VO: The nation's favorite celebrities...

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!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

Ha-ha!

What fun!

VO: Start your engines!

It's time for another antiques escapade.

The stars in our car are close friends hailing from the Emerald Isle.

National treasure, broadcaster Eamonn Holmes... ..and award-winning actress Victoria Smurfit.

VICTORIA (VS): Do you know what?

One of my life goals was be Eamonn Holmes OBE's chauffeur.

There you go.

And so the box is ticked now.

VO: Ha-ha!

They're rattling through the Surrey countryside in 1977's European Car of the Year, the Rover SD1 3500.

EAMONN (EH): I chose the car, but now I can't drive because I've got a sciatic problem in my right leg, so...so forgive me.

I'm sure it's not what you would have had in mind.

But I'm kind of loving it.

Yeah, it's a big beast.

It is an absolute beast.

VO: Dubliner Victoria rose to fame in a smash hit Irish drama before moving on to become a bona fide movie star.

You've played so many baddies over the years.

Of course, darling.

So are you bringing your Cruella out, are you searching for your Cruella up against me in this program?

Oh, I'm taking you down, Holmes.

VO: Eamonn Holmes is a broadcasting icon, he has been the face of daily live television in the UK for 41 years.

The longest serving breakfast presenter... EH: In the world.

VS: ..in... EH: In the world.

VS: ..the world.

Uh-huh.

I mean, not just in Croydon, but in the world.

No, in the world.

How many years?

EH: 26 years.

VS: 26 years!

26 years.

You see, actually, I'm 35 years of age.

It's just getting up early in the morning has done this to me.

It's why I look so bad.

I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.

VO: These two have been firm friends for 20 years.

VS: I think you should buy something really cruddy that you make no money on.

So that I can beat you, darling.

I have to win.

Like, it's really simple.

You have to win?

VS: Oh, no, I have to win.

EH: You just have to.

No, there's rules.

I have to win.

Right, well, game on, game on!

This is north v south!

Let's go.

VO: Oh, fighting talk, eh?

Time to meet their partners in crime, auctioneers supreme, Phil Serrell and Catherine Southon.

CATHERINE (CS): I'd actually quite like to be with Eamonn, because I have watched him on television for a very long time.

I think Victoria and I are the same age group.

No, you're not!

You're much older than her.

Don't be so hurtful!

You're, like, old enough to be her grandad.

VO: Ha-ha, Grandpa Serrell!

Dear me.

These two are driving a 1973 Porsche 914.

PHIL: Do you know what, Catherine?

Your driving has got no better at all.

It's not that bad, Phil.

No, it's not that good, though.

Have you ever thought about having lessons?

VO: Cheeky beggar!

Tell him to walk next time, Catherine!

I figured out the major problem, Eamonn, is... What?

What?

..is that you're going to go into these antique stores.

Yeah, yeah.

And they're going to see a national icon and treasure.

Yeah.

And you're going to charm them to give you their gear for less than nothing.

EH: Well, there's this old saying in Ireland, first is first, and second is nowhere.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: And third's the one with the hairy chest!

Ha!

This shopping spree takes in Surrey, Kent and a bit of East Sussex, culminating in an auction in Billingshurst.

But first, Kenley and Vintiques of Surrey, Catherine and Phil have already started.

EH: Ooh!

Well done!

VS: Come on.

That is some kick-ass parking.

EH: I tell you, I'm so impressed.

VO: Nicely done, Victoria.

Hm!

Housed in a former working stable, there's everything from vintage to Victorian in here.

Oh, hello...hi, Victoria, how are you?

Is this how you roll?

I like your hat.

Oh, sorry, no, I was just...well, sorry, I was just trying it on.

How are you?

I'm very, very good.

Lovely to see you.

Lovely to see you.

Is this your personal wardrobe?

Well, yeah, I mean, just something for the weekend.

Why not?

So, what are we going to buy then, Victoria?

Well, something...look, here's my focus... Yeah.

..is just to beat Holmes.

PHIL: Holmes.

VS: OK?

So I would like to get something that I like the look of.

But if I don't like the look of it, and it's going to make us tons of money, that's the focus.

VO: Ah.

Early bird catches the worm.

Speaking of which... (ALARM RINGS) Oh, no, no, no!

It's painful to me.

Painful.

Is that a familiar sound?

Catherine, we are not buying alarm clocks.

I'm phobic with alarm clocks.

I was going to say, you must be surrounded by alarm clocks.

No, no, no.

Let's take our time today.

Let's not be ruled by an alarm clock.

Nice thought, though.

CS: I'll leave it there.

EH: Yeah.

Eamonn, what do you know about antiques?

Catherine, I have to be honest, very little, if anything.

I would be ruled by what I like.

But that's not what we want.

We want something that's going to make us some money.

Well, to look for something that you like is always a good start.

Shall we head that way...

Right.

..cos I've seen a few things.

And there is lots to see.

Get us going.

VO: Each pair has got £400 burning a hole in their pocket.

Ooh.

Phil!

Darling.

Vic, how are you doing?

Da-da!

It's actually not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

I quite like it.

Galls me to say it a bit.

I think it's a cool thing, and it's got a really good look, hasn't it?

But it says 1950s.

Sorry, I can't read with my glasses on.

I've got my thingy.

1950s, Spanish sunburst lightshade, but 245 quid.

It's just...

It's punchy, that.

Do you know what...the thing that I'm warming to it by the minute is we are the same age.

Me and the starburst.

Oh, darling, I love it even more.

(LAUGHS) Should we hide this, so Holmes can't...

I can't stop laughing.

I'm gonna have to go.

OK. Tell no one!

VO: Don't forget where you put it!

Hee-hee!

How's Eamonn getting on?

It's a bit dirty.

It's a bit dusty.

It's 60 quid.

But it's a globe.

It's a globe.

Now, am I right in thinking that there's always going to be a market for a globe?

Fantastic.

I love your way of thinking.

Globes are my world.

Globes are what I love to buy.

Globes are what I'm really passionate about.

OK, you have a look and tell me what you think of it.

CS: OK, so this is Rand McNally.

So this is a globe manufacturer based in Chicago.

Globes, as you say, very popular and hugely popular at auction.

This is a 12-inch globe, so a really good size... VO: And it comes with an integral atlas... ..which makes it even more collectable.

But, Catherine, could that be cleaned up?

Should that be cleaned up prior to auction?

Oh, no!

I mean, it could.

No, no, no, no.

You wouldn't do it prior to auction.

That's history.

Don't you love a bit of dirt?

OK. History.

And it could be part of our future, couldn't it?

It could.

60 quid.

Let's see what we can do.

VO: Now then, this looks precarious.

Oh, God, I... No, no!

No, that's not going to work, is it?

No, I'm not going to a hospital.

Are you wrecking the joint?

VO: Steady!

Ooh!

VO: Ha-ha-ha.

No one saw that coming (!)

Nothing happening here!

No, no, no, no.

It's absolutely fine.

Hold it.

Crash, bang, wallop, what a picture.

Quick, what a picture What a photograph... You're a nightmare.

Yeah, I am.

You're like a gazelle.

Yeah, a three-legged one.

Hold on.

What's it of?

So, this is a map of Surrey by Emanuel Bowen, who is geographer to King George.

I quite like this.

If you could buy this for 20 or 30 quid, that would be quite a good buy.

How much do you think we could make for it?

Like, how much would you pay for that in an auction?

I think that'd make 50 to £80 at auction.

Really?

Yeah, I'll tell you what, my hands are filthy.

I'm going to wash my hands.

You have a look at this while I go and just clean up, and don't mention to anybody about that stuff that's on the floor.

No, no, no, no.

That's how they left it there.

We'll gaslight them.

Tell them that's how they had it set up.

VO: You break it, you buy it, Phil!

It's hard work.

(EAMONN LAUGHS) It's not easy trying to find a bargain.

So much choice.

What's that?

What's that?

This?

Oh, yes.

Ah!

This is quite cool.

It's a knocker.

A door knocker.

In the form of a snail.

Essentially, a piece of wrought iron, and stuck on a bit of wood.

Give us a knock.

Let's hear what it sounds like.

(LIGHT KNOCK) What are they looking for that?

£65.

Get out of it!

But do you know what?

This has got novelty charm.

Yeah, I guess... Not at £65, it hasn't.

No.

It's quirky and sometimes things like that can do alright.

Uh-huh.

Bit like you, Catherine.

I'm quirky?

Quirky.

I don't know how to take that.

VO: Tidying is no job for a film star.

I thought HE knocked everything over?

He did knock everything over.

Well, why are you on your knees for?

Do you see him able to get on his knees?

He couldn't get on the ladder.

(HE LAUGHS) I just ended up with the untrained monkey.

Oh here, here, there may be a chance of a bargain or two.

Are they sort of damaged goods?

Shop-soiled?

No, they're perfect, as if we never touched them.

Are you understanding what I'm saying here?

Got you!

Got you!

VO: Hopefully, shop owner Luke doesn't charge you.

VS: Luke.

LUKE: Hello?

VS: Hi.

LUKE: Hiya.

Hi.

Could I have a word in your shell-like?

Sure.

You know your star lampshade thingummy-jigger?

Yeah.

Yeah.

VO: Ticket price £245.

I would love that.

Sure.

I'd also love your map of Surrey.

VO: No ticket on this one.

So if there's any chance at all in the depth of your heart, that I feel like you're a really nice guy, you're going to give it to me for 75, aren't you?

Go on.

It's a bit too low.

What?!

Um, perhaps we can...125?

For the pair?

How about 80?

Don't make me tell him to take his shirt off and frighten you into letting me have this.

No, no, don't do that.

LUKE: Perhaps.

VO: Please don't!

I'll do a River Dance.

Meet you in the middle, at 100?

At 90 is the middle, according to the way I do mathematics.

OK. Oh, you're a good man!

Let's do that.

90.

Yeah!

You've just bought those two for £90?!

Yes, I have.

You're a good man sent from God, and you've got a ticket to heaven, but you won't know anyone there.

VO: Blimey, someone's kissed the Blarney stone.

That's £20 pounds for the map and £70 on the lampshade.

With £310 left, it's time to burn some rubber.

PHIL: We're off!

VO: Back to Catherine and Eamonn.

CS: Eamonn, what do you think when you look at this box?

I think it's knackered.

(LAUGHS) VO: Ticket price, £60.

CS: This is known as Tunbridge ware, it was predominantly boxes made up of this mosaic work, so lots and lots of different colored pieces of work all put together.

EH: Yeah, yeah.

CS: Could you turn that over?

EH: OK.

Right, so what do I see here?

What do you see underneath?

I see a sticker with a name on it and the name says "Edmund Nye", who is the manufacturer of this.

OK. Edmund Nye was one of the most prolific makers of Tunbridge ware.

OK?

So he's a good name to have.

If this were perfect and it was in a retail environment, it would probably sell for about £350.

Your enthusiasm is contagious for me.

Let's see how well we can do with it.

If it goes disastrously wrong...

Your fault, not mine.

It was your idea.

CS: OK. EH: Remember this.

Yeah.

VO: Better call dealer Leslie over.

Good morning, Eamonn.

I have to say, Leslie, we've really enjoyed browsing around your shop, and we've good news.

We've good news.

We're in a position to buy.

We're in a position to do a deal, but not at the price as advertised.

The main culprit is this lovely writing box.

You're looking for 60 quid.

What's the best you could do on that?

How does 40 sound?

40 sounds sort of alright, but I was thinking more about 25?

30?

I think we could have a deal on 30.

CS: Yeah.

EH: The globe's also 60 quid.

Right.

What could you do there?

70 for the two?

70 for the box and the globe?

And the globe.

Does that sound good?

That sounds good to me.

Leslie, you're great to do business with, you are.

And do you know what?

I think we can...I think we can afford to buy another item.

The knocker.

Let's see the knocker.

Let's see if we can get that.

CS: Oh, the knocker!

EH: I think, yes.

Knocker, knocker, knocker!

The knocker could come into play for us here.

The snail.

LESLIE: Yeah, the snail.

EH: Yeah, it is a snail.

CS: I didn't think you were keen.

Well, I'd be keen at the right price.

So the price it's on for is...

It's actually quite...it's actually more than those.

65.

Ah, we can do you a deal.

Cuz it's just...I think it's a bit of fun.

But honestly, I don't want to pay...I don't want to pay more than a tenner.

VO: Good grief!

Ha-ha!

Another one with the gift of the gab.

Let's say we'll not fall out at eight quid.

Eight quid.

That is a very generous discount, Leslie, are you happy to do that?

We are.

That came from a house clearance, so we're more than happy to let it go.

Does this stand you in any money?

Yes.

Yeah, I will make a little bit out of that.

60, 80.

Normally, you'd owe me two quid, but... We're gonna call it quits?

We'll call it quits.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: That leaves Eamonn with £320 to go on with.

That was pretty good, wasn't it?

EH: Pretty good, pretty good.

CS: Three items!

VO: Back on the road, Victoria and Phil are putting the Porsche through its paces.

PHIL: If we walked into an antique shop, what would make your day if we could go and find a...whatever?

I really want to find an owl.

My grandmother, Dorothy... Yeah?

..she used to collect owls, and I'd love to continue adding to that.

VO: They're making their way to Faversham in Kent, the garden of England.

With its beautiful countryside and mile after mile of patchwork fields, it's no surprise Kent has held this title for more than 400 years.

And one of the reasons behind this famous moniker can be found at Brogdale Farm - home to one of the largest collections of fruit trees in the world.

Orchard guide Mike Austen will tell them more.

Welcome to Brogdale Farm.

I see a lot about Henry here, I know this is Henry VIII.

What on earth has Henry VIII got to do with your apples?

The first apples came in along, sort of in the Roman era.

Well, after the Romans left, most of the orchards that the Romans created went into dereliction and they didn't get going again until the monasteries, and the monasteries became the main fruit growers in this country.

But then along comes Henry VIII... Mm-hm.

..and gets rid of the monasteries.

Course he does!

So that creates a bit of a problem.

But he also wanted better varieties in this country.

The varieties that the monasteries grew were really only suitable for cooking and making cider.

VO: Whilst Henry VIII is famous for many things, he is less well known as one of the most influential people in the history of British fruit.

After a trip to France, Henry instructed a man named Richard Harris, who would become his royal fruiterer, to travel to Europe and bring back the best varieties of fruit he could find.

So Henry had the idea of creating a model orchard, or a mother orchard, and then anyone was encouraged to go to the royal farm and pick up trees or grafting wood of the best varieties available at that time, and go and plant orchards.

And so Kent became the garden of England.

VO: The mother orchard, established by Henry and Richard Harris, became the basis of Kent's fruit industry.

Over the following centuries, the London market expanded, and thanks to the ideal Kentish soil and climate, many other fruiterers seized the opportunity to begin their own orchards in the county and feed the ever-growing London population.

VS: So the Victorian era, when the population just expanded at such a rate, how did the fruit industry keep up with that?

The Victorians were very, very interested in everything horticultural, and there were some very big nurseries and nurserymen who produced lots and lots of new varieties that managed to fill the markets.

So the Victoria plum, is that something that specifically came from Queen Victoria?

That was just a lucky find.

It was a seedling tree found growing in the wild... Yeah.

..in Sussex, and all the Victoria plums are derived from that single seedling tree.

So...so every Victoria plum that's sort of scattered all over Britain now, they come from one tree, or one seedling?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Blimey, that's incredible.

VO: Every time a fruit is planted from seed, it grows into a new variety.

So fruiterers use a technique called grafting to effectively clone the trees and preserve the characteristics of their fruit.

Many of the trees at Brogdale have been grafted by hand, tree-to-tree, for hundreds of years.

Which of these apples am I allowed pick?

Have a try of these.

OK, what era's this species from?

We're talking round about 1700s.

So, Phil's kind of birth date?

Round about... (MIKE LAUGHS) You're welcome!

OK, may I?

Carry on.

PHIL: You go first or I go first?

I'll go first.

I'm braver than you are.

Mm!

PHIL: Good?

VS: It's really nice.

Mm, that is nice.

Slightly sour, isn't it?

Yes, slightly sour, yes.

It's got a lovely kick to it, hasn't it?

Actually, that one isn't just slightly sour.

Cor!

Dear, oh, dear!

I think it's fabulous.

It needs another week before it's properly ripe.

Yeah, you're right, it does!

VO: Over 400 years after his orchards were first planted, Henry VIII's legacy still bears fruit to this day and Kent remains the garden of England.

Back across the border in Surrey, Catherine and Eamonn are getting better acquainted.

CS: You've been doing this for a long time, and you started how old?

CS: 20?

EH: I was...19.

No, I was 19 when I got my first job on television.

My college lecturer said to me, "Eamonn, there's a farming job going at Ulster Television.

They want a farming reporter."

And I said, "But, Mrs Fitzpatrick, I don't know anything about farming."

And she said, "Rule one of journalism, Eamonn, find out."

And then two years later, I became a news anchor and that was...I was 21 and, you know, the youngest news anchor anybody can think of.

Shall I tell you why you're so successful?

Oh-ho...why?

Because you're so softly spoken.

I want a nice breakfast.

I want a glass of orange juice, and I need a soft voice.

VO: He's a smooth talker alright.

Which will serve him well at the next stop, in the village of Brasted.

They're shopping at Courtyard Antiques.

CS: There we go.

How's that?

VO: They've still got a wedge of cash to spend, £320 to be exact.

Anything caught your eye, Eamonn?

My wife's like a horse.

You don't know if when you feed her the sugar lump, is she going to eat it or bite your hand off?

VO: What will Ruth say?!

Look at this, look at this.

I think our search may well have ended.

Mm, I'm not sure about that.

Masterpiece!

Why do you like this?

Well, it's a rocking horse and everybody likes a rocking horse.

The one problem is, to me, 450 quid they're looking.

This has £450 on it?

EH: Yes.

CS: Right... VO: That's out of your budget.

This looks really... Who wouldn't want this?

This must be, and it's so expensive, it must be like top end.

It must be really good.

Don't be fooled by the ticket price.

In fact, don't look at the ticket price at all!

EH: So we're not buying this?

Well, I think it's more of a tourist piece.

Would you pay £400 for that?

I don't intend to pay 400.

We'll get...we'll get them down.

We'll get them down.

OK, would you pay £200 for it?

Would you, honestly?

Uh, maybe not.

(SHE LAUGHS) Is that the end of this tale, literally?

CS: I think that's... that's the end of the buy.

VO: Hey, straight from the horse's mouth.

Moving on.

Catherine, there's something drawing me into this table.

There's lacquer.

What do you see here?

I see something that I absolutely love.

This table may not have a huge amount of age.

What are you talking about?

It's Ming dynasty, this is!

(SHE LAUGHS) What?

But it doesn't end there.

Right?

So during my incapacity, I often have to sit in front of the television.

Get this... CS: Very good.

EH: Very good.

CS: Collapsible.

EH: Very good, very good.

I love it.

And you can have a TV dinner, Ming Dynasty.

I wouldn't let you use that for a TV dinner.

Why?

Because look...look at it.

Look at the age of it.

Well, one minute you're saying, you're saying it's not old enough, now you're saying it's ancient.

CS: How much is on it?

EH: 75 quid.

VO: Time for a deal, methinks.

EH: Can we get Tim?

Can we get the man who's...who owns this?

Tim?

TIM: Catherine.

CS: Tim!

Tim, Tim!

Eamonn.

Hi, how are you?

This could be your lucky day.

Every day is my lucky day.

We might be spending money on this table.

We like the gold leaf around it.

We like lots of things.

One thing, Tim, is we don't like the price, mate.

VO: Brace yourself, Tim.

You're looking for 75.

I think 35 quid would be a good payday for you.

TIM: £40 and it's a deal.

EH: It's a deal.

TIM: Brilliant.

EH: It's a deal!

Thank you.

CS: Happy with that?

EH: Yeah!

CS: Good.

Don't eat your dinner off it.

EH: OK. CS: OK?

Right, deal.

VO: After that generous discount, Eamonn's left with £280.

And that's us all shopped up.

CS: Do you think we may not have got it right this time?

I'm in your hands, kiddo.

I kind of thought it might be like that.

Um, do you feel like I'm driving you into the side?

No, no, no.

You're...trust me, compared to Catherine Southon, you're like bloomin' Lewis Hamilton.

VO: And you're in pole position for tomorrow.

Time for shut eye.

Ah!

VO: Wakey-wakey.

Another day on the road beckons.

Phil led me in some very strange directions.

Really?

He's an odd duck.

I like him, but don't tell him that.

Do not tell him that!

VO: Ha-ha.

My lips are sealed.

Catherine, though, was obsessed with getting things that were not clean, were dirty and a bit, em... Manky?

What I'm talking about... a bit manky.

EH: That's a very good term.

VS: Bit manky!

It's a bad thing to be clean.

She says clean takes money off.

Well then, my teenage son is worth a fortune.

(LAUGHS) VO: How are the experts faring this morning?

PHIL: Well, here we are, Catherine, how did yesterday go, huh?

Eamonn was pretty good on the haggling front, but he did it in such a good way that he's still very polite.

You can imagine him being... he would actually charm... Oh!

..charm...they wouldn't know they were being kippered until he kippered them.

But we did pay, you know, we did pay a decent amount and, actually, we were supposed to be getting change from one person and he said, "keep the change."

I can't see Victoria doing that somehow or other.

Would she be like, "Thanks very much!"?

She would...she was ferocious.

VO: She was indeed.

Victoria negotiated like an old pro, buying a gilt starburst lampshade and a map of Surrey by Emanuel Bowen... You're a good man sent from God, and you've got a ticket to heaven but you won't know anyone there.

VO: ..leaving her with £310.

While Eamonn and Catherine went on a shopping spree, picking up a novelty snail door knocker, an art deco Japan tray, a Rand McNally terrestrial desk globe, and a Tunbridge ware writing box.

I think it's knackered.

VO: Which leaves them with £280 in the kitty.

Right, let's take a peek in the boot.

EH: I'm very taken by your star.

I would quite like that myself.

Well, you can bid.

Bid high!

It's nice, isn't it?

Imagine that on a nice white wall.

It could go anywhere, it could go absolutely anywhere, that.

I think...I think that's a find.

I think it's a find.

Thank you.

Now, you see, I'm not so keen on your map of Surrey, because I think...so, say you're from Aberdeen or Norwich.

Why would you...I mean, are you not limiting your audience a bit?

Well, you know what?

We did discuss that, and I think you're absolutely right.

I think we've hamstrung ourselves quite considerably.

I'm fascinated by your snail.

Yeah.

What is...what is happening here?

I just saw it and I thought, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe it's quaint.

Maybe it's quirky, maybe it's something somebody would like.

Have a go, have a... (SMALL TAP) Brilliant.

If you wanted me to take this...

Yes?

..I would ask you to pay me £15.

I know - rude.

I am concerned that everything else that you possess... Is filthy.

..is absolutely disgusting!

Oh, you're so...this is where you're so wrong.

No, I'm messing with your brain.

You've no taste, you've no intuition on this subject.

You've absolutely no schooling on this subject.

Why would I listen to you?

Why would I listen to you?

I don't know.

I'm trying to undermine you on a mental level.

On everything.

Well...

So that... ..see you in the auction room, kid!

See you there.

VS: Bring it on, Holmes!

EH: Bring it on.

VO: Ding, ding, ding.

It's round two.

Victoria is dropping Eamonn off at his next destination, Westerham in Kent, which is near the former home of Sir Winston Churchill.

It's also host to the Castle Antiques Centre.

With eight dealers across four rooms, there's plenty for Eamonn to splash some of the cash he has left.

He's like a moth to the flame.

Mike's manning the shop today.

Stand by.

Well, what have you found for me?

What have you got?

I found you something that you will never, ever see again.

What does this remind you of?

Well, it reminds me of funfairs, but I'm actually seeing that we're dealing with a British guardsman here.

So, yeah, funfairs.

You haven't seen all of it yet, hold on.

(FUNFAIR MUSIC PLAYS) Cast your mind back.

Candyfloss... Yeah.

(SHE LAUGHS) I just thought it was so much fun, I just had to have a look at it.

It's really something that's, I'm afraid, not for us.

Well, why is it not?

How much are they looking for?

I don't think I can quite tell you this, but it's got £750 on it.

Wow!

I know.

750!

Are you sure it's not £7.50?

Yes.

VO: Yep, that's a bit out of your price range.

Carry on looking.

Have you broken that?

I'm trying to work out how much I weigh.

What?

No, I think that, what the problem may be... You see, I could get on it.

And if it doesn't say 11 stone 11 pounds, it's broken.

Oh, that's very exact.

What are you trying to say, that I weigh more than you?

Well...

I think they look the part, though, don't they?

They certainly do look the part.

Ornamental, maybe, as opposed to functional.

But I mean, you used to get things like this in pharmacies, didn't you?

Yeah.

This is a platform scale.

I think it's more for industrial.

Oh!

It's not for weighing your baby, that's for sure.

Not for funfairs or... No.

No, I think not.

So I think this is...

So what would you, what, a bag of potatoes on it, or... Maybe potatoes, maybe sort of corn.

Yes.

What has drawn me to this, it's a great name, Avery.

Avery was a maker of scales... EH: Yeah.

CS: ..going way back.

I know the name, yeah.

CS: Mid 18th century.

And I just think it actually looks quite good.

You wouldn't use it.

Mm-hm.

It would perhaps be more...

I don't know, something slightly ornamental?

Now, you know, my obsession, I'm looking at the foot plate and I'm saying... Dust.

I would shot blast that.

I would clean all of that up.

No?

You're obsessed!

Look.

Dirt.

Dirt is good.

I'm going to write your name.

Dirt is good... Eamonn loves dirt.

So there's money in muck, you reckon?

Money...money in muck.

EH: Right.

CS: Dosh in dirt.

So how much is it?

Well, these have got 80 on them.

OK.

But I don't think we'd want to spend that.

Do you like them?

You don't like them cos they're dirty.

Well wait a minute.

They don't work, they're dirty, they're dusty, but you think it might make a good hall stand.

Have you found anything else?

Yes.

Funny you should say that!

What?

Walk this way, you see.

VO: While they do that... ..let's check in with our other pair.

They're due to rendezvous in Godstone at the Godstone Emporium.

Nearly 20 dealers stock their wares here, selling all sorts of antiques and collectables.

Hello?

VO: Victoria still has £310 to spend.

Now, then, where's Phil got himself to?

VS: Philip?

PHIL: Hello lovely, how are you?

VS: Darling!

PHIL: You've just arrived?

I've just arrived in a puff of smoke.

You left elementary, my dear Holmes.

He's gone, has he?

I had to get rid of him.

He was...he was dragging the whole thing down.

I think there's going to be some owls in this place.

OK.

So I want you to have a good look around, see how many owls you can find.

Uh-huh.

And then one of them, who knows, might be a possibility for us.

You go that way and I'm going to go and...this is going to be such a hoot!

Oh, really?

It's going to be such a hoot?

Were you not going to say something like, you know, "I'm not going to be the only old bird in here."?

VO: Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament?

It's practically Westminster in here.

PHIL: I've got an owl school teacher, who's really sweet.

I love it!

And I've got another owl school teacher, who's equally sweet.

Let me have a proper look.

And they're £4 and £4.50.

Have you named them yet?

Um...Vic and Phil.

Vic and Phil?

Yeah.

Phil's the... Phil's the clever looking one.

PHIL: Ha-ha-ha!

VS: Ha-ha-ha-ha!

You know I didn't mean that, right?

PHIL: I know.

VO: We'll leave them to it, and jump back to Westerham.

Eamonn had something to show, Catherine, remember?

So what exactly am I looking for here?

What are you looking for?

You can't miss it.

It's the biggest object in front...look!

Turn round.

VO: Like ships in the night.

Look, there it is.

Oh, not that!

What?

Wow!

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!

When I came in, it was the first thing I saw and I thought, you and me are leaving together.

I mean, did you not get in there and it was like striking?

It's sort of...sort of... it was awesome!

Well, I obviously... obviously not.

I must have walked straight past it, because I didn't even give it the time of day.

I worry about you sometimes, Catherine!

It's the most obvious thing in the whole shop, and you didn't see it.

VO: There's no accounting for taste, Eamonn.

EH: Well, it's big, it's majestic, it's got sails.

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

What's there not to like?

Mm.

Right...OK. Would you have this at home?

Yeah, I, I... You would?

If I had a pub called The Ship, if I had a hotel called The Ship, or The Anchor or whatever, perfect above the bar.

Right.

If I sideboard big enough, yeah, it mightn't be everybody's cup of tea but, you know, as a kid, you would have pirates all over that, you'd have toy figures on it.

Do you not see something striking about this?

CS: I see... EH: This is a warship.

I see a massive market for ship models.

EH: Yes.

CS: Huge market.

EH: Yes!

CS: For...

Yes!

..builders' models, or prisoner-of-war models... And?

Not home-made models, of which this is.

How can you tell that's home-made?

Oh!

It is, isn't it?

I mean, it's not professionally made.

Somebody's put a lot of hours into that.

Yes.

Look at the detail on it.

Yes.

There's guns.

There might...there might be an anchor with it, maybe lights inside it.

Think of that in the bath.

(SHE LAUGHS) You'd have to have a very big bath!

Catherine, we're onto a winner here.

We're onto a winner.

We just get the price.

How much is on that?

On it, they're saying £73, which is quite...

Which is... ..quite particular as a price.

..quite high.

It is?

It's not 70, it's not 75, it's 73.

CS: 73.

EH: Uh-huh.

I mean, it's the sort of thing I would never buy in a million years.

Yeah.

But I've got this sort of feeling that, somehow, it's got the kiss of Eamonn, and somehow this could actually fly or sail.

Or sail.

VO: Or sink.

Huh.

EH: Don't worry.

Mike?

CS: I do worry.

Mike?

Oh Mike, there you are.

Right, I like this.

WE don't like it, but I like it, OK?

We want to do a deal on this.

What's your best price?

You've got it up at 73.

The best...the best on it is 65.

Well, I'll tell you what... Let's not buy that.

I'll tell you what, let's pair it off with the scales as well.

What's your best price on the scales?

The best price is going to be 40.

What could you do me for a double dunter?

It's 105 for the two.

105?

Let's say... Let's round it down to 100.

I was thinking more like 90.

Can't do that.

100?

You better do that because it's now or nothing, it's 100.

I've got the readies here or we're out the door.

100.

100 going once, going twice... Gone.

Good man.

Mike, we have got ourselves a deal, my friend.

VO: Take a bow, Mr Holmes.

This is a first...and last.

Look, did you see how quickly he put that money away?

Yeah, he was...he's... Oh yeah, it don't hang around long here, I tell you!

VO: Too late now.

They'll have those items sent on to the saleroom, thank you.

Meanwhile, back in Godstone, Victoria and Phil are still browsing.

PHIL: Vic, I want you to have a look at this.

Oh, yeah?

What is it?

You're going to like my thinking here.

VS: Am I, though?

PHIL: Victoria... VS: Yes?

PHIL: ..Victorian.

This is a Victorian burr walnut sewing table.

Dates to about 1860.

This is thuya, that's boxwood.

That's burr walnut, priced up at £195.

At how much?!

£195.

I'm thinking absolutely, categorically, over my rotting corpse, no.

VO: Crikey, don't mince your words, Victoria.

Back to the drawing board.

VS: This I had my eye on, but it's um... salt and pepper pots.

It says it's made of silver.

PHIL: What would've been really lovely... Yeah?

..if they'd have been Irish silver.

Because that would have been worth a lot more.

VS: Really?

PHIL: Yeah, yeah.

VS: Of course!

PHIL: Yes, obviously.

VS: Everything Irish has value.

PHIL: Absolutely right.

Boxed, 60 quid down to 50 quid.

You've already got a tenner off, and you haven't said anything.

I know, but this is all nice and squishy and velvety.

I think if you could get those between 35 and 40 quid, I think you've done OK, actually.

VS: Do you think so?

PHIL: Yeah, I do.

VO: Time to talk money with dealer Claire.

VS: Claire?

CLAIRE: Hello.

I've zeroed in on a particular yoke-majigger thing.

A gizmo.

My yoke-majigger.

Now I'm aware it was on for 60 quid...

Yes.

..and it's already down to 50.

I was thinking 40.

Would you take 40?

CLAIRE: Yes, I would.

VS: You would?

Oh, you're an absolute star.

Thank you so much.

VO: Ferocious Victoria strikes again.

That leaves her with £270.

PHIL: Well done, you!

Top job.

No, that's the driver.

The other side, look.

No, I've got to put it in our... To the victor the spoils, right?

Right, one more shop, yeah?

One more shop.

Shop till you drop!

Let's do it, baby.

VO: That's my line, Victoria.

CS: Happy with everything?

Yeah.

I mean, I suppose the question is, would I pay money for that?

What we've got...

Please say yes!

I like my globe.

You like your globe.

Yeah.

I'm not convinced about the writing box.

But...but...but with the right person.

And the door knocker, there'll be some eejit out there that'll buy that.

(SHE LAUGHS) We hope!

We hope there's someone that will give more than £10.

VO: Eamonn and Catherine are all shopped up, so they've got time to take a little detour.

They're making their way to Tinsley Green, near Crawley, and The Greyhound pub.

Although unassuming from the outside, it is the scene of epic battles.

Once a year, this small stone circle in the car park is transformed into a gladiatorial arena, where the World Marbles Championships come to town.

Eamonn and Catherine are meeting Zachary McCarthy-Fox to learn more.

EH: Hello there.

ZACHARY: Hi, Eamonn.

Hiya, how are you doing?

Hi, Catherine.

Welcome to the home of British marbles.

VO: Zachary's family have organized the competition for over 40 years, but it has been held annually since 1932.

It's said that the tourney can trace its heritage to the Elizabethan period, when two 16th century suitors clashed for the hand of a fair maiden.

It has been held at Tinsley Green ever since, once a year, on Good Friday.

What exactly are the rules?

How do you play?

So, at Tinsley Green here, we have two teams of six people and we play a game called Ringer, where you have 49 marbles in the middle, and the idea is to get more than half of them out to win the game.

You know, I have to say, marbles were very much part of my childhood.

Mm.

We'd collect them, you would swap them, you would play.

Sometimes you would throw them at people... (LAUGHS) ..but they were there in my childhood.

But, by and large, there was a decline and that was brought about by, what, the Second World War?

Second World War, yeah, when obviously there was rationing and people didn't really want to be outside and things like that.

So, um, yeah.

And then after the Second World War, new toys came along and... EH: Yeah.

..marbles just weren't as interesting anymore, unfortunately.

Kids became more sophisticated... ZACHARY: Absolutely.

EH: ..and that was that.

Mm-hm.

How far back does the game of marbles actually go?

There have been marbles found in tombs in Egypt and Pompeii and all sorts of different places, so they've been used all around the world for thousands of years.

VO: Historically, marbles were handmade and quite expensive.

But with the advent of the industrial revolution and mass production, the price of marbles dropped drastically, making the game accessible to all.

For decades, people have come from all over the world to play at The Greyhound, but it's a local man, Paul Smith, who is the reigning world champion.

How good are you?

I'm alright, I'm not too bad.

I'm not as good as Paul, but I'm up there.

EH: How good is Paul?

ZACHARY: Very good.

EH: Yeah?

ZACHARY: Yeah.

CS: It's a bit like snooker, isn't it?

Ooh!

OK. Shall I show you how it's done?

Yeah.

(SHELAUGHS) (HE EXHALES) Catherine, you reckon you have a bit of an ability, or at least you used to have?

Uh...yeah, I was hot at the time, but we're going back a long time here, Eamonn.

Just don't miss, Catherine.

Just don't miss.

I really can't do this.

Ready?

Oh!

(LAUGHS) This is not easy.

This is really hard!

Look, you're one of these people that just commentates.

Uh-huh?

You need to come and have a go, and know how hard it is.

Look, Catherine, with most things, you're all talk.

You try and get here.

Right, you ready?

VO: The game of marbles has been around in one form or another for millennia.

But thanks to Zachary, his family, and the die-hard fans of marbles, its spiritual home is in Tinsley Green.

Nine miles away, Victoria and Phil are still on the trail for antiques.

So, I've eyeballed Eamonn and Catherine's objets.

Yeah, what were they like?

He's got a dirty, filthy globe, which...

I love globes!

Yeah, no...but it wasn't very colorful.

But I have to say, I do think it'll sell.

What you should've really done is held the globe... Yeah?

..then just dropped it.

I should have dropped it!

Dropped it.

Right?

So, like full-on sabotage?

"Oh, sorry!"

Like full-on sabotage.

Yes.

"Sorry, sorry, I've dropped your globe."

VO: This nefarious pair are heading to Forest Row in East Sussex.

Their destination is The Dandelion Clock, home to 12 antiques dealers and minded by Lindi today.

No dilly dallying, darling!

How much have we got?

So much money!

VO: They actually have £270 to spend, so they can still afford to go big in here.

Oh my God.

Look at these.

Oh my God!

There's two of them.

What I want to do is I'd like you to lift up your bottom there, please.

We've talked about this.

Sorry.

We've talked about this, Phil.

I know.

I... My bottom.

..I think...I think they're probably Elizabethan.

VS: Are they Elizabethan?

PHIL: Yeah, the second.

Right, so plonk them down, hon.

Plonk them down.

Those are probably 10 or 15 years old, but they're decorative.

How much are they?

They are 225.

I think if you have a really bad day at the auction, they're 60 to 90, 80, 100 quid's worth.

If you went into a shop in Notting Hill and bought those, they'd be like 500 quid.

Do you understand?

A woman by candlelight is so much better.

I look best locked in the cellar.

Rubbish!

You're absolutely delightful and I'll never admit to it.

Alright, we'll keep going, yeah?

What did she just say?

VO: I think that might have been a compliment, Phil.

Ooh!

Why has it only got three legs?

Uh, well, long old story.

It's a copy of an early 18th century cockfighting chair.

A what?

Cockfighting chair.

If...imagine it's the 18th century, you're in a cockfighting pit, and all the floor is uneven.

Mm-hm.

If you've got a four legged stool, it's always rocking.

Yeah.

Whereas a three legged stool always finds its own level.

That's clearly a reproduction.

Mm-hm.

It's a copy of an old stool.

Mm-hm.

It's got nothing at all to do with cockfighting, but it's quite a cool stool.

How much is it?

Oh, it's 110 quid.

So do you like this and the candlesticks?

Yeah.

And they were, what, 220?

Mm.

So this is going to be a test of your Smurfit negotiating skills, isn't it?

VO: Yeah.

They only have £270, remember.

Well, I'll give it a go.

What's the worst that can happen?

She says, no, I cry, throw a tantrum.

Well, we break things, steam out and never come back here again and never work again.

VO: Phillip!

I'm sure you won't need to do that.

Gird yourself, Lindi, Victoria 'The Negotiator' Smurfit is on the way.

VS: Lindi?

LINDI: Hello.

I've fallen madly in love with two pieces.

Your, um, cockfighting stool...

Right.

..which I'm aware has never been in a cockfight.

That's good, yes.

Which is very important.

I wouldn't have had it in the shop if it had.

Yes, thank you.

Exactly!

And it's such a beautiful reproduction, and I love the leather so much.

And also, your gorgeous candlesticks.

Now, in there... ..smells so good!

In there is 270 quid.

Like 270, and it's all yours.

Are you up for it?

Alright.

PHIL: Oh, wizzo!

That is amazing!

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

That's really good.

VO: That's 190 on the candle sticks and 80 on the chair, and we're all spent up.

Let's hit the road.

VS: Three, two, one... PHIL: Go!

VS: ..go!

VO: After a day of industrious shopping, it's time to knock it on the head.

I've absolutely adored hanging out with you.

Now, I'm never going to admit that publicly.

No, no, no.

Whatever you do, don't tell anybody at all.

I'm going to say nothing.

No, we've had a blast, haven't we?

I am, however, going to find a way to steal some of your scarves.

PHIL: Ha!

As if!

VS: I love them!

EH: When I started out, it was the joy of just browsing and shopping and finding some things, that was great.

Smurfit, she's too competitive, Catherine.

She's really... PHIL: She's too competitive.

CS: Yes, I heard about this!

She's wound me up to such a degree now I think I want to win.

We want to win, and if we do, great, and if we don't, it's your fault.

I knew that.

I might have to bury my head in some sand.

VO: You can't hide from the hammer, Catherine.

Nighty night.

VO: Up and at them!

Auction viewing day has arrived here in Surrey.

On their way - two of Ireland's greatest exports.

VS: How am I rating on my taxi driving?

Oh, you're brilliant.

Am I going to get top rating?

You're brilliant.

You know, you really you are.

You are.

I mean, with all due respect, I think, you know, you're a good actress, but you're, like, a better driver.

I think!

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: This is their destination - the Burhill Estate, home to Burhill Golf Club.

And there are keeno-beanos, Catherine and Phil.

Where are they?

They're taking too long.

It's Victoria's driving again.

CS: Yoo hoo!

PHIL: Hi, lovely!

Amazing!

You're late!

Come on, we've got to go.

Come on, we've got work to do.

But you're fabulous.

Oh!

VO: After driving across the southeast, the gang assembled in Hersham, Surrey.

Meanwhile, their items have been sent onto Billingshurst, East Sussex, and Bellman's Auctioneers.

0236.

VO: Victoria spent her entire wedge of £400 on five lots.

Let's see what the lovely auctioneer, Will Pasfield, makes of her purchases.

The hand-colored map of Surrey by Emanuel Bowen, it's a very nice thing.

We're Sussex here, but Surrey is literally five miles up the road, so we've got the local interest.

VO: Yeah.

Eamonn spent about half as much.

£220 for his six lots.

What do you reckon, Will?

WILL: The Rand McNally globe, it's a nice thing, actually.

I love the fact it's on a stand with the integral atlas book as well.

What parent wouldn't want to give their child one of these?

We'll have no problem selling it.

VO: With bids open to online and commissions worldwide, it's time to tee off.

I just thought a nice setting...

Pretty cool.

..to, yeah, pretty cool on a hot night.

Bad night to lose money, though, Victoria.

Ah.

Well, OK. OK. VO: Eamonn's mid-century globe is first up.

WILL: I've got commission bids here and absentee bids.

Now 30, 35, 40.

45, 50.

£50 bid.

I'll take a five now.

I'll take a five, it's on the commissions at £50.

60, £60.

£60 bid.

Have I got 70 anywhere?

I'll take it.

Please have it at 70.

£80.

Come back in at 80.

He's good, this guy.

He's good!

It's £70, all done at 70... EH: Well... VS: Eamonn, that's brilliant.

I think so.

VO: Money makes the world go round, as they say.

CS: I think we should be really happy with that, though.

I think...I'm very happy, Catherine.

VO: What can Victoria's sunburst do next?

30, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 70, 80, 90.

EH: Ooh!

CS: So easy!

130.

Saleroom comes back in.

Commission bidder on the live platform there at £140.

We're all done, fair warning, selling at 140... EH: Doubled your money!

VS: Boom!

Doubled your money.

CS: That was brilliant.

Well done.

VO: Make hay while the sun shines, Victoria.

CS: Fantastic.

VS: That's so cool.

I'm really, really pleased with that.

VO: Eamonn's snail door knocker is up now.

I'm quite nervous all of a sudden.

30 now, I'll take 30 for the door knocker.

WILL: £30 anywhere... EH: Gosh.

£30 ..anywhere for the door knocker?

£30 anywhere?

Online are you going to come in?

CS: Please?

WILL: 30.

35 is bid.

CS: Yes!

WILL: £35.

We're happy.

We're happy.

At £35, all done?

Selling for 35.

40 now, new bidder.

Ooh-oh!

There's a live bidder online at £40.

Take five now, five anywhere?

Five anywhere?

£40 all done?

Selling at 40.

Good.

We'll take that, thank you very much!

VO: Well, there you go.

Neck and neck so far.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Some sort of snail that turned out to be, didn't it?

VO: Victoria's reproduction cockfighting chair next.

50, £60 bid.

£60 bid on the commission.

There's 70 now, new bidders.

80 me, we're on £90 has it.

My commission's out.

Profit!

Do I see 100 now?

£100 anywhere for the stool?

It's not, you're all out, you're all done.

It's fair warning and it's £90.

All done?

Selling at £90... That's kind of OK, though, isn't it?

That's very much OK. PHIL: Yeah.

EH: That's a profit.

VO: Indeed, money back and a bit on top.

PHIL: Get in.

VS: I'll take it.

Yeah.

VO: Now, will Eamonn's model ship sink or swim?

EH: Stand back and watch.

Oh, God!

I can't watch.

Watch the money roll in.

This is a scale model of the Santa Maria sailing ship there.

Santa Maria!

£20 to start me on the Santa Maria.

£20.

£20 is bid.

Please!

Someone.

Help us.

There's two people bidding.

Five, 30.

I'll take a five anywhere.

35 I see.

I can't believe it's on... 40 is bid.

We're creeping up slowly.

£40 is bid.

I'll take five now.

We can't sell it at a loss!

You're all out, I presume?

£40, then, online.

Oh my goodness me!

40, 45 we jump to.

You're not bad at this!

50 anywhere?

It's £45, all done?

Selling for 45... What sort of philistines are these people?

Well, we lost 20 quid on that.

Ah, listen... Well, that's your fault.

I identified how good it was.

I, I... You let me pay the wrong price for it.

(ALL LAUGH) VO: Captain's meant to go down with his ship, Eamonn.

People are strange, aren't they?

They're strange, what they buy and what they don't buy.

That'll have gone to a beautiful home.

VO: Ha-ha.

Victoria's silver salts and spoons up now.

£40 bid.

It's £40 bid.

Do I see 45 now?

45, live bidder's taken over.

50 in the room.

Thank you, sir.

VS: Ooh!

WILL: 55 now.

That's enough.

That's enough.

Too much excitement.

60 we jump to.

70 is next bid, sir.

That's...that's... You're being robbed!

Yeah, £70.

70 in the room.

That's a good price!

It's in the room at 70.

I'm taking the room at 70.

It's got to be £80 now.

80, we see.

Am I going to tickle one more out of you, sir?

Yes!

Tickle him!

Tickle him!

Tickle him!

Woo-hoo!

It's £80.

Make no mistake, it's £80.

All done at 80?

Ooh!

We did well!

VO: And Victoria takes the lead.

That's treasure from my ship, I bet you.

(ALL LAUGH) VO: Can Eamonn's platform scales help him claw it back?

WILL: To the room, 45.

45 I see.

50 now, five, and we're in the room.

55 if you want it.

Oh, he'd love it, 55.

WILL: No?

EH: Yes.

No.

CS: Yes?

If you're all done, you're all out.

£50, all done.

Ooh!

That's not bad.

That's great.

VO: That'll help balance the scales a little bit.

We're making small profits.

15 quid.

Yeah, OK.

Still making profits.

EH: Yeah... PHIL: Oh... You're a hard man to please, Eamonn.

Well, because we're losing.

VO: Victoria's cast pricket candlesticks next.

We jump straight in now up to £130 bid.

There we go!

WILL: 130.

CS: Brilliant.

Do I see 140 now?

140, 150.

160.

Ah!

WILL: 170.

180 we jump to.

EH: Aah!

Get in!

That's enough, calm down.

WILL: £200.

VS: Ah!

EH: Got your money back.

220 if you want to come back in.

In the room, £220.

Way at the back of the room, 220.

240 now, saleroom.

The thing is it was never really in doubt, was it?

(SHE LAUGHS) PHIL: You know?

I mean, I knew that they would do this sort of money.

It's in the room at £260.

Do I see 280 anywhere else?

In the room then at £260 all done, selling at 260... 70 quid.

I'm delighted with that, I can't lie.

VO: A handsome profit.

There's clear daylight between them.

Obviously, you do have some sort of eye for this, then.

It was all Vic's purchase, this.

CS: Brilliant!

EH: Yeah.

VO: Eamonn needs his Japan tray to do something here.

£20, five in the room.

25 in the room, thank you.

30 if you want to bid.

30, if you want a bid, it's in the room.

It's a live bidder, it's £25.

If we're all done?

Oh, no!

EH: All done?

CS: No!

WILL: £25... VS: That's too quick.

I think you were robbed there.

Thank you.

I really do, because that was a super table.

VO: Oh, dear.

There's still a little time to make it back.

That's another thing I told you not to buy.

(LAUGHS) But you weren't leaving that shop until you bought that, were you?

Can I go home?

VO: Show's not over yet, Catherine.

It's Victoria's map of Surrey next.

30, 40, 50.

55, 60.

What?

65, 70, 75, £80 bid.

£90 bid.

£90 bid, £100 bid.

(EAMONN EXHALES) We're in the money!

Woo-hoo!

Come back in at 110.

This can't be real!

Selling for £100.

Will we go home now?

VO: It was definitely worth Phil nearly breaking his neck for this, then.

Well done.

I think we congratulate them.

She's very happy with that.

You've got to remember...

Yes?

..that it's not about winning, as we've done, it's about taking part.

EH: Taking part?

PHIL: Yeah, absolutely.

EH: The taking part.

VS: Yeah.

VO: Can Eamonn pull it out of the bag with his final item?

Bids here coming in at £25 bid.

Do I see 30 now?

Please!

30?

I'll take a five anywhere.

Is there a five anywhere?

It's at £30.

Five now?

Five anywhere?

Five anywhere?

It's at £30.

The room, you're all out.

Selling at £30 if we're all done, selling for £30... (PHIL GIGGLES) I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Do you actually make a living at this?!

(SHE LAUGHS) I'm sorry.

VO: Yeah, at least you made your money back there, Eamonn.

I have to say, though, you took risks, and you took very good risks, so I think we should applaud them.

Yes, you went in with flair.

Absolutely.

PHIL: Ha-ha!

CS: You did it with style!

PHIL: I've got my flares on!

VO: Eamonn and Catherine began with £400.

After saleroom fees, they made a small loss of £6.80, ending with £393.20.

Well played, though.

Victoria and Phil also started with £400.

After auction costs, they made a stonking profit of £149.40, making them today's winners.

And that profit goes to Children In Need.

Well done!

EH: I've enjoyed getting to know Catherine, and Phil as well, they know their stuff.

They are lovely, I have to say.

Don't ever tell Phil, I said that.

But... Yeah, I mean, in fairness, you look at them and you think they wouldn't have any other friends if we weren't nice to them.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Ha-ha!

Cheerio, you two.

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