VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Let's get fancy.

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

I'm always in turbo.

VO: And a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

Hot stuff!

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

IZZIE: (GASPS) VO: But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners... PHIL: Cha-ching.

MARK: Oh, my goodness!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

DAVID: Bonkers!

VO: Will it be the high road to glory... You are my ray of sunshine.

NATASHA: Oh, stop it!

VO: ..or the slow road VO: to disaster?

(GEARS CRUNCH) Sorry!

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

Looks like the East Midlands and cruising in that 1973 golden Volvo are a pair of Road Trippers younger than the car!

And one is on his maiden voyage.

But you were so confident from the start.

You just went in there and it was as if you'd been doing it for years.

I mean, you're so good at picking things out and spotting things and you pick such varied, interesting things.

I feel like a school report from the teacher... 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10.

Big tick, smiley face, gold star.

VO: Auctioneer and dealer Miss Balmer has been tutoring jewelry expert and new boy Ishy Khan and now they're on their last outing together.

How sad.

I do feel like I've spent a lot of time being driven around though.

IZZIE: Do you?

ISHY: Yeah.

As in... No, I think we've had it 50-50, haven't we?

Your drives have been longer.

Ah.

Slower.

ISHY: No!

I mean, you definitely ISHY: drive way faster than me!

IZZIE: I've...

There's been a few times I've been, like, holding on to the hand rails!

(THEY CHUCKLE) "Slow down!"

Yeah.

"Tight corner!

Brick wall!"

VO: They set out from Kendal in the Lake District and then crossed the Pennines before making their way further south towards the Midlands and a showdown in Broughton Astley.

We've been so supportive of each other, but it is supposed to be a competition!

So I've got to be careful that I don't let my guard down or that I'm not too reckless and just buy something totally stupid.

But you could buy five things for a tenner and still win if I don't make any money.

Oh, you'll make money!

But you could really turn it around.

VO: Previously, Ishy got down to the nitty gritty.

(RATTLING) This has something inside, obviously.

VO: But his new pal went all Hammer Horror.

IZZIE: Ishy can enter first as Count Dracula.

Mwah-ha-ha!

VO: Ishy tried to find the key to success... And...it works.

VO: ..while Izzie kept banging on about vampires.

That can be Count Dracula's theme.

VO: But she still found time to make a pretty penny.

Fair warning, then, at 100... Yay!

VO: Happily, they found magic at Matlock Bath and Ishy sailed away.

IZZIE: Go, Ishy!

ISHY: What's been your best part?

Just all of it, really.

The highs, the lows.

I mean, it is all to play for, but it just...

It depends on what we see, what we find and what goes on in the room.

IZZIE: Definitely.

ISHY: But you never know.

Might find a missing Faberge... IZZIE: You never know.

ISHY: Can you imagine?

VO: Yeah, maybe a flying pig, too.

Having set off with £200, Ishy has had his ups and downs and starts this leg with £171.38.

While old hand Izzie has done rather better and has £345.80 still to play with.

So lessons learnt?

Lessons learnt.

I don't think I'm going to go huge on one item ISHY: and then... IZZIE: Yeah.

ISHY: ..spend less on the rest.

IZZIE: Yeah.

So I'll try and use all my budget.

Just because it's the final, you have to, like, I don't know - what's the point of not spending it all?

Go big or go home.

Whoa.

Fighting talk.

VO: But before Ishy and Izzie go to battle it out at Broughton Astley, they'll be on maneuvers in Leicester.

This is one of the oldest cities in Britain and is associated with two kings immortalized by Shakespeare - King Lear, who is said to have founded the city, and Richard III, who lay hidden here for 500 years.

And who knows what antiquities they may unearth at Freemens Common Antiques Centre...

This place looks huge.

VO: ..today's first emporium for both of them.

This gigantic warehouse is populated by over 100 dealers, so they'd better get their skates on.

I had too many losses at auction.

VO: Don't even think about buying him, then.

Ha!

Children, children, put down the toys and think grown-up!

"1886 Ordnance map of Burton Overy."

It's, on the whole, in really good condition.

Let's have a look at the other one.

So this one has a bit less detail on it, but it's got a really nice text of this town, written in the middle.

Again, 1886.

I really like the way that any water features have been colored in in ink, so you can see the rivers and the ponds and lakes have... Add a splash of color to the otherwise quite sepia-toned piece.

No rips or tears.

I mean, for 15 quid each, these seem really reasonable.

I'm going to try and get a bit of money off them, but I really like these and they could do really well at auction.

I'm not sure what this is worth, but if someone likes it and someone's local to the area and this is important to them, it could be a really nice buy for them.

So, let's see.

VO: Well, that's more like it.

Let's crack on, shall we?

Now, Izzie, Izzie, let's get busy.

IZZIE: These are quite nice.

Here we've got the Pantheon and Mausoleum and here we've got Roma, the "Piazza Pietro "e Basilica Vaticana."

There's a little bit, a few chips here, but these are in, overall, pretty good nick, considering how old they are because what these are, they're Grand Tour souvenir pieces.

So, in the 19th century and earlier, if you were a young lad with some money, you would go on your Grand Tour of Europe.

And what's really nice about these is they've got, on the back, I think it says, "JM..." And then the patent number - 5121.

And what's particularly lovely about this one is it's got the remnants of an old paper label there.

But considering they're 160, 170 years old, they're in really good condition.

So they're priced at £15 each, that's £30 - it makes sense to get the two, doesn't it?

Question is is... do I, if I leave them here, hide them a little bit so Ishy can't find them or do I take them with me?

VO: Oh, Izzie, decisions, decisions.

Has Ishy decided on anything, I wonder?

I've just spotted these... ..crackle-glazed vases.

Erm, definitely not my area of expertise, but just on first look, they do look like they've got a nice amount of age to them.

This rough base of the original ceramic and then you've got this thick crackled glaze all over the surface.

I believe this design is Chinese.

I'm not sure how old it is, I'd say at least 19th century, possibly older.

So it appears to be a matched pair.

For £12, this might be a gamble worth taking.

The other one's listed at 15.

£27, it's a great price.

Maybe someone who knows a bit more about them might take a punt at auction.

VO: Is it time for a deal?

Oh, here he comes with the map.

Hi, Dan, how are you?

Hello.

Alright, thanks.

I spotted these two Ordnance maps.

£15 each.

And then we've got the two vases on the cabinet over there.

One was £15 and one is £12.

Yep.

So just seeing what we could do as a group lot for everything.

I'd be able to do the lot for 50.

If you're happy with that, I am, too.

DAN: Yep, let's do it.

ISHY: Perfect.

VO: 30 for the maps and 20 for the vases.

Thank you so much.

I'll see you soon.

DAN: See you.

ISHY: Take care.

VO: And Ishy is off after stowing his treasures in the boot.

Come on, Izzie, it's make-your-mind-up time.

There's a test I need to do.

(GROANS) OK. That passes the James Braxton weight test.

The weight comes from the base and this is made of cast iron.

The weight factor is really important because it's a sign of its quality.

It's so typical of 19th-century design.

You see it on pretty much everything from fine silver decoration to, in this case, pub tables.

But pub tables, they are really popular.

People can use them outside in the garden, but it's part of that very trendy look at the moment.

Let's have a look how much it is.

It's £80.

I'm going to see what I can do.

I've got the plates that I'm interested in, now this.

Going to leave this here, however, for now.

Bit too heavy for me and I've got a busy day of shopping ahead of me so I want to save my strength.

VO: Yes, don't get a hernia, my dear.

IZZIE: Dan, hello.

DAN: You alright?

I'm very well.

How are you?

DAN: Fine, thank you.

IZZIE: I've found three items.

We've got two plates at £15 each, that's £30.

Don't have a problem with that.

But there's a pub table at £80 and I wondered if there could be possibly some discount on that, please?

DAN: I can knock £15 off it.

IZZIE: OK.

So I can make it 65.

Can I do the three things for £90?

For a nice, round, even number.

Go on, then.

VO: 90 squids it is, then.

60 for the pub table and 30 for the Grand Tour plates.

Thank you so much.

VO: And someone else can get a hernia taking that table to auction.

Antiques just keep on giving.

Leicester is a historic city which has embraced other cultures.

Since 1983, it has been home to the first Jain temple in the western world, a spiritual home for an ancient Indian religion.

The first Jain followers came to the UK in the 19th century, put down roots, even setting aside their nonviolent principles to fight in both World Wars.

Ishy is invited to this former Methodist chapel to learn more from one of the center's founders, Dr Ramesh Mehta.

Could you tell me a little bit more about Jainism?

Jains do not believe in a creator god.

We think that the world is there, going to continue to be there.

So we aren't atheist.

We believe in God, but not a creator god.

The principles of Jainism are nonviolence, and therefore we treat even the tiniest creature on this Earth equally as you and me.

And the second principle is the principle of aparigraha, meaning limiting your acquisition.

And therefore Jains are environmentally friendly.

We only take what we need rather than hold things.

When the nonviolence principle and this principle are joined together, we become one of the most environmentally-friendly religions.

VO: Jain temples are beautifully and elaborately decorated with images of the spiritual teachers of Jainism.

I'm being drawn to these beautiful carvings.

Can you tell me a little bit more about them?

The carvings were brought over from Rajasthan.

They're carved out of Jaisalmer stone, which is a sandstone, and therefore the carvings are very deep.

There were 44 carved pillars, arches and a beautiful dome.

There is about 150,000 man-hours gone into carving this temple.

Wow!

And on this particular floor, there are 250-ton weight.

ISHY: So we're coming up to the dome.

RAMESH: It is under the dome that our devotees sit down, do their prayers.

VO: This Jain Centre prides itself on its spirit of inclusion, central to Jain philosophy, and followers from five different sects of the religion are welcomed under this one roof as former temple president Smita Mehta explains.

Leicester is extremely unique right across the world with having all these five different sects.

We all come together for all our events, all our Jain festivals and every day.

And it enriches because we learn from each other and all the sects are about going inwards because inwards is where the purity and the soul is that then helps you to really attain Nirvana, Moksha, liberation, so you are freed from the cycle of birth and death and you are in that eternal blissful world - peace and happiness is what you experience.

Would it be possible to learn a little bit more about the nonviolence aspect?

SMITA: It's just not about nonviolence, not eating meat, not killing, it's nonviolence in terms of a thought process in the mind.

It's nonviolence in terms of how we speak, what we speak and we don't offend people in any way whatsoever.

VO: Although the Jain faith focuses on nonviolence, they feel it's their duty to stand up to tyranny to bring peace.

Jains were an active force in both World Wars, including in the British military.

Now they're turning their principles to the problem of our modern world and the issue of climate change.

Every opportunity, we try and think where and how can we lessen the violence?

As a human being, we try and live, but you... And our monks and nuns are an exceptionally high principles that they use.

No bathing, no unnecessary wastage, they don't have any possessions at all whatsoever.

So our monks and nuns, they have absolutely no possessions whatsoever.

Yeah.

Just a few books that they need reading.

They don't even use a bed, yeah.

They walk everywhere.

That's why they don't use aeroplane because that emits and it kills, so that... we're not fortunate to have them in the western world to come and part with their knowledge and discourses.

So majority of them base there.

The net zero will be their kind of contribution to the climate change!

That's how inspiring ...

So aparigraha is very much about non-possession, non-accumulation.

So Jain principle aparigraha, non-possession, is very fitting in the current climate.

VO: This ancient Indian religious philosophy is woven into the fabric of cultural life in the Midlands and this magnificent temple is home to teachings relevant to our 21st century world.

Back to the antiques hunt - my favorite kind of recycling - and Izzie's eyes are on the road ahead.

I would not be at all surprised if Ishy makes a comeback and overtakes me, so I've just sort of got to hang on in there and just see if I can make it through to the end and keep my lead.

VO: She's off to Balsall Common near Coventry to see what she can find at Antiques In A Barn and it looks like the welcoming committee is at the door.

Hello, ladies.

Are you going to let me in, then?

Are you coming in with me or are you staying out?

VO: They're sticking to the pecking order!

Ha-ha!

Strictly no hens scratching at the antiques in this 18th-century barn packed with all manner of fine things for humans to get their mitts on.

Aww, I just want to take him home.

Hmm.

Pop you back up, mate.

Keep you nice and safe.

I think you've run your last ride at the Derby.

You're probably not going to win this one for me.

VO: Poor Dobbin.

Better find somebody else to have a punt on.

I think, I know this is a Georgian ring.

It's also a very distinctive color, which is created by foiling the stone.

Now, it will be gold, it isn't hallmarked.

I would say from the color, nine, possibly 15 karat.

It's not particularly heavy.

The head itself is actually made of paste.

In jewelry, we call glass "paste", so it's glass.

Now, glass is a very soft material.

It chips easily, it abrades easily, it wears easily.

So we have got a chip down here.

It's quite smoothed around the top.

Originally it would've been more polished.

It's priced at £79.

Not going to lie, for a Georgian ring, that's a really good price.

It's, in my opinion, an absolute steal.

I'm going to pop it back in here and have a look around just in case there's anything else I want to buy.

I am absolutely going to be buying that.

VO: Well, that's got her pulse racing and she's the jewelry expert, so I'm all anticipation.

But will there be anything else for madam?

Oh, that is really lovely.

It's a perfume-bottle stopper.

It's made out of glass, it's totally exquisite.

Unfortunately, I can feel straightaway there's a big problem.

It's chipped at the bottom, so her feet... Well, she doesn't have any.

Her legs are cut off at the shins and she would've had feet and there might have even been a little dipper on the end.

But you pop this in your scent bottle, be the stopper as well, but that's how you'd get your scent out and you could dip it onto your wrists.

This has got the Three Graces at the top and then you've got this lady, this nude lady here.

I mean, it's very art nouveau in its design.

I would say in age, it's probably late 1920s, 1930s, something like that.

It doesn't actually have a price.

VO: Malcolm's your man.

Let's see what he can do for you.

IZZIE: Hello, Malcolm.

DEALER: Oh, hello, Izzie.

I've found two items that I'm totally in love with, the first of which is... ..this exquisite scent-bottle stopper.

Such a shame about the damage.

It doesn't have a price on.

What about £30?

Perfect.

More than happy to pay that.

Thank you.

Now, the other item does have a ticket price on.

It's a lovely Georgian ring.

It's priced at £79.

Can we do anything on that?

I can let you have that for 55.

IZZIE: 55.

DEALER: Yeah.

I'm going to snap your hand off at that.

Yes, please.

So we've got 55, we've got 30.

IZZIE: £85.

DEALER: Correct.

IZZIE: Fantastic.

I'll pop... DEALER: My age.

Your... No!

VO: Antiques keep you young.

I should know.

I'll grab the ring.

But thank you so much.

DEALER: Safe journey.

IZZIE: Will do, see you later.

DEALER: Bye.

IZZIE: Bye-bye.

VO: One Georgian ring in the pocket and that's, bye-bye, old barn.

And, bye-bye, hens.

And, hello, Ishy.

Oh, what a day.

ISHY: How was it for you?

IZZIE: A good day.

I can't believe we only have one more day.

So we're in a bustling city, as you can see!

What do you think we're going to do tonight?

Go clubbing, finish it on a high?

Clubbing in a barn, clubbing in a field?

Yeah!

Party with the sheep.

Dancing to... # Money, money, money... # ..by A-baa!

Well, maybe not.

Night-night.

And before long, the wee lambs are back on the road.

Good morning, sunshine.

How are you doing?

Yeah, I'm good, I'm well.

IZZIE: How about yourself?

ISHY: Good.

Ishy, I've got to ask because it's drawing to a close now - how have you found your first Antiques Road Trip?

It's been so much fun.

I've learned so much.

I've had the best time with you.

I mean, I feel like I've made a friend for life.

(CHUCKLES) It's like freshers' week - you meet someone and you're with them for the whole week and then you stay in touch with them for ever, really, don't you?

I have absolutely loved spending the time with you.

You make me feel very old insomuch as I'm meant to be the Antiques Road Trip veteran now.

ISHY: (CHUCKLES) IZZIE: But we're both... We're both young and, um... ISHY: Not too old.

IZZIE: ..totally daft.

ISHY: Yeah.

IZZIE: So I've enjoyed...

I've just had so much fun.

And, like you say, absolutely IZZIE: a friend for life.

ISHY: Yeah.

VO: It's still a competition, though.

What are the thoughts on the purchases so far?

I bought a 1930s scent-bottle stopper.

It's just stunning, it's so detailed, it's so delicate.

But unfortunately, the dipper, which is in the form of a woman, her legs are snapped off.

But there's enough of it that's still beautiful, I think.

I mean, it's missing the bottle as well, but, putting that to one side... ISHY: So it's just the lid?

IZZIE: Oh, yes.

I bought a lid, yes!

VO: Izzie spent up yesterday on that stopper, a pub table... (GROANS) OK... VO: ..two Grand Tour plaques and a Georgian ring, leaving her with £170.80.

And Ishy is left with £121.38 after hoovering up two Victorian OS maps and a promising-looking pair of Chinese vases.

That was my gamble.

I don't know if it'll pay off, but... might make you feel better about your purchases!

It's always exciting to have something to take to auction that could be a sleeper and you just don't know, so that is quite exciting that it might not be thousands, but someone might pay a couple of hundred.

Who knows?

ISHY: We'll see.

VO: We will.

Looking cool there behind that wheel, by the way, Ishy.

Such a beautiful car, isn't it?

How lucky are we to drive this?

Like... Yeah.

And I can see you've got your brightest, most bobby-dazzler shoes on today, Ishy.

I was trying to match the car!

Well, it's a bit gloomy, so I thought I'd bring a bit of light to the day.

Not going to miss you in those.

They're fab!

ISHY: High-vis!

IZZIE: Yeah!

VO: Lordy!

Can't wait to see those shoes.

After dropping Izzie off, Ishy's made his way to Warwick, a fine, historic town defended by its magnificent castle dating back to the Norman Conquest.

Not far from the castle, at Warwick Antiques Centre, Ishy is starting his hunt amongst the myriad possibilities under the eagle eye of Colin.

Look, here's golden feet now.

Where will they lead him?

How cool is this?

This is a beautiful Mexican punch bowl.

It's made out of terracotta and it's in the form of a pineapple with all this beautiful detail.

It's really nice, it's got the handles on it to store the cups, so it's all kept together.

It's not particularly old, it's probably 1990s.

These punch bowls, they're quite famous from a region of Mexico called Michoacan and there's one particular potter called Hilario Madrigal.

He started making these after his mother actually began making punch bowls in the form of pineapples.

She was quite famous for making pineapple-themed ceramics and earthenware.

The object itself, it's made out of terracotta earthenware and then it's got this crudely-applied glaze across it.

It's got a really rustic feel.

If you look inside the rim, you can see all the drips from the earthenware.

It's been glazed on the inside to keep it waterproof.

We can see here that this cup has lost its handle and if you look to the reverse of the piece, one of the prongs which holds the cups has snapped off, so there's a missing cup as well.

I personally don't mind that.

I think it's such an interesting object, a little bit of Mexico found in Warwick, it's a beautiful thing.

VO: It's unpriced, so he'll need to go and sweet-talk Colin the dealer.

IZZIE: Colin, how are you?

COLIN: Oh, hi.

You've found something, have you?

I've spotted one thing that I'm really interested in.

It's the punch bowl in the shape of a pineapple.

It didn't have a ticket price on it and there's a bit of damage, so I just wanted to see what kind of price it is and if we can do a deal.

I'll let you have it for £25.

Is that alright?

If you're happy with 25, I really am, too.

VO: 25 squids it is, leaving Ishy £96.38.

Thank you so much, take care.

Good-o.

All the best.

Bye.

Thank you.

Bye.

VO: His work here is done.

The galleries of Britain have long been filled with what is generally accepted as fine art.

But Izzie is visiting a gallery dedicated to a parallel artistic world where people without any formal training and often using whatever they had to hand produced long-overlooked works of art.

These undervalued creations in myriad forms have come to be known as folk art.

The gallery at Compton Verney houses a treasure trove of folk art and Izzie's meeting curator Oli McCall.

The collection that we have here was assembled by, uh, an art dealer called Andras Kalman who moved to the UK from Hungary and discovered a real love for British folk art and he was really interested in collecting pieces from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.

VO: The term "folk art" encompasses anything ordinary people have made at home.

Some are simple paintings or crafts, but some are even more complicated pieces of engineering.

Here we've got one of the most unique objects in our folk-art collection.

It's really ingenious automata, dates around 1900, and it gives us an insight into a potter's studio pre-mechanization.

In many ways, it sums up what the folk-art collection is all about.

It's made by a very skilled craftsperson and it would've probably served as a marketing or advertising tool in the potter's studio to show off their wares and their skill.

IZZIE: Does it still work?

OLI: It does.

In fact, at the back, there's a mechanism which we can turn.

Let's see... how the wheel goes.

Oh, wow!

And he's getting hot, so he's mopping his brow.

OLI: Getting hot, mopping his brow.

My vibe from all of the folk art is that it's very much made by the working classes and the working people.

Absolutely.

They were not making these objects for fame or recognition as artists, but, in some cases, to promote their businesses or in others, just for the sheer enjoyment of them.

The irony is that these items are now very rare because they weren't treasured, weren't collected and would be thrown in the bin.

OLI: Absolutely.

You know, I think also folk art is a really important part of our social history.

Many of the pieces that we see in the galleries here are kind of unique records of kind of lives lived and social attitudes and changes in society across a hugely kind of consequential period of British history and so they give us a unique kind of glimpse into how ordinary people lived their lives in the past.

VO: And despite being treated as the poor relation of fine art, this collection demonstrates the importance and influence of these creations.

OLI: Historically, folk art hasn't been given the same attention as perhaps what we might call fine art within museums and galleries.

Folk art has had a huge, erm, impact on sort of contemporary design and artistic practice.

We're sitting here, erm, now in the Marx-Lambert collection and this is a collection that was assembled by the designer Enid Marx and her partner Margaret Lambert.

They were hugely interested in English folk art or "popular art", as they called it.

The wallpapers that we see in this space are all examples of her design.

Enid Marx is perhaps best known for her designs for moquette fabrics which have adorned the seats of London Tube carriages and so people will have come into contact with her designs every day and perhaps not realized that these were inspired by sort of folk and popular-art motifs.

I guess there's sort of a romantic notion with folk art, but would you say that folk art is still being created today?

Oh, absolutely.

I think, erm, there are people creating art in their homes and using the skills that they perhaps learned through their professions, erm, on a daily basis.

VO: During the pandemic, folk art or amateur art saw a huge renaissance as people spent their time locked in their homes.

Perhaps we'll see more of those extraordinary creations in museums in the future.

Let's catch up with Ishy now as he rides a cockhorse to Banbury Cross.

Well, a vintage Volvo, actually, is the next best thing.

The original cross of the nursery rhyme was pulled down by Puritans in 1600 and its Victorian replacement celebrates a royal family rather than a religious one.

Banbury Antiques Centre will give Ishy his last opportunity to find hidden treasures for auction and he has £96.38 with which to do it.

Multiple dealers operate from here and there's no shortage of interesting-looking things.

So... go, Ishy!

Oh, look, we've got a glass stopper here, but, Izzie, take note, this one doesn't have any damage on it.

VO: You look to yourself, young man.

You need to get your last purchases under your belt.

So I've seen a closed box and part of me thinks it'll be a really nice way to end the trip, with a closed box based on all the other purchases so far.

This appears to be an Indian carved box.

Doesn't appear to have a lot of age, it's 20th century, just based on the hinges - they're kind of more modern screws.

It's got a leather handle and if we open it up, we can see that it's actually a board game.

I believe it's called Mancala and it's one of the oldest board games in the world, originating from Northern Africa.

But I think, even in ancient Egypt, there are cases of this game being played.

I'm not going to pretend I know how to play it, but I assume the aim of the game is to move the beads or the shells from one side to the other and collecting them as you go.

I really like it as an object.

It's fun, interesting.

It's got a ticket price of £13, which isn't a lot, so this could be my first buy from the shop.

VO: Good.

Time's marching on.

Izzie's also en route to her last shop in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of the Bard.

We can only hope there will be no Shakespearean drama at Henley Street Antiques as she searches for her last antique with £170.80 in her pocket.

Wait.

I thought it was a mirror.

It's actually a self-portrait.

VO: Let us leave this comedy of errors.

Ooh.

Hello, big cat.

I wonder if you're a pen pot.

Sure you're not an inkwell, maybe just a pen stand.

Well, this cheeky little chappy has a lot of marks on here that I do not recognize.

There's a shaped mark here, which is possibly an artist's signature or symbol and then I think it says, "Hoc" and then possibly "C36".

And you've sort of got this...

This lava pottery and then these glazed, crackled stripes, which is what makes me think he's a tiger.

Now, you know what I like about him?

He's got a little bit of damage actually.

That's not what I like about him.

His ears are a bit damaged.

My suspicion is it's studio pottery, someone has made this as a decorative item, but also as a functional item because your pen would go here and that would be perhaps its tail sticking out.

I have appeared to have picked up something that doesn't have a price on.

I might as well ask.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

Then get thee to the desk.

IZZIE: Hello, Andreas.

DEALER: Oh, hi, Izzie.

DEALER: Good seeing you again.

IZZIE: You too.

It's been a while since I was here last.

I've come across your totally charming tiger and I absolutely love him and I don't really want to walk away without him.

I did notice there was some damage to his ears and I also noticed there was absolutely no price on him, so I wondered if I could just go all out there and offer you £20.

Considering the little damage it has, I think I would be perfectly happy.

Oh, wonderful!

Well, I'm going to pop him in my pocket to keep him safe.

Alright.

VO: A modest final purchase, but he is cute.

It's been a pleasure.

See you again soon.

DEALER: All the best, bye-bye.

IZZIE: Bye-bye.

VO: All's well that ends well.

Come on, Ishy, you need to catch her up.

ISHY: Well, I think I've struck gold here.

This is a really nice pendant.

It's Egyptian, probably tourist market.

But it's good tourist jewelry.

It appears to be some sort of onyx or agate, which is carved and has these hieroglyphics in it with gold detailing inside and then it's in this lovely golden frame.

I can see on the side an Arabic hallmark.

I'd need to look it up, but I believe it's probably 18- to 21-carat gold and it's a nice shape.

I don't often see this shape in jewelry.

It's a teardrop shape.

I really, really like it.

It's got a ticket price.

It says, "Egyptian pendant with gold-colored mount.

£75."

I think this is the second and last buy of the trip.

I'm really pleased.

VO: Just a deal to do with Peter now.

ISHY: Hi, Peter.

PETER: Ishy, hi.

I found this and the Mancala board game.

PETER: OK. ISHY: So two items.

This one is £75.

PETER: Yep.

ISHY: The other one's £13, so I'm not expecting any movement on that... PETER: OK. ISHY: I just wanted... That's kind of you.

Thank you.

Just wanted to see if there was any room on this one or them together.

I think I can safely say £60 on this, if you're able to meet that.

I think that's really fair and, with the other one, ISHY: that'd be 73.

PETER: Perfect.

If you're happy with that, I am, too.

PETER: Excellent.

VO: And that £73 has almost cleaned him out.

ISHY: Take care.

PETER: Bye-bye.

VO: Well done, Ishy.

Now go and pick up Izzie.

Your day is done.

It was sad to have the final shop of our Road Trip together.

But, yeah, I've had a good day.

Happy with your final buys?

I've got to say yes whether it's true or not, haven't I?!

We're heading to the auction now, aren't we?

We are.

That's it - we've done all we can do.

VO: Verily, tis the truth!

Time for shuteye.

It's the end of the road for Ishy and Izzie.

They're off to auction at Broughton Astley near Leicester and Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions.

Izzie, last sale, how are you feeling?

IZZIE: Excited.

How about you?

ISHY: I can't wait to see your things, actually.

Yes?

I'm excited to see yours.

Based on how you described them.

I'm really excited to see the Georgian ring.

IZZIE: I think you'll love it.

ISHY: It's freezing, though.

ISHY: Shall we get inside?

IZZIE: OK. VO: The place is packed out with all manner of paraphernalia, but our jewelry experts are headed straight for a look at each other's shiny pieces.

Well, of course Ishy has bought himself some jewelry.

I think, you know, that really should make a profit.

So here we've got what I think is going to win Izzie this auction.

It's what everyone wants at the moment, so I'm very, very jealous.

But I'm really pleased she found it and, yeah, I can't wait to see how much it gets.

VO: Neither can I!

There'll be online and phone bidding today and presiding in the rostrum is auctioneer James Molds.

We're all finished, then, at 40... Ishy spent £148 on his five lots.

What has James got pegged as a winner?

The Egyptian pendant, high-carat gold frame, very collectable, very nice.

I would expect this to do quite well.

VO: Izzie spent £195 on her five lots.

Thoughts on those, James?

The Georgian ring, this is my favorite lot of everything.

You'll be really surprised what this makes.

It's so collectable.

I would expect this to make a really good price.

VO: All will be revealed very soon.

Ladies and gents, take your seats.

IZZIE: How are you feeling?

ISHY: Good.

How are you feeling?

Excited, but nervous as well.

VO: First up is Ishy's pair of Chinese vases.

I love them.

I think... IZZIE: I really like them.

ISHY: They look beautiful.

ISHY: It was a gamble.

IZZIE: Oh, I absolutely... Hopefully, they're a bit of a sleeper.

JAMES: Are they worth £100?

IZZIE: That would be amazing.

JAMES: 100 bid.

IZZIE: (GASPS) ISHY: Oh, brilliant.

IZZIE: Amazing.

100 is the bid.

100.

110 anywhere?

Selling, then.

100.

It goes, then, at 100 only.

IZZIE: Not bad.

Well done.

What an amazing profit.

Wow!

Well done, Ishy.

That's a relief.

£20 into 100.

ISHY: Yeah.

IZZIE: That's a fantastic buy.

VO: Izzie's first lot is the art-deco scent-bottle stopper.

It does have a little bit of damage at the bottom.

ISHY: Yeah.

IZZIE: But I just think it's exquisite.

Start me at £100 for it.

Try 50, then.

Try 40, then.

Let's get on.

£40.

No interest.

Try 30, then.

JAMES: No, no interest... IZZIE: No!

Yes!

We have 30.

Thank you very much.

30's bid.

We all done?

We're all finished, then, at £30.

It sells, then, at 30.

I think that's such a good item.

ISHY: It is.

VO: At least it didn't lose money.

ISHY: That's a pity.

IZZIE: Oh, well.

VO: Can Ishy repeat his success now with the Mexican punch bowl?

It's a fun thing.

It's a lot bigger than you expect.

IZZIE: It is.

ISHY: And I just thought it was a bit different.

Start me at what?

Start me at £60.

Well, where... Start somewhere.

Start me at 40, then.

Let's get on.

Try 30, then.

We're going down.

Try 20, then.

No reserve on it.

£20.

(GASPS) I think you've got a bid.

IZZIE: You've got a bid.

JAMES: Thank you very much, sir.

£20.

I should think so.

£20 is the bid and it sells, then, at 20... ISHY: That's a shame.

IZZIE: Oh, Ishy.

It's worth more.

VO: But like the scent-bottle stopper, it's the damage.

I still love it, I think it's a really interesting piece and that, in your room... You saw it - in your house, it's such a striking object.

IZZIE: Yeah.

VO: Last orders now for Izzie's pub table.

£80 for it.

They're always worth that.

£80.

Thank you.

80's bid.

90's bid.

Thank you.

Last chance, then.

Hammer falls, then, at 90.

That's great.

I'm really pleased with that.

VO: Well, cheers.

It's a great-quality piece and it's a bit of a steal, really.

Yeah.

VO: Ishy's pinning his hopes on that Egyptian gold pendant.

It's quite large, it's a large-scale, there's a lot of gold.

I'm hopeful that it'll do well.

What's this worth?

£100, surely.

Try 80, then.

Let's get on.

No-one?

Try 60, then?

It's got to be sold.

Nobody?

£50 is bid.

Thank you.

55 is bid.

60 anywhere?

It sells and goes, then, at 55... VO: Oh, no, surely not.

I'm surprised, I thought it was...

It scraps for more.

VO: I feel your pain, Ishy.

Moving on, though, to Izzie's tiger pen stand.

I was thinking - if you stick a pen in that, it's gonna look like an unusual tail.

IZZIE: Cuz it's straight up!

(THEY CHUCKLE) What's it worth?

£40?

All day long.

Try 30, then.

Let's get on.

Try 20, then.

No interest at all at £20.

Yeah.

At £20, the bid is in the room, sold and goes, then, at £20 only... VO: This bidder's keen today.

Must have a good eye.

Well, I really liked the big cat, tiger.

VO: But it didn't like you back so much.

I just really liked him, just thought, you know, on your desk, he's just a fun, friendly face.

VO: Can Ishy find his way back with his Ordnance Survey map?

They're next.

Start me at what?

£40?

£40.

Try 30, then.

Try 20, then.

Try 10.

Nobody?

No-one for £10?

Thank you, sir.

£10... Got a room bid.

You are the savior at £10.

(CHUCKLES) Being sold in the room at £10.

We all done at 10, then?

IZZIE: Is that painful?

VO: Just a wee bit.

Good condition, no rips or tears.

IZZIE: Really?

ISHY: Like, I'm surprised.

VO: Anything can happen at an auction.

Who knows how Izzie's Grand Tour plaques will fair?

I love that they've got the old paper label on the back.

Yeah.

They're of a period, they're beautiful condition.

JAMES: £50 for them.

IZZIE: That'd be amazing.

Let's try 30, then.

Come on.

£30.

Thank you very much.

£30, then... IZZIE: Bargain.

ISHY: Yeah.

JAMES: Last chance, then.

IZZIE: Ooh!

A bid in the room!

Yes!

40's bid.

45 anywhere?

We all done, we all finished, then, at 40... Dagger in the heart, IZZIE: that was.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Almost her third break even, but a tenner at the last minute.

ISHY: I'm pleased they did well.

IZZIE: Thank you.

They're nice things, they're worth the money.

VO: And was Ishy's board game worth its small price tag?

You know what attracted to me.

I saw this closed box... IZZIE: You saw the wooden box!

ISHY: ..and then it had really nice carving on the top.

Something different, something I haven't seen in a shop in a long time.

Straight in at 20, then.

Try 10, then.

Nobody at all for £10?

Thank you very much, sir.

In the room at £10, I've been bid.

Last chance, then.

Hammer falls down at 10.

IZZIE: It's not a MASSIVE loss.

ISHY: (CHUCKLES) VO: Not a win either, though.

This is not how I wanted to end the trip!

VO: Well, it's not over quite yet.

Izzie's last lot now - the Georgian ring.

Ishy, wish me luck.

I'm excited for this one.

I was excited when I found it, but... Where shall we be with this?

Start me at what?

300 for it?

JAMES: 340... IZZIE: Yes!

340, 360, 380... Come on, internet.

JAMES: 380, 400.

ISHY: Yes!

400's bid.

420.

VO: Blimey!

420's bid.

And it's still very cheap at 400... 440's bid.

460.

460's bid.

480's bid.

500?

500's bid.

Izzie!

550's bid.

600.

This is amazing.

600.

IZZIE: Yeah!

(GIGGLES) VO: Still more!

Are we all settled now, at £600?

No, we're not.

650.

700 is bid.

750.

Last chance, then.

Hammer's falling, then, at 700... IZZIE: Amazing.

ISHY: That was brilliant.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

That is fantastic.

VO: Izzie, I take my hat off to you.

Brilliant.

ISHY: Are you happy?

IZZIE: I'm delighted!

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Hey, sure!

Time for the sums.

After the ups and downs of his first Road Trip and after auction costs, Ishy did well to finish with a respectable £183.28.

Old hand Izzie, though, was on top form throughout and ran away with it at the last to win the final derby with a fabulous £872.40 after saleroom fees.

All profits will go to Children In Need.

You enjoyed your Antiques Road Trip?

I've had the best time and you've been phenomenal, so ISHY: thank you for everything.

IZZIE: Aw, thank you.

ISHY: It's been brilliant.

IZZIE: No!

Thank you.

I've had the best time as well and you've put up with me IZZIE: yabbering the whole time.

ISHY: I've loved it.

You've got the patience of a saint, so thank you so much.

ISHY: One last drive?

IZZIE: One last drive.

IZZIE: Who's driving?

ISHY: I'll drive.

VO: The young ones gave it their all... Look at me doing my dancing.

VO: ..occasionally getting carried away.

Ishy!

Whoo!

VO: First-timer Ishy stepped up to the mark... ISHY: Bad-hair day.

VO: ..striking it lucky... ISHY: That's amazing!

VO: ..but conceding at the last.

IZZIE: Amazing.

ISHY: That was brilliant.

VO: The joys of youth!

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