VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Alright, fair enough.

It's a really cute subject.

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

NATASHA: Make it so.

MARGIE: Here we go.

VO: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Frankly terrifying.

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

But it's no mean feat.

I've lost money!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... Get in there!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Could have been worse.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory?

Ooh.

VO: Or the slow road to disaster?

Ugh!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Ha-ha!

What fun.

VO: Salutations, Somerset!

Wahoo!

On the way!

VO: Driving through the countryside in the glitzy '70s Alfa Romeo Spider is auctioneer Izzie Balmer.

IZZIE: I love driving the car.

It is an absolute beauty.

Very much a feeling of being alone and being alive.

VO: And someone embracing the good old British countryside is hot-shot auctioneer Catherine Southon.

CATHERINE (CS): Argh!

(SHE LAUGHS) I cannot believe that it's almost the end of our Road Trip.

Izzie and I have had so much fun.

It's been such a giggle.

VO: Yeah.

You're telling me.

Last time, despite Izzie's monster profit... Are we all done and finished at 160?

Yay!

Woohoo!

VO: ..Catherine's still holding on to her mighty lead.

I'm going to sell at 200.

Woohoo!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

That's wonderful.

One thing is sure I have to change... ..this footwear.

This is not, not working!

VO: Izzie begins this final instalment with a piggy bank clinking with £289 and eight pence.

Catherine's piggy is even more well-fed, with an impressive £496 and 86 pennies.

CS: I have to say, even when Izzie hasn't made big profit, she's just been incredibly gracious and just accepted it and just moved on.

IZZIE: I think sometimes in life you've just got to take a risk.

It's YOLO - you only live once.

VO: And before we get any FOMO - youth speak for fear of missing out... (HE LAUGHS) ..Izzie and Catherine began this adventure back in Storrington, skipped along the Devon and Cornish coast.

Now they're taking in Somerset before everything concludes in the fair city of Bristol.

IZZIE: This is a great sight!

IZZIE: Southon... CS: This is not!

..where were you planning on stopping?

Were you aiming for this corner?

Don't laugh!

VO: Dear, oh, dear!

Have you any idea how hard it is to cycle in these?

Well, they look very stylish, Catherine.

IZZIE: You are doing so well... CS: Oh, stop it!

..with all your money.

It's not the end yet.

We've still got a few more items to buy, and I think today we're going to find some really special things.

Really special.

IZZIE: On that note... CS: Come on.

Come on.

I've got to get back on this.

I'm going to get in the car, and go buy some antiques.

VO: Let's bust out of here.

CS: Go on!

Go on!

(GEARS GRIND) VO: Oh, dear - and have a go at making some moolah, eh?

CS: I'm coming right behind you!

You can certainly see a lot more on the bike and take in the beautiful landscape.

But my God, is it hard work!

I'm the number two.

I'm hunting down the number one.

And I'm going to overtake her, against all odds.

VO: Someone's defo had their porridge.

Today Izzie and Catherine are on a shopping extravaganza for an auction in Nottingham.

First we blast off with Izzie in the town of Crewkerne... ..famed for clothmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries, even making sails for the Royal Navy - which I don't think we'll find in here, but who knows?

Looks quaint.

This emporium has been on the go for the last six years and it is crammed to the max with all sorts.

How cute are these?

At first glance, I'd presumed that these were ebony bases, vulcanite.

So vulcanite is vulcanized rubber, ever so popular in the Victorian period, mass-produced.

Often used in jewelry because it's quite a good jet simulant.

VO: Jet is fossilized wood found in coal deposits, and vulcanized rubber was the cheaper alternative.

Today, it doesn't really cut the mustard.

Much better off going for the real McCoy, whoever he was.

It's my last chance, my last chance, to try and catch Catherine up.

I think I might be shooting myself in the foot if I was to get these.

VO: On that painful note, let's pause... (SHE HUMS) VO: ..and locate the off-the-saddle Catherine.

It's only a slight hill, but it's quite hard in wellies.

VO: Yeah, Moaning Minnie is in the next door county of Devon, en route to Ottery St Mary.

Sounds like somewhere Miss Marple might live.

Very nice.

The Vintage Trading Post has a sprawling metropolis of goodies on offer.

Just look at that Cadillac.

I hope she doesn't buy that.

Oh, dear.

CS: Oh my goodness me!

What on earth is that?

That is not something I want to see when I turn up at an antique center.

VO: Well, I never!

Let's get to work!

It's fit to burst with retro and vintage in here.

Gosh!

CS: This could be the moment where everything goes wrong.

Maybe I'm trying too hard.

Help!

VO: Is Mrs Moneybags crumbling under last-leg pressure?

This is probably the oldest thing in the shop so far.

They're actually called temple spectacles.

Temple because they go on your temples, and they're not sort of shaped in the way that traditional glasses are.

So they literally go across like this.

They look tiny.

I don't think this case necessarily goes with it.

I mean, it could well be later.

But they've got this right in what they've called this, which is a frogmouth case.

Which is wonderful, because of the way that it opens.

I love that.

And actually, you know what, I like the case more than the spectacles.

I'm not that excited by them.

I think I picked them up just because of the age, just because they've got some antique value and I can kind of relate to them.

Not that I'm an antique.

VO: I didn't say a word, Catherine!

They're £25.

Meanwhile, over in Somerset, with the queen of bling... IZZIE: Yes, it's a brooch.

Yes, it's a bit bent, but that is the important bit.

Miriam Haskell.

She was an American jewelry designer, costume jewelry.

She was born at the very end of the 19th century.

And Miriam Haskell's jewelry is very, very collectable.

It's so rare to find a Miriam Haskell.

You just don't see it.

VO: Let's find Jo, the lady in charge.

I have found - would you believe it - a brooch.

No.

I know!

Who'd have thought it?

Yeah!

It's a nice one though, isn't it?

Well, it's Miriam Haskell.

How could I leave it behind?

You can't, you can't... You just don't see Miriam Haskell.

Jo, it hasn't got a price on it.

No.

So I'm going to make you an offer.

OK.

I'd love to pay you £20 for it.

25?

I am not going to haggle over £5.

OK.

Thank you very much.

My pleasure.

VO: Our jewelry connoisseur has stayed true to her expertise.

A bit of bling-bling to add to her collection.

Over in Devon, Catherine's decided she really does like the look of the Georgian specs after all.

CS: People do collect spectacles.

I once sold a massive collection of a huge variety of spectacles, and they did sell very well.

So, I think for £25... ..they're really probably quite a bargain and I could make some money on them.

VO: Yeah, that's the name of the game.

Let's find dealer Vanessa.

I've just found these spectacles, and I think they're probably one of the oldest things that I've found today.

Not sure that they're the original case.

Do you get people buying spectacles?

VANESSA: We do actually.

Yeah, they do sell.

That is actually a really good price, really.

Yeah, I think it's not...

Especially with the case.

..it's not bad, is it?

So I'm going to give you some money.

10, 20, and five.

Lovely.

Thanks very much.

Thank you very much.

Bye bye, Vanessa.

VANESSA: Thank you.

Bye!

CS: Bye bye!

VO: Last of the big spenders, eh, Catherine?

Right.

Off we go.

VO: Where is our intrepid trekker, Izzie?

I mean, it's just such a treat to get to drive a beautiful, stunning car like this.

I have no plans to give this car back to Catherine any time soon.

VO: Izzie is cantering towards an undisclosed location deep in the wilds of Devon.

Izzie is sworn to secrecy about the exact location.

For the last seven years, a community has been hiding here.

And ecologist, Jake Kant, knows their secret, and he's going to share it with Izzie.

IZZIE: Hi, Jake.

JAKE: Hiya.

Why have you suggested that we meet here?

Well, we've got a family of beavers that live here, that have built a beaver dam on a small stream.

VO: This once-common British mammal has been absent from British rivers for 400 years.

After being hunted to extinction, the furry, sharp-toothed rodent is making a comeback.

Izzie is hopefully going to catch a glimpse.

Oh, look.

JAKE: In 2014, footage emerged of beaver kits, so the beavers were breeding in the river.

And the government got quite upset about this and actually wanted to remove the beavers.

But Devon Wildlife Trust, with a group of partner organizations, managed to persuade the government to allow us to have a five-year trial to look at the impacts that beavers can have in England.

VO: Rewind to stone age Britain, when the Eurasian beaver was recognized as Neolithic man's best friend.

Further back in the past, and go to Somerset and the Somerset Levels, and there we find that Neolithic people, 5,000 years ago, using beaver-cut material, so trees that the beavers have felled to feed on.

Well, the remains of those beaver-felled trees have been used to form trackways, a bit like the one we're standing on today.

Obviously, 5,000 years ago, a little bit different, and people only had stone age tools.

But if people could pick up wood that's been cut by a beaver, that saves a lot of time and effort.

VO: But this furry mammal soon became highly desirable for another reason.

So the last written record of beavers in England, is of someone being paid a bounty for a beaver head.

So somebody's brought in a dead beaver and is rewarded for that.

And that's because there was an Act of Parliament that encouraged people to kill certain animals that were considered vermin.

VO: This made the beaver a highly prized and lucrative creature, which led to their eventual extinction in the UK.

This scarcity took the hunt across the pond.

There was so much demand for beaver fur, Europeans actually started to go to North America to get beaver felts.

And this drove the European settlement of North America.

So we colonized North America all over beaver fur?

Yeah, one of the major driving factors for Europeans' interest in North America was the fur trade.

Um, Dutch, French and English were all super interested in getting to North America.

VO: The fur trade became so fierce here that in 1609, the Beaver Wars began.

Native American tribes understood the magnitude of wealth to be made, and waged a war with Europeans for close to a century.

The highly prized fur kept its shape better than any other and became the perfect material for fashionable headgear from the 16th to the 18th century.

100 years ago, there were only 1,200 beavers left in Europe.

Over the last hundred years, there've been lots of reintroductions.

Now we think the Eurasian beaver population is around a million.

So it's a really fantastic conservation success story.

VO: Since 2015, the Devon Wildlife Trust have monitored the reintroduction of these busy ecosystem engineers.

IZZIE: I feel such a city girl, as I murder nettles!

VO: This industrious mammal's building work not only protects from predators, but also allow water voles to dragonflies to thrive and prosper.

At this site, we've got about 200 meters of beaver canals that the beavers have excavated.

And the beaver canals link feeding areas with ponds, and with their main lodge and the stream, so the beavers can access their entire territory just by swimming along the canals and through their own ponds.

VO: Now the bit we've been waiting for.

(WHISPERS) Let's try and spot one.

Right now, the beavers are probably waking up because they're nocturnal, and they're hopefully feeling hungry.

And hopefully, they're going to come out soon so we can see them.

I really hope so.

I'm really looking forward to this.

Yeah, fingers crossed.

How many beavers are in the family that live here?

So we'll have the adult pair, so mum and dad, and then we'll have the kits from last summer, and then there'll be the kits from this summer.

So that's probably 10 beavers in this family.

They might not all be in the same lodge.

Oh, we've got a beaver right in front of us now.

And it's... yeah, just feeding on the branch.

And that's one of this year's kits.

I think there's another one somewhere though.

IZZIE: I was going to say, it's smaller than I was expecting.

VO: The five year beaver trial here has been a huge conservation triumph.

The government now agree that this hardworking beaver should be allowed to stay and help the British countryside flourish.

I'm going to hunker down and do some hardcore beaver watching.

JAKE: Good luck.

IZZIE: Thank you.

VO: I spy another busy beaver.

Who else could you go on a Road Trip with and talk about hair dye and high heels, and just different things?

VO: Yeah, well, you've done a Trip with Phil Serrell, haven't you?

Ha!

Catherine has pedaled south to the lovely town of Sidmouth, the favorite spot of literary bard Sir John Betjeman.

And here she comes, patrolling the pavements, to have a good old nosey in here - Jackdaws Antiques and Collectables.

Very, very nice.

Hello there.

How are you doing?

I'm fine, thank you, Catherine.

Oh, good.

Are you Debs or Debbie?

I don't mind.

I don't mind, Catherine.

Lovely.

VO: Glad we cleared that up.

Debs has an impressive array of stock for Catherine to spend her mighty £470 and pennies.

An anchor.

I've no...I don't know anything about this.

We could say it came from something really famous.

We could say it came from the Victory, couldn't we?

VO: Yeah, we could.

But it would be wrong.

It's a titch!

Ticket price is £350.

Wow.

CS: What can you tell me about your anchor?

It was dredged up in Weymouth and then left on the dock for many, many years.

That's all I know.

So you didn't pay for it?

DEBS: No.

CS: Oh.

It was free.

Yeah.

OK, so...

Which doesn't happen very often.

Am I allowed to make you an offer?

But it would be nowhere near what you're asking.

Throw a number at me, Catherine.

I would offer you £100, and that would be my bottom line.

OK.

Yes, why not?

Are you sure?

Yeah, that's absolutely fine.

Yeah.

I don't know what I'm doing now.

Um... People love them.

No!

Things are going to go well.

It's going to do really well at the auction, I'm sure.

VO: Bit spontaneous, that.

Interesting.

VO: But it hasn't put her off looking for more.

They're only metal, they're not silver.

But I think they're shoe buckles.

And I don't know how old they are, but as a piece of history... And people do collect weird and wonderful things like these.

VO: These are made of cut steel, and all forms of shoe decoration were popular over a 200-year period.

In fact, no self-respecting Georgian dandy would leave the house without them.

CS: Right.

I'm going to buy these... DEBS: OK, wonderful.

CS: ..if that's OK?

That's perfect.

They've got £18 on them, which I think is a fair price.

OK, good.

So I'll buy those and your anchor, is that OK?

OK, wonderful.

Thank you.

So that's £118.

Well, thank you so much for those.

Would you...

I could put those in a little paper bag for you?

You can gift wrap the anchor for me if you don't mind.

I think that's a step too far.

VO: £100 then for the anchor, and 18 for the Georgian shoe buckles.

I've actually finished a little bit early, so I might go and see what Izzie's up to.

I've got to try and find her first.

VO: Izzie is still on beaver watch.

CS: Izzie!

IZZIE: Oh!

Catherine.

I've been cycling and walking for miles to find you.

What on earth are you doing?

I'm looking for beavers, but we have to be really quiet cos there are two baby ones out.

Oh!

They're having their tea.

Or maybe it's their breakfast?

They've just woken up, so they're having their breakfast.

You've learnt a lot, haven't you?

Well, I think I might be a bit better at beavers than antiques.

Oh!

Catherine?

Catherine - look!

Look, can you see it there?

CS: How sweet.

IZZIE: I know!

Right, come on then, let's go.

(IZZIE LAUGHS) You have no stamina with this, Catherine!

Good night, Mr Beaver.

Oh, wait for me!

VO: And now that our explorers have spotted this little cutie, we must bid them farewell.

Nighty night.

VO: Rise and shine.

Onwards we go with our Road Trip darlings.

I'm so sad that it's my last day of the Road Trip with Catherine.

I really ought to have a plan to get myself in the right mindset for today.

But all I can think of is how sad I am that it's the very last day.

VO: You'll make me sad too!

CS: When you're by the sea, this bike is not too bad.

You know what, Izzie?

After all, I think I've got the better deal.

Ta-ra!

VO: Well, she's not too bothered.

VO: A breakfast beach date beckons.

IZZIE: Catherine, this is a gorgeous spot.

Good morning!

Welcome.

Morning.

Breakfast.

Now... Ooh!

..how did you get on yesterday?

I've actually bought something really out of character, so I think you're going to be really surprised.

Very good.

Um, so what I've bought is...

I bought a brooch!

Oh, not another brooch.

(SHE LAUGHS) I bought a brooch!

CS: Oh, Izzie!

IZZIE: I... Catherine.

CS: Do you never learn?

IZZIE: I tried so hard not to!

VO: This blingy brooch leaves Izzie with £264 and pennies.

Who'd have thought it?

VO: Meanwhile, Catherine has £356 and 86 pence left.

She dropped her dosh on the dainty Georgian gents' shoe buckles, the Georgian spectacles, and the gargantuan anchor.

I don't know anything about this.

CS: Well, I didn't buy a brooch.

OK. Oh, you do surprise me.

I bought something a little bit bigger.

I bought this beautiful piece of rust.

Catherine, do you know what?

I saw this as I walked in and I thought, 'Oh, it's just, we're on a beach...' CS: An anchor!

IZZIE: '..and it's an anchor.'

I didn't realize you'd bought it.

CS: No.

And I paid £100 for it, which is a lot of money.

Is it?

I thought anchors were quite collectable.

CS: Are they?

IZZIE: And that one's huge.

I mean, how often do you see an anchor that big?

Right.

Sup up.

After you, my dear.

Thank you very much, lovely.

More brooches to buy.

VO: We jump-start today's foray into shopping with a schlep to the Dorset town of Bridport.

Deep in the old town's crevices lies Bridport Antiques.

CS: It's got a very impressive entrance.

I like these gates.

IZZIE: It's almost as if we're royalty.

CS: We are royalty.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Izzie has just less than £265 to spend in here.

He's quite a handsome chap, isn't he?

And there's hardly any color.

Well, obviously, no color - it's a pencil sketch - except for a little tint to the cheeks and the lips there.

And yet there is so much character.

It's 200 years old.

It probably isn't going to be cheap.

But...you never know.

VO: At the opposite end of the shop... That looks nice.

What's that?

How much is that?

Oh, no price... no price on this one.

This is my ideal purchase.

I would say it's probably... Let's have a look.

Yeah, for cigars.

A cigar box.

VO: British officers of high social position in the Georgian and Victorian eras would often carry high quality portable furniture such as this.

CS: So the whole idea of campaign furniture is this idea of traveling, with these handles recessed into a cigar box.

I've got a feeling that that will probably be...

..I should think about £300.

VO: Let's ask dealer Richard.

CS: Richard, can I just ask you about a cigar box, sort of campaign...?

Yeah.

Burr walnut.

Yes.

So you didn't have a price on that.

No, well, I literally bought it in this morning.

It was going to be about 225.

Right.

But, because it came in with some other bits and pieces, I can actually do something quite good on that.

Could you take 100 for it?

Uh...

Yes, go on.

Lovely.

Well, I'll definitely have that and I will definitely buy something else.

But what that other item is, I don't know yet.

VO: Very generous of you, Richard.

Is Izzie as busy?

Nine-carat gold ring.

The label says quartz.

I am wondering moonstone.

And it's set in what we call a rub-over or a bezel setting.

It's an ancient way of setting stones.

I'd better not push it on my finger too much cos it is a little small.

I'm going to pop it down and just keep looking.

VO: It's a contender, even if it's priced at £85.

Guess what I've found.

I've found a brooch.

I've found a brooch of a little...

I think it's a schnauzer.

I'm not brilliant on my dogs, although I am a dog owner.

But I think that's a schnauzer.

I quite like saying that.

I might say that again.

Schnauzer.

It's got a good name.

VO: It's the little things, they say.

And along the bottom there, there's a little bar.

Be nice if they were emeralds.

But they're not.

It's priced at £68.

I don't know, I just feel like I want to buy a brooch.

Just to be the same as Izzie.

VO: Catherine's looking for dealer Richard to get his very best on the brooch.

Richard, I've found something else to go with the box.

I've gone for a schnauzer.

Like it, yeah.

Silver schnauzer.

Do you like that?

Yeah.

Now, the ticket price on that is £68.

What can you do for that, the silver?

The very best, I have to say, would be 50.

50.

I'm sorry, but silver, the way it is at the moment.

CS: So, 150 for the two... RICHARD: Nice round figure.

Is that alright?

That's a lovely figure.

Yeah.

Richard, that's yours.

It's been delightful.

Thank you.

Well, make sure you come back.

I may well do.

If... ..if you keep getting lovely things like this, I'll keep coming back.

Thanks very much.

RICHARD: Bye.

CS: Thanks, Richard.

VO: And that a bevy of buys signs the end of shopping for Catherine.

Let's seek out Izzie.

It's a set of six.

They're circa 1900.

I think they're what we would call Austrian secessionist.

They look very much in the style of Koloman Moser, and he was a designer and really influential in sort of Austrian design.

And he designed all sorts of things, including glass.

Just looking for a price.

Can't see one.

This one does have a chip, so it's probably worth me inspecting all of them.

I mean, from here, they all look pretty decent, other than this one.

VO: There are six in total.

Oh, Richard!

Oh, hi, Izzie.

IZZIE: Hello.

RICHARD: Hello!

Richard, so, I've found three things.

However, two of them don't have prices on.

VO: Let's begin with the George III pencil sketch, priced at 190.

IZZIE: How much can this gentleman...?

I can let him go for £100.

For 100?

RICHARD: Yeah.

IZZIE: OK. VO: And the ring, priced at 85?

I could do 60 on that.

OK. And then, also, the liqueur glasses.

Yeah.

Although they're collectable, I could let those go for 100.

I need to have a think.

Um...right.

I think I'm going to have to sit down.

IZZIE: I...I think I'm going to have to sit down.

Um, if I took all three, would you take 200?

Mm... Go on.

Oh my goodness.

Richard, thank you so much.

IZZIE: £200.

RICHARD: Thank you.

No, Richard, thank you.

It has been an absolute pleasure looking around your beautiful items.

Thank you.

VO: That breaks down to 80 for the sketch, 40 for the ring, and £80 for the liqueur glasses.

IZZIE: Bye bye!

RICHARD: Bye.

VO: Thanks, Richard, for being so kind.

Meanwhile, Catherine's happiness levels are off the chart.

I feel like I've done the whole coast, actually.

I feel like I've cycled from Cornwall to Dorset.

VO: She's off to the Isle of Portland, on the southernmost tip of Dorset.

Joined to the mainland by the stunning Chesil Beach, it is home to Tout Quarry, one of the few remaining hand-mined quarries in the UK.

In the early 1980s, it was saved from ruin by a group of artists who transformed the labyrinth of gullies here into a spectacular sculpture park.

Catherine's meeting up with one of the artists who continue to preserve the quarry, Hannah Sofaer.

This looks amazing, this model.

VO: A commercial quarry for centuries, it was the primary source of income for the families here.

Over 28 generations mastered the art of quarrying this fine Portland stone.

HANNAH: The whole island was just quarrymen, and they had back to back traditions.

They were also fishing.

So when they didn't have quarrying time, they went fishing.

So they knew about the tides, which are very powerful around here... Mm.

..and they knew how to get the stone out in big, huge sections.

VO: Portland stone was established as the superior stone of choice, selected by Sir Christopher Wren when he used it for St Paul's Cathedral.

I'd like to know really about what was so special about Portland stone.

What were its characteristics?

It's very dense, you can actually carve very fine detail.

And it weathers very well.

VO: And it's a brilliant white color.

The quarrymen had a special technique for quality control.

HANNAH: So they used to ring the stone to make sure it was sound for buildings in London.

So how did they really ring the stone?

Well, I'll show you.

Right...

If you, uh, pick up one of these and... (RINGS CLEARLY) And what does that tell us?

That tells you it's sound.

(RINGS CLEARLY) When you find a crack in a ceramic, when you're looking at an antique bowl... Yeah.

..or something, you do often tap it with your teeth, just to check that it rings.

And I suppose it's the same sort of thing.

Absolutely.

(RINGS CLEARLY) That's wonderful.

I like that.

VO: Hand-quarrying is an ancient Egyptian way of splitting stone, still practiced today with tools known as plugs and feathers.

Due to mechanization, the quarry's final contract was in 1982.

This threat of the quarry being turned into a refuse tip spurred Hannah and fellow artists to save this precious site a year later.

Regular workshops take place here.

Master sculptor Paul is the man to help us with the art of stone carving.

We've drawn a leaf on there, which is quite simple, but it fits the stone very well.

Pick up the letter-cutting chisels and then close your hand up.

Yeah, that's right.

These are called dummy hammers.

Dummy hammers?

PAUL: Yeah.

CS: Right.

It's a question of just holding it with your thumb behind there to stop it spinning round, and it's little gentle taps.

So, if you have the chisel on the stone, it has to have an angle that will allow the front of the chisel to bite.

Oh my goodness me, it's really difficult.

You've got to have a steady hand.

That's quite good actually, if I do say so myself.

VO: With over 60 hidden sculptures in the park and new artists arriving every year, Tout Quarry continues to be honored by the inventive brilliance of the artists who nurture this magical place.

Meanwhile, what of the magical world of Izzie?

This is a really weird thing to say, but this steering wheel is so tactile.

It's, like, really slim and it just fits really nicely under the hands.

It's just been such a pleasure, such an honor, such a treat to drive such a gorgeous car.

VO: The number one Alfa Romeo fan is hotfooting it to the Dorset town of Dorchester.

Thomas Hardy loved it here so much that he drew inspiration from the town for the main setting in his bestseller The Mayor Of Casterbridge.

De Danann Antiques Centre is the final antiques pit stop for Izzie to shell out her remaining wodge... ..which totals just less than £65.

This is your very last chance to try and overtake Ms Southon.

I don't want to put my whole weight in it in case I break it.

Just going to have to be brave and hope I don't break it.

OK.

There we go.

VO: Interesting way of finding motivation.

This is quite cozy actually.

Just needs a few cushions.

VO: But it seems to have worked.

IZZIE: I'm actually just checking that it is Victorian rather than repro.

It's a ceiling light.

You can convert it into a modern fitting and have your cable coming up the center and the light bulb down there.

I just think that's beautiful.

I haven't actually dared to look at the price yet.

Oh!

OK.

I mean, I don't even have that much money left, so... VO: It's priced at 75 smackers.

Let's get John, the man in charge, over.

John, I have found what I think is a beautiful ceiling light.

However, there are a fair few cobwebs inside there, which tells me this has been here an extremely long time.

So I was wondering if I could make you a cheeky offer.

You could try, yeah.

Oh, gosh, OK.

I don't know how cheeky to go now then.

Um, well, I'm gonna...

I'm gonna go very cheeky then.

Can I offer you, please, £20?

Make it 25.

I would love to see this being returned to its former glory, so yes please, I would love to give you 25 for it.

I'll just pop it down there, so I don't damage it.

There we go.

Fine, thank you.

25.

No, thank you.

You've been extremely generous.

Thank you so much.

I've had a lovely time.

JOHN: Yeah.

OK. IZZIE: See you.

IZZIE: Have a good day.

JOHN: Yeah, and you.

IZZIE: Bye bye.

JOHN: Bye bye.

VO: A generous discount for Izzie's last buy of her Road Trip adventure.

Thanks very much, John.

My goodness, has it been a wonderful Trip or what?

I have had such a blast with Catherine this week.

It has been so much fun.

We've had such a giggle.

We've had some highs and some lows.

But far more importantly than that, I have made a friend for life in Catherine.

VO: The shopping curtains have now closed.

Time for some shuteye.

VO: The stunning Clifton suspension bridge is the spectacular backdrop for this exciting conclusion to the Trip.

(CATHERINE LAUGHS) (HONKS HORN) Hello!

You look gorgeous!

Oh, thank you.

Well, you look cool in the leathers.

It's got such a good look.

You're rocking it, that's what you're doing.

You are rocking this car.

VO: For the last auction hurrah, the ladies have arrived in Bristol, while their antique delights have journeyed north to Nottingham in the East Midlands... ..where, with uncontrollable excitement, we're gearing up for an auction showdown at Arthur Johnson and Sons.

It's a closed-door sale for online, phone and absentee bidders only.

PHILIP: Five.

Still with the absentee bidder at 35.

VO: Izzie spent £250 on five auction lots.

Philip Poyser is the gent wielding the gavel today.

Any faves, Philip?

The Miriam Haskell brooch, it's where the market is at the moment.

Mid-20th century fashion jewelry sells really well.

And if you've got a good name, which Miriam Haskell is, I think that will go well.

VO: Catherine splurged £293, also on five lots.

The cigar box is one of my favorite pieces.

It's in lovely burr walnut.

It's the sort of thing that cigar collectors will want.

It's just a lovely piece.

Very, very well-made.

CS: Shall we have a look at how well or how badly we've done at this auction?

Ooh!

I'm really nervous, Catherine.

No, it's going to be great.

You ready?

Yes, ready.

Let's go.

VO: Izzie's ceiling light is first to tempt the bidders.

They're just so in and out of fashion.

Who knows?

30.

30, I've got bid.

At 30.

CS: Good start.

IZZIE: Yay!

At 40 bid.

At 40.

It's 40.

OK. At £40.

Look round, then I sell.

It goes, done at 40.

VO: An illuminating start to proceedings.

Well done, Izzie.

I'm pleased with that.

It made a decent profit.

I bet you're pleased with your cheeky offer now, aren't you?

So pleased!

Wish...wish I'd been a bit cheekier!

VO: Catherine's Georgian specs and frogmouth case are next.

Are the spectacles gold?

Don't be silly, Izzie!

Oh.

10 in.

I've got 10 already, at 10.

10 bid.

12.

12 bid.

20 now.

At 20.

Well, it's creeping up.

At 20 bid.

At £20.

Being sold then.

£20, in and out... Donk.

VO: Well, we didn't see that one coming.

I think they should've probably made a bit more, but it's fine.

But they weren't gold, Izzie, that's the thing!

VO: Bling it on with Izzie's fave - the Miriam Haskell brooch.

You could wear that today, couldn't you?

Yes, but I've been saying that about all the brooches I've been buying!

At £30.

Five, thank you.

At 35... IZZIE: Yay!

PHILIP: ..at 35 bid, at 35.

CS: 35!

IZZIE: Phew!

Izzie!

That's brilliant.

At 40 bid, at 40.

I'm looking for five now.

At 40 bid.

Designer brooch, being sold.

It goes, done at 40.

VO: Someone else loved it too, Izzie.

Great result.

You believed in it.

Done.

Made a profit.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Thank you.

You should go into buying brooches, Izzie.

VO: Another brooch.

This time, Catherine's little silver schnauzer.

I think it's only going to make money because of its little doggy.

Well, I'm excited to see how it does.

Schnauzer.

£20 then, let's get up.

20 bid.

35 I've got.

IZZIE: Ooh!

That's a nice jump.

CS: 35.

Help yourselves here.

40.

40 bid.

50, 50 bid.

At 50.

CS: Oh, wow.

IZZIE: £50!

50, at £50.

At 50.

Five.

55 bid.

60 bid.

At 60.

Five.

65.

IZZIE: £65.

CS: Wow.

70.

70 bid.

At 70.

At 70 bid.

I sell then.

It goes, done, sold at £70.

VO: They like brooches here.

He is rather adorable.

IZZIE: So it just goes to show.

CS: We should buy brooches.

VO: The Georgian piece of history - Izzie's framed pencil sketch is next.

IZZIE: It was sketched in 1810.

I don't... You know, Catherine, there aren't going to be photos of you and me around in 200 years' time.

Of course there will be.

CS: Why not?

IZZIE: Well... Why not?

Give me how much on that?

50.

CS: What did you pay?

IZZIE: 80 PHILIP: 20.

IZZIE: Oh, no.

At 50.

At £50 bid.

At 50.

Five.

55 bid.

At 55.

I've got 55... Keep going, keep going.

£55 bid.

At £55 bid.

I'll take 60.

He's dashing.

He's gorgeous!

It goes, done at 55.

VO: Pity he wasn't that attractive to buyers.

Izzie's first loss of the day.

IZZIE: Oh, well, never mind.

VO: Time for Catherine's Georgian shoe buckles.

Would you have bought these?

Let's see if they make a profit and then buckles might be my new thing.

I'll be over brooches.

Forget brooches.

Forget brooches.

I'll be all about the buckles.

20 I've got.

20, thank you.

CS: 20.

OK, that's fine.

Profit straight away.

Opening bid and a profit!

At 20 bid.

At 20.

30.

30 bid.

At 30.

At 30.

Well done, you.

I'm really, really happy with that.

30.

VO: Not bad for a 200-year-old antique.

They were lovely.

They were so sweet, and I would buy those again and again.

VO: Make way for Izzie's set of six Austrian liqueur glasses.

IZZIE: On a really good day, they will probably only make 80 at auction, but I just thought they were really beautiful.

Today is a very good day, Izzie.

Exactly!

That's what I was hoping.

I just thought they're really lovely.

Today is a brilliant day.

The liqueur glasses.

CS: Sounds good.

IZZIE: Ooh!

40 I've got.

40.

In the USA at 40.

Oh, in the USA, Izzie.

At 40 bid.

Five.

50.

50 bid.

I've got 50 already, still in the United States.

55.

60.

60 bid.

Come on, America.

They love them, I hope they... IZZIE: Come on, America!

CS: I hope they get there, OK. PHILIP: 65.

70.

70 bid.

At 70.

It's a lovely set.

75.

IZZIE: Keep going, keep going.

CS: They are a lovely set.

At £75 for the set of six and it goes, done, sold.

I sell at £75.

IZZIE: No!

CS: Keep going.

VO: What a bargain for such beautiful things.

IZZIE: Do you know what?

They were just really, really lovely.

CS: They were really lovely.

IZZIE: I just really liked them.

VO: Watch out, Catherine's great big anchor is next.

Taking it away from the coast, I'm not sure that was a good idea.

At 40.

At £40.

At 40.

Five.

45.

50.

50 bid.

Still with the absentee bid at 50.

Right direction.

At 50 bid.

At 50.

60.

70.

70 bid.

Five... Oh, dear, that's a loss.

80.

80 bid.

No, it's still going.

£100 bid.

At 100.

100!

IZZIE: 100.

CS: 100!

PHILIP: At £120.

30.

130, and it goes... CS: Ooh!

IZZIE: Home and dry.

Done at 130.

VO: Your gamble paid off, Catherine.

CS: It's not a huge profit, but that is a little profit, isn't it?

But Catherine, a couple of pounds is a couple of pounds.

A couple of pounds is a couple of pounds, isn't it?

VO: With Catherine ahead by just a smidge, can Izzie get herself into the lead with the gold ring?

I really like moonstones.

I think they're a really underrated stone, personally.

CS: And you paid what for it?

IZZIE: 40.

CS: Izzie... IZZIE: So we'll see.

..this is your comeback.

35 bid.

45.

45 bid.

At 45.

At 45.

Come on!

At £50 bid.

At 50.

Should be more.

At £50.

CS: Should be a lot more.

PHILIP: At 50.

At 55 bid.

60 bid.

At 65.

Being sold.

Please keep going.

CS: No!

No, no, no, no, no.

Last call.

70.

At £70.

Under the hammer for...five.

75 bid.

Oh, yeah!

PHILIP: At 75.

At £75 bid.

CS: Izzie!

I'll sell at £75.

VO: The jewelry expertise is shining brightly, Izzie.

VO: Well done.

IZZIE: I'm pleased with that.

Well, congratulations cos that's lovely to find something that nobody else has seen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

VO: Catherine's sumptuous cigar box is the final lot for today.

Oh, I'm really, really excited to see how this does.

Got a good feeling, Catherine.

I'm quite excited about this one, but I don't...

I really don't know actually.

I'm going straight in at 80.

£80 bid.

At 80.

90.

90 bid.

£100 bid.

110.

110, at 110.

That's it.

You're in a profit.

110.

120 bid.

130.

CS: Oh.

IZZIE: Profit.

Proper profit.

CS: Thank you.

At 130.

140 bid.

At 140.

At 150.

160.

160 bid.

170, thank you.

190.

Thank you again at 190.

At 190 bid.

Almost doubled your money!

Last call, it goes, done at 190.

VO: Well, fine craftsmanship speaks for itself.

A knockout result, Catherine.

I'm so pleased it did so well for you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Especially as it was your favorite.

Yeah, it's nice when you have... when you're attached to something.

VO: Let's do a spot of adding up.

After all the brooches and after all the saleroom costs, Izzie finishes this Road Trip with a respectable £272 and 78 pence.

But after that big fat profit on the cigar box, and after all auction costs, Catherine has sustained her lead and concludes this adventure as Road Trip champ, with a rather lovely £564.66.

All profits go to Children In Need.

What a wonderful week, eh?

Girls on tour, Izzie.

VO: We've had athleticism... CS: Oh, my goodness.

VO: ..brooches... You know how I like brooches?

It's another Scandinavian brooch.

A Victorian brooch.

VO: ..we've talked to the animals... How much do I have, birds?

VO: ..island-hopped... Woohoo!

VO: ..and gathering riches along the way.

AUCTIONEER: 90 now.

IZZIE: Yeah!

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Woohoo!

VO: Bye bye!

We'll miss ya.

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