(CAR HORN) VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite celebrities...

It's not worth a tenner.

VO: ..paired up with an expert... You're learning.

VO: ..and a classic car.

This is very exciting, isn't it?

It is.

VO: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

Got a nice ring to it.

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

Come on.

VO: But it's no easy ride.

RICHARD: Brake.

DOMINIC: I can't!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

I hope I don't live to regret this.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

We've definitely got a problem.

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

You'd never catch me buying anything like that.

VO: There will be worthy winners... (THEY CHEER) VO: ..and valiant losers.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yeah.

SINITTA: You just had kittens, right?

SAM: Yeah, I have.

Two little kittens.

Aww.

I've called one Harry, after Harry... SINITTA: One Meghan.

SAM: ..Styles.

SINITTA: Oh.

No, not Prince Harry.

VO: Sweat pants and polka dresses to the ready, we're on the road with '80s icons Sinitta and Samantha Fox.

SAM: How long have we known each other now?

Got to be at least 40 years.

40 years!

Yes, it has.

VO: A former model, pop singer and TV presenter, Samantha wasn't just one of the '80s' most photographed women, she had nine top-40 pop music smashes.

SAM: Obviously, we met a lot because our first single was released... SAM: ..same year.

SINITTA: Same year.

SINITTA: That was just mad.

SAM: '86.

And I remember I was so excited doing Top Of The Pops, and all of that, with you.

SAM: I know.

SINITTA: Can you imagine?

I was excited it was you.

SINITTA: It was crazy.

VO: American-born singer, Sinitta made it to number two in the UK charts with her '80s anthem, So Macho.

And has had eight more top-40 hits and success as an actress and TV presenter to boot.

SINITTA: Cuz you were like a little rock chick, I was like a little pop chick.

I like to think that we were quite sexy, quite cool, right?

Yeah.

And here we are.

SINITTA: Two little dears on er, what is this?

I think it's great.

Off to the antique thing?

SINITTA: It's hilarious.

SAM: I think so.

Never in a million years, but I love it that we're still here.

VO: And both looking in vogue as ever, especially in that 1987 Lotus Excel.

Flowers courtesy of Sinitta.

SINITTA: I quite like the car, though, as well.

It's very Penelope Pitstop.

It's that old, it's got an ashtray in it, look.

SINITTA: Oh, gosh.

And a cigarette lighter.

SAM: And a cigarette lighter.

SINITTA: My God.

No, they don't come with them anymore.

VO: Some things have changed for the better, of course.

SAM: We'll probably find some old Sinitta and Samantha Fox vinyl today, I reckon.

Oh, my gosh.

But would they be worth anything?

VO: Positively priceless, I'm sure.

Though always best to hedge your bets.

Apart from us, Sinitta, what antiques shall we buy today?

SINITTA: Apart from us?

Yes, we're not antique, darling, we're vin-tah-ge.

SAM: Vin-tah-ge.

We might find some Monets, we might find some cameo brooches, maybe?

Capo di Monte.

Capo di Monte.

That would be wonderful.

Be nice as well.

Faberge eggs.

I don't know.

VO: Aim for the stars and you might just reach the sky.

And our two stars will be astrally traveling through Otford in Kent, before boogieing on over to Forest Row in East Sussex for a final shop, and then to Nottingham for auction.

They both have 400 new pounds for Faberge eggs, fine art and whatever else takes their fancy.

Tim Medhurst and Steven Moore are on hand to help them.

Two icons of the 1980s.

Do you remember the 1980s, Tim?

My parents were teenagers...if that...that says it all, really.

I can remember dancing to Sinitta and Sam Fox.

Can you?

Yeah, Rock Shots 1985 and 1986.

Don't ask me what I was wearing.

What sort of antiques do you think pop stars are into?

Well, you think the glitz and glamour, don't you, really?

I don't know.

Maybe we should get stuck inside.

That's a good idea, have a little rummage round.

STEVE: A little preview.

TIM: Come on, Steven.

VO: Watch out, boys.

Sam and Sinitta are in a hurry to meet their antique idols at Otford Antiques & Collectors Centre.

Let's hope nobody's too starstruck.

Hi, Steve.

STEVE: Hello.

SAM: I'm Sam.

STEVE: Darling, how nice to meet you.

What a lovely hug you've got.

Oh, thank you.

Shall we do it again?

VO: No time like the present, I say, especially when there's antiques to be found.

Time to see if Tim and Sinitta click.

Tim.

Oh, hello, Sinitta.

How are you?

Really well, thank you.

TIM: Good.

SINITTA: How are you?

Yeah, not too bad.

Not too bad.

What do you think of this place?

SINITTA: It's unbelievable.

TIM: It's incredible, isn't it?

It just goes on and on, and there's upstairs as well... SINITTA: Wow.

..which I haven't even been in yet, because you can see I've been rummaging away.

I love all antiques, and I love pretty things.

It's a good start.

I love things that are old because they've always got a certain amount of history to them.

A bit of a magpie, are you?

A bit of a magpie, and a bit of a hoarder anyway, at home.

Right.

Is this the first antique shop you've been in?

Have you shopped before or...?

Years and years ago, on the weekends, when my mother used to visit me at boarding school... Yeah.

..we'd sort of wander around, but never, like, properly.

TIM: Not seriously?

SINITTA: Never with real intent.

OK. Alright.

Well, I think we should just have a little browse and see what sort of catches your eye.

That might be quite interesting.

VO: And who could refuse a good old browse, eh?

Especially when there's 14 rooms' worth of collectibles and curios on offer.

Ray will be keeping tabs today.

This won't fit you, it's too small.

I've got a little head.

Look, you look like Laurel, off... Are you saying I've got a big head?

Well, you know, it's bigger than mine.

VO: Another fine mess you've gotten into.

What was it like on The Masked Singer, being inside that kangaroo?

SINITTA: Oh, hot.

TIM: Yeah?

SINITTA: I loved it.

TIM: Did you?

Yeah.

I loved being Baby Roo.

Put that behind your ear, then.

You do it.

VO: A feather in his cap.

Very glam.

What about this handbag?

TIM: Vintage handbag.

Are you into vintage clothes and handbags?

SINITTA: Yes, especially bags.

TIM: Oh.

SINITTA: That looks like it's in great condition.

TIM: Oh look, it's got an old tissue in it as well.

What's it say here?

SINITTA: Vintage.

Mall Wear.

I'm not very knowledgeable about vintage handbags.

I think you're the vintage handbag expert, so you tell me.

SINITTA: Put your arm like that.

TIM: OK. Yeah, cuz you've got to carry it like that.

That way round?

SINITTA: Yeah and you keep it there, like that.

SINITTA: Turn you hand over.

TIM:OK. Oh, right.

SINITTA: See?

That's how the Queen did it.

What would I keep in it?

We don't know what she kept in it.

Maybe gloves?

Marmalade sandwich.

Yes.

TIM: Do you buy lots of vintage handbags?

SINITTA: I mean, I... Not like this.

TIM: No.

SINITTA: This is the way to really do it.

TIM: Yes.

SINITTA: There's like girls who do collect them... TIM: Ah, OK. SINITTA: ..who'll sort of come and have things at their house.

SINITTA: So you can come and... TIM: Yeah.

Handbag parties.

Yeah, exactly.

But it's more fun when you find them yourself.

TIM: Yeah, definitely.

£45.

I mean, I can't see it making tremendous amounts in auction.

So just buy it for myself to have.

It does suit you.

It's a lovely navy blue.

It goes really well with your outfit, actually, I like it.

I'm sold, thank you.

See, you sold it to me.

VO: So while Sinitta likes the look of it, I'm not sure she'll be bagging it for auction.

What else is on offer in this Aladdin's cave?

Sinitta.

SINITTA: Mm.

TIM: Come and have a look at this.

Do you like this?

At a glance.

I mean...it looks like an egg.

TIM: It does look a bit like an egg.

There's a few things that make this actually quite a special and interesting light.

TIM: And the main thing is this plaque here.

Can you see that there?

SINITTA: Yes.

That stands for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

VO: Early 20th century, this lamp probably hung in a waiting room or platform, bringing light across stations filled with smoke from steam trains.

And what's caught my eye of this example is that it's got its glass shade, and to actually get one with the shade is quite hard to come by, and they're quite hard to find in one piece.

And it looks to me like it's probably its original one.

TIM: I mean, it fits absolutely perfectly.

SINITTA: So would you put another bulb inside?

TIM: Yeah, you'd be able to take off the screws, put a new light bulb in.

And it's been rewired recently, and you could get it going.

How cool a statement piece is that?

SINITTA: That is very cool.

When you first showed it and you said you like it, I was thinking, "It doesn't look like it's something for the home."

TIM: No.

SINITTA: But with the... Once you know the history of things, it turns things completely on its head.

TIM: People love railway memorabilia, especially the early stuff, it's called railwayana.

SINITTA: Railwayana.

Yeah, there's a big collecting field for it.

VO: Full steam ahead.

Indeed.

TIM: The price on the ticket, it says £125, which, imagine going to a lighting shop, a smart lighting shop, selling a solid brass... SINITTA: Yes.

TIM: ..shade with a glass.

It would be a lot more than that new.

SINITTA: A lot more than that, yes.

So I think... SINITTA: And it wouldn't have the history and the... TIM: Exactly.

Yeah.

I think it might have a bit of a chance in an auction.

What I'll do is take it down... Yeah.

TIM: ..and hide it behind the counter.

It's a lovely thing isn't it?

SINITTA: Sorry, Sam.

Not sorry, Sam.

OK.

I'll go and hide it.

You carry on rummaging.

TIM: Oh, Ray.

Can we hide this behind here so Steven and Sam don't find it?

RAY: Yeah, sure.

TIM: Is that alright?

Thank you.

RAY: No problem.

TIM: Thanks very much.

VO: There's no chance Samantha can derail that railwayana.

She and Steven seem to have found their way upstairs.

What do you think of that?

STEVE: It is a wild card.

SAM: Oh yeah?

So, basket's £5 and all of these little... STEVE: Well, what they've gone and done is, German doll's house packets, £20... SAM: £20 for that?

On its own?

STEVE: Oh, no, the whole lot.

SAM: Oh, the whole lot?

STEVE: Well, I'm assuming it is.

I don't know.

But, you see, I think these are quite fun.

These... My mum used to have like a little shop when she was little.

Yeah.

I think that's...

I don't think they're for a doll's house, I think it's for playing shops.

SAM: I think shops.

VO: A mini mart, if you will.

These are German miniature groceries from the 1950s or '60s.

STEVE: What's does that say, "Fart"?

Fart.

SAM: Well, "ausfahrt" means exit, I know that.

Oh, of course.

Yes, it's quite, it's quite normal in German.

SAM: £5 for the basket.

VO: And zwanzig, 20, for the miniatures...bitte.

SAM: Should we take this with us?

STEVE: It's almost like a carrier bag.

I think you should hold that, Steve.

STEVE: OK. Look so macho.

SAM: Ha!

♪ So macho.

♪ VO: Speaking of which, there's Sinitta.

SAM: Anything?

SINITTA: Hello!

Oh, some real goodies!

SAM: Yeah?

SINITTA: Yeah.

What have you got?

Well, I'm not going to tell you.

And I hid them so you couldn't find them as well.

What, in that little bag?

Well, not this.

This was just... You're not trying to steal this bag, are you, Sinitta?

It's still got the price on it, they'll suss you.

SAM: £45?

SINITTA: Yeah.

It's very expensive.

Yeah, but look at it.

It's original.

Is it a make, though?

SINITTA: Yes.

Mall Wear.

Made in England.

VO: A bit harsh, but that does mean the handbag will be going back on the shelf.

Still suits her, though.

Look at this.

This is quite smart.

SINITTA: What is it?

It's like a Bunsen oil lamp?

TIM: Yeah, it's an oil lamp.

Now, these are sort of seen as being, I suppose, a bit old-fashioned now, aren't they, oil lamps?

TIM: But people do collect them.

SINITTA: It's like, this looks very sort of modern, really.

Yeah, with the twister letting the wicks up and... Yeah.

TIM: But I can see here there's a maker's name, called Hinks, and Hinks was very well-known manufacturer of oil lamps in the 19th century through to the early 20th century, and they made some of the better oil lamps.

TIM: So it's actually got a good quality about it.

VO: Hinks & Sons, Birmingham-based Crystal Lamp Works, was in business from 1858, don't you know?

TIM: Is this something that interests you or is it...?

I mean, it's...it's extraordinary, actually, yeah.

TIM: It's priced at £80 which, to be honest, at the moment isn't cheap.

I mean, oil lamps aren't the most popular thing in the world.

But with the maker's name Hinks, that takes it to another level.

Do you want to see if we can do a deal?

We need to try and do a deal.

OK. Alright.

Cuz Sam, I mean, we've got to watch her.

TIM: We do, we do.

OK, right.

Erm, how do you get out of this place?

Oh, it's this way.

I'll follow you.

VO: Time to talk to Ray about today's very light potential purchases.

Oh, hello, Ray.

Hello, Tim.

We found something else as well.

I've hidden that... RAY: Hello, Sinitta.

SINITTA: Hi.

I've hidden that other lamp down there with you earlier... RAY: Oh, yes.

TIM: ..as well.

TIM: We've gone a bit sort of lamp-themed.

RAY: Mm.

SINITTA: Light-tastic.

TIM: Yeah!

VO: They're £205 altogether.

I wondered if we could improve on these prices...

I'm sure we can.

SINITTA: ..to take to auction, please.

I can do the two of them for...160.

Is that your best?

Now, that is the best for those two items.

That was quite firm.

I think it was quite firm.

I don't think you'll be getting further with Ray, to be honest.

SINITTA: I think that's very good.

But we're really, really happy with them.

Yeah.

Thank you very much.

SINITTA: Thank you so much.

TIM: Thank you for the deal.

TIM: I'll shake your hand, Ray.

SINITTA: Me too.

RAY: Thank you.

SINITTA: Thank you, Ray.

VO: It breaks down at £100 for the railway station light and £60 for the Hinks oil lamp.

TIM: The exact money there.

RAY: Lovely.

SINITTA: The exact money.

Thank you so much.

RAY: Thank you very much.

Thank you.

VO: That means Sinitta has £240 remaining.

TIM: Well, there we are, Sinitta, our first two buys.

Dah, dah, dah!

Ask me how I'm feeling.

TIM: How are you feeling?

SINITTA: Smug.

TIM: (LAUGHS) VO: Someone's happy!

It's just Samantha who's still procrastinating.

Now, what do you think these are for?

So they're mother of pearl.

SAM: Salt.

Oyster?

Sea...salt?

Pearl?

VO: Hey, give her a hand, Steven.

The ticket price is just £5.

Teach me, teach me.

Oh!

Don't start.

They're for eggs.

Why eggs?

Because if you've ever tried eating an egg with a silver spoon, it tastes horrible.

SAM: That's right.

STEVE: Same with salt.

So you'd have a mother of pearl spoon, or the other thing you'd use them for... OK, to eat your boiled egg?

Yes, another thing is for caviar.

SAM: Oh.

I think we should get them, then.

STEVE: Do you think?

SAM: The more we get...

Hold your horses for a moment cuz I've got something else.

STEVE: What do you think this is for?

That's a little pipe.

It's a little pipe.

That's tiny.

Is that for a lady, maybe, back in the day?

No.

A lady's pipe?

Yes, a lady's pipe.

Hold... One tick.

You just stay there, I'll be back.

VO: What's he up to?

It's a very small pipe.

STEVE: I need an accessory.

Here's one I prepared earlier.

OK. SAM: Oh!

A kid's bubble maker.

It's a bubble pipe.

So is that originally old, then?

What the kids used to really use?

That's about 1850.

SAM: Wow.

VO: Made from salt-glaze stoneware by the look of it.

STEVE: It's £20.

Well, I think so.

When did you last see one?

I've never seen one, to be honest.

There's never one of them in Romford market, was there?

I used to collect...

When I was a little girl, we moved into a house and my dad was digging up all the garden to returf it... And you used to find the broken heads.... Lots of clay pipes, I used to find, and very old medicine bottles.

I think it's so unusual, and I'd never have guessed what that was, so...yes.

Hours and hours of fun.

Yeah.

Well, you know, ruins my make-up that was fine.

STEVE: Ruined my make-up, dear!

VO: Let's hope it was worth it.

Time to talk to Ray.

SAM: Hi.

RAY: Hello, Sam.

SAM: How do you do?

RAY: Hello, love.

We're shopping.

SAM: Shopping with our own little shopping bag.

So...the bag is...

The basket is £5... Yeah.

..and the contents are £20.

OK. What I was going to say was, if you could possibly... Because this is an antique... RAY: Mm-hm.

..give me that as a little present to keep these things in, otherwise, I'm going to ruin them.

Any chance you can give me the basket for free?

Erm, yeah, I can do the basket and the contents... Cuz it won't suit you, this basket.

No, it won't.

Alright, we'll do them for 20.

£20.

That's fantastic.

And what else have we got, Steve?

And remember the little salt-glaze bubble pipe.

RAY: Oh yes.

STEVE: That was 20 as well.

RAY: Yes.

So that'll mean the two things are 40, is that right?

I can do 38.

SAM: 38?

STEVE: Oh!

We didn't... RAY: Yep.

STEVE: ..even ask for that.

SAM: No.

STEVE: I'd try harder.

So shall we go to 35, then?

No, 38 would be the best.

37?

RAY: Go on, then.

SAM: Go on, then.

Sound good to you?

SAM: Yeah.

37.

STEVE: (LAUGHS) VO: That's £20 for the German miniature toys and £17 for the Victorian bubble pipe.

SAM: £40.

Have you got change?

RAY: I have, yes.

There you go, £3 change.

Thank you very much.

STEVE: It's our first deal.

SAM: Thanks for all your help.

STEVE: Thanks very much.

STEVE: Take care.

RAY: Thank you.

VO: It means Samantha has £363 remaining.

Our first buys!

And we got the basket for nothing.

I know, for bunce.

VO: Elsewhere, Sinitta and Tim are hitching a ride in the Lotus and heading to Kent.

TIM: How did you get started with singing?

Did you just fall into it or was it something you'd always wanted to do?

My mother's a singer, my mother's a professional singer.

TIM: Ah, OK. SINITTA: My auntie's a professional singer.

So I grew up backstage in dressing rooms, trying on costumes and watching their shows every night.

So I kind of grew up feeling like it was inevitable that I... TIM: Oh, really?

SINITTA: ..could sing as well, or an actress.

Yeah.

VO: Sinitta was just 22 years old when she got to number two in the charts with So Macho in 1986.

TIM: Did you know this car can wink?

Look.

SINITTA: Oh, my gosh!

Flirty car!

SINITTA: (CHUCKLES) Sinitta, I can't help but wonder why there's floral garlands adorning the car.

I didn't know which car it was going to be, and I thought, whatever car it's going to be, I'm just going to make it a little bit prettier.

You thought, whatever the car, even if it's a Lotus, Ferrari... A Lotus.

..or anything beautiful, you'll still need to put flowers on it.

Even if it's a Lotus Excel, it's going to get beautified with flowers.

And I think it kind of makes it.

It does suit it.

I mean, the blue, green, white combo, I like it.

Goes very well indeed.

VO: Yes, it is rather fetching.

Now, we're not "right back where we started from" - ha!

We're arriving in the village of Brasted.

Here we are.

After you.

VO: Brasted Antiques has 24 dealers specializing in silverware, jewelry, paintings, and Sue is on hand for any advice or deals today.

Oh, I quite like this little chair.

SINITTA: It's a potty.

TIM: It is, yeah.

SINITTA: (LAUGHS) TIM: Hinges open, that's where the little chamber pot... SINITTA: ..will go.

TIM: Yeah.

Oh, that's so much nicer than a plastic potty.

And look, there's holes here where a bar would have gone across.

SINITTA: So you could hold so you didn't fall out!

VO: Nice touch.

This is beyond bog-standard.

Ha!

TIM: I'd say that dates to around 1840 to 1860.

Really?

Yeah.

So we're talking around 150 years old.

SINITTA: Oh, my God!

TIM: Isn't that wonderful?

SINITTA: £85.

I mean, I think that would be a lovely thing to have in the home, in your guest bathroom, visiting children who are potty-trained.

It's quite nice, isn't it?

It is.

And also it fits into the category of furniture that teddy bear collectors like as well.

Because they put their teddies in their little chairs.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

But it's a nice piece of history, and a social history as well, because you don't have things like this made now, do you?

SINITTA: No.

So maybe we should keep it in mind and carry on looking.

Yeah, it's a good spot, well done.

Yay.

Thank you.

We'll make an antique dealer of you yet.

SINITTA: Oh, my gosh, it's working!

VO: Sinitta's not pooh-poohing the potty, but there's lots to chew on in here.

Oh, wait.

Look at this.

Oh, what's that you've got?

SINITTA: Dah-dah.

It's a pestle and mortar.

A pestle and mortar?

It's a big old one, isn't it?

Look at that.

SINITTA: It's so heavy.

Let's have a look.

What's this made of?

SINITTA: It's, er, wood.

TIM: Oh, that's carved wood, this is carved stone.

SINITTA: Oh, right, OK. TIM: Isn't that nice?

VO: You don't often see a mix of materials with a pestle and mortar.

Interesting.

SINITTA: So how old do you think it is?

TIM: How old?

Um, I tend to find with pieces like this that often they look older than they actually are, because obviously they've been in the elements, they've been used and they've built up a used patina.

But it has got some age, I reckon at least mid-20th century, maybe slightly earlier.

Well, it's £85, which might be a bit top end.

It depends what you can get it down to, doesn't it?

OK.

So, I could see it doing well if a couple of people really loved it.

VO: Over the border in Surrey, Samantha and Steven have arrived in Godstone.

Only 18 miles from London, it's a stone's throw from the rural idyll of the North Downs.

Come on, it's our second shop.

STEVE: Are you excited?

SAM: I am.

Well, come on then, let's see what we can find.

SAM: Yeah, I've learned something by now as well.

VO: With 16 dealers selling toys, china, jewelry and more, Graham is standing by to help.

I wonder if Sam like snakes.

It's not a real snake, it's a wooden snake.

VO: Fangs for the info there, Steven!

..in a coil, look.

I mean... VO: Ugh!

It's bad luck to put up a parasol inside.

Oh, just look at that beautiful pink plate.

Well, it's very your color.

STEVE: You love pink.

SAM: I do.

STEVE: You know when I said, the more stains on it, the older it is?

SAM: Yeah.

STEVE: Do you know what?

I was joking!

Was you?

STEVE: Yes!

You can tell it's very old because it's got stains on it!

I wasn't being..!

I was being funny, darling.

I thought that maybe they'd put a load of teabags on it.

VO: Still, this one does look Victorian.

It has a registration diamond, which means it's mid- to late-19th century.

So, it's good?

STEVE: Well, it's about 1870 at a guess, but look at the chips here as well.

SAM: Oh, no, there's cracks in it.

Cracks, stains.

No, we can't have no cracks.

No stains.

VO: They're looking for something with fewer imperfections.

You strike me as somebody who's always polished, always... Of course.

What do you think of...?

STEVE: I could just see this on your dressing table.

A little manicure set.

STEVE: It's plastique.

SAM: Oh.

But it's vintage.

SAM: If it's plastique... STEVE: It's proper vintage.

So it's probably late '30s, early '40s.

But it's plastic, Steve.

Getting our things all polished up like that.

STEVE: It actually works.

SAM: I think you wouldn't see... We don't want no plastic.

Everything's plastic these days, Steve.

STEVE: Or placca, as we say in Newcastle.

SAM: Placca.

STEVE: Placca.

SAM: Placca?

STEVE: Nice bit of placca.

Yeah, placca.

VO: Back in Brasted, Sinitta has been bowled over by the child's potty and pestle and mortar so far.

SINITTA: Is this a bag?

TIM: Ah, you're drawn to another bag.

SINITTA: I mean, how did that happen?

Literally, it found me, I didn't find it.

TIM: It's really fine work, isn't it?

That tiny little glass beading all woven into those lovely patterns.

It must have taken forever to make.

TIM: And it's got this sort of faux tortoiseshell plastic handle as well.

So it's an early form of plastic.

VO: The bag is probably a piece from the early-20th century.

The overall design and geometric pattern is typical of the art deco movement.

What draws you to it?

It's just the quality of the workmanship?

Yes, the beading and the size, you know, it's quite... SINITTA: And it's unique.

TIM: Yeah.

You know, you don't see everybody walking around... No, you don't.

I like it.

How much is it?

SINITTA: Dah, dah, dah!

It is... How much do you think it is?

Mm, I'm guessing 30 or £40.

Not bad, £26.

TIM: 26.

That's alright already.

SINITTA: Yeah.

TIM: Well, the chair and the pestle and mortar are priced up at £85 each, aren't they?

Right.

I think the bag at that money we probably...

The bag and one of those.

TIM: We'd do a little bit of negotiation on that.

SINITTA: OK. TIM: Shall we see what we can do?

SINITTA: Yeah.

TIM: OK. VO: They've decided to ditch the potty and see what Sue can do on the pestle and mortar and art deco purse.

TIM: Hi, Sue, how are you?

Fine, thanks.

Did you find anything?

TIM: Oh.

SINITTA: We did.

TIM: We found many things.

SUE: Oh, good.

You've got such a lovely shop here.

Thank you.

What have we found, Sinitta?

So we found the pestle and mortar.

SUE: Lovely.

And beautiful beaded bag, hand beaded bag.

Oh, that's wonderful.

What we were hoping for, weren't we, was some clarity on prices, because...

Right.

Do you think you could just come in and give us the very best price on each one?

The bag, um, could do for 20.

OK. SUE: Yes.

TIM: That's great.

The pestle and mortar, the absolute best I could do on it would be 45.

Oh!

OK, that's very generous, isn't it?

SINITTA: That's very generous.

I think they're a good buy.

Good prices as well, thank you very much.

SINITTA: Yeah, amazing.

SUE: You're welcome.

TIM: Shall we shake on it?

SINITTA: Yes.

TIM: Sue, thank you very much, it's a deal.

SINITTA: Thank you so much.

TIM: We'll take those.

SUE: Thank you.

TIM: Well done.

VO: It comes to £65 altogether.

SUE: That's wonderful.

TIM: Thank you very much, Sue.

SINITTA: Thank you.

TIM: We'll see you again.

SUE: Thank you.

TIM: Thank you.

SUE: Bye.

SINITTA: Bye bye.

VO: Nice work.

That means Sinitta has £175 left to spend.

Nine miles away in Godstone, Samantha and Steven are still shopping.

Ooh, some antique... How do you feel about silver?

SAM: I love silver.

STEVE: OK. What date do you think that is?

SAM: Um, that looks like a little milk jug, maybe.

STEVE: How old do you think it is?

OK, there's no stamp.

STEVE: No.

SAM: That means it's handmade.

Well, you can see all of the punch marks, so it's been hammered.

SAM: Yeah, hammered and handmade.

But sometimes on silver, they hide the hallmark.

So if you see here, we've got a monogram and a shield.

SAM: Ah...!

STEVE: The hallmarks are just across the tongue.

There!

Yes.

So you've got a head for George III.

SAM: Uh-huh.

STEVE: You've got maker's initials and you've got the lion passant saying it's sterling silver.

There's not a date letter I can see, but that's about...1800, 1810 I think, at a guess.

STEVE: I don't think...£38, I don't think that's expensive.

£38.

It's not heavy.

And a lot of silver is sold on its weight.

SAM: But what do you think it's going to get, Steve?

Might make us £10 or £20, or more.

But if we can ask... We can't keep just making 10s and 20s.

STEVE: Flutter your eyelashes and ask for the best price.

Yeah, let's give that a go.

Let's give that a go.

VO: Time to weigh it up with Graham.

Hi, I'm Sam.

Hello, Sam.

I found this, Graham.

Can you tell me how much this is?

Yeah, that's £38.

SAM: £38?

GRAHAM: Yes.

What do you think, Steve?

I think we need to ask the best price.

SAM: Best price, please, Graham?

GRAHAM: I think the...

Very best price.

Very, very, very.

Best price, best price?

STEVE: Very!

GRAHAM: £30.

Uneven numbers, how about £27?

GRAHAM: I can't go lower than that, I've got to go 30.

Look, I'm doing my eyelashes.

I don't... £30, I mean, that's it, sorry.

OK. We'll take the 30.

Thank you very much, deal.

SAM: Deal.

Thank you.

GRAHAM: Lovely.

STEVE: Double shake on it.

SAM: Woohoo!

SAM: Don't show him what you've got.

SAM: Take that one out.

STEVE: Yes!

There you go, darling.

GRAHAM: Thank you very much.

SAM: £30.

GRAHAM: There you go.

SAM: Thank you so much.

GRAHAM: Lovely.

STEVE: Ausfahrt.

SAM: Ausfahrt!

Adios.

VO: Sam's left with £333, and that's the final shop of the day.

STEVE: A jug!

SAM: Woohoo!

STEVE: Ooh!

SAM: A jug!

SAM: How did you do today, Sinitta, did you get anything nice?

SINITTA: I got some amazing things.

And all I can say is thanks for the tips.

SAM: That's nice.

Good friends!

And don't you think the history aspect is so interesting with antiques?

To know the stories behind the different things.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's so... it's so incredible.

I know.

I really, really enjoyed it.

I loved it.

I think we should do it more often.

But we get tomorrow again, at least.

Yeah, tomorrow's another day.

I've loved it, absolutely loved it.

I think by tomorrow, we'll be like...experts, especially after the guys who are helping us.

VO: But let's see what tomorrow brings, eh?

Nighty night.

SINITTA: So I think we should do this every other Saturday.

Why not?

I'll bring breakfast.

A little picnic.

Yeah.

And we can be Sam and Sin's Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Samantha's at the wheel today, and she and Sinitta are heading deeper into the Garden of England, Kent.

SINITTA: How are you feeling?

SAM: Know what?

A bit more confident today than yesterday.

SINITTA: Really?!

SAM: Yeah.

I thought you were quite cocky yesterday.

VO: Don't hold back, will you, Sinitta?

Babe, it's a competition at the end of the day, you know?

SAM: I can't be going, "Oh, Sinitta..." I've got nothing.

SAM: I didn't buy anything.

I didn't find anything.

No, I found wonderful things!

VO: Quite right.

If you've got it, flaunt it.

How was your bartering?

Bartering was good.

Yeah, I got a little basket for nothing, and then... Oh.

..I bartered at the second shop and he gave me £8 off of something.

SINITTA: Oh!

That's good.

It was 38 quid... SINITTA: Mm-hm.

..and he gave me £8 off.

SAM: So that was good.

SINITTA: Very good.

Yes.

VO: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Let's not give anything away just yet.

Samantha and Sinitta need to meet back with Steven and Tim before anything is revealed about any buys thus far.

STEVE: Morning!

SAM: Good morning.

STEVE: Hello, darling!

VO: Aw!

Oh, lovely.

SAM: Yeah, missed you, too.

STEVE: I know.

SAM: Great day yesterday.

VO: First to brandish her wares, however, is Sinitta.

SINITTA: Wait till you see this.

Duh-duh-duh!

Look at this.

SAM: Oh, that's nice.

I can see that's, um... SAM: Mm, a light.

STEVE: They normally sell quite well.

SINITTA: Yes.

TIM: It's a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lamp.

STEVE: Oh!

TIM: So it would have hung in a railway waiting room.

Stop touching it, please.

STEVE: Oh I see, it was shop soiled... SINITTA: Too valuable, too valuable!

SAM: Too valuable, OK. SINITTA: Yes.

VO: With £400 to spend, Sinitta and Tim were keen to keep their railway lamp from Sam's prying eyes.

TIM: I'll go and hide it behind the counter.

SINITTA: Sorry, Sam!

It's a lovely thing, isn't it?

Not sorry, Sam!

VO: After buying an oil lamp, Victorian pestle and mortar, an art deco beaded purse too, she has £175 remaining and it's time to clap eyes on Samantha's buys.

STEVE: We stayed rather small and select... TIM: Did you?

..as you might know, but there is a piece of silver there.

STEVE: You see?

We could be the backing group.

(JUG TINKLES) Sam and Sinitta and The Silver Jugs!

You heard it here, folks.

Do you have faith in your jug, though?

Do you think it's going to do well?

SAM: I do, because... TIM: Yeah.

..well, you can see all the hallmarks there.

Yeah, it's beautiful.

SAM: It's pure silver and it's handmade.

STEVE: Yep.

TIM: Very nice.

VO: With £400 to spend, too, Samantha took an instant shine to the silver jug, as well as mid-century German miniature groceries, and a Victorian child's bubble pipe.

SAM: Oh, a kid's bubble maker!

VO: Samantha still has £333 to play with.

SAM: Today is the day.

I feel like we splashed the cash, didn't we?

SINITTA: Yeah.

VO: And there'll be plenty more time and places to spend at.

But first...our experts and celebs are headed to the jewel in the crown of Hever village.

The celebs are taking the Lotus.

You know, when you've got something expensive and small, and you wanna hide it?

Do you ever hide it so well that you can never find it?

My house is full of that because I hide things from my children, because my daughter... SAM: Yeah.

My daughter gave my wedding ring to her boyfriend at school when she was about six.

Oh, bless her, though.

Bless you!

And he didn't like her, so he threw it over the fence cuz he was embarrassed.

I never found it.

You never found it?!

Once I realized my daughter was giving my jewelry to boyfriends who didn't even like... SAM: Yeah, who didn't even appreciate it.

Exactly.

I had to hide it.

Well, she's got good taste already, babe.

SINITTA: Yeah.

SAM: Eh?

In jewelry, just not in men.

Mind you, where does she get that from?!

I know, join the club!

VO: Honestly, you two.

Enveloping Hever village is the splendid moated and apparently haunted Hever Castle.

The ancient walls here hold contemporary discoveries about one of Henry VIII's most famous wives, as well as of medieval healing and medicine.

Samantha and Sinitta are meeting head gardener Neil Miller.

Right, where...where do you think we are?

Mm... We're in a Tudor style herb garden.

SAM: Oh, lovely.

SINITTA: Oh, wow.

NEIL: How about that?

This is called tansy.

SINITTA: Tansy?

SAM: Tansy?

NEIL: You may have heard it.

It was around in Tudor times, we know for a fact.

Yeah?

NEIL: It was used sort of in the kitchen.

VO: The Tudors influenced a new era of herbalism, not just for seasoning, the plants in this herb garden were used for medicines and even pest control.

They tied it to the beams whilst they were cooking and it was a great midge and fly repellent.

Really?

NEIL: So they kept all the insects away.

SAM: Oh, so clever.

NEIL: It really is.

And nowadays, it's one of the best ant deterrents.

SAM: It's clever how they found out about all that.

Yeah.

I think it was a bit trial and error.

SAM: Yeah.

NEIL: But hey-ho, it works.

VO: Meanwhile, Tim and Steven are off to learn about one of England's most misunderstood queens.

They're going to meet assistant curator Kate McCaffrey.

She's recently discovered new, exciting evidence about the legacy of Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who lived at this magnificent place with her family from 1505.

Kate, so how is Anne Boleyn remembered in history?

She's mainly seen through the lens of her sexuality and her relationship to the King, mainly as a mistress or another woman, however, she's a very complex, multidimensional figure.

VO: Anne became the second wife of Henry VIII after his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, which led to the Reformation and England's transition to a Protestant country.

When Anne failed to produce a male heir, however, King Henry accused her of adultery and she was executed for treason.

KATE: In the years after Anne's downfall, Henry really attempted a bit of a systematic erasure of Anne from history while he quickly moved on to his third wife, Jane Seymour.

So she's often been seen through that male lens.

VO: Legend says that moments before her execution, Anne Boleyn handed a small prayer book to one of her ladies-in-waiting.

A prayer book that proves she was a pious, intelligent political reformer.

It now sits on display at Hever Castle.

KATE: Well, this is one of our most treasured items.

This is one of Anne Boleyn's personal prayer books.

She actually wrote inside it a very poignant rhyming couplet.

She wrote, "Remember me when you do pray "that hope doth lead from day to day."

And she signed her name, Anne Boleyn.

And it's actually only one of two books that survive today that contain Anne's signature inside.

Kate, I know that Steven and I would love to see the inscription and Anne Boleyn's signature.

Can we have a look?

You absolutely can.

VO: To view the revealing inscriptions in Anne's personal prayer book, Tim, Steven and Kate must head to a darker room with a UV light.

While back in broad daylight, Sam and Sinitta are exploring the castle's Tudor garden that would have played an important role during Anne Boleyn's time here.

From aspirin to morphine, there are hundreds of drugs derived from plants in use today, and no Tudor surgeon's book was complete without a list of herbal remedies.

The one over there with the slightly dark greener leaf, that is the peony.

NEIL: Obviously, hygiene was not as good in Tudor times.

No, no.

So if you had a boil or an abscess, you used to grow the peony... SAM: Right.

NEIL: ..then you peeled off the outer layer... SAM: Yeah?

..and then rubbed the sap on your boil or your abscess.

SAM: Yeah, OK. NEIL: And in few days... SAM: I wonder how they knew that kind of thing?

I think they sort of experimented.

SAM: Experimented.

I wouldn't like to try it nowadays cuz you'd probably end up with a huge rash.

NEIL: But it just shows you.

VO: Undoubtedly organic pioneers, the Tudors didn't always get it right - ha!

This one here is quite an unusual one.

NEIL: It's called the hellebore.

According to...in Tudor Times, if you ate the flower... Yeah?

..it was a cure for madness.

SAM: Really?

SINITTA: Oh!

But only for men.

You got none left for me?

SINITTA: I was going to say.

For ladies...for ladies, there's no cure.

Can we take a big bunch?

NEIL: (LAUGHS) Go for it.

VO: The male lens and patriarchy reigned supreme during Anne Boleyn's life.

Back inside the castle, Kate is showing Tim and Steven what she discovered that proves Anne's legacy didn't die with her on the scaffold.

Alongside Anne's signature and inscriptions, there are others.

So what's particularly interesting about this book is that I found further inscriptions inside.

KATE: So it's not just Anne Boleyn who wrote inside this book.

I think that Anne passed it to a woman named Elizabeth Hill who was at court with her.

And then Elizabeth Hill has kept this book safe in the hands of her family.

So only trusted hands, because it would've been very dangerous to own something like this, that bore Anne's signature and her name.

STEVE: Of course.

TIM: Yeah.

KATE: And I think it's testament to the loyalty that Anne inspired into this group of women who kept this book safe, that it became a bit of a community, and they all added their own notes in imitation of Anne, who added the first note.

And they generated this kind of rare sense of female engagement with religious texts.

VO: A key community of women strived to preserve Anne's true legacy for future generations.

KATE: She was really actively engaged with religious debates, but also political ones at the time, and I think that's what drew Henry to her.

She was hugely charismatic and intelligent, she wasn't just a pretty face.

VO: An early example of strong women supporting strong women.

It seems Sam and Sinitta are keen to contribute.

They're helping Neil maintain the castle's 100 year old English yew maze.

TIM: I can hear snipping.

Snip-snip!

Be careful.

SINITTA: Hi!

STEVE: (LAUGHS) How are you?

Hi!

What have you guys been doing?

SINITTA: We've done all this.

TIM: Oh wow.

No, you haven't.

TIM: All of that?

SAM: All of it.

STEVE: We've been playing with Anne Boleyn's prayer book.

Shall we trim some round here?

SINITTA: Yes.

SAM: Yeah.

If you guys do that side.

Do you want to get some shears?

SAM: Maybe you should have a go, then, Steve.

VO: While Sam leads Steven up the garden path - ha!

- Sinitta has a plan for Tim.

What are you doing?

SINITTA: That's lovely.

TIM: Oh, I see.

Yeah, I think we'll be finished in about... TIM: Oh, sorry.

I'll snip over here.

Ahh.

Have you got a nice little raspberry lemonade there?

VO: May the strength bestowed by Anne Boleyn reign supreme, eh?

Samantha and Steven have commandeered the Lotus and are heading to East Sussex.

They're parking up in Forest Row, a village which was once voted one of Britain's poshest.

They'll fit right in!

The Dandelion Clock Antiques Centre is their destination.

Last shop.

Fingers crossed.

Oh, it looks quite interesting.

Oh, it does.

Yeah.

It's got an upstairs.

After you.

VO: Home to 12 dealers, Lindi's looking after the shop today.

Samantha and Steven still have £333 to spend, remember?

SAM: Oh, come on.

STEVE: Work that body.

They're too light.

STEVE: Give me one, we'll do it together.

They're too light.

Oh, feel the burn.

Oh!

STEVE: Oh!

SAM: Oh!

Oh!

110... Oh!

Hundred and... What?

VO: My, your muscles stand out like sparrow's kneecaps!

Although you are right to warm up.

STEVE: What do you think of this?

SAM: Yeah, I like it.

STEVE: Your dad was a woodworker.

Yeah, he was.

So this is...

I mean, it says 19th century Oriental carving.

SAM: Yeah.

STEVE: I think it's probably Burmese or Indonesian.

I think it's sort of mid-19th century.

But, I mean, what we look for something like this, look at the bottom.

You see, there's a good age there.

SAM: So would this be out of one piece of wood, carved?

Well, I'm not sure, because when you look at the line, you see, the arm's been stuck on.

SAM: Yeah, I was thinking that.

STEVE: Now, the initial think was, has his arm been broken?

SAM: Yeah.

But when you look at the line of the wood... SAM: Yeah.

STEVE: ..I think that arm's been attached originally cuz the wood has been that shape there.

So I'm looking at this hand.

This has nice, long fingers.

STEVE: He's got proper sausage fingers, hasn't he?

SAM: This hand... STEVE: Yeah.

SAM: I think he's lost a couple.

STEVE: I think so, but what's also nice is even though they're broken off, they're not clean, so I think they've been broken off a long time.

SAM: Oh, OK.

So we've got that build-up of patina and the great thing is it's £49.

SAM: It's not a bad price.

STEVE: I think for a bit of, you know... Is it well-known, this make?

Well... Well, it hasn't got a make.

..if it was Chinese, it would be a better buy, but there's still a market for, as I said, probably Burmese, Indonesian, maybe even Thai.

So that bit of Asia rather than the far Far East.

Yes, yes.

STEVE: But I think at £49, he's not expensive.

Maybe one to consider?

Yeah, let's think about that one.

OK, let's delve deeper.

Yeah, let's look at some more stuff there.

VO: One possibility, then.

Oh, look, here come the other two.

Oh, this looks interesting.

SINITTA: I like it.

TIM: Nice-looking shop.

SINITTA: And I've already seen something.

TIM: Have you?

SINITTA: Look at this little... TIM: Oh, yeah.

SINITTA: And there's a matching one.

TIM: There's two of them.

Shall we have a closer look?

SINITTA: I think we should.

TIM: Come on.

VO: Spotted something already?

Better get in quick.

SINITTA: Mmm.

Oh, they're so pretty.

They're quite good-looking things... SINITTA: Yes.

TIM: ..but it's a 20th century, mid-20th-century copy of an original 19th century piece.

VO: Cherub ormolu candelabras became popular in France from the 19th century.

But Tim's right, these aren't original.

TIM: It just depends whether you want something... TIM: ..that's a bit older.

SINITTA: Yeah.

TIM: Not so keen on him anymore?

No, I feel like today, we've got to really try and find something special.

TIM: Something real special.

SINITTA: Yeah.

TIM: Shall I put it back?

SINITTA: Yeah.

VO: There's more cute collectibles to light your fire in here, look.

Oh, let me show you something that I've spotted that I like.

TIM: This is right up my street.

And you just... Boom.

TIM: Look at that.

SINITTA: Oh!

Tell me about that.

What do you think?

SINITTA: Is it Wedgwood?

Vintage Wedgwood?

TIM: That's not a bad shout cuz obviously blue and white is well-known for being by Wedgwood, isn't it?

That's probably where your mind was going.

It's got a real Asian feel to it, hasn't it?

It does.

TIM: But this is actually English.

Very English.

It's known as pearlware, pearlware pottery.

And this was made during the 18th century.

So this is around 250 years old, this mug, and it's stayed in one piece.

And in the 18th century, we were emulating the Chinese ceramics because that was all we knew then.

You know, Chinese were making ceramics for thousands of years before we even knew how to make them.

Really?

Oh wow.

Yeah.

In the 18th century, we called ceramics white gold because it was so precious.

TIM: And when we started making porcelain and ceramics in our own country, we started decorating them with Chinese design because that's what we were used to and that's what was popular.

So it's called blue...?

TIM: It's pearlware.

SINITTA: Pearlware.

TIM: Can you see, the glaze has come up with this beautiful sort of pearl shimmer to it?

And isn't it amazing you can buy a piece of 18th century pearlware from 250-odd years ago for £65?

Well, that's got to be it, hasn't it?

I mean, I'm so impressed.

TIM: Isn't that beaut...?

And it's a beautiful example, perfect condition.

People who know antiques and who are buying antiques, because now, even me knowing the story, it's something that I'd love to own.

It brings it to life, doesn't it?

It's like beautiful art.

Yeah, absolutely.

It's a conversation piece, isn't it?

SINITTA: Because you've educated me, I now love it.

TIM: Do you?

Oh, good.

SINITTA: I mean, I thought it was pretty...

But I wasn't...

It just looked like... TIM: A mug.

SINITTA: ..a lovely mug to me.

Now it looks like a 200 year old piece of art that miraculously is still standing and is actually usable.

TIM: Yeah, absolutely.

Is this something that you want to pop back in a cabinet and think about and put it with the other things we might be...?

No!

Sam is here.

I need to hang on to this.

In fact, this is going to be hard to beat.

I think so.

I think it's a lovely thing.

Which means it's going to be hard for Sam to beat!

OK, right.

Let's go and do a deal, then.

Well done.

Can I hug you?

TIM: Aww.

SINITTA: Thank you.

TIM: Well done.

And thank you for educating me because... That's alright.

..I'm going to be telling people about things now.

TIM: You should, as well.

SINITTA: Amazing.

VO: Watch out, there's a Steven about.

TIM: Ah, hello, Steven.

SINITTA: Hello.

Hello.

Er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er?!

Keep it a secret, keep it secret.

SINITTA: Nothing for you here, nothing for you here.

What's that?!

SINITTA: Nothing for you here.

Please, will you put this away so Sam and Steve can't see it?

Thank you so much.

VO: Jolly good.

That's reserved for later.

SINITTA: Right.

Thank you.

STEVE: I've just seen something.

What do you think of that?

SAM: I like that a lot.

I like it.

STEVE: Oh, you know what it is?

This has been the mesh behind a front door.

Ahh.

So what does it say on the thing?

STEVE: "Original Victorian mesh shop sign, HW Brettell, 12 Royal Arcade, Bond Street, London."

Bond Street, London.

So this has been...

Shirt maker.

Yeah, and that's been the main door.

You can imagine a lovely Victorian shop with the recess.

Yeah.

That's been behind the door.

It's in amazing condition.

SAM: I like it.

STEVE: I think they've taken this down and they've rolled it up, and that's how all this gold has survived.

Yeah.

I think somebody would love that, you know, framed...

I like it.

I think it's fab.

SAM: Gold and black together is just wonderful.

STEVE: So shall we try for this and the carving?

SAM: Yeah, I think it's different to what we've got.

Yes, it's very different.

Different to what the other team have got.

It is.

STEVE: I don't think Sinitta and Tim saw this.

SAM: Well, it's their fault.

Quick, let's get it down.

STEVE: So I think if we came tomorrow, this wouldn't be here.

SAM: I think it's lovely.

Yeah.

It just needs a bit of a flatten out and a frame, and it'll be fabulous.

SAM: Yeah.

STEVE: So shall we try and do a deal?

SAM: Yeah, let's do a deal.

VO: Lindi is standing by.

SAM: Hello, Lindi.

LINDI: Here I am.

SAM: We'd like to do a deal with you, Lindi.

I'll try.

So we've just seen this.

Yeah.

Oh, it's lovely, isn't it?

STEVE: I know.

It is 65.

What do you think we'd like to buy that, Sam?

I'm going to be cheeky and say 50.

It is a bit cheeky, actually.

Cheeky's a good start!

I've got through life being cheeky!

What can I say?

I know, OK, a bit steep, that.

Erm...

This is quite a good price.

STEVE: How close are you?

Well, I was going to say 60.

Fifty...eight?

58.

STEVE: 58, right, OK. SAM: 58?

LINDI: Yep.

SAM: What do you think?

58?

I think 58's a deal.

SAM: Great.

Lindi, do you remember the Oriental carving?

LINDI: Yes, I do.

What...I think that was 48.

LINDI: That was 48.

What's the very, very, very best?

Very, very best on that would be 40.

Not bad.

So that's 40 and 58.

£98.

Sounds better than 100, doesn't it?

Oh, it does.

STEVE: (LAUGHS) SAM: It does.

VO: With her final shop complete, Samantha still has £235 remaining.

Very thrifty.

STEVE: £2.

LINDI: Oh, thank you.

SAM: Thank you.

LINDI: You're welcome.

SAM: Thank you so much.

STEVE: Thanks, Lindi.

SAM: Great doing business with you.

OK, let's get away.

Oh, look, look, we've got two quid.

I know.

We can go out on the razz now.

SAM: Well, we can with two quid, mate.

STEVE: Yeah, £2!

Ho-ho!

SAM: Red Bus Rover.

STEVE: Exactly.

SAM: Showing me age now.

VO: For all you young 'uns out there, Red Bus Rover was a 50p all-day ticket on London's red bus network and 25p for kids.

Cor, those were the days.

Now we're just waiting on Sinitta.

SINITTA: Oh.

Oh, look at that.

What's that?

SINITTA: My great-grandmother used to have one of these in her basement.

TIM: An ice cream maker?

An ice cream machine.

It's so weird seeing it.

TIM: Did you remember her making ice cream?

Yeah.

I mean, it wasn't often.

Yeah.

She actually ran a foster home in America, so she'd have all these kids there and I'd be there as well, visiting, and she would make ice cream sometimes and everyone would be going bonkers.

VO: Sinitta's not prepared to 'whisk' it with the ice cream maker.

Ha-ha!

She'll be looking for a deal on the pearlware mug alone.

SINITTA: Hello.

TIM: Hello.

How are we?

SINITTA: Very good, thank you.

TIM: Not too bad.

The lovely mug that I asked you to hide for us.

LINDI: Here we are.

SINITTA: That's the choice.

SINITTA: How much...?

LINDI: We've got 65 on it.

What is the best price you could do?

Trade price would be 60.

But we could probably squeeze another £5 out.

SINITTA: Really?

LINDI: 55.

TIM: 55?

SINITTA: That's great.

Yeah, that's very generous.

Thank you very much.

SINITTA: Very, very generous.

VO: It means Sinitta has £120 remaining after the final shop.

TIM: Oh, well done.

SINITTA: Mm-hm.

TIM: Last item bought.

SINITTA: Love it.

TIM: Good work.

Yes!

VO: Time for Samantha and Sinitta to reconvene.

I've really enjoyed this, you know.

I have.

SAM: It's something different, isn't it, than what we normally do?

Oh, my gosh, yeah.

SAM: Oh, there's a lot of cyclists here.

SINITTA: Oh, dear.

SAM: Beware.

SINITTA: Beware, cyclists.

But that's something that I actually, genuinely will do now.

Because I started to find like antiques that are still useful.

Yeah.

But, of course, we have to give them to the auction, and I've wanted to keep everything I bought.

Yeah, I found some really nice bits.

VO: Everything has to go under the gavel, Sinitta.

Best get some shuteye, eh?

VO: Samantha and Sinitta started their trip in Otford, Kent, and have made it to the all-important auction showdown in Nottingham.

They're meeting back with Steven and Tim at Arthur Johnson & Sons.

TIM: Ah, here they are.

STEVE: Hello!

TIM: Hello guys, how are we?

We were just talking about you.

Have you got your brolly?

Hello, lovely to see you.

TIM: Are you excited?

SAM: Yeah!

SINITTA: Very excited.

VO: Bidders are poised to buy in the room, and there's more interest from shoppers on the phones and online.

Watching proceedings closely is auctioneer Philip Poyser.

Go, done.

Sold at £100.

VO: Sinitta spent £280 on five lots.

Anything that rocks your socks, Philip?

The pearlware mug is an interesting piece.

There's going to be plenty of competition for it, I think.

VO: Samantha spent £165 on five lots.

Anything caught your eye, Philip?

The door sign is my favorite lot, I love it.

PHILIP: It's very decorative and would fit into a modern home.

I'm very optimistic about the price we can get for that.

VO: So, Philip's feeling positive.

How are our pop stars doing?

It's exciting!

SAM: ♪ I'm so excited... ♪ STEVE: I know.

Have you both been to an auction before, or is this your first one?

It's my first time.

My first time as well.

TIM: Is it?

Oh, exciting!

VO: There's a first time for everything.

Kicking us off, it's Samantha's silver cream jug.

Have you got big hopes for this, Steven?

He has.

As soon as he saw it, he was like... TIM: Jumping up and down with joy.

SAM: He was really excited.

STEVE: I was, I was!

It's just a little jug.

I can start the bidding straight in at commission bid of 40.

£40 bid, at 40.

Five, 50.

50 bid.

At 50.

At five.

60.

60 bid.

At 60.

Five.

70.

70 bid.

Five.

STEVE: Oh, still going.

On commission.

85, 90.

90 bid.

At 90.

I sell at 90.

Well done.

TIM: Well done guys.

VO: The creamer of the crop!

I'm getting really excited now.

Getting all hot and flustered over the silver jug.

STEVE: Good at this, aren't you?

SAM: Yeah.

VO: Let's see how Sinitta's railway lamp gets on next.

We like this, don't we?

SINITTA: It's beautiful.

SAM: I like it.

Railway stuff sells for quite a lot of money, doesn't it, usually?

And it's unusual, in that it's a signaling light rather than the standard, you know, you get the carriage lamps and things like that.

SAM: What did you pay for it?

TIM: We did pay £100.

Start me at £100 on this, please.

100 I've got.

At £100 bid.

110.

110 in the room.

120.

PHILIP: 120 bid.

At 120.

And it goes at 120.

TIM: It's a profit.

STEVE: You turned a profit.

TIM: A small profit.

SINITTA: Small profit.

VO: The first of Sinitta's two lamps lit up the room.

Well done.

I'm happy with that.

Aren't you?

Yes.

VO: Let's hope Samantha's bubble doesn't burst with her salt-glazed stoneware pipe.

Did it work?

Yes, we tried it.

SAM: Yeah.

SINITTA: Did you try?

We had a bowl full of washing liquid.

And you filled it up and blew it?

We felt like we were Victorian urchins, didn't we?

Yeah.

And did lots of bubbles come out?

Yes, it was amazing.

Yeah, it was good.

£10 to start, please.

Bid 10.

12.

12 bid.

15.

18.

20.

Five.

30.

Five.

40.

Five.

45 bid.

At 45, standing at the back.

Being sold at 45.

VO: They'll be pleased with that.

Well done.

So, how much profit was that?

SAM: Well, we paid... SINITTA: ..17.

It was 17, and it was 45.

Do the math.

I can't.

17.

Well, you've more than doubled up.

More than doubled our money.

VO: Sinitta's art deco beaded purse is up next.

You'd been looking for a bag, hadn't you?

And this kind of jumped out.

SINITTA: ..a bag for myself.

STEVE: OK. And then, I was like, actually, this would be great for the auction.

So, I sacrificed.

That was very noble of you.

SAM: Very.

SINITTA: Thank you.

10 I've got.

10, 10 bid, at 10.

12.

12 bid, at 12.

At £12.

15.

15 bid.

18?

18.

18 bid.

At 18, at 18 bid.

At 18.

20, 20 bid, at 20?

PHILIP: 25?

25.

25 bid.

I'm selling.

It goes at 25.

TIM: Well done.

SAM: You made a fiver.

TIM: You've got good taste, sir.

VO: Someone's opened the purse strings.

Tim, it might be small, but it's worth it.

TIM: Absolutely.

STEVE: Exactly.

I think you spotted a good profit there.

VO: Samantha's 19th century carving is coming out of the woods now.

STEVE: It was good.

SAM: I think it's one piece.

And it's beautiful, all handcarved.

Exactly.

Yeah, I remember, it's beautiful.

And it had a lovely patina on it.

I think it was at least 100 years old.

I think so, yeah.

£20?

Bid.

20.

Five.

25.

30.

30 bid.

Five?

Five.

40.

40 bid.

PHILIP: Five.

50.

50 bid.

Five.

60.

60 bid.

At 60.

Five.

65 bid.

At 65, at 65.

70.

Back in.

Thank you.

One more?

Five.

75 bid.

Are you sure?

80.

She says yes.

80.

80 bid.

At 80.

Being sold at 80.

SINITTA: Doubled their money.

TIM: Well done.

SINITTA: Honestly.

STEVE: Darling.

VO: Carved some more profit.

I love it, I love it.

TIM: Well done.

VO: The auctioneer's hot tip, Sinitta's 18th century pearlware mug.

We love this mug, don't we?

Wait till you see this.

I have two absentee bids.

TIM: Oh.

STEVE: Oh.

65 bid.

At 70.

Five.

75 bid.

80.

80 bid.

85, 85 I've taken on commission.

90?

90, 90 bid in the room.

At 90.

Commission bids out now.

I sell to the room at £90.

SAM: Well done.

STEVE: Oh, well done.

95.

95 bid.

At 95 online.

Just in time at 95.

At 95, I sell at 95.

Oh?

More?

We were celebrating before it even finished.

We were looking away... VO: We'll drink to that.

SAM: Amazing.

TIM: £95.

Well done, guys.

STEVE: Well... TIM: Excellent.

VO: Don't sweat the small stuff.

How will Samantha's German miniature groceries go down?

A little kid would love them if they had a little grocery store... Or an adult, cuz a lot of the collectibles market is driven by nostalgia, isn't it?

STEVE: Yes.

I have 20 bid, 20.

£20 bid.

At £20.

Five.

30.

30 bid.

PHILIP: At 30.

Five.

40.

40 bid.

It goes.

Sold at £40.

(GAVEL) SINITTA: Again!

VO: Small, but mighty.

I think you're a natural.

Oh, is this is what winning feels like?

VO: Every lot has made a profit so far.

Will Sinitta's pestle and mortar smash it?

It's a stand-out piece, cuz you imagine if everyone wants these sort of...something cool in the kitchen.

SAM: Yeah, it is, actually.

And it's also useful.

Coffee beans... STEVE: Yeah, yeah.

SAM: Yeah.

I have 20 bid, 20.

£20 bid.

Five.

25 bid.

25 I've got.

35.

35 bid.

At 35.

40.

40 bid.

Make it five.

45.

45 bid in the room.

At 45.

50.

50 bid.

55.

55 bid.

It goes, done at £55.

Well done for... VO: Ground the bidders down there.

More profit.

Good on you, as well, for spotting that.

SAM: Well done, you.

TIM: It's a nice thing.

It's more friendly.

We don't want to win everything today.

VO: Samantha's final lot, the Victorian shop sign that our auctioneer rather fancied.

This was our last lot, remember?

In their shop.

They missed it.

(MOUTHS) I like that.

Is this the shirt maker sign?

Yes, the shirt maker's for Queen Victoria.

Start bid £100 on this one, please.

100 I've got.

100 in the room.

At 100.

It goes, done.

Sold at £100.

I'm happy with that.

VO: Sold to a maiden bid.

We're quids in.

Almost doubled up.

Well done, guys.

VO: Sinitta's final lot, and her second lamp of the day now, the Hinks oil lamp.

It's a Hinks one, which is good.

See?

It's got cranberry glass reservoir.

SINITTA: See?

TIM: It's art nouveau.

Where year were you shopping in, 1985?

Yeah!

Why not?

30 I've got.

30 bid in the room.

At 30 bid.

Five.

40.

Five.

PHILIP: 50.

Five.

Done at £55?

(GAVEL) PHILIP: 55.

Oh, Tim, is that a loss?

I'm so sorry.

Very sorry, love.

Very sorry...!

VO: Oh, dear.

The oil lamp has slipped at the final hurdle.

Oh.

So, it's only a small loss.

TIM: It's only small.

SAM: £5.

It's not too bad.

TIM: We can stomach that.

Well, guys, I think we probably know who has made the most profit.

Who's that?

I think it's me, actually.

No, no, no.

Shall we go and count the money?

Yeah, good idea.

We're going to treat you to lunch because we've got... You're going to treat us to lunch and dinner and breakfast.

STEVE: We're exhausted from making a profit.

SINITTA: And tea.

SAM: So exhausted.

VO: Adding it up Sinitta started with £400 and spent 280 on the road.

After costs, she made a total profit of £7 at auction.

VO: Samantha started with £400, too.

She spent £165, and after saleroom fees made a profit of £126.10!

Which means she's the winner, and all the profit will go to Children In Need.

SAM: Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo.

SINITTA: Oh, wow.

STEVE: That was alright, wasn't it?

Oh, my gosh.

I loved it.

Did you enjoy yourself?

SINITTA: That's our... That's our new thing.

Well, I mean, you know... Will you do it again?

SINITTA: Yes.

SAM: Yes.

And are you both enthused about antiques and antiques shopping?

SAM: Yeah, love it.

SINITTA: 100%.

SINITTA: We're gonna do it.

SAM: Yeah!

Two converts I think.

We've been saying we might start going to lots more antique shops.

TIM: Oh, good.

SAM: We love it.

TIM: We've won, Steven.

STEVE: We've won.

Well, guys, it's been an absolute pleasure.

STEVE: It has.

SAM: Thank you.

TIM: Thank you so much.

STEVE: I think we should do it again.

Darling.

SAM: Shall we kiss, too?

TIM: Yeah, why not?

STEVE: We're falling off the stairs!

OK, let's go, darling.

TIM: We'll wave you off.

SAM: Hang on, hang on.

STEVE: Sure you can fit under that?

TIM: See you later.

STEVE: Bye!

SAM: Mary Poppins, here we come.

Oh, Steven.

It's great when it's like... Yeah.

We've converted them to antiques.

I think so.

VO: Well done, one and all.

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