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: It's antiques adventure time, live from Essex!

Buckling up today, we have BBC broadcasting veterans Clive Myrie and Reeta Chakrabarti.

Do you know where we're going?

Erm... No.

(BOTH LAUGH) It's a magical mystery tour with the Myrie.

Listen, I don't want to give too much away, but we're going somewhere fabulous, Reeta.

VO: British news presenter and journalist Clive Myrie has reported from over 80 countries in his career spanning over 30 years.

Yeah, so we would have met for the first time, Reeta, in the 1990s?

I think so.

You were a news correspondent.

Yep.

Yeah, jack of all trades.

Yeah, and I was trying to be a jill of all trades.

(LAUGHS) VO: Fellow newsreader Reeta has become a household name for delivering the hottest news since the 90s.

REETA: And the wonderful thing about the job that we do is that you get to talk to all sorts of people, high and low.

It's just fantastic.

The reason I got into journalism was to travel, and I've been just so lucky to have fulfilled what were childhood dreams.

VO: Talking of dreams, what about this current adventure?

This reminds me, I think because of the noise, of driving over the Hindu Kush.

No!

Into Afghanistan, from Pakistan into Afghanistan, in 1996.

VO: Covering equally important issues are hot to trot auctioneers Izzie Balmer and James Braxton.

Reunited!

It's been a long time.

Long time.

However, I see your dress sense has improved, one might say.

I'm loving the stripes and the braces look going on here.

Yeah, I'm sort of bringing a sort of ice cream flavor to the whole thing.

Favorite ice cream flavor?

I don't know - oh, pistachio.

VO: Not quite breaking news.

Today our sunny duo are prancing about in the very rare and beautiful 1970 Porsche 911T.

Nice.

JAMES: I like the color.

You don't think your hair's clashing with the color, color of the car again?

You've moved away from the... Last time, you were more orange.

It was a mistake.

I went to a new hairdresser's... JAMES: Did you?

..and this is what happened.

(JAMES LAUGHS) VO: Yours could do with a good brush, Jimbo.

JAMES: It's funny, isn't it?

You watch them, Reeta and Clive Myrie, you watch them on television, and you sort of get to almost know them.

Yes.

I must say my wife always says, "Oh, Clive has got such lovely, kind eyes."

(LAUGHS) VO: Noted, Mrs Braxton.

Now, look at this.

A replica of a motor that can fetch up to a million.

The AC Cobra.

Oh, it's all the fun of the fair now, isn't it!

Give it some juice, Myrie, give it some juice.

(DOG BARKS) Upset the hounds!

VO: It's definitely something to woof about.

Today we shall be in Essex, before a run around the Home Counties, with a big finale at an auction in Lincoln.

But first we're destined for shopping frolics in Halstead.

This is it.

May the best woman win.

(HE LAUGHS) VO: Watch out, Clive.

Someone means business.

Halstead Antiques resides in an 18th century former silk mill, and looks like James and Izzie have already beaten them to it.

There are over 100 dealers selling in here, which means goodies galore.

Clive and Reeta each have £400 to spend, spend, spend.

CLIVE: Aha.

Izzie!

Hello.

Hey!

I thought with you, I should get on top of current affairs.

You've got one over there, Kennedy assassinated.

That's a little bit closer to our age.

Maybe you can teach me what's going on in the world today, and I'll teach you what happened in the past.

And I'm going to need you to explain this whole world of antiques to me.

I mean, my wife is brilliant with antiques, but she's the brains in the family.

I don't know anything about antiques.

So I've got my work cut out for me?

Potentially.

But it might be, it might be a good experience.

Oh, it will be a good experience!

I have no doubt of that.

Shall we get hunting?

Why not?

Absolutely.

VO: So, while Clive has a good old rummage... VO: ..where is the lovely Reeta?

James?

Hello.

Hello, Reeta.

So nice to meet you.

Very good to meet you, too.

Now, what experience of antiques do you have?

I love antiques.

I love old things.

Yeah.

Got a few old things in our house.

JAMES: Yeah.

But I'm much more sort of, I look around and I see something that I like and then I get interested in it.

And I think, where does it come from?

What's its history?

JAMES: What's the story?

REETA: What's the story?

Exactly.

I think, Reeta, what we should do is just walk around.

We've got two lovely floors here and you just shout when you see something you like, and then we'll just chat about it.

Lovely.

Lovely, good plan.

Shall I lead on?

Please do.

VO: Rightio, then, stand by.

Now, look at this.

I like this.

JAMES: Now, what on earth is it?

Well, it calls itself a wall bureau.

OK. Well, bureaus are very often for writing, aren't they?

Looks very nicely made, there.

REETA: It looks...it feels very solid.

JAMES: Yeah.

REETA: It reminds me of those old school desks that we used to have in the 1970s, that you'd open the top and you'd put your books inside.

JAMES: Yeah.

I would say it's either mahogany or red walnut.

So nice.

I really like it.

Do you think it would sell?

JAMES: What's the price on it?

125.

JAMES: I'd say that's the top end.

Right.

JAMES: Furniture's difficult at the moment.

Right.

VO: Good reason to keep rummaging!

Now, where's Clive?

CLIVE: Quite like the look of that.

Izzie?

I quite like this.

Do you know much about these vases?

It looks like a West German lava vase.

They, I mean, there's a lot of them.

Oh, right.

They were the item that, you know, there were loads made, and people were like, "They're the antiques of the future.

"They're gonna be really collectable in the future."

And then unfortunately, they haven't quite become as collectable as people had hoped.

CLIVE: Oh, right.

Yeah.

But I love the mustard color and I love the sort of geometric-y sort of decoration that's going on there with it.

Yeah.

So what era do you think this will come from, then?

Well... What period?

They were produced from the '50s through to the '90s, and they were sort of at their popularity from the '50s to the '70s.

I would say looking at that and the decoration and the colors used, to me, that looks like it would be 1960s.

Is that something you'd have in your house?

CLIVE: It is, actually.

I do like these things that are very evocative of the '50s and '60s.

That'll look good with sunflowers in, I reckon.

Oh, it'd look amazing.

Yeah, yeah, the yellow would make the mustard pop.

So you do have a good eye!

No!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: What about the price?

IZZIE: £28?

It's not a lot of money to lose on.

If I'm really honest, I mean, on a really good day, you might, might get 30 to £40 for it.

You also might only get 10 to £15 for it.

We could... We could leave it there and see what else there is.

Yeah, yeah, it's worth, worth considering, I think, worth considering.

VO: Oh, Reeta!

There's so many things to choose from.

What will set your heart on fire?

James.

JAMES: Hello.

Look, I've found something.

Oh, look at this!

JAMES: That's lovely, isn't it?

Do you know, I used to have a rocking horse when I was a child.

I think maybe that's why I like it.

And a similar size, Reeta?

I can't remember, I was smaller, of course.

REETA: And mine felt bigger.

JAMES: Yeah.

But maybe it was.

It wasn't as fine as this.

And then it's on this rather nice rocking stand, isn't it?

It's just lovely, and it all works.

A bit squeaky.

Slightly sinister.

(LAUGHS) VO: The ultimate playroom toy was made popular by Queen Victoria, you know?

That's lovely for a child's room.

And actually, now rooms, houses are getting smaller and smaller, that could go at the end of a bed somewhere, couldn't it?

Yeah, it could.

JAMES: What's the price on it, Reeta?

REETA: So, it says 125.

JAMES: Yeah.

What do you think?

I think if we get it below 100, I think we'd have an opportunity of profit.

It's lovely.

I'd buy it.

JAMES: Yeah.

I want it.

You can't have it.

Oh!

OK. Yeah?

Is this our first purchase?

I think this could be one of our purchases.

VO: It's giddy-up all the way for Reeta and James.

REETA: Clive.

CLIVE: Ah, Reeta.

How's it going?

Not too bad.

Just found this camera.

Not very antiquey, I have to say.

No.

But it puts you on film.

I know how much you love being in front of the camera.

Well, you know, I'm just doing my job.

(LAUGHS) Have you found any good things?

REETA: I've found lots of stuff.

CLIVE: Really?

REETA: Really nice.

CLIVE: Oh, no.

You should be worried.

Yeah, I probably will be anyway.

We are doing well.

VO: Reeta's applying the pressure.

Don't worry, Clive, Izzie is here to help.

IZZIE: Clive?

CLIVE: Uh-huh?

I'm not sure if this is up your street or not.

Where are you?

There you are.

Oh, a jewelry box.

Yes.

CLIVE: That's beautiful.

So, French jewelry box, or jewelry casket.

Late-Victorian, it's what we'd call a gilt metal.

So it's got this sort of applied gold-colored gilding.

CLIVE: Yeah.

IZZIE: Now on the top, it has all worn off and the glass... there are a couple of repairs.

There is a bit of damage to the glass, but these can do really well.

CLIVE: It's beautiful.

I've sold these at auction before for about 100 to £150.

That one isn't in superb condition, so I'm not sure we'll get quite that much.

But it is only £45.

CLIVE: £45, yeah.

If we can get a bit off it, it always helps, doesn't it?

CLIVE: It does.

Let's get that.

But you liked the vase?

So do you want to try that as well?

CLIVE: Let's try and get both.

So, down to you and your haggling skills now.

Erm...yes, we could be in trouble.

CLIVE: (LAUGHS) IZZIE: Ah, OK. VO: Watch out, Vicky, here they come.

CLIVE: Hello.

VICKY: Hello.

CLIVE: Hi, you alright?

I'm fine, and yourself?

CLIVE: Not too bad, thank you.

VICKY: Good.

And I'll feel even better if I can get a bit of a knock down on this.

OK, I can do that for 35.

I can take £10 off for you.

£35.

Couldn't go down to 30?

I'm really sorry.

I can't.

No?

OK. No.

Fair enough.

Fair enough.

Job done.

VICKY: Perfect.

CLIVE: We've also got another item, a German vase, lava vase.

Lava vase.

I think that's 28.

Yes.

£28.

VICKY: Yeah.

CLIVE: Uh-huh.

Can't do anything on that, I'm afraid.

OK, OK, that's fine.

That's fine.

I think we could make a bit of a profit on that.

VO: Making a grand total of £63 for the two.

IZZIE: Got it.

CLIVE: Lovely.

VO: Great, and that antique scoop leaves you with £337.

Oh, look, someone's turned the cars around.

Excellent.

First items bought.

Not bad.

Thank you.

VO: Crumbs, I hope that's going to be alright in there.

You can't have a big bottom in this car, can't you?!

It's very narrow.

VO: Blimey!

CLIVE: Right... We have ignition.

Woohoo!

VO: Now, how's Reeta getting on?

Well, I have to say I find this fascinating.

It's not something that I do very often myself, but I could imagine spending the whole day here.

Every little thing is interesting and I sort of want to touch it and think, how would it go in my house?

Which I know is not why I'm here, but it's just so absorbing.

VO: Glad to hear it.

Now, what's James uncovered?

JAMES: So I am always drawn to base metals, and here we have... We have a lovely play on copper, here.

JAMES: Reeta?

REETA: Yes.

Now, I found this sort of... Every home should have one.

Every home should have two or three of them.

What is it?

It's like a fire guard.

It was something to cover up really ugly fireplaces in the summer.

This is made of copper.

If you polished this up, it would have a lovely red glow about it, wouldn't it?

Lovely.

I like it.

Looks like a breastplate.

It does, doesn't it?

It does.

Yeah, and lots of detail.

Lovely feet.

Is it quite heavy?

JAMES: Quite heavy.

REETA: I really like it.

I really like it.

It's very unusual.

So it's got £40 on it.

Is that OK?

JAMES: Yeah, it's fine.

Shall we take that rocking horse?

Love the rocking horse.

JAMES: And this.

I like this.

Really like this.

I like it.

And we'll get the best price for the two.

It's sort of like a bundle.

VO: Let's take the bundle to Mandy.

The combined price is £165.

Stand by.

So I have to ask you what is your best price for the two of them?

I think for the two of them, Reeta, we could come to an agreement on 125?

Would that be good?

James?

I think that's good.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah?

You happy with that?

I'm delighted with that.

Fantastic.

I'm glad you've found something.

I'm very happy with that.

VO: That breaks down to 95 for the 1920s rocking horse and 30 for the arts and crafts copper fireguard.

Well, I think that went really well.

Very successful, Reeta, really successful.

REETA: Are you happy?

JAMES: Very happy.

I'm very pleased with this item and the rocking horse.

Off we go.

JAMES: Off we go.

Ho-ho-ho.

VO: Bravo, Reeta, you now have a total of £275 left.

VO: But what of Clive and Izzie?

Loving the headgear, by the way.

IZZIE: Have you always wanted to be a journalist?

Yeah, I have.

From a pretty young age, actually.

And I had a paper round when I was younger, and I'd be, I'd read the papers all the time, as a young kid.

And then, of course, I saw this guy called Trevor McDonald, in the early '70s, and he was at ITV.

And he was black, and I was like, "Well, if he can do it and he looks like me, "maybe I could do it too."

So that's it.

That's how I got into it.

VO: After a thrilling morning of shopping, our pair have zipped their way to Cambridge for something a little bit different.

This may look like just a leafy street in suburbia and this two-bed terrace just like any other, but the humble exterior belies what waits inside.

Clive and Izzie are about to meet curator Charlotte Woodley, guardian of this recently found historical gem.

Hi, you must be Charlotte.

Welcome to one of Cambridge's best-kept secrets.

Oh, you're teasing us.

VO: The house once belonged to David Parr.

Working as an art decorator during the British arts and crafts period, he became a master of creating decoration that combined beauty with simplicity, and it turns out he was bringing his work home.

Wow.

This is amazing, absolutely amazing.

It's so beautiful, it's like walking into a TARDIS because from the street, this is such a little, unassuming house, but you come in here and you've got vines and flowers and trees painted all over the place.

It's amazing.

Yeah.

Sometimes when you come in here, you kind of feel that David Parr's just left.

So he did the work in here over a 40-year period.

He would have done it by candlelight in the evenings, and at the weekends.

He actually didn't work on one room and then move to another room.

He would work across the rooms in sections... CLIVE: Right.

..so that the work was a sort of constant work in progress.

CLIVE: Yes.

VO: Married to Mary and father to three children, what an achievement to accomplish such spectacular artistry in what would have been a very busy home.

I mean, the designs are so intricate.

Where did he get the ideas from for these, just his imagination?

CLIVE: Or was there a pattern?

CHARLOTTE: No.

So he would have got the designs from where he was working.

He was a big fan of John Henry Dearle, who worked for William Morris, so quite a few of the patterns in the house are kind of adapted, revised patterns.

So he's adapted them to fit the scale and size of the different rooms.

VO: William Morris is most closely associated with the arts and crafts movement, but this home was proof that Parr is a forgotten visionary.

IZZIE: Did he make a stencil and then paint from the stencil?

Yes, he did.

He would apply the stencil to the surface and then use a flat-headed brush to stipple the paint on and then remove the stencil and you'd be left with the pattern behind.

You can see there's little tulips there, and some of them are closed, and they progressively open.

So although it looks like a repeat pattern, there's actually quite a lot of differences within it.

VO: David's techniques in here echo the scrupulous attention to detail of the arts and crafts movement, truly capturing the spirit of the medieval artisan.

This one along this wall here, what does that say?

CHARLOTTE: So that quote is from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.

And it says, "..Find tongues in trees, "and books in running brooks, "sermons in stones, and good in everything."

And David either used it to show kind of how educated he was, or it's quite a fashionable arts and crafts quote.

VO: David also proved to be quite the inventor.

He was well ahead of his time, so he actually installed a WC inside the house, about 60 years before his neighbors did.

So he was very progressive.

CLIVE: That's an interesting juxtaposition, isn't it?

I mean, he's really into new technology and new ideas, and yet the whole point of arts and crafts is that it's sort of harking back to craftsmen and individual labor and using your hands.

Yeah, I think working for the company that he worked for kind of exposed him to a lot of the things that were happening higher up in society.

VO: And this promoted him to create a system from a universal range downstairs to produce hot air in the bedroom above.

Fancy that!

This monument to the design world of the early 20th century was carefully looked after by David's granddaughter, Elsie, who lived here for 85 years, not only preserving the interior, but keeping safe David's handwritten journal detailing his magnificent labor of love.

CLIVE: Flicking through this, it is so detailed.

The handwriting is so neat and legible.

Number 14, it says at the top, "drawing room, chimney breast, "Japanese paper put on, and glazed over."

And "flat varnished."

November 1901.

CHARLOTTE: Yeah.

CLIVE: Yeah.

Yeah, you can see what an invaluable resource it is for us.

Incredible artefact for you and the other conservators trying to keep this place alive as a piece of living history for future generations.

VO: William Morris believed art was the expression of man's joy in labor, something to which David Parr's home beautifully attests.

VO: What's the news in the fiery 911?

I remember Clive from the mid-90s, he was a bit ahead of me.

So he's one of the people I looked up to.

Yeah.

REETA: Because he had just had that much more experience.

He was always very well-dressed.

He was well known for his dress sense, Clive Myrie.

JAMES: Yeah.

VO: He's one very dapper gent.

Now, how are you finding the car?

JAMES: This car comes alive.

You need to be driving this at 60, really.

What are we doing?

About 20?

JAMES: We're doing 20.

Steady.

An early-1970 Porsche 911 should not be driven at 20 miles an hour.

VO: Alright, James, cool your jets.

Reeta and James are also in the hallowed city of Cambridge.

Great.

VO: Reeta's next foray into the world of antiques is in this lovely establishment, with £275.

It's jam-packed in here.

Look, there's even some good old copper for JB.

Try to control yourself, James.

"Please do not play, unless a serious buyer."

Ah.

VO: It's OK, no one spotted you, move away quick.

James, I want to show you something.

JAMES: What's that?

It might take you back.

It takes me back.

JAMES: Look at that.

Isn't that fantastic?

Isn't that nostalgia?

I don't quite know if it counts as an antique because I remember it.

Yeah.

'Trim with S/S?'

What is that?

REETA: Shampoo and set.

JAMES: Shampoo and set.

VO: Don't pretend you don't know, Jimbo.

REETA: Anyway, it's such fun.

That's fun, isn't it?

That's more vintage.

That's, that's vintage... More vintage, I see.

JAMES: Yeah.

I sort of rather love it, but let's, let's park that.

No, we're not, what we, we must buy antiques.

VO: I liked that.

What else?

Now, what about that?

That looks quite unusual.

JAMES: Unusual table, isn't it?

So we've got a circular fellow here.

REETA: Mm.

Three legs is always good.

Very unusual color, isn't it?

We've got a very bleached top.

REETA: Mm-hm.

I like this gallery - often associated with maybe tapestry or wool.

VO: This gallery ledge would be perfect for placing knitting and sewing accoutrements.

JAMES: The bottom tier has been painted, so it's been sort of embellished to look like rosewood.

But it's much darker than the top.

JAMES: May have been former restoration.

I think it was in a sunny window.

Is it a good buy?

I like it.

JAMES: Well, what have we got on it?

£78.

It's better than I expected, but I think it's still too much.

REETA: Mm-hm.

I think that's a nice item.

It's a very useful item.

It could be a wine table, a lamp table, and you've got that secondary tier for putting stuff, haven't you?

Your bits and bobs.

JAMES: Bits and bobs.

I very much like it.

VO: Let's find the lady in aqua, Sheila, to hopefully ring up a sale.

Sheila!

The very person.

We've found something lovely.

SHEILA: Yeah, it is.

We're very happy with it.

Very nice table.

The only thing we're unhappy with, Sheila, is the price tag.

Ah, oh, dear.

REETA: Exactly.

I want to ask you, how much could we get it for, do you think?

How much would you suggest?

I...I'd buy it at 50.

50.

JAMES: £50.

SHEILA: I'll phone the dealer.

Would she accept 50?

VO: Let's hope Janet, the dealer, is feeling generous.

Well, £50 has been suggested.

Is that alright?

Oh, OK, right.

That's wonderful.

Thank you very much.

30.

Yes.

REETA: That was a yes?

SHEILA: Yes, yes.

JAMES: Isn't that good?

REETA: Fantastic.

VO: Thank you, Janet and Sheila.

That perky buy leaves 225 spondoodles in the kitty.

They'll have that sent on.

REETA: Woo!

VO: Blimey, the great British weather.

Let's skedaddle.

REETA: What are we gonna do tonight, then?

I think, I think good supper.

I think we need to restore the minerals.

We do.

Obviously, half an hour yoga, light meditation.

(LAUGHS) VO: Obviously.

Over in the Cobra, it's positively tropical.

IZZIE: So you had a good day?

It's been fantastic.

It's been really good.

Driving this beautiful car...

I think we're doing alright, actually, it's been a good day.

Are you raring to go tomorrow?

Raring to go tomorrow.

As raring as this old car.

VO: Nighty night, you lovely lot!

VO: Morning has broken in Cambridgeshire.

Oh, I've never driven anything like this before.

Oh my goodness, Clive!

Wow.

But you really feel you're sitting on top of power!

VO: It's a mighty beast of a motor.

What's the mission for today, then?

CLIVE: We got a couple of things.

REETA: Yeah.

We're saving, I'm saving my firepower for today.

Are you?

OK.

Yes, yes.

So I don't want to go in there too early.

REETA: No.

Give you too much of a sneak peek of, of my wares.

VO: Somebody wants to win.

I might lose it today, actually, got my spending jeans on.

That's gonna be an impressive sight, I think.

VO: Everybody should have a pair.

CLIVE: Have you enjoyed it?

I've loved it.

I've really loved it.

It's been such a different experience, hasn't it?

From...Studio E in the basement of Broadcasting House.

The basement of New Broadcasting House, yeah.

Never seeing the sun, never feeling the fresh air.

Not that we're gerbils are anything, news gerbils!

VO: Huh.

Talking of pets, where are James and Izzie?

IZZIE: We bought two items.

JAMES: Yep.

One, I am quietly confident on.

One, I am not confident on at all.

But the important bit is, is that, that was Clive's choice.

Is this a new game?

Blame The Celeb.

Of course, yes!

(LAUGHS) VO: Cheeky scamps.

Back with Clive and Reeta, it's time to nosey at their spoils.

So... Is that alright, there?

Wow.

REETA: It's great, isn't it?

Very nice, very nice.

James found that.

This is beautiful.

REETA: We've got other stuff, too.

CLIVE: There's more?

REETA: There's more.

CLIVE: There's more.

It was a bit big to get in the boot, and we wanted to have a little bit of mystery, you know.

You're teasing me again.

I've been teased on this whole trip.

It's outrageous.

Clive, I didn't want to frighten you too much.

CLIVE: Yeah... VO: Reeta, you rascal.

She and James also bought the mahogany lamp table and the 1920s rocking horse.

REETA: It's lovely.

I'd buy it.

JAMES: Yeah.

I want it.

(JAMES LAUGHS) VO: Leaving them with £225.

Well, I think that went really well.

Very successful, Reeta.

VO: But Clive and Izzie still have £337 left... That'll look good with sunflowers in, I reckon.

Oh, it'd look amazing.

Yeah.

VO: ..after spending £63 on a West German lava vase.

Got it!

VO: And this French jewelry casket.

It's lovely.

It's so beautifully worked here, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm sure all the, the folk at the auction - they're tasteful people.

They're tasteful people.

CLIVE: They'll go for that.

REETA: OK. Oh yeah, some good stuff there.

REETA: Good stuff, isn't it?

But you've been talking about how much you enjoy this hot weather and sun...

I do.

..and I think you probably just need a little bit more of it, you know.

Bye, Reeta!

I can't believe this!

I thought you were a nice guy!

VO: Crumbs.

VO: Moving swiftly on, Reeta's heading for historic Trumpington Street in Cambridge.

Thankfully, Reeta is not far from her shopping rendezvous.

Phew!

Gabor Cossa Antiques sits directly across the road from the city's Fitzwilliam Museum, home to masterpieces from Monet to Picasso.

Reeta's budget doesn't quite stretch to exquisite artwork, but she does have £225 left to spend.

Well, I've made it, despite being abandoned like that.

James, hello!

Hello.

Hello.

Nice to see you!

Good Morning, Reeta.

Good morning.

We've landed on a lucky shop, so it's very small, but it's absolutely packed.

VO: You're not kidding.

This globe is lovely, I'm always fascinated by globes.

I would have them when I was a child, and this one... ..is from 1930.

This is Belgian Congo, Tanganyika Territory, Abyssinia.

So this is the map of the 1930s.

That might be a contender, I think.

VO: Oh, blimey.

And it costs the Earth.

It's £175.

VO: Now, what's Jimbo delving into?

This passes the Braxton weight test.

It is a heavy piece of pottery, with this very treacle, lead glaze on it.

It's a bed-warming brick.

So you put that on your range and then you wrap it in a tea towel and you put it in the bed.

This is really...

I'm looking at the hot water bottle's forbear.

It's rather nice, isn't it?

And you can buy that for about £30.

VO: Looks like a Victorian cassette tape.

Ha!

Now, where's the lovely Reeta?

Now, there is something down here that's been intriguing me.

It says early 20th century, so it's 100 years old.

And I think...

I think...it's a parasol.

And look at it, it's got beautiful engraving on the, on the handle, and the cloth is so soft.

VO: The price is £125.

Now, I shouldn't open it in here, really, because it's bad luck, isn't it?

VO: Before sunscreen, the parasol was the way to protect a lady's complexion, a must for the Victorian fashionista.

How elegant do I look?

VO: Very pretty.

It's priced at £125, meaning that both possibles come to £300.

Yikes!

VO: Meanwhile, Clive has traveled to the Mill Street Area of Cambridge.

He's buzzed off to The Hive.

There's everything from Persian rugs to, oh look, another globe.

With £337, Clive needs to get a wiggle on with the old spending.

Yeah, I thought I'd see you looking at the dresses.

Well, you know...

It's a lovely one, by the way.

Thank you.

Well, I thought I'd find myself a new outfit, to look good in, sat in the Cobra.

That will look fantastic in the Cobra.

But having said all that, we need stuff to sell at auction.

Reeta... she's got some good gear.

IZZIE: Has she?

CLIVE: So, come on.

OK. Leave the dresses.

Come on.

VO: No messing with the Myrie.

You checking out all the countries you've been to?

A few of them.

Yeah, yeah.

I totted it up a few years back, actually.

I've reported from 90 countries.

Oh!

CLIVE: 90 countries.

IZZIE: 90?!

Yeah, yeah.

I know.

IZZIE: 90 places with work.

CLIVE: I know.

So then holidays on top.

Holidays on top of that, it's probably well over 100.

And I had a little globe like this when I was a kid and I remember being in my bedroom and sort of seeing all these places sort of spread out around the globe.

Way beyond that little dot in the middle, that was, that was, of course, the United Kingdom.

Do you think this would sell much, sell for a bit of cash?

Well, there is a market for a 20th century globe.

However, I am noticing a fair bit of damage.

Yeah, there's a bit of damage there, isn't there?

The damage is right through Central Asia there.

Let's leave the globe.

Let's leave the globe.

Alright.

VO: You're on the same wavelength as Reeta, Clive, but this globe is not to be.

VO: Meanwhile, over in Trumpington Street... James.

Oh, very elegant.

Do you recognize me?

Isn't that lovely?

I feel transformed.

What do you think?

Shall we get it?

Very glamorous.

Fantastic, isn't it?

Really lovely.

And would it fetch money, do you think?

Would someone buy it?

Would it make a profit?

Yeah, I think there's real interest in sort of period costume and textiles.

Very, quite a strong market.

It's lovely.

REETA: Lovely.

VO: Let's get back inside to show James the 1930s globe.

Oh, hello, David.

He's the owner.

REETA: What do you think?

JAMES: I like it.

We're a nautical nation.

Is the stand alright?

Is it cracked or anything?

I don't think so.

It turns very easily.

And there is, of course, some wear and tear here.

Well, to be expected, isn't it?

So you found two fabulous items.

VO: The grand total for the two is £300.

Steady yourself, David.

Reeta's ready to do business.

David, we found these two beautiful items and we would like... JAMES: Damaged, remember, damaged.

DAVID: Damaged?

REETA: Damaged items.

And we would like a good price for the two of them.

DAVID: I'll do my best.

I'm tense again.

VO: Poker face, Reeta.

Suppose I said 175 for two, is that...?

JAMES: 175 for the two?

Yes.

Do you think that's OK?

I think that's OK.

I've given in too quickly.

(JAMES LAUGHS) A little less?

Yes.

165.

165.

165 is very fair.

DAVID: Is it?

And we'd be delighted with that.

JAMES: That's very kind, David.

VO: Thank you, David.

What a nice man, eh?

Good work, Reeta!

That bumper buy breaks down to 75 for the 1930s globe and £90 for the early 20th century parasol.

See, this is emblematic of learning.

(REETA LAUGHS) VO: Meanwhile, has Clive managed to find anything yet?

CLIVE: Izzie?

IZZIE: Yeah, Clive.

Come and have a look at this.

You've got a bentwood chair.

I've got a bentwood chair.

Yes.

It says on the label roughly 1900, 1910.

All can be dated back to a cabinet maker, Mr Thonet.

He was based in Vienna in the 1850s and he developed this method of using just steam to bend wood.

Bend the wood, yes.

Yeah.

They were very, very popular.

And if you think, you know, back in the mid 19th century and into the late 19th century, something like this was such a change from what they had before.

You know, before you've got sort of like heavy chunky Victorian furniture with straight lines.

CLIVE: Yes, yes.

It's nice that that one's a carver.

You don't often see a carver, and it's nice it's got the decoration to the seat.

VO: Yes, quite often, bentwood furniture has a pattern mechanically compressed into the plywood seat.

CLIVE: OK.

Someone can sit in that and, you know, have their cup of coffee and read their morning newspaper, read their morning newspaper.

They can watch you on the news, Clive.

VO: Let's get dealer Bill over.

CLIVE: It's marked down from 95 to 50.

Can you go a little bit lower?

I'll go down to 40 on it.

That'll be the best.

£40.

Let's give it a go.

OK, thanks.

40, it is.

VO: Clive's a natural at this.

But with almost £300 left to spend, he needs to get going.

Easy, tiger.

Now, let's catch up with current affairs in the Porsche.

JAMES: You see the 1920s now, art deco is 100 years old.

Amazing.

We saw some stuff in the shops that was from the 1960s, which is when I was born.

I know.

I don't think of that as antique.

No.

Quite.

I think of that as prime of life.

Yeah, that's vintage.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Reeta and James are all shopped up.

They've pootled over to the village of Trumpington on the outskirts of Cambridge.

We're going to dip our toes into the history of wild swimming in good old Blighty.

What a lovely spot this is.

It's lovely, isn't it?

VO: We're meeting with central London's very own Jacques Cousteau - Simon Kerslake from the Outdoor Swimming Society.

Simon.

Hello.

How nice to meet you.

Hi, Reeta.

Hi, James.

Hello, Simon.

SIMON: How are you doing?

JAMES: Very good.

Very good.

Welcome to Byron's Pool.

It's such a beautiful spot.

Tell us about it.

Well, so this originally was the mill pond for Trumpington Mill and supposedly made famous by Lord Byron, who swam here whilst he was a student at Trinity College.

VO: Byron and the other Romantic poets really made a splash with their obsession of hydromania.

It appealed because it was a connection with nature and a chance to nourish creativity and spirituality.

SIMON: We've got a rich heritage in this country of swimming outdoors.

I think, you know, Byron's Pool is emblematic of that.

Byron extolled the virtues of swimming so greatly, and Byron was huge in his time.

I mean, he was a proto-celebrity.

They even talked about Byromania, so you can guarantee that anything Byron did, people were sure to follow.

It became a kind of national pastime to start dipping in the sea and to do it for pleasure.

The Romantic poets really, really did see it as this idea of crossing into a different threshold.

VO: And for Byron, his watery pursuits became more than just a hobby.

Byron, of course, is famous for having swum a particular stretch of water, isn't he?

Yeah, no, indeed.

Byron famously recreated the swim across the Hellespont in Turkey, from the European side to the Asian side, based entirely on the Greek myth of Hero and Leander.

In fact, he claimed that he was prouder of his swimming the Hellespont than he was any literary or political victory that he scored after that.

There's something fantastically therapeutic about swimming, isn't there, James?

There is, there is.

Yes?

You know, wherever you're swimming, you can just...

It's as much for the soul and for the mind as for the body.

VO: Britain really championed the sport, with an Englishman, Captain Matthew Webb, being the first to swim the Channel unaided in 1875.

SIMON: The swim took him 60 miles.

He was stuck five miles off the coast of France in a kind of current for five hours.

Ooh.

And he swam the whole thing breaststroke, which really was kind of the only stroke you could swim at the time anyway.

VO: Although this created another boom for the sport, the Victorians found the front crawl ungainly - a far cry from the skinny-dipping Romantics.

Because swimming was always done naked.

It was just accepted that that's what you did.

Queen Victoria really wasn't happy with this at all.

Women had bathing machines, those giant sort of buildings that would literally sort of take them to the water's edge.

They'd be head to toe in clothes.

They wouldn't actually swim as much as lie on the, you know, on the shore and just let the water wash over themselves.

VO: By the 1920s, the birth of the lido celebrated outdoor swimming, but the glory days would start to fade in the 1960s.

Foreign holidays then meant that people really weren't that bothered about swimming in Ramsgate, Margate, Brighton, Southend.

The health and safety era of the 70s and 80s, when, I think for reasons of drownings or accidents, people started bricking lidos over and that gave birth to the public pool, the kind of chlorine bath filled, neon lit thing that we think of now as swimming.

REETA: So it's that recent?

SIMON: Yeah.

VO: The wild swimming trend set by Byron and chums has been reignited once more, helped by the fact that the wild waters of Britain are cleaner than they have been for decades.

Well, this is yet another beautiful place, isn't it?

It's wonderful, isn't it?

It's beautiful.

Absolutely glorious.

But we do seem to have lost James, Simon.

I'm hoping the talk of Byronic swimming has kind of inspired him, Reeta, who knows?

REETA: OK.

Fingers crossed.

VO: Now what in the heck is Jimbo up to?

Remember, viewers, safety first for the swimmer.

Always wear your headwear.

VO: Good Lord!

He's not shy, is he?

(LAUGHS) Oh!

What a fine sight.

JAMES: It's the surroundings.

Now, what should I be doing?

Just plunge in?

I think you should plunge in, but take your shoes off.

Take the shoes off.

VO: Yeah.

Best take the Chelsea boots off, Jimbo.

This is a comedy sketch in itself, shoes.

VO: Seriously, water can be dangerous, and being respectful to the environment and others is a must.

Right, I'm in.

Take your hat off.

No, I'm keeping the hat on.

You're keeping your hat on?

Safety first, for goodness sake.

A gentleman can't be seen without a hat.

VO: Simon's already in.

REETA: Guys, you look like you're having a great time.

Enjoy yourselves.

I'll catch you later.

VO: Best leave them to it, Reeta.

How goes it with our supercool Clive and Izzie?

And out on the open road in this beautiful weather?

Wonderful.

Actually, that's quite cooling, doing that, yeah.

CLIVE: Yeah?

IZZIE: Yeah.

Got a bit more of a breeze if you put your hands up.

Yeah!

There we go.

That's the air conditioning, we've sorted it.

Whoo, here it is!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Unusual, but effective.

We're powering to Bury St Edmunds.

Now, how about this for a final shopping spree?

Established for over three decades, this countryside antique center is housed in a spectacular 16th century thatched barn.

CLIVE: Here we are.

CLIVE: After you.

IZZIE: Thank you very much.

VO: Clive and Izzie have bought three items.

They have loads left, £269 to be exact.

Cheers.

VO: Let's get mooching.

Lovely things everywhere.

Oh, hello, Ted.

Clive.

I quite like this bench.

The ironwork's really nice.

But we're a team.

So do you like the bench?

I do.

There's a bit of a wibble and a bit of a wobble, but I don't suppose that's irreparable.

CLIVE: There's nothing wrong with wibble-wobble.

IZZIE: No.

CLIVE: Wibble-wobble's fixable.

It's lovely the way it curls around the back.

IZZIE: It's a nice small size.

You don't need a huge garden to fit that.

Exactly, yes.

You can have it on the grass, on a patio.

Yeah.

You could even have it under an arbor.

You could have like a rose arbor, it could be like a little romantic bench for two.

You are painting a picture here, my dear.

You are painting a picture here.

You and your wife could sit here.

Yeah, no, it's lovely.

When does it date from, do you think?

Well, I would really like this one to date to sort of like the early, turn of the century, sort of early 20th century.

I think that looks like it's got some decent age there.

That's really nice.

It's really nice.

So it's ticketed at £120.

I have sold these in auction for £120 to £150, so there really should be a profit in that, if we can get a bit off the price.

Yeah, we need a deal, don't we?

VO: That's one definite.

What else can we find?

IZZIE: What you got for me?

CLIVE: Come and look at this.

Now, it's actually a money box and it says here it's cast iron.

And what happens is you get a coin, you put it on the little plate there.

He brings down his hat and because he's a magician, the coin disappears.

It's disappeared!

Where's it gone?

Is it going to come out from behind my ear?

VO: Huh.

No.

Price, please.

£95, have to get a deal on that.

But what do you think?

I'd really love for him to be Victorian.

If he is reproduction, he'd sort of still be 1930s, 1940s, and still decent, still old.

But I think he's fab.

VO: Let's call upon owner Richard.

CLIVE: Now, this is a lovely piece.

We do like this.

£95.

What can you do?

Bargain already, so... Yeah, I think, I think... We all know what's coming next.

..a bit more off would seal a fantastic day.

Well, there's always a little bit to play with, shall we say.

CLIVE: Hm.

Do we need to let him know we're interested in another item, because that might help?

Good point.

Richard, There is another item outside, lovely garden bench, and that was 120, I think it was.

What if we were thinking, I don't know, 100 for the two?

I was thinking just the very same.

Were you really?

I really was.

There's something going on here.

RICHARD: Um... IZZIE: Richard, I'm sure...

I might have a heart attack.

If you were to say 100 for the two, I might pass out.

But so, please don't say that.

IZZIE: Oh.

CLIVE: Right.

I'll tell you what, if you're gonna have the two... Mm-hm.

..I'll go 120 on the two.

Wonderful, Richard.

Thank you so much.

I've heard it all before, don't worry.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

VO: Very generous!

News just in - if you want a haggler, Clive's your man.

Thank you so much.

That's great.

Excellent.

Thank you for having us.

VO: 70 for the early 20th century garden bench and 50 for the Victorian novelty money bank.

Let's hit the road.

IZZIE: Whoops!

Oh, my God, what am I gonna do?!

There's a big fly!

VO: Crumbs.

IZZIE: Have you enjoyed yourself?

Oh, it's been brilliant.

I've learned to drive a tank.

Yes.

Never thought I'd be able to say that.

VO: So that's it.

We're all shopped up and destiny awaits in the auction tomorrow.

We've been so lucky, haven't we?

We've had such a fantastic time.

We've had fabulous weather.

I think we have some empathy about the things we buy.

Yes, yes.

We haven't disagreed, really, have we?

JAMES: No.

REETA: No.

No violent disagreements so far.

VO: Glad to hear it!

Time for some shuteye.

VO: Can you believe it?

It's auction viewing day in Hertfordshire.

VO: And with breathless anticipation, our brilliant broadcasters are charging forth right this minute.

CLIVE: Now, I notice we're both coordinated today.

We just both turned up in yellow.

But I think you're mustard.

I'm a little bit mustard.

I think you're mustard.

I'm hot with it, Reeta.

Hot with it?!

I'm hot with it.

You know that.

(BOTH LAUGH) This is going to your head, this is.

VO: I don't blame your giddiness, Clive.

Look where we are.

One of the favorite country estates of Queen Victoria, Brocket Hall.

CLIVE: Very nice.

IZZIE: Hi!

The Lord and Lady of the Manor.

IZZIE: Welcome.

CLIVE: Hi, guys.

It's beautiful.

I'm very excited.

Auctions wait for no man.

REETA: And a bit nervous.

JAMES: Don't be nervous.

VO: After a whirl around the Home Counties, we've gathered near Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, while the spoils have journeyed to Lincoln.

Home to Unique Auctions, it's open to online and commission bids across the globe.

Reeta spent £340 on her five delightful lots.

What's impressing auctioneer Terry Woodcock?

30.

Nice little parasol, lovely condition.

There is only one slight damage with it, which can easily be rectified.

You never get two the same because they're all handmade.

VO: Sounds promising.

Clive, the haggler extraordinaire, spent £223 on five lots.

What's your fave, Terry?

It's a bentwood carver chair, now, I mean, it's in very good order, which makes a change for them.

Normally have a little bit of worm in them, a little bit of damage.

They rick and shake, but that one is quite sound.

VO: Isn't this spectacular?

Back to wonderful Brocket Hall.

CLIVE: What an amazing setting.

REETA: Isn't it lovely?

So look, guys, we've got this auction coming up.

I am very excited.

Yeah, I'm excited, too.

And I can feel my competitive spirit kicking in now.

Bit of edge.

Bit of edge every now and again.

Bit of edge.

REETA: Yeah, so... CLIVE: Right.

Let it commence.

VO: Clive's first with the West German lava vase.

At £20 now.

£20, two, 22 now.

Well done.

That's good.

At £22, it's about so big.

22 I've got now, I want 24.

Come on, at 22, have you all finished now?

I sell at £22, have you all finished?

£22?

22 it is.

Oh!

My lava vase.

VO: What a pity.

But don't fret, plenty more to go.

It's gone to a loving home.

A loving home.

CLIVE: I hope so, I hope so.

REETA: Yes.

Someone's gonna cherish that vase.

Yes.

Put lovely sunflowers.

I imagined it with sunflowers.

Yeah.

VO: Reeta's next with one of her faves, the 1920s rocking horse.

At £40, now.

At 40.

45.

Go on!

Now, let's go to 50.

Come on.

That's a different model.

Come on.

45, he's away.

45 now.

Come on, I want 50.

At £50 now.

Come on, at £50.

I've got now 55.

Thank you.

Now, I'll take 60.

Slowly.

Drawing.

Getting into its stride.

At £60, I've got, it's a nice size rocking horse.

Come on now... Just need another 30.

Are you all done at 65?

James!

Aw!

It didn't gallop home with the riches.

What a shame.

Do you think it was just too much?

It was too much to spend in one go?

Aw.

Who knows?

It was, it was a lovely thing.

It was a good item.

It was a lovely thing.

VO: It's you next, Clive, with the French jewelry casket.

I'm started on commission at £20.

What?!

At £20 now.

Wow!

Someone is getting a bargain.

This is, this is wrong.

..but £20 and I'm selling it.

At 20, have you all finished?

Wow!

That was quick!

My commission has it at £20.

JAMES: Oh!

CLIVE: Oh, my word!

VO: I think Clive's in shock.

Clive, I'm very, very sorry that that's made a loss, that's all on me.

Again, again, I would have it.

I thought it was lovely.

CLIVE: I thought it was lovely.

JAMES: Yeah.

VO: I thought it was lovely.

Come on, Reeta.

It's the Edwardian parasol next.

And it's a low start.

Should make about 100.

We've got 10.

JAMES: 10?!

REETA: Oh!

Don't start it at 10!

At 10, I'm looking for 12 now.

JAMES: Oh, don't look.

I think he's missed a nought off that, Reeta.

I think he has, Reeta.

I think he has.

I think he has.

14, 16 I want now.

At 16, at 16, at 18, at 18.

20, I've got, thank you.

It's getting up.

Yes, getting up.

Keep going.

Keep going.

It's getting into its stride.

£20 is in the room, at 20... 20 it is.

REETA: £20.

JAMES: No!

VO: Oh, what a shame.

Mary Poppins would have loved that.

Reeta, I applaud you for your confidence.

That was beautiful!

That was beautiful.

REETA: It was beautiful.

JAMES: It was...

It is beautiful!

JAMES: It still is beautiful.

REETA: It remains beautiful.

VO: Let's see how Clive's bentwood chair fares.

20, straight in.

Ooh!

At £20, I'll take two.

That's alright.

At £20 now, on the bentwood.

At 20 now.

Thank you.

22, I've got there.

At 22 now.

I really want this to make a profit for you, Clive.

Yeah.

£22, I sell in the room now.

At 22, have you all done, at £22?

I think she might be right.

CLIVE: Ohhh!

VO: Blimey.

Feeling your pain, Clive.

I do feel like he is spending more time on your items.

Yes!

It's funny that, isn't it?

Have you tipped the auctioneer or something?

Yeah!

VO: No chance, Izzie.

Reeta's turn now with the Victorian mahogany lamp table.

There is a little bit of looseness on the top.

Looseness?!

There isn't.

Looseness?!

There wasn't.

Was there?

Start me at £60.

Nice mahogany one, nice size, three lovely legs.

He's being honest.

He doesn't want someone to buy it and return it.

He's being honest.

I don't like honesty.

I think honesty is overrated.

Do you?

Especially in this context.

How about 25?

At 26, I'll take 28 now.

At 26 now, at 26.

Now, I'm looking for 28 now.

Keep going.

Are we all done?

I'm selling now.

No, no, don't.

JAMES: No, don't.

REETA: No!

..if you're all finished.

ALL: Oh!

Oh dear.

JAMES: Dear, oh, dear.

REETA: Oh, well.

VO: Look on the bright side, it could be worse.

Maybe.

REETA: It's all quality stuff.

JAMES: It's all quality stuff.

Yeah.

I think, I think, yeah... Yeah.

What do you think?

Well, I think, I think... You're being judicious which is not like you.

I think I need to move into news reading.

(ALL LAUGH) VO: I'd love to see James on the News At Ten.

Clive's novelty money box is up next.

£20, I'll take.

It should make a lot, lot more than this.

Somebody put a pound in it yesterday and lost it.

45, I'm now looking for 45.

Oh!

Come on.

You can't even buy a copy for that price.

45, and I'm selling it at 45.

He's willing it.

Gone at 45.

He gave it a good go, though, didn't he?

He did give it a good go, actually.

Gave it a good go.

He really did.

VO: Someone's just bagged a bargain.

We'll just magic that £5 loss away, Clive.

Ooh, I've magicked away all the losses already.

IZZIE: Excellent.

CLIVE: Yeah.

Very good.

VO: Reeta's 1930s globe next.

Start me at £100 on this one.

JAMES: Go on!

REETA: Whoo.

A low start again of 12, 20 bid up to.

At 20.

Now we want 25.

What happened?

25.

It's in the room.

30, at £30.

35, £40 I've got.

At £40, at 40.

At £40.

Do you realize how hard I'm working today?

At 45?

I've got the lady at the back.

45 it is.

(ALL GROAN) That's a shame, that was a nice piece.

That was a nice piece, wasn't it?

IZZIE: Such a beautiful item.

CLIVE: Yeah.

VO: Crumbs and oh blimey.

OK. Well.

CLIVE: Alright.

REETA: A good home, we hope.

VO: Come on, Clive.

Maybe your final lot, the early 20th century garden bench, will do you proud.

Come on, start me at £50.

Oh!

Come on, start me at 50.

Start me at 30 then.

Oh.

Start me at 20.

20 I've got, thank you.

He's got 20, he's got 20.

He's got 20.

We're off and running now.

Incredible.

At 30.

At £30 now.

At 35.

Please do the business for us.

Come on.

Come on.

Give that horse some sugar, boy.

At 45.

Let's go to 50 now.

We're galloping now, we're galloping.

Inching up.

50!

Come on!

At £50, this is your last chance today.

At £50 and I'm selling at 50...five!

Boom!

Boom!

Oh, late bid.

Push the hammer down.

I'm selling now at £55 if you've all finished.

I don't know whether to be relieved it made 55... Or relieved it's all over.

Yes!

(ALL LAUGH) VO: It's not a huge loss.

What's the name of this auction house?

Because I want to go there!

VO: It all comes down to Reeta's final offering, the arts and crafts copper fireguard.

Come on, start me at 50, surely?

At 50, James.

He's got to start there, Reeta.

Start me at 30 then.

Oh!

12, I'll take it.

At £12.

At £12, at 12.

I'll take 14.

REETA: What?

TERRY: At £12.

The whole thing is copper, at £12 now, at 12.

Come on, we're looking 14.

I should think so.

16, I should think so, but it should make 50.

Start at 50 quid?

It should make 50.

18, now 20 I want.

22.

We're getting there.

Come on!

There's a method, Reeta, keep calm.

There's a method.

Keep going.

Keep going.

26, we're nearly there.

TERRY: 26.

IZZIE: Slow burn, this.

JAMES: Go on.

30.

TERRY: I've got 30.

30!

Go on!

Bid over 30.

No, no!

28, I'm amazed but it's going.

£28.

Have you all finished?

He said he was amazed at that.

28!

I'm surprised at that too.

Oh!

That was lovely.

I thought it was lovely.

VO: The perils of auction, I'm afraid.

JAMES: 28.

It could have been worse, as they say.

It could have been worse, but it could have been better.

JAMES: Who needs to sell?

IZZIE: You know what?

We've all made losses, which means that we're all winners.

No, we're all losers.

We're all losers.

I didn't want to say that!

That's an interesting way of looking at it, Izzie, an interesting way.

VO: We tried our best.

Let's tot up the figures.

Reeta and James began with £400.

After all auction costs, they made a loss of £189.12, leaving them with a final sum of £210.88.

Clive and Izzie also started with 400 smackers and made a loss of £88.52.

They have ended with £311.48, making them today's winners!

REETA: It's been fantastic, I've really loved it.

CLIVE: It's been a lot of fun.

And it's been so different from the day job, I mean, it's been the perfect antidote, in a way.

REETA: It's been great.

CLIVE: Yeah, yeah.

VO: Bye bye.

We'll miss ya!

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