[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts-- What a joke.

NARRATOR: --with 200 pounds each-- You with me?

NARRATOR: --a classic car-- Buckle up.

NARRATOR: --and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Oh, sorry.

Ha ha.

NARRATOR: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

They'll be worthy winners-- Yes!

NARRATOR: --and valiant losers.

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

Have a good trip.

NARRATOR: This is the "Antiques Road Trip."

[MUSIC PLAYING] Yeah.

[MUSIC PLAYING] For the last time on this trip, our proper Charlie and his darling are cavorting around Caledonia in the 1972 Triumph Stag.

And it's been a bumpy ride.

I feel a bit of a flop.

Oh, no, Charlie.

It's how I do.

Never, never, never, never.

I haven't quite taken to any dizzy heights.

I hope to make this leg end my legend of a last day, of a last shot.

Can I be your leg end?

NARRATOR: Yes.

They're both on their last legs.

Ha!

And Charles needs to get back on his feet again after a small loss last time.

He starts out today with 245 pounds and 72p in his piggy.

While Anita is standing her ground, leading this time with a budget of 349 pounds and 32 pence.

Right.

Let's get moving.

CHARLES HANSON: If I were to say to you, are you a-- are you a twist or a sticker, I think you'll say, let's twist again.

Like you did last summer.

Come on, give me a twistie then.

Come on, give me a twistie.

Let's twist again.

CHARLES HANSON: Come on.

It's the last time, Anita.

ANITA MANNING: Like we did last summer.

CHARLES HANSON: Like we did last summer.

[MUSIC - CHUBBY CHECKER, "LET'S TWIST AGAIN"] (SINGING) Yeah, let's twist again.

NARRATOR: Charles and Anita have twisted their way from Kilbarchan through Scotland and the lakes, heading for a final auction in North Shields.

CHARLES HANSON: Hello, horses.

Give me some hay.

NARRATOR: Before saying hello to North Shields, they're off to Dundee, birthplace of Desperate Dan and the desperate poetry of William McGonagall, who famously lamented the collapse of the ill-fated bridge of the silvery Tay in 1879.

Anita is dropping Charles off in the rain at his first shop, clipping to an antiques and collectibles, presided over by Rosie.

Hi, Rosie.

It's wet.

And there is so much stuff to see.

NARRATOR: So get looking.

[MUSIC PLAYING] How do you fancy some Australian Express Gift Food Parcels plum pudding?

And this plum pudding is to serve right now.

But I suspect this plum pudding went off a long time ago.

In fact, I think that's a 1950s tin of plums with the original contents inside.

It's amazing.

NARRATOR: Well, that's lunch sorted then.

Anything else tasty?

CHARLES HANSON: Mechanical toy gramophone.

Here you've got this beautifully well-preserved case.

And inside, wow, are the original contents of the gramophone player and various records.

There we go.

This toy record player was made in Swansea in the early 1960s by American toy manufacturer Louie Marx and Co. A possible?

Let's leave our '78 thinking about that and find out what's singing to Anita this morning.

Her first port of call is 12 miles upriver at the village of Abernyte.

And she's bound for the Scottish Antique and Art Center.

Gosh, she could get lost in here.

Keep your eyes peeled.

You never know what's around the corner.

Does that remind you of anyone?

He sleeps Charlie.

NARRATOR: And he speaks so highly of you.

Right.

Something has caught your eye, and dealer Steven is on hand to help.

- --here.

- OK. And you can maybe open it up for me.

Certainly.

ANITA MANNING: Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I love these art deco figures.

She looks a bit like a windmill girl.

STEVEN: She does, yeah.

I think she might possibly be French.

Now there is a price on it of 85 pounds.

What is the very best that you can do?

Best that would be, 77.

77?

Yeah.

Is that the very, very best?

The best we'd do, yeah.

- I'm going to take it.

- Oh, wow.

CHARLES HANSON: Thank you very much.

STEVEN: Lovely, I'm glad.

ANITA MANNING: Much terrific.

STEVEN: Thank you.

Could you put that behind the counter because I'm going to keep on looking.

OK.

Thank you, will do.

NARRATOR: Neat footwork, Anita.

Now back in Dundee, Charles seems to be stuck on that record player and has summoned Rosie.

Oh, the "Noodle."

You're so cool.

So wonderful.

That's amazing.

And that's it.

What I like about it, Rosie, is it's so vibrant.

It is all complete.

I love it.

OK. To a humble man of a modern age-- Mm-hmm?

--how much could this be?

Well, we've got this priced at 50.

I could bring it down 40.

CHARLES HANSON: 30.

ROSIE: OK. CHARLES HANSON: There's your call.

How about if we say 35?

I like it.

And I think from my jazz hands to yours-- there we go.

Give me a hand.

- Oh.

I'll give you a hand.

Let me turn you around.

- Oh.

- There you go.

Oh, wow!

- I'll take it.

- Oh.

Sold!

Thank you very much.

I love it.

It's got history.

Play me out.

- There you go.

- Bye.

ROSIE: Bye.

Bye!

NARRATOR: Away he goes, pocket lightened to the tune of 35 pounds.

Meanwhile, what's catching our magpie's beady eye?

Ooh, la la.

I like this.

It's an opalescent ball.

And it's very much in the style and manner of René Lalique.

This would have been made in the early 1900s.

The pattern is geometric.

It's 100 miles away from the fussiness of Victorian decoration.

And we can see on the back that it was made in France.

It's priced up at 40 pounds.

Now if I can get a little bit off of that, I think I could make a small profit in the North Shields auction.

NARRATOR: You do that.

Steven, I've fallen in love with this French art deco ball.

Has a bit of style, has a bit of ooh, la la.

Like yourself.

It's priced at 48 pounds.

What's the best you can do for me?

Best would be 43 pounds.

That's absolutely fine with me.

Lovely.

What's my total for both of these?

Right.

So 43 and 77, so 120 pounds.

Lovely, lovely.

I'm happy at that.

Thank you very much.

STEVEN: Thank you.

Bye bye.

NARRATOR: Two for the old alliance.

Viva France.

Meanwhile, Charles is on his way north where the Angus Glens wind into the great mountain ranges beyond.

He's bound for Kirriemuir, a town proud of its most famous son, J. M. Barrie, author of "Peter Pan."

But we're not on the trail of Lost Boys today.

Charles is following the footsteps of another local hero whose name lives in the very landscape of Scotland, mountaineer Sir Hugh Munro.

Charles is meeting Stewart Logan, the president of the Munro society, to hear his story.

Come on in with me.

Thank you.

Hugh Munro was born in London in 1856, but was brought up on the family estate near Kirriemuir, where his lifelong love of the Scottish hills began.

He was a founder member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889.

And one of the first things the club decided was they would get a formal list of the Scottish hills' over 3,000 feet.

And because Hugh Munro, earlier in the century and up until that point, had climbed many of these Scottish hills themselves, they reckoned he was the ideal person with the knowledge to start listing the hills.

He did an extremely accurate job.

How do you do that?

He made extensive use of maps, which were around but not nearly as accurate as the ones today.

And he used an aneroid barometer.

And that is a device where, if you set the height at a known height and then go up a mountain to the top, the change in pressure is recorded by the aneroid barometer.

And that gives you the height of the top of the mountain relative to where you set it down at the base.

CHARLES HANSON: How many Munros are there?

STEWART LOGAN: He listed 283.

The figure, now, is 282, which sounds as though, oh, he was accurate within one hill.

But in fact, there have been a few adjustments because of new maps.

NARRATOR: Many Scottish mountains are far from any roads, and unpredictable weather can make them treacherous.

But Munro took just two years to produce his list.

And the tables were published in 1891.

His list is now really the Bible for people climbing the Scottish hills.

Surprisingly, before the Second World War, only eight people had finished this list.

When I finished in 1981, about 300 people had recorded as having finished them.

It is now six and 1/2 thousand.

NARRATOR: Sir Hugh himself climbed all but two of the Munros, as they came to be known.

But Stewart has bagged all 282 of them 10 times.

He has a very precious and personal possession of Sir Hugh's.

Does that mean anything to you?

It looks to be a small pocket aneroid barometer.

It is Munro's aneroid barometer.

This is the one that he measured all the hills with.

It's amazing.

It really is quite amazing to handle this.

NARRATOR: All the Scottish Munros can be bagged by walkers except one, the inaccessible pinnacle on the Isle of Skye.

It requires rock climbing skills in which Munro himself never climbed.

To give Charles a taste of Munro bagging, Stewart has arranged for a trip to a local quarry with instructor Graham Morrison.

OK.

Wish me luck.

GRAHAM MORRISON: Good luck, Charles.

OK. Now get your right hand in there.

Yeah.

GRAHAM MORRISON: Good.

Now bring your right foot to your left foot on the same ledge for me.

That's it.

Put your foot on it.

Oh.

Pathetic, aren't I?

- No, you're not.

It's hard.

CHARLES HANSON: It's so embarrassing.

I can't get off the ground.

It's terrible.

Can I start higher up?

Come on.

You can do it.

[LAUGHTER] Come on, Stewart.

I can't hear you.

- On you go.

On you go.

What would Munro have said?

I think you should just stick to antiques.

[LAUGHTER] There.

Oh.

I can't.

Sorry, guys.

I can't beat the Scottish rock face.

The Englishman clearly has come back down to Earth.

What do you mean you've come down to Earth?

You never left it.

[LAUGHTER] Listen.

How's your sporran?

Is your sporran for sale?

How much is it?

STEWART LOGAN: How much is it?

What do you take for it?

How much?

- You don't want it.

- Why not?

I mean, this is a tatty old thing.

You can buy a perfectly good-- Yeah, but it's got your pedigree.

OK, I'll give you 20 for it.

If you're desperate for it.

I will happily.

Are you sure?

Yes.

I haven't conquered the rock face.

But I'm very, very delighted if I can go away wearing your sporran.

And the kilt as well?

STEWART LOGAN: You're not having that.

Certainly not.

It's maternal then.

CHARLES HANSON: There you go.

I'm very grateful, Stewart.

STEWART LOGAN: OK. - Thanks a lot.

- All right.

OK. - Well done.

NARRATOR: Well, that's one of the cheekiest deals we've ever seen on the "Antiques Road Trip."

I'm glad Stewart was at least left with his kilt.

Ha!

So what's Anita got to say?

Charlie's nuts.

He's just a marvelous guy, a marvelous guy.

NARRATOR: You likened him to a crocodile earlier this morning.

Now Anita's headed further up the Tay to the village of Rait, where she'll be hoping to pick up something precious at her next shop, a lovely former farm now housing Rait Antique Center.

Hi, Val.

Good to see you.

This looks absolutely fabulous in here.

Well, there's something for everybody.

There is, ah?

Take your time.

Have a good look around.

I'm going to enjoy myself.

NARRATOR: Time to cast her eyes over the wares.

Oh, look.

Shiny things.

I've been drawn to the sparkly cabinets.

And this ring has caught my eye.

It's art deco style.

And it's the type of ring of a style of ring which may have been worn by a gal like my little art deco figure.

It's unfortunately not a diamond.

If it was a diamond, it would be worth a lot of money.

But it's got the look.

It's placed at 39 pounds.

Now it doesn't have precious stones in it, but it has the look.

And I think a stylish lady at the North Shields auction might fancy that for herself.

I quite like this ring.

It's priced at 39 pounds.

Mm-hmm.

Is there anything you can do on that?

Um, we could do 35.

35?

Yeah.

- I'm going to take it.

- OK. That's terrific.

Thank you very much.

Now if you can find a wee box for it, it would be fabulous.

Let's do that.

If you can put that over there, I want to continue looking.

Fabulous.

OK?

OK. NARRATOR: Yes.

What might Madame fancy next?

This box contains a lovely set comprising a silver paper knife with pink marble handle and a little seal.

Again, silver.

On the end of the seal, we have initials.

And again, with that lovely pink marble.

It's in its original box with the retailer's address there, and I like to see that.

On the label, it says that it's circa 1860.

Now is this of any use in today's world?

I don't know.

Probably not.

But it's a beautiful item, and it's a thing of quality.

Val.

I found something that I've fallen in love with.

It's priced at 195 pounds.

Now that would completely blow my budget.

Right.

What can you do for me on that?

I could do it for 160.

I'm going to shake your hand before you change your mind.

OK.

So for my two items, what is my total?

Well, the ring was 39, which we'll reduce to 35.

160.

It would be 195 in total.

ANITA MANNING: 195?

VAL: Yeah.

ANITA MANNING: I'm spending money today.

VAL: Right.

[LAUGHTER] 95.

That's brilliant.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Having parted with 315 pounds at two shops, it's time for Anita to collect Charles and call it a day.

CHARLES HANSON: I almost could do with an orange.

ANITA MANNING: An orange, Charlie?

What are you talking about?

Yeah, yeah.

Not a juice, an orange.

It's like half time, and I need an orange to chew and to think about what my performance today.

It's been a good day.

NARRATOR: Yes, tomorrow's another day before it's all gone with the wind.

Nighty night.

CHARLES HANSON: Going, going, going.

Gone.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The sun has got his hat on.

And so do our two dashing experts, duly rejuvenated this morning by the North Sea air and ready to seize a last chance to make a splash at auction.

You're still looking for that biggie, Charlie, aren't you?

They call me Hanson the Hunter.

Anita, you are the hunted.

I hunted you down.

We're together.

Now it's my time to become the hunter.

Well, good luck to you, Charlie.

Thanks, Anita.

NARRATOR: He definitely needs it.

Yesterday, Charles got in the groove with a vintage toy record player before some jiggery pokery with a sporran.

I'll give you 20 for it.

NARRATOR: And he starts today with 200 pounds and 72 pence.

Dear oh dear.

While Anita came over all Francophile with an opalescent bowl.

Ooh, la la.

NARRATOR: An art deco figurine, a gem set ring, and a [SPEAKING FRENCH] French silver and marble paper knife and seal, leaving her a petite 34 pounds and 32 pence.

But it's a new day and we're off to Aberdeen, and the impressive granite pinnacles of Marshall College are glinting in the sunshine.

The city's motto, "Bon accord," is French for "good agreement."

Hopefully, we'll be seeing a few of those in our antiques shops today.

First though, Charles is dropping Anita at Aberdeen Beach.

ANITA MANNING: Oh, Charlie.

CHARLES HANSON: Look at that.

ANITA MANNING: Well, have a good day.

And bye, bye, bye, Charlie.

NARRATOR: While Charles shoots off in the Stag to start his shopping, Anita's navigating her way to Aberdeen Maritime Museum on Shiprow near the city's harbor to hear about a 19th century seafaring local who made big waves in Japan.

ANITA MANNING: Hello.

NARRATOR: Jason Finch has the story of Thomas Blake Glover, the man they call the Scottish samurai.

Jason, what was his background?

He's an Aberdeenshire born man born in Fraserburgh.

He's a merchant.

He's an entrepreneur.

He goes out to Japan.

He introduces a whole new range of technologies out there.

He helps create the modern Japan we know today.

NARRATOR: Thomas Blake Glover was employed by a Scottish merchant firm and sailed to the far East as a tea trader, aged 18 in 1857.

Just four years later, he was running his own company in Nagasaki in a society far removed from the one he'd left behind in Aberdeenshire.

Japan had been closed for about 200 years.

When Glover arrives, it's just starting to open up to the rest of the world.

But it would be very much what Thomas would consider to be a medieval society.

NARRATOR: From 1641, the military dictatorship of the shoguns prohibited contact with most foreign countries in order to secure their own cultural, political, and economic power.

Negotiating this Japanese society was a risky business.

Blake Glover learned Japanese and befriended the fearsome samurai of powerful clans like the Satsuma, who were keen to overthrow the old order.

He was playing a very dangerous game.

Definitely.

He becomes involved in their revolution.

They trust him.

They respect him.

He puts himself on the line for him.

They honor that.

They respect that.

And that's why he becomes known as the Scottish samurai.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Blake Glover helped to arm the rebels.

And in 1868, when the military rule of the shogun was overthrown, he set about working with the new regime on a program of modernization.

If you look out the window behind us, you will see Aberdeen Harbor.

Back in Thomas's time, this is a shipbuilding center.

And he had a whole series of vessels built for the Japanese, warships and merchant ships.

He's also involved in introducing other technologies and industries to Japan.

He helped get the first coal mine going in Japan.

He also helped set up carrying the first successful Western style brewery in Japan.

And he was happy in Japan because he made his home there.

NARRATOR: Thomas Blake Glover lived the rest of his life in Japan, introducing railways and co-founding the Mitsubishi Company.

In 1908, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, acknowledged as a key figure in the speed and scale of Japan's Industrial Revolution.

You can say he created the modern Japan we need today.

Many Japanese tourists come to Scotland because that's where Thomas Glover came from.

They want to visit his homeland.

They're making a pilgrimage.

Exactly.

Jason, it has been a fascinating story.

Thank you so much for sharing it with me.

It's been a pleasure.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Time to follow Charles now as he makes his way 10 miles North to Newmachar.

I like to believe in the sapphire jewel seas and the glimpse of gold up above.

It certainly sets up that feeling that treasure is lurking.

NARRATOR: And who knows what might well be lurking inside his first shop today, the poetically named Collecting the World?

CHARLES HANSON: How are you?

- Good to meet you, Charlies.

- Your name, sir, is?

- Brian.

Brian Cheyne.

Brian, what a lovely, traditional shop you've got here.

Has much been washed in by the waves?

Any buried treasure which could be a pirate Hanson's?

BRIAN CHEYNE: Well, a couple of things.

I don't know if you're a gambler.

Brian, I'm a gambler.

Greyhound racing.

Oh, amazing.

Just a wee quirky game.

CHARLES HANSON: It's lovely.

It was actually Greyhound Racing in and around Geordie land.

That might go down quite well.

How much is it out of interest, Brian?

- 20, 25.

- Yeah, yeah.

If it's of interest, yours for 15.

Wow.

I'll tell you what.

You're warming me up.

So I'll mental note that.

BRIAN CHEYNE: Yeah, have a think about that one.

I'll put the lid back on.

BRIAN CHEYNE: Yes.

I'm almost out of the block.

I'm a Greyhound.

And I feel here, I'm at the races.

NARRATOR: Get on with the search then, speedy.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Brian.

BRIAN CHEYNE: What have you found, Charles?

I think you put down here a very good quality hand carved nutcrackers.

And I would have thought-- what are they made of?

Do you know?

No.

I wonder maybe a limewood of some kind.

So fruit wood.

Fruit wood, yeah.

So I think it's probably an apple wood or a pear wood, and hence, their lightness.

To treen collectors, which is that-- Yeah, yeah.

--generic term for wooden works of art, I think it's got an appeal.

How old are they, do you think?

Well, that's what I'm not sure of.

I think they're either late 19th or early 20th, I would say.

How much could that be?

The price is the price, if it's 20 or less.

So Charles, it's 18.

18 pounds is the bottom?

Yeah.

I would say so.

Fine.

Give as a [INAUDIBLE] Fine, I'll take it, Brian.

I'll say, going, going, gone.

- Good stuff.

- Thanks, Brian.

[LAUGHTER] Take it over there.

Cheers.

Thanks, lad.

One down, overdue.

NARRATOR: Very good.

But winning will still be a hard nut to crack.

What I love up here are these football figures.

As Anita might say, they're wee Bonnie lads, aren't they?

BRIAN CHEYNE: Oh, yes.

She'd like them.

CHARLES HANSON: Anything footballing collectible pre-war is sought after.

And I think they're by 1920s.

Yeah, I wondered about maybe even pre-First World War or just post, yeah.

CHARLES HANSON: How much could they be?

Oh.

I'd need 90 pounds for them.

CHARLES HANSON: Would you really?

Yeah, yeah.

For the pair?

Yeah.

And that's-- I mean, they could fly, couldn't they?

On the top deck.

Yeah.

Playing a 4-4-2.

Thanks, but I'll keep on wandering.

Thanks.

NARRATOR: Yes, there may be cash in the attic.

Oh, wow.

It's a big, old room.

I'm looking for a smaller camera, which might have the echoes of Paul Laidlaw and the riches of antique finds.

And long live Paul Laidlaw.

NARRATOR: Catch him if you can, Charles.

Now time and tide wait for no man.

Can we just pull out the Greyhound Racing game again?

Sure.

CHARLES HANSON: So I think for 15 pounds, it's fun.

It's fairly complete.

I'll take it.

15 pounds for that one as well.

Good.

OK. Now is there one more item here I'd like to buy, Brian?

I think at 90 pounds, I shall take those two figures and have a go.

Good.

CHARLES HANSON: Thank you.

BRIAN CHEYNE: Good stuff.

NARRATOR: Great.

So what's the final score?

- 18.

- 18.

Yeah.

15 and 90, which comes to 123.

CHARLES HANSON: Here we go.

- It's good stuff.

- Bye!

Cheers.

All the best.

Bye bye.

All right, boys.

How are you doing?

Oh, where are the lads?

Look, Anita can go in the back, OK?

You can sit in the front with me.

NARRATOR: Away the lads, indeed.

Let's see if they can top the league at auction.

Meanwhile, Anita has made her way further northwards through rural Aberdeenshire to Ellon on the banks of the River Ythan.

And Ellon Indoor Market is the last shop of this trip.

[DISCORDANT PIANO] The piano is clearly not her forte.

[MUSIC PLAYING] As well as antiques, this store sells all manner of household goods, hardware, and pet supplies.

Ah!

Worms!

NARRATOR: Never mind.

They'll be a wee scone for you soon.

But you have to buy something first.

Hark, is that the sound of a stag?

[HUMMING] Crikey.

He's a big kid, really, you know.

And without further ado, he's roped in a grown up.

What have we got, Carrie?

I'm in my 11th hour.

CARRIE: I love that sort of thing.

CHARLES HANSON: What are they?

CARRIE: I have no idea.

We've never had them in before.

I thought they were footstools, but I don't know.

CHARLES HANSON: They're for praying.

Or kneeling.

You might knee.

So basically, Carrie-- I'll show you, Kay.

Are you going to kneel?

Have a kneel.

So what you do when the going gets tough-- come around here.

On the "Antiques Road Trip," you kneel down like that.

I might not be able to get back up again.

And you pray for one man.

OK. OK, who'd you pray for?

You.

[INAUDIBLE] hands, though, OK?

[INAUDIBLE] hands, though.

We pray at the 11th hour, I can find something amazing in here.

Yes, we'll pray for that.

And that I can light up and illuminate the room and make some money.

OK?

OK. Because somewhere, Miss Manning is about.

OK?

CARRIE: Yes.

Hello.

I'm just praying, praying for the week we've had, the enjoyment.

You're on your knees to another woman, Charlie.

It's been a wonderful week.

You're a Lothario.

[LAUGHTER] I had a wonderful week, Anita, with you, but time moves on.

Uh-huh.

Don't listen to a word he says.

- OK.

He's a blither.

OK. OK. What's that?

What's a blither?

NARRATOR: A blither is one who talks a lot without making much sense.

Hmm.

OK, then.

Moving on.

Let me see that green box, please.

I'll let you open those.

Well, I know that the military guys are always looking out for buttons, you know, and uniforms that the buttons are missing.

And we seem to have really quite a quantity there.

I wonder what regiment these came from.

From Birmingham.

And it's a name I'm not familiar with.

It's a nice little group.

DANNY: Yeah.

It's priced at 22 pounds, which might be a wee bit dear for me to put into auction at.

Can you do a bit better on that for me, Danny?

How about 18?

18?

It's not bad, but I'll tell you, 15 would be even better.

Um.

How about 16?

16.

Put it there.

Yeah.

Meet in the middle.

Thank you so much.

Haven't got much money left.

NARRATOR: And with those military buttons, Anita is marching to the end of this trip's maneuvers.

Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

- Bye bye.

Thanks.

NARRATOR: But is private Hanson keeping up?

This is a really interesting chair.

I don't know where it's from.

Could be Ashanti, could be African.

It's been here a while because it was priced at 120 now it's 80.

My budget's 77.

Maybe it's something I could buy for a bit less and just go to North Shields on the beat.

[MUSIC PLAYING] There's a chair down here.

Uh-huh, OK.

It's priced at 80 pounds.

CARRIE: Mm-hmm.

It was 120.

Mm-hmm.

I'm wondering if today we can drop another 40 pounds and go to 40.

40, 80, 120.

What do you think?

60.

Going, going.

The week is-- - 60.

- Gone.

Thank you.

Thank you.

CHARLES HANSON: There's 60.

Thanks for that, miss.

- Thank you.

I'm very grateful.

Cheers.

Bye!

Bye.

NARRATOR: And that, as they say, is that.

Job's done.

CHARLES HANSON: It's over.

ANITA MANNING: Go south, young man.

CHARLES HANSON: Go south.

ANITA MANNING: (SINGING) You shall have a fishy in a little dishy.

You shall have a fishy when the boats come in.

NARRATOR: And we'll see whose boat is coming in at auction after some shuteye.

Night night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] The stage is set on Tyneside for the last act of our antiques drama.

And our characters are assembling downriver at North Shields.

Our starring cast premiered in Dundee and toured Tayside, Angus, and Aberdeenshire before the curtain comes down on the banks of the Tyne.

ANITA MANNING: It's our last sale.

CHARLES HANSON: I know.

I can't believe it.

It almost feels like a last date, Anita.

Good luck.

After you.

I'm nervous.

NARRATOR: We're at Featonby's, who've been auctioneering here about since the 1920s, when unlike today, there was no internet bidding.

Ha.

Anita was almost cleaned out again, parting with 331 pounds for her five lots.

Bless her.

While Charles put his record player and Greyhound game together to make one lot.

And his total of five lots cost him 228 pounds.

But what do they each think of what the other bought?

This sporran has been up all the highest hills in Scotland.

And I'm sure that this sporran is going to be climbing into profit in this auction today.

Anita likes to pull a pose like this lady.

The base is in period and keeping to 1920s.

And I think for 77 pounds, she might be lucky in love at auction and make a small profit.

NARRATOR: And what does auctioneer Darren Riach think?

The pair of footballers, Victorian, probably made in the Staffordshire region.

I think he bid the wrong colors for in this particular area.

My favorite would probably be the art deco letter seal and the letter opener.

It's a nice item, and it's in a lovely presentation case.

And I think it may do well in the auction.

NARRATOR: Let's hope so since it cost such a lot.

Now this is your one minute call, Ms. Manning and Mr. Hanson.

Showtime!

- Here we are, Charlie.

- Nice.

Very busy.

Yeah.

Nice atmosphere.

NARRATOR: First up, a duet of vintage toys.

Charles's record player and Greyhound Racing Game.

And they're off.

I would have loved one of those when I was a wee girl.

We're gonna start the biddings from the 10, 12, 15.

And then we've got 15 pounds.

- Let's go.

15 bid.

18, 20, 2, 5, on the left.

20-- - Keep spinning.

28 pounds bid now in the room.

At 30.

And 2.

- Go on.

- Come on!

- Go on.

- 40.

Can we make it 40?

42.

45.

And then at bidder at 45.

48 with the lady.

Yes!

Thank you.

I'm in business.

One for the road.

DARREN RIACH: 50.

50.

52.

At 52.

All done, finished.

Selling at 52 pounds.

Anita.

Yay!

Yeah!

NARRATOR: Hey, that's a lot of excitement for 2 pounds.

Good start.

I'm very lucky, very lucky.

NARRATOR: Must be the method acting kicking in.

Ha.

And will Anita's art deco figure dance into the spotlight?

The only difference between you and her is she's art deco.

Start me at 30.

It's a nice period figure there.

- Oh no, Charlie.

Charlie.

Start me at 20.

Surely.

20 pounds-- In at 20?

22 on the internet.

22.

25, 28 at the back of the room.

At 28.

30 bid.

32.

35, internet bidder.

At 35.

38, sir.

38 bid at the back.

40 bid.

Oh, Charlie.

DARREN RIACH: At 40 pounds.

42.

45 back in.

Good.

50.

At 50 pounds.

Any advance on 50?

Are we all done now?

At 50 pounds.

One more, one more.

Last chance for the art deco figure.

All done and finished at 50 pounds.

Oh, there we are, Charlie.

Oh, there we are.

NARRATOR: Yes, she paid too, too much for it and lost 27 pounds.

I knew that I was taking a wee chance, Charlie.

But I was willing to do it.

NARRATOR: Next is the sporran Charles paid Stewart a tenner for, of all those Munros added to its value.

A man in a sporran is like no other.

Is that right?

Well, a man in a sporran-- well, that means he's got a couple of quid.

[LAUGHTER] Starting at 50 pounds for a [INAUDIBLE] 50 for it.

Surely, nobody fancy a fling?

A Highland fling?

Highland.

DARREN RIACH: 30 pounds, surely.

30 pounds.

Starting the bid at 30.

Surely.

I've got a bid at 20.

20 pounds in the way.

20.

What a way, what a way, give it away.

DARREN RIACH: 2, 5.

From the back.

28 pounds into 30.

30 on the internet.

Wow, here we go.

DARREN RIACH: 30.

32.

35.

[INAUDIBLE] that bid at 35.

38-- Wow.

DARREN RIACH: 38 bid now.

Good man.

38.

Can't wait any longer.

All done.

Bids in the room at 38 pounds.

Yes.

- We did very good.

- Well done, Charlie.

I'm very happy, Anita.

NARRATOR: I should think so, with a 28 pound profit to put in your hairy purse.

Could I have worn a sporran, do you think, in my attire in England?

Yeah, why not?

You can do whatever you want, Charlie.

NARRATOR: Ha.

That I would like to see.

Time now for Anita's French bowl.

- It-- - [INAUDIBLE] --glows.

I love the geometric design.

And we start the bidding at 42.

5.

At 45 bid now.

45 bid now.

Good.

48, 50 bid.

At 50, 52, 55.

58, 60 bid.

And 5.

65 bid over here on my left.

Anita, you're brilliant.

DARREN RIACH: At 65, 70 bid.

[INAUDIBLE] that bid.

At 75-- Nobody does it better.

At 70 pounds, very reasonable.

Last chance.

Selling at 70 pounds.

Yes.

Anita.

Nobody-- Yes, yes.

--does it better.

NARRATOR: Bravo, mon petit chou.

27 pounds profit.

Hey, not bad.

And bingo.

NARRATOR: Yep, Charles's carved wooden nutcrackers are next.

What are the biggest nuts you get?

The biggest nuts which you can chew.

Cashew nuts?

Coconuts.

Coconuts.

22 bid now.

22, 25 is there.

At 20.

25, the lady's bid.

- It's good, Anita.

- They like them.

They like them, Charlie.

At 28 pounds bid now.

28.

30 bid now.

At 30.

Go on.

DARREN RIACH: Lady's bid at 30.

At 30 pounds bid now.

At 30.

At 32, 35.

35 in the room.

At 35-- Go on.

DARREN RIACH: 35 pounds.

Do I see 38?

38, back in the left.

- Anita.

- Oh, Charlie.

- I'll tell you, Anita.

I'll hold your hand.

38, 40 bid.

At 40 pounds.

Are we all done now?

I'm going to sell it.

Fair warning.

At 40 pounds.

[GAVEL SLAMS] My goodness.

Charlie, that's 100% profit.

NARRATOR: So it is.

You cracked that one, Charles.

I might, just later, as a celebration, buy you a packet of nuts.

Peanuts OK?

Peanuts are fine.

Peanuts are fine.

NARRATOR: Anita's French silver and marble paper knife and seal set next.

- Pull the jackpot.

- Here we are.

- Here we go.

- At 20 pounds.

22.

- Come here.

DARREN RIACH: 22.

- Hold tight.

Hold tight.

- 28.

30.

30 bid.

That's 30 pounds bid on my left.

At 30 pounds in the bid.

Here on my left at 30.

32, fresh bid.

32 and 5.

38, 38.

40.

42, sir.

42, 45, 45, 48.

At 45 pounds.

It's worth more.

At 45, 48.

It's at 45 pounds.

He's trying.

- He's just trying.

- He's trying hard.

DARREN RIACH: 50 bid's here.

52.

[INAUDIBLE] 55, 55.

At 55 bells.

Look at it.

Beauty will love that.

Last chance.

Fair warning.

At 55 pounds.

He did his best, Charlie.

He did.

But I've just lost over 100 pounds.

NARRATOR: 105, to be precise.

Quelle catastrophe!

Oh.

DARREN RIACH: At 20 bells in the net now.

At 20 bells-- - I don't wanna say.

- I know.

Don't say anything.

Do you want a coffee or two, Anita, just as a half time?

- Let's think of the next lot.

- Exactly, Anita.

What's the next lot?

Exactly, Anita.

The next lot, what is it?

NARRATOR: It's your football figures, ready for kick off.

DARREN RIACH: 10.

It's brand new, still in its box there.

A tenner.

Balancing a football on my shoulders.

Oh, I thought you were dancing wildly.

- Sensing.

- Charlie.

- I could do that.

- Or twitching.

Maybe I'll do that.

Starting me at 40 pounds for the pair.

Come on.

DARREN RIACH: 40 pounds for them.

It's your big ticket item.

They are.

Come on, surely.

Shearer, Gazza.

Shearer, Gazza.

Oh, sorry.

I think you're 10 years too late.

Shearer and Gazza.

[LAUGHTER] Sorry.

No interest?

NARRATOR: Uh-oh.

DARREN RIACH: Surely.

10 pounds.

Starting the bid a lot there.

10 pounds a lot there.

I don't believe that, actually.

- They're still waiting for it.

DARREN RIACH: 10 pounds a bid.

10 pound bid.

12 in the back.

At 12 pound bid.

15 bid now.

15 pounds bid.

Now 15.

18 on that now.

At 18 bells-- They're so good.

I think they've just been teasing you, Charlie.

25 bid.

Standing up at 25 pounds.

Standing at 25, 28 under there.

At 30.

At 30 pounds.

Surely, they're worth more.

Yes, they are.

32.

They are.

32.

DARREN RIACH: Is there 35?

Last chance and fair warning.

The hammer's up.

It's on the internet.

All done at 32 pounds.

[GAVEL SLAMS] 32.

NARRATOR: And that own goals just cost him 58 pounds.

Wow.

And I've been given the red card.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: You're into injury time now, Charles.

Next, Anita's gem set ring.

We're going to start the bidding, starting at 50 pound with the ring there.

50 pound for the ring there.

Beautiful ring there.

Art deco.

20 pounds then.

20 pounds.

Then we have 22-- Oh, there we are.

There we are.

- 22.

28.

I've got 30.

30 bid.

At 30 pounds, I've got now.

At 30 pounds.

Have you got 32?

32.

Fresh bid.

35.

35 internet.

35 bid now.

38.

At 38.

40 bid.

40 bid in the front row.

At 40 pounds I've got.

At 40 pounds.

Is the 42 anywhere?

Surely.

BIDDER: Yes.

DARREN RIACH: 42.

- Good lad.

- Yes!

DARREN RIACH: 45.

48.

50 bid.

At 50 bid.

See now, 50.

Get in.

DARREN RIACH: 50 pounds.

50.

Ladies, bet you want it.

The lady gets what the lady wants.

At 50 pounds.

That's usually the case where it goes, isn't it?

At 50 pounds.

- He's good.

He's good.

- At 50 pounds.

The lady's bid.

All done.

Selling at 50 pounds.

Yes!

Well, done Anita.

[INAUDIBLE] Enjoy it.

CHARLES HANSON: It's lovely.

NARRATOR: So it is.

And 15 pounds back in your piggy.

That'll help with my minus 105.

NARRATOR: Well, a little bit, anyway.

Next, Charles's last lot, the tribal chair.

You've got to believe.

DARREN RIACH: Selling at 22 pounds.

[HUMMING] I'm meditating.

Oh, you're meditating, Charlie.

Sorry.

Start me at 50 pound for the chair there.

Very unusual chair there.

50 pound for the chair there.

50 pounds for it.

When are you going to see another one?

Think about it.

50 pounds for that beautiful chair there.

Meditate.

DARREN RIACH: [INAUDIBLE] 30 pounds to get it started then.

30 pounds.

Have we got 30 pounds bid?

See now 30 pounds.

Now the bid's at 30.

Somebody got 32?

32 I've got.

And 5.

40 bid.

42.

And 5.

48.

Go on.

DARREN RIACH: Can we make it 50?

Go on.

DARREN RIACH: Go on, [INAUDIBLE] couple of pounds.

50 bid.

52.

At 52.

55, is it?

At 52.

Go on.

Charlie, you're nearly-- DARREN RIACH: At 52 pounds.

Any advance on 52?

- Go on.

- Go on, Charlie.

At 52 pounds.

For 52.

CHARLES HANSON: Go on.

- At 52.

CHARLES HANSON: Come on.

DARREN RIACH: Last chance-- - Go on.

- --at 52.

All done at 52 pounds.

Thank you.

Oh.

Anita.

Charlie, it could have been a lot worse.

It could.

NARRATOR: All better.

8 pounds down, then.

I'm very happy.

Maybe you didn't meditate hard enough?

NARRATOR: Time for the finale now, Anita's military buttons.

- We salute them.

- Yeah.

We'll start the bidding.

We start the bidding at 10, 12, 15, 18, 20.

20 I've got.

Good.

DARREN RIACH: At 20 pounds bid now.

20.

At 20 pounds bid now.

At 20.

I've got a bid at 20.

At 22, 25.

- Profit.

DARREN RIACH: 25 bid now.

28 I have a bid now.

28 bid now.

28 bit now.

28.

Is there 30?

At 28.

It's still on the net.

28 pound?

All done at 28 pounds.

That's good.

I am a happy girl.

NARRATOR: And 12 pounds isn't buttons or washers or something.

Well done.

It's my week over, Anita.

Thank you for the memories.

The emotion, the moment, the timings.

The passion, the love.

CHARLES HANSON: I'm going to burst out greeting in a minute.

What?

Greet a greeting, you say?

- Greeting.

- Greet.

Get in a greeting.

No.

Burst out greeting.

What's that mean?

Means burst into tears.

OK.

Burst in greeting.

How's that?

Better?

You're going to cry.

I am.

I'm bursting greeting.

NARRATOR: I'm going to burst out greeting if this goes on any longer.

Uh-oh.

They're off.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Now for the epilogue.

A mixed bag of profits and losses cost Charles 52 pounds and 52 pence, leaving him with a final total of 193 pounds and 20 pence.

While Anita has made quite a loss today of 123 pounds and 54 pence.

However, her final tally is 225 pounds and 78 pence.

So we declare that she is our prima donna this time.

Bravo.

All profits go to children in need.

Charlie.

Anita.

- That was wonderful.

- Oh.

They are.

Just look at the Geordie skies and the trials and tribulations.

Hey, what a week.

The end of a wonderful trip.

It's been wonderful, Anita.

You're going north.

I'm going south.

There's one way I can take you now.

Over the threshold!

Oh, Charlie!

To the car for one last time.

Let's go.

[LAUGHTER] [MUSIC - JOE COCKER, "UP WHERE WE BELONG"] (SINGING) Love lift us up where we belong.

NARRATOR: Ah, yes.

Up there where they belong.

I do talk some rubbish, don't I?

NARRATOR: We salute their talent.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Charlie can keep the Stag.

CHARLES HANSON: Fishy, fishy, fishy!

[WHISTLING] NARRATOR: Their vitality.

OK, darling.

Buckle up.

NARRATOR: Tender hearts.

(SINGING) Where the clear winds blow.

NARRATOR: And their tactics.

ANITA MANNING: Yay!

Oh!

Oh!

NARRATOR: God bless them and all who sail with them.

Thank you, Anita and Charles.

[MUSIC PLAYING]