C and F. Charles Favell.

EPNS, silver plate, which I thought I was going to steer clear of after the last auction.

Erm... And look at the price.

It's just £42.

For something inspired by Archibald Knox and Charles Robert Ashby, all those great names, Guild of Handicrafts.

And, you know, instead of paying three or four thousand pounds for one of those, £42.

I think it's an absolute bargain.

VO: And still within budget, just about.

Now, look who's finally decided to rock up.

I suppose with five items in the bag and £126 left, the pressure's off.

At least she's wiped the plum juice off her chin.

That's my tripod!

If this has got, like, brass legs then it's got to be.

It's my tripod!

Hang on a second.

£48!

What did mine sell for?

VO: A tenner.

I wouldn't buy it again if I were you.

I knew you were worth more.

VO: It's like bumping into an old friend, isn't it?

And talking of which... CT: Hey, hey!

Oh, hello!

What's happened?

You're covered in muck.

I er, yes, I've been with pigs.

Pigs?!

I was like a pig, in the proverbial, with the pigs.

Oh, so you're having fun and I'm trying to buy things.

Yeah, but I've got a pig in the back of a car if you want one.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: I wondered what the smell was.

Right, Serhat, back to the shopping.

Oh, hello.

VO: He's onto something.

SA: What's this?

This is great.

You really don't see these often.

That is a scale plate.

It's what they used to weigh dairy and meat products on the scale at the point of sale.

It's made from ironstone, so probably Staffordshire.

I mean, it's got this wonderful image of Lady Justice here, and it's got this lovely inscription as well above her in Latin.

Translates to "Justice is the Queen of Virtue."

VO: There's nothing like an improving motto when you're buying cheese.

Priced up at £12.

It's just a lovely piece of history, and it's incredible that it's even survived.

Mm.

Let's see if Mick's up for a little deal.

VO: Yes.

You've managed to amass quite a collection there.

All told, they come to £62.

Mick, I'm going to be completely honest with you.

I've got £54.82.

Can you do the three for that price?

Yeah, go on.

I'll do that for you.

Oh yes!

Thank you, Mick.

You're my hero, thank you.

VO: And while he scrapes together his loose change, I can tell you that makes the scale plate a tenner, £38 for the tankard and £6.82 for the Loetz vase.

SA: That's all for you.

MICK: I love it when you can't get fish and chips on the way home.

(SERHAT LAUGHS) VO: Well, maybe Christina will stump up for a pickled egg.

With her remaining £126 still intact, she's called it quits as well.

Right, come on, Serhat.

Let's go!

After you.

VO: Yes, all in all, we've had a very busy day.

It's been a hot day today.

Your feet are particularly stinky.

I think you need to go and stick them in the sea.

Ha.

I'd just like to state for the record, my feet don't smell.

(SHE LAUGHS) Just FYI.

CT: I can smell them from here!

Mm, that might be the Gloucestershire pig you can smell.

VO: Touche!

Time for some shuteye.

VO: We've come down to the coast in south Wales, a very good place for dolphin spotting, and not bad for auction watching either.

Look at that.

CT: Brake, Serhat, brake!

VO: Crikey, that was close.

Welcome to the Gower.

Isn't this amazing?

SA: It's incredible, well picked.

CT: Good spot today.

VO: Yeah, you could do worse.

After beginning in Bristol and galloping around Gloucestershire, they've come west to Penmaen on the Gower Peninsula.

Their purchases, meanwhile, have headed east, all the way to the Sussex coast at Rye to go under the hammer at Rye Auction Galleries, with bidders in the room, and on the net too.

Christina's spent £150 on five auction lots.

Anything attracting the attention of today's man on the podium, Kevin Wall?

I bet there's one thing he can't miss.

Ha!

We have a large 12 foot sign.

Unfortunately, on its travels to the auction room, it has had a little accident, and a part of it is falling apart now.

It's broken off.

It really is going to struggle.

It has completely ruined the piece.

VO: Oh, dear.

Serhat blew the lot, all £94.82, on his five lots.

Any favorites, Kevin?

Charles Favell tankard is in lovely condition.

Such a lot of work has gone into something that is only silver plate.

It's had a lot of interest in it.

Fine piece.

VO: Good show.

Should we get on with it, then?

I feel quietly confident, I think...well, I have to be, I need some money.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Fingers and toes crossed then, Serhat.

First up is Christina's cocktail shaker.

Old Fashioned or a Bee's Knees?

£20, I'm straight in at.

CT: Oh, good.

SA: Straight in.

Come on, Mr Auctioneer.

25 then.

It's still here at £25.

28.

New bidder at 28.

30.

At 32.

35?

BOTH: Oh!

CT: Hello.

32, the bid is in the room.

There's movement.

At 32... CT: Ah.

SA: Oh!

VO: I don't think the bidders were shaken or stirred with that one.

I would buy it again.

That's the spirit.

Yes.

VO: Ah, very clever.

Time for his Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue.

10 I have.

10.

Do I see 12?

We've got 10.

It's climbing, it's climbing, it's climbing, it's climbing.

12 I've got.

12.

Do I see 15?

Come on!

They're all asleep still.

Are we all done then at £12?

CT: Aww!

SA: OK. VO: You're heading in the wrong direction again, Serhat.

Never mind.

Mm.

Oh, dear.

VO: Christina's turn again.

Her Ola Gorie Tree of Life brooch.

35 I have.

Straight in at 35.

CT: Come on, Ola!

SA: Wow!

KEVIN: It's a lovely little brooch.

At 35, no one coming in on the net.

Oh, should be a little, someone.

Someone else there.

I have a bid, then, of £35.

Are we all done here, then?

At 35... No.

Oh... VO: Not exactly OMG, but still a profit, BTW.

I will definitely take that one.

(BOTH CHUCKLE) VO: Serhat's scale plate next.

Success hangs in the balance.

Hoo.

£20 I'm bid.

At 10, do I see 12 now?

They're weighing out their options.

Weighing up their options, I like it.

At £20.

We all done here then?

At £10.

We're going to sell it at 10... SA: No!

CT: Ooh... ..weighed in, weighed in.

VO: There was no justice with that one.

Well, money back.

VO: One for the younger generation now.

Christina's taper holders.

£10 I'm bid.

£10.

12, here?

Here we go.

12 I'm bid.

15?

18?

18.

We're creeping up.

SA: Ooh, 'ello!

CT: Oh!

Do I see 20?

At £18.

Are we all done, then?

CT: Ah.

SA: Oh.

VO: Didn't exactly light up the room, did they?

It's fine.

It'll be OK. No, it's fine.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Part two of Serhat's glass obsession.

Apothecaries, take note.

I'm funneling good thoughts your way, funneling good thoughts.

(HE LAUGHS) 10 I'm bid.

At 10 here.

£10?

Come on!

He's got a bid.

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

There are four!

At 15 now.

At 15.

Do I see 18?

At £15 then.

Are we all done and finished at 15?

SA: Ohh!

CT: Oh, Serhat.

Oh, Serhat...

What?!

VO: If he's going to do this comeback lark, it had better happen soon.

May not be my day after all.

Oh, no, come on, there's still time.

VO: You need to relax.

And Christina has just the thing.

I think you're being watched, Ron!

25.

Do I see 28 now?

28.

30, is it?

30 I've got now.

At £30.

Do I see 32?

Yes.

At 32.

Do I see 35?

35.

35...

He's not, he's not giving up.

No.

Do I see 38?

40, we're there.

SA: Ooh.

CT: Come on.

SA: It's going up and up.

Do I see 42 now?

At 42 now.

45.

I've got 45.

We all done?

At £45, then.

SA: Well done.

CT: £45!

VO: I'd say that was a comfortable profit.

I'm slightly disappointed that it's gone because it was so comfortable.

VO: Serhat's last bit of glass now.

Let's hope it makes "Loetz and Loetz".

KEVIN: £20 I'm bid.

SA: £20!

£20 online now.

At £20, do I see 22?

£20, Serhat!

VO: That's more like it.

At £20.

I've got to sell it.

At £20, are we all done?

Oh, that's OK, though.

That's perfectly acceptable.

VO: Yes.

His first profit of the day.

Phew!

Here we go, he's getting into his stride now.

This is making me a bit nervous.

VO: Time for the big one now.

Christina's last lot.

Porter included for scale.

Ooh, it's exciting!

KEVIN: I'm in at £50.

SA: £50.

A maiden bid, then, at £50.

Are we all done?

SA: Aww.

KEVIN: I'm selling at £50.

Oh, my broken heart!

VO: That was an awful lot of effort for a £5 profit.

And I worked so hard to get it out!

VO: Well, you supervised, actually.

Serhat's last chance to put it all back, his arts and crafts tankard.

I think this is one of the best lots in the sale.

Hooray!

Woo!

There we go.

Beautiful.

25.

We're away.

25, 28, 30.

Two.

Come on.

KEVIN: 35.

SA: Ooh!

That's quite a quick climb.

Do I see?

At 42.

Serhat, you made a profit!

I know.

It does sometimes happen.

That's amazing.

Well done.

45.

Do I see 48 now?

48.

50.

VO: It's climbing.

KEVIN: 55.

VO: Come on, Serhat, come on.

KEVIN: £60.

£65.

CT: Ha-ha, brilliant.

SA: A little bidding war.

CT: Not gonna make 1,000, is it?

Promise me it's not going to make £1,000.

SA: 75!

KEVIN: 80.

SA: This is amazing.

..I'm bid in the room.

At £80.

Do I see 85?

85.

90.

At £90.

It's still in the room at £90.

Do I see 95?

100.

SA: Hooray!

CT: That's brilliant.

100 I'm bid.

At £100, then.

In the room at £100... CT: Oh!

Serhat!

SA: Thank you.

CT: Hooray!

SA: Thank you.

Oh, thank you, auction gods!

VO: His cup runneth over.

All hail the comeback kid.

I think I've made money!

Yeah, I think I'm getting a little bit nervous.

VO: Yes.

He's not down and out just yet.

Christina began with £276.50.

But after saleroom fees, her budget has hardly budged, dropping to £274.10.

Still in the lead though.

But victory today belonged to Serhat, who started out with only £94.82.

And after auction costs, he's valiantly managed to claw it back to £128.74 for their final fight.

CT: Come on, let's get buying.

SA: Let's go.

Don't go forwards though.

Oh, yeah, need to go that way.

Yeah, remember to find reverse, OK?

VO: Yeah.

Just as well Christina's here, isn't it?

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