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

Perfect.

Sold.

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car... Lovely day for it.

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

Every home should have one of these.

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

Yes!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... 950... You're gonna make £1,000!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

No!

VO: Will it be the high road to glory... Make me a big profit.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

Are we stuck?

IRITA & RAJ: Yay!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Oh, yes!

That's right, we're in bonnie Scotland today, with not one, but two antiques dealers.

Mr Mark Hill, welcome to the Road Trip.

(LAUGHS) Ms Roo Irvine, thank you so very much.

I'm excited to be here.

Me too.

How are you feeling?

This is completely new territory for you.

Well, it is completely new territory, and I'm also... Well, I've been to Scotland a few times, but, wow, where we are... What a view!

VO: And we're excited to have you, Markie boy.

MARK: Oh, wow... That was decisive.

Off you go!

MARK: Road trip begins!

ROO: (LAUGHS) VO: This peerless pair are cruising through the Scottish countryside in a vintage 1974 Triumph Stag.

Very nice.

Well, I have to say, you're doing extremely well.

ROO: Ooh!

MARK: You were doing extremely well until I distracted you.

VO: Hold her steady, Roo.

Now, I must say, this is one debonair duo we have here.

ROO: You are very stylish.

I'm almost not even looking at the road because you look so dapper.

VO: These two are match made in fashionista heaven.

Mr Mark Hill is embarking on his maiden voyage on the good ship Road Trip.

MARK: (SOFTLY) What will I find?

VO: A man of many hats - literally and figuratively - Mark is a dealer, auctioneer, author and lecturer, with a passion for 20th century design.

MARK: Ooh, hello.

VO: Hello.

Ha-ha!

VO: The other hand, local lass Roo has been a Road Trip regular for donkeys.

Do you know, I actually feel quite scholarly.

VO: A dealer from Argyll and Bute, our Roo appreciates the finer things of life.

(WHISPERS) Look at that.

It is beautiful.

You're in bonnie Scotland, you're on my turf.

MARK: Yes, I know.

Do I need to worry about that, by the way?

Ooh, I've got all the Scots lined up to support me.

MARK: (LAUGHS) VO: Yes, Roo does have the home advantage.

Our adventurous antiquarians will be taking the high and low roads of Scotland for the trip.

ROO: Are you a big spender?

Because we have £200 to spend.

Are you planning to just blow all your cash every time, or are you more cautious?

I'm normally a more cautious person, but...you know, things speak to your heart sometimes.

So if I saw something for £199.99... Ooh!

..and I fell in love with it, I would buy it.

I mean, I would blow it all in one go.

VO: I am sure it will be a trip to remember.

On this leg, the pair's purchases will be under the hammer in Glasgow, but we kick off in the historic town of Inverkeithing.

VO: Lying on the northern banks of the Firth of Forth, near that wonder of Victorian engineering, the Forth Road Bridge, Inverkeithing is home to our first retail opportunity, Fleming's Furniture and Antique Centre.

Get in a bay.

That's a skill.

You've got acres of space.

ROO: Oh... Kind of!

Now this is it.

Your Road Trip adventure starts here.

MARK: Fantastic.

Let's go to it.

ROO: Now...

There's only one thing, though.

It's very important who gets there first.

Now don't you...

Mind you... (MUTTERS) MARK: (CHUCKLES) VO: No need for the argy-bargy.

There's a surfeit of antique goodies in here.

Established for 40 years, over 20 traders display their wares inside, and there's plenty for everyone.

Each expert has £200 that they're itching to spend, but each expert will have to look in the right places for the best stuff.

(EXHALES) Magpie!

(LAUGHS) (WHISPERS) Lots of gorgeous, shiny stuff.

There are some nice pieces, but I think I need to keep looking.

VO: No need to rush, Roo!

But how's our new boy getting on?

MARK: Oh, yay.

So what we're looking at is something called a safety pen, and the reason why it was called a safety pen was because the nib lived inside here, and you could twist the bottom up and down to get the nib out.

But it was "safety", because when you... ..screw the cap on tight, a little bit of cork in the top stops the ink falling out into your pocket and staining it when you moved.

VO: A maker of luxury fountain pens, the Waterman Pen Company was established in 1884 by American inventor Louis Edson Waterman.

MARK: But what's the price?

It's £78.

If I can get it for a bit less than that, I think I'd be very happy, because I'm pretty sure there are some collectors out there, especially online, who would love to add this to their collection.

VO: A promising start from the rookie, eh?

How's the veteran getting on?

Mmh.

I cannot resist trench art.

I've never seen this work on any shell case.

This is almost like... basket weaving.

That is such a beautiful skill.

People think that all trench art was made by the soldiers in the trenches, but a lot of people were making it.

The soldiers were making it.

Prisoners of war.

Factories were making souvenir trench art ware.

How do you know what you have?

Well, first of all, you can date it from the bottom.

Most of them will have the date, and this is World War I, 1914.

It says here, £60 for the pair.

Not a bad price.

If that could be closer to 40, I'd be tempted.

Trench art all the way.

VO: One possibility there, then.

Let's carry on.

Interesting cabinet.

Not exactly the height of fashion right now.

A nice Carlton Ware vase.

I mean, in its day, enormously stylish.

And when was its day?

1930s, 1950s.

Condition is critical, but having a good look, running my finger over... (TAPS VASE) ..perfect.

Nice condition.

And there's a second piece as well... (SLIGHT CRASH) Oops!

Also nice condition.

(PLATE RINGS) And undamaged.

Carlton Ware Rouge Royal, as I'd expect it to be.

You know the best bit?

(SOFTLY) It's got a sale sticker on it.

(STIFLES A LAUGH) They're now £24 and £16.

I'd like them for a little bit less, but I think that's a definite maybe.

VO: Well, then, I think you'd better get your wallet out and talk to Gail, one of the shopkeepers.

GAIL: Oh, hi.

Could I interrupt your cleaning?

So I found some pieces that I'm kind of interested in.

But let's talk turkey, because I need to talk prices with you now.

The little Waterman fountain pen... Oh, yes, uh-huh.

I know the one you mean.

How close to, sort of, £50 can it be?

I can certainly ask.

The two Carlton Ware pieces, so we've got a vase and a dish.

I know they're on sale already, but I think we're at 40, I think, but if I said 30 for cash...?

GAIL: I can certainly ask.

MARK: Thank you.

No problem.

I'll just have to... ..give the trader a little call.

MARK: Thank you.

GAIL: No worries.

VO: And while Gail does that... ..where's Roo got to?

Now, I like this.

This is very arts and crafts style.

But I'll tell you right now, it's not arts and crafts.

I think it's probably... ..early to mid 1900s, but let's see how new it is.

So this is obviously Sheffield plate.

It's got good weight to it, it's got quality.

What I love about it, see this effect here?

That hammer... hammer and nail effect?

That's very arts and crafts, and these dots around the edge are very Celtic.

But the price is affordable.

Cuz it says £45, not a bad price, but is it going to make a profit at £45?

It'd really have to be 25 and above for me to even have a chance.

But I know it's here.

One to put on the back burner.

VO: Jolly good.

Right, Gail's back off the blower.

GAIL: Hi, Mark.

MARK: Gail, hello!

I've spoken to all the relevant traders.

And, yeah, they're happy to accept your offers on the items that you like.

So that would be £80 all together.

Fantastic.

Excellent!

The deal is done.

VO: Nicely done, Mark.

That's two lots all wrapped up, and £120 still to spend.

Our new boy's off and running.

But what about the seasoned pro?

I'm quite curious as to what this actually is.

I have to feel the weight of this.

(STRAINS) Oh, God!

That is solid brass.

It says here, on the ticket, "Oriental brass incense burner."

What a statement piece.

It's gorgeous.

But £68?

I think it would need to be closer to 40.

It's something I would have myself, and it would take pride of place.

And if I think that, then there might be a buyer for it at the auction VO: Better speak to the nice lady at the till.

ROO: Hey, Carol.

CAROL: Hi.

I've spotted lots of things that I like.

You've got this really ornate brass incense burner, and that's up at £68.

Could that be, sort of, closer to the 35, 40, 40 mark?

Could probably do... maybe 48, maybe.

No, that is very kind, that's very generous.

VO: There's also the trench art vases and tea set.

ROO: If I took all three, could you do 110?

CAROL: I'm sure I could.

ROO: Oh, thank you, Carol.

You've been amazing.

110 fresh out the oven.

ROO: Thanks, Carol!

CAROL: Thank you.

VO: Excellent.

That leaves Roo with £90 in the kitty.

She'll have the more delicate items packed and sent to the sale room.

Time to make like a tree and leave!

Meanwhile, Mark has crossed the Firth and made his way to Edinburgh's Old Town.

He's here to find out about serial killers, who turned corpses into cash.

And university researcher Janet Philp knows the grisly details.

MARK: Janet, hello.

JANET: Hello, Mark.

MARK: Thank you.

MARK: So what is this structure here?

This is a mortsafe.

It dates to around about 1800, and they were used to protect the recently dug graves.

MARK: So literally "dead safe".

JANET: Yep.

Why would they need to do that?

Well, here in Edinburgh, there were quite a few anatomy schools and there was a need for bodies, for medical education.

And so if you didn't protect the graves, they could get dug up, and used to teach medical students.

VO: In 1826, a dead body could fetch around £10, which is roughly £1,000 in today's money.

At the time, Edinburgh was the leading center of medical research, with anatomy schools heaving with students keen to observe a live dissection.

There was just one problem - not enough bodies to go around.

MARK: So if this was happening fairly frequently, were there any sort of notorious characters or stories related to this dreadful activity?

The most notorious characters here in Edinburgh are Burke and Hare.

But Burke and Hare were not grave-robbers.

They were serial killers.

So they found another way of supplying bodies.

Yes, they found another way.

Their very first victim had actually died in Hare's boarding house, and he had died owing Hare money.

And so Hare thought they could recoup that money by selling the body to the medical school.

So they opened up the coffin, replaced the weight of the body with some bark, and then they took that body along to the medical school.

That first body died of natural causes, but the 16 after that... MARK: 16!

JANET: ..were murdered.

VO: The easy money was just too much for Burke and Hare to resist, and in 1828, they embarked on a ten-month killing spree.

Initially, the dastardly duo preyed upon the poor, the waifs and strays of Edinburgh's Old Town.

People not likely to be missed.

However, soon they became greedy and careless.

So how did they get caught?

What gave the game away?

The final victim was a woman called Margaret Campbell.

She had come to Edinburgh to look for her son, and she stumbled across Burke, who invited her back to his house for a Halloween party, in 1828.

VO: Margaret was murdered that night, but the next day her body was discovered by two lodgers at Hare's boarding house.

Before they were arrested, Burke and Hare quickly took the body to a surgeon, and subsequently gave conflicting accounts of what had taken place, both blaming each other.

So they got away with it, then?

Well, no, they didn't.

They eventually got caught, and it ended up with Burke being executed on January 28th, 1829.

VO: Despite a lack of hard evidence, Hare was persuaded to turn on his accomplice and testify against Burke... ..who was promptly found guilty and sentenced to death.

But that wasn't quite the end of Burke's story.

JANET: So welcome to the Anatomical Museum.

And over here we have...William Burke.

MARK: My goodness!

So he was executed how?

Because presumably, by this stage, these were notorious criminals.

They were.

So he was executed on the high street in Edinburgh.

25,000 people turned up to see his execution.

He came out, he was hung by his neck for 40 minutes, until he was dead.

He was suffocated by hanging there.

They said at the trial that if it ever became customary to display skeletons, then his should be displayed forever.

And so this is still part of his sentence.

VO: A fitting end for a nasty piece of work.

Although no one knows what became of Hare.

Shortly after, another series of body-snatching murders followed in Bethnal Green, London, which ultimately led to the Anatomy Act of 1832, which allowed doctors and students greater access to cadavers, ending the illicit trade of cash for corpses.

VO: Back on the road, Roo is in the Triumph, and making her way to shop number two.

I've bought three items, and I love them all... ..but they're not my usual style.

So I think the next shop, I'm going to bring out the Roo.

Add a bit of sparkle.

VO: Yes, it's time to glitz it up in the big city, where our senior tripper will find Cabaret Antiques, Curios and Books.

It's a cozy wee place that Terry, the dealer, has here.

If I do this... ..rub his cute little belly...

..I'm going to have lots of wealth, good luck, fortune and prosperity.

And I'm just starting a road trip with Mark.

(LAUGHS) So I need to rub a lot of belly.

VO: Specializing in books and jewelry, there's plenty of bling in here, too, to tempt Roo, who still has £90 to spend.

ROO: Now, this is what I need - color.

Have I bought any color yet?

No.

Now, napkin rings, I personally like.

They do well.

And this seems to be a set of four...

Matching sizes.

And I think these could do quite well at auction, because cloisonné does well, but you see these vases everywhere.

You don't see many of the napkin rings.

Now, if I could get these for... ..south of 20, this could be my first colorful lot to take to auction.

And I know Mark already.

I bet you he's got a lot of color, so I don't want to let the side down.

So I might actually find out what the best price can be.

VO: Time to sweet talk Terry, then.

Can I say, I love your shop?

If ever there was a shop that represents me, it's this one.

But I had to narrow down what I really wanted because there's so much beautiful stuff and it's these four cloisonné napkin rings.

Now, could they be in the teens?

TERRY: 20.

ROO: That's fair.

I think they're lovely.

Thank you so much.

ROO: That's a nice, crisp £20.

TERRY: Excellent.

ROO: Thanks, you're a wee star.

Take care.

VO: Nicely done, Roo.

That leaves you with £70 in the kitty.

Now, time to whiz around the corner and collect your travel companion.

ROO: My usual role in a car is the in-car DJ.

Oh, wow.

Well, we've got this fabulous tape deck here.

Did you bring your tapes?

Why, when I have my singing voice?

VO: Ha-ha!

A DJ with no tapes?!

I won't book you for my party.

Nighty night!

VO: Morning, all.

It's day two on the road trip with this stylish pair.

It's what they call...greesh.

Dreich!

MARK: Dreesh!

ROO: Dreich!

VO: Yes.

Another fine Scottish day lies ahead of us.

ROO: Well, actually, no.

For us Scots, this is actually quite a nice day.

VO: Our road trip rookie, Mark, takes the wheel today.

I do have to say, do not panic.

Oh, really?

Is your top speed 10, 15...20 at a push?

ROO: (LAUGHS) MARK: Maybe 20, pushing it.

VO: He might be a Sunday driver, but yesterday Mark was fast enough with his first two purchases - two pieces of Carlton Ware Rouge Royale ceramics and a 1920 Waterman fountain pen... Oh, yay.

VO: Ha!

..leaving him with £120.

Meanwhile, Roo splashed the cash on four purchases - a Tibetan incense burner, a pair of trench art shell cases, a set of cloisonné napkin rings, and a three-piece tea service - leaving her with just £70 in her kitty.

MARK: Day two.

Hurrah!

I want to know... ROO: I love that - "hurrah!"

MARK: ..what tips... Hurrah!

Well, the fact that I gave you tips yesterday and you're thriving, no, I don't.

Nasty, nasty.

Mind you, having said that, exactly how many road trips have you won?

MARK: I wonder.

(CHUCKLES) ROO: Hmm.

God, you're such a... Look at the sheep.

They're beautiful, I love sheep.

VO: Oops.

Change the subject.

It's the talking part that counts, right, Roo?

Mark's dropping Roo off in West Linton, where she'll find Junkshopantiques.

VO: Nestled in the Scottish Borders, it's an Aladdin's cave of vintage and antique goods, run by Viki and her pooch, Blackie.

ROO: Hello, you!

What's your name?

VO: Er, hello?

I just said it's Bla-ckie.

No one listens to me, really.

ROO: Do you want to come with me?

Come!

VIKI: You've got a pal now.

ROO: (LAUGHS) VO: Roo has £70 left.

But will she spend a lot in here?

What d'you say?

What d'you say?

Give me a paw.

I'm off.

I'll go do the hard work.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) You know, sometimes I surprise myself.

I never buy pottery, I never buy ceramics.

I don't even look at it!

You know what?

Seeing the shape of those goblets... (WHISPERS) ..that's beautiful.

And it's Holborn Pottery, which is an English studio pottery.

VO: Meaning it's handmade, and especially crafted, usually using traditional methods.

ROO: And actually, what's appealing is it's £29 for the set.

Could I break the habit of a lifetime and buy pottery?

I think if that was close to 20, I might be tempted.

I think I'm going to have to have a think... ..see what's going to win - this or this.

Usually neither.

Never the purse.

(CHUCKLES) VO: One for the maybe pile, then.

Elsewhere, Mark and the Triumph have made their steady way to Leith and his next shop, the Edinburgh Antiques Centre.

Mark has £120 left to play with.

Anything tempting you in here, old boy?

MARK: (WHISPERS) God, there's some damn good stuff up here!

VO: Ahoy there!

What's this?

Now, that is fun.

Do you mind?

These little... incredibly intricate... ..and slightly kitsch...

These ships and these models made out of glass like this were often known as friggers.

So they're sort of novelties produced by glass makers.

And I just think they're wonderful survivors.

I mean, that's probably Victorian, maybe even Edwardian at latest.

And it looks like...they've used glass for everything.

And you're getting a glass dome.

£65.

I think that's rather good fun.

VO: Oh, I like the cut of your jib, Mark.

Right.

26 miles away, let's check in on Roo.

Now, this is really cool.

I mean, the bottles themselves, I would probably say they're maybe 30, 40 years old.

But the box that they're in, they obviously don't go with the bottles, but this has definitely got age to it.

I would say it's probably even the early 1900s.

If you look at the amount of rust on it, the amount of wear.

There's a name here on the lid - 'Vogrie, number two'... ..which makes me think it might have been a lawyer's deed box.

VO: Originally designed to keep important documents safe, it's also quite a handy metal box.

ROO: There is a price.

Eee... £95.

Hmm...

I'm going to see if I can get a nice wee deal on that because what I've bought so far I like, but this has got impact.

This has got real style to it.

I'm going to ask Viki.

VO: Looks like Roo's ditching that pottery for this instead.

ROO: I've spotted something I like, but it's not my usual style.

VIKI: Uh-huh.

ROO: It's the lawyers' deed box.

So, I'm just wondering what tasty price could it be?

VIKI: Let's say 60 quid for the lot.

Could you squeeze it to 55?

VIKI: Go on, then.

VO: A fabulous discount.

VO: Thanks, Viki - and Blackie, of course.

ROO: I'll come back for it.

I'm going to work on my muscles first.

VIKI: Do that.

ROO: See you soon, thank you.

BOTH: Bye!

VO: And that's Roo all shopped up.

Those items will be packaged and sent onto the sale room.

Now, how are tricks with Mark in Edinburgh?

Now, I know the auction... is in Scotland.

Estate maps... ..and, much more important, Scottish estate maps.

And what are we looking at?

We're looking at the Corby Crags and the Roman Road.

So it's from Portland Estate Office.

It's got color and it's got detail and it's a nice place in the world.

But my concern...is the amount of money it would cost to frame.

That's a big old picture.

I'll need to do something on the price.

VO: Yes.

They're £75 a pop.

Huh!

Fun, friggers and maps.

Whatever next?

MARK: OK. You know, when you sort of think it can't possibly happen and it does?

I used to work for a London auction house in the '90s, and we had these enormous pen auctions, like, 800 pens.

So I've kind of got used to spotting quite a nice pen.

So, what I've picked out is a 1950's Conway Stewart Herringbone pen.

So, this was exactly the sort of pen that if you were, I don't know, given a, I don't know, 18th birthday present or a 16th birthday present in the '60s and then the '50s, this is the sort of thing that you'd have thought, (GASPS) "Wow!

That's a good one."

Conway Stewart, great historic name in British pen making.

And these blue herringbone plastic pens are just beautiful.

So I open it up, it has its original Conway Stewart nib and then you take your finger and you run it on the inside of the cap... ..and if your finger catches, the cap's cracked.

But as you can see, my finger's moving.

Five quid.

Bargain.

VO: So, that's the ship, fountain pen and the map.

Better talk to Duncan, the dealer.

Duncan.

DUNCAN: Hello, hi.

MARK: Amazing center.

MARK: Full of stuff.

DUNCAN: Thank you very much.

But I can only settle for three items.

DUNCAN: Mm-hm.

MARK: Let's talk prices.

So I found a fountain pen, the Conway Stewart fountain pen, which is a fiver.

And quite frankly, it would be rude to make you an offer, so I'm not going to.

I'll just take that for a fiver.

DUNCAN: £5 for that's great.

MARK: Fabulous.

Thank you.

So then there's the Victorian glass ship under a dome.

What's the best price you can do for me?

£50?

And then the big map, the architectural... DUNCAN: Oh, yeah, the big estate maps.

Yeah, they're £75 each.

Best I could do for them is again £50 each.

So £50 each times two would be £100.

Mm-hm.

If I said 80, would that be nasty and rude?

Yes, no, that would be... that's good.

MARK: You can do it for 80?

DUNCAN: For together, I'll do it for 80.

Fantastic.

So 80 plus five for the pen... MARK: ..is £85.

DUNCAN: £85.

DUNCAN: Perfect.

MARK: Done.

BOTH: Thank you very much.

DUNCAN: Thank you.

VO: He might be a new boy, but he's an old hand at haggling.

That leaves Mark with £35 in his pocket and time to get back in the Triumph.

That looks delicate.

Oh, dear.

Hopefully there won't be any bumps in the road.

Then again, at Mark's driving speed, I'm sure that won't be a problem.

Ha-ha!

Look at him go!

Meanwhile, Roo has made her way to Dumbiedykes, Edinburgh.

This is the site of the Braidwood Academy, a special school founded by Thomas Braidwood in the 18th century.

She's meeting Edinburgh deaf history guide, John Hay MBE, and interpreter, Tessa Slaughter to find out more.

ROO: Hi, John!

Hi, Tessa.

So tell me, what was Braidwood Academy?

(TESSA INTERPRETS) Well, first of all, welcome to Edinburgh.

And Edinburgh is the home of the world's first regularly organized school for the deaf and dumb.

And it was here, where we are stood.

John, if this was the first school, what was it like for deaf children before this?

It is true, yes, before the 1760s, when Braidwood's education was set up, there was really nothing for deaf people, no education for deaf children.

There were incidents of one-to-one tutoring... ..ad hoc teaching, but mostly focused on teaching the dumb to speak, which was quite fashionable in that time period.

And Braidwood was quite revolutionary, because he started... ..bringing deaf pupils into his school... ..and teaching them.

VO: Braidwood took on his first deaf pupil in 1760.

And, in order to educate him, Braidwood decided to try something new.

(TESSA INTERPRETS) Well, Braidwood was successful as a teacher... ..because he found the best way of teaching a deaf child was through visual means - pictures, finger spelling... ..but also, over time, over the years, when more and more deaf children came to the academy, they were signing, they were signing with each other.

And... ..Braidwood was teaching them not only the oral method, but also visual methods of education.

And he was adamant that the intention was to teach.

It wasn't about learning to speak.

It was about actually giving an education to deaf children and to empower them with learning.

VO: The Braidwood method, as it became known, ultimately paved the way for British Sign Language.

Roo has come to Moray House, University of Edinburgh, to learn what happened next.

She's meeting Dr Audrey Cameron, the first deaf doctor in Scotland, who can explain more about the development of British Sign Language.

ROO: Thank you for having me.

Now, I've been learning all about Thomas Braidwood and his academy and his method.

How did that influence British Sign Language?

(TESSA INTERPRETS) Well, Braidwood incorporated sign language in education, in his lessons, and he was the first person in the UK to do that, to actually include sign language, to help deaf children understand concepts and new vocabulary.

At that time, it was very difficult for deaf children to learn new concepts through speech, and sign language really helped them to understand.

So he used different methods - gesture, pictures and everything.

And because of that method and this success that it seemed to be having, that was utilized all over the UK for a long time in many deaf schools.

But after 1880, we saw that stop because sign language was banned.

But then it started to come back in the 1970s.

So what happened in the 20th century to change the perception of sign language?

Who championed the cause?

(TESSA INTERPRETS) Well, they were based here at Moray House.

Dr Mary Brennan...

Her sign name was this - Mary Brennan - and she worked with a team of deaf researchers looking at sign language and seeing what exactly it was and identifying the features of grammar and the linguistic features that enabled it to be recognized as a language.

And she was the one who really fought for deaf children to be educated equally to hearing children, and that they were to prove that they were perfectly capable of learning.

And since her time, we've seen that grow and it's really thanks to Mary.

VO: Thanks to Thomas Braidwood, Mary, and the contributions from a succession of Scots, today there are more than 150,000 British Sign Language users in the UK, and I think we can add one more to that number.

That's really sweet.

That's easier to do than actually say the word.

VO: Good show, Roo.

And just around the corner in Newington, Mark is arriving at his final shop, the Courtyard Antiques.

Wowsers!

VO: This place is packed to the rafters with treasures.

MARK: (WHISPERS) Pop that there.

VO: Lewis, the dealer, has been dispensing the weird and wonderful here for nearly 20 years.

So many things for the eye to see.

(SOFTLY) What will I find?

VO: Ah.

I wonder.

But with just £35 to spend, what can you afford?

Well, I'm thinking that's quite a rare camera.

The Demon camera.

Make use of my long arms.

I think that's a really unusual thing.

It's a really odd shape for a camera.

It's named, it was The American Camera Company in London.

The history of photography is critically important.

I mean, people love to collect these things.

And the more unusual the camera, the better it is.

But I think it was kind of like a detective camera.

You kind of put it somewhere here and I think you might have suspended it on, like, a chain or something.

And then it came through your coat and then you'd take a photo.

I think?

VO: But at £800, it's a bit rich for you, Mark.

Cripes!

Where do I start?!

Ooh.

Hello.

I thought that said 130, but it actually says 30.

£30.

VO: That's in budget.

And, if I'm not mistaken, it's designed by Peter Hoyt.

It could be a bargain.

MARK: I mean, it really is, sort of, the 1960s, that science fiction, the world of tomorrow today, the future, outer space...

This is a captain's chair.

OK, admittedly, it needs a bit of re-upholstery.

But I like the shape.

I like the lines.

I'm tempted to go for that.

But it is damaged.

I wonder whether I can get a discount.

VO: Brace yourself, Lewis.

MARK: Lewis.

LEWIS: Markie.

I found a piece upstairs.

It's quite large, it's quite damaged, and it's got a £30 price tag on it.

MARK: It's the... LEWIS: Oh, yes.

Uh-huh.

You know what it is?

Straight off?

The damaged...'60s chair.

Could you do a bit less for me?

LEWIS: 20?

MARK: 20 quid for a chair?

I'm not going to argue with that.

I love it.

Thank you so much.

LEWIS: No, thank you.

VO: Very generous, Lewis.

MARK: Brilliant.

There we go.

20 quid.

Thanks, Lewis.

BOTH: See you.

Bye bye.

VO: And that's Mark all shopped out.

First shopping leg done.

VO: He'll have that chair sent on to the auction house.

Time to pick up Roo.

ROO: How are we going to unwind now?

Oh, wait!

(GASPS) Let's do some Scottish dancing.

(GASPS) Rather you than me.

Don't worry, I'll have you in a kilt before you know it.

Gusty!

Get your little plimsolls on and your long socks.

Oh, my heavens above!

What am I letting myself in for?

VO: See you on the dance floor, Mark.

Time for shut-eye.

VO: Now, after all that hard shopping, it's auction day.

ROO: Check that out.

Right in the bay!

VO: And where better to watch the action unfold than aboard the 197-year-old HMS Unicorn, the oldest ship in Scotland and one of the last floating warships from the age of sail?

VO: Roo and Mark have arrived in Dundee, whilst their goods have been dispatched south to Glasgow, and McTear's auction house, where they'll go under the hammer to bidders on the phone, online and in the room, under the watchful eye of gavel basher James Bruce.

Number one... (GAVEL) That's 80.

VO: Mark has grouped his pens into one lot, meaning he spent £185 on five lots.

What does auctioneer James think will do well?

I love the Peter Hoyt swivel chair.

Bearing that label, it's an important piece, and, with mid-century furniture doing so very well at the moment, I think this will be a star lot today.

VO: One to watch, then.

Roo also spent £185 on this leg.

Anything stand out, James?

The Victorian deed box is a nice enough piece.

The bottles, unfortunately empty, but very decorative.

I'd love to have these in my kitchen.

VO: Excellent.

Now time to batten down the hatches and get under way.

Roo and Mark will be viewing the auction via the wonders of modern technology.

I can't decide whether I'm sort of, I don't know, quietly confident or whether I'm actually dead nervous.

And I think it's a little bit of both.

VO: First lot of the trip, Roo's tea set will kick things off.

MARK: OK.

It's got style!

ROO: Thank you.

Opening at £15, we are bid, who's in at 20?

20 now bid.

Oh, that's good, bit of profit.

Yay!

45?

£50 is bid.

MARK: You're in.

You're in.

ROO: Wow.

Beautiful hammered finish, £50?

Maybe he's going to be our good luck charm.

JAMES: ..all online.

Anyone in the room, and if you are all done, I'm obliged to say... ..fair warning at £50... (GAVEL) I'll take that at £50.

Absolutely!

VO: That's a fine start for Roo.

Profit's a profit.

Absolutely.

VO: Mark's up next, with his mid-century Peter Hoyt swivel chair.

For me, this is Captain Kirk, it's Star Trek... Oh!

..it's a proper commander's chair.

And of the mid-century modern period.

It looks so comfy.

I could just crash into that right now.

With mid-century doing so well, we can open at, between bids, £80.

Wow!

MARK: There we go.

ROO: Well done!

JAMES: £80 here.

MARK: That's a profit.

ROO: What a spot.

JAMES: 80 and five.

JAMES: 90 here.

MARK: It's moving.

Five...

I've got 100, 110, I've got 20.

MARK: This is good news.

JAMES: 120 with me.

Any advance at 120?

Oh, come on.

It can do a little bit more than this.

JAMES: 130, if you wish.

Takes it online at £130.

Fair warning at £130 to you online... (GAVEL) MARK: Happy with that.

ROO: Well done!

VO: Well, that's certainly rocked the boat.

A hefty profit for Mark.

The first one out of the way makes me feel an awful lot better.

And hey, you know, we're both in profit at the moment.

I know!

VO: Can Roo's trench art vases make a bang at auction?

Ha.

20 and five, 30 bid now.

You've got online interest.

That's good.

That is good.

Any more?

£30 we have online.

ROO: Oh, no, no, no.

JAMES: At 35.

£40, if you want?

You do, £40.

MARK: Hey!

JAMES: You're hovering.

I'll give you one last shot online.

Come on, online, wake up.

JAMES: And I am selling.

ROO: Oh, no, that's break even!

JAMES: ..fair warning... ROO: Come on, someone!

..if we're all done for the trench art here at £40... (GAVEL) You always want someone to come in at the last second.

VO: Now, steady as she goes.

All square with that one.

Break even.

I mean, it's better than a loss.

VO: Mark again now with his Carlton Ware Rouge Royale ceramics.

I think £30 for the pair, that's good.

I think it's OK. Lovely decoration to it, already opening at £25.

Fabulous.

MARK: We're nearly there.

JAMES: Online at 25.

Any interest in the room, perhaps, for the two pieces?

Come on, in the room.

Come on!

JAMES: ..Rouge at £25 we are.

JAMES: It's theirs... ROO: Oh!

£5 more and it's a break even.

..£25... (GAVEL) ROO: Oh...

I think someone got a real deal there.

VO: Well, you can't win them all.

It's only a small loss.

Think of the work that went into that, the hand painting work that went into that.

VO: Now Roo's cloisonné napkin rings are next.

£20.

Surely they shouldn't lose money.

It's a fiver each.

MARK: I mean... ROO: I know.

Opening at £20.

We have commission bid.

JAMES: £20 for the set.

MARK: Hey!

25, I have got 30 now.

£30.

35, just in time, online.

Oh, just in time.

Fair warning at £35.

Well done.

The hammer will come down if we are all done here.

(GAVEL) VO: Yes, that's a nudge in the right direction.

ROO: I'm happy with that.

MARK: Absolutely.

It's a profit.

That's good news.

VO: Now, sail ahoy!

Mark's glass ship is coming abeam.

It's not just the ship.

You've also got a really good Victorian glass dome there.

Yes.

£40.

£20, if you're coming in... No!

Come on.

JAMES: £10 online... MARK: What?!

ROO: Someone will be testing the room.

JAMES: 15 now.

At 15, and 20.

JAMES: And five.

ROO: It will make money.

JAMES: And 30?

Getting somewhere now and five.

JAMES: 35.

We are bid at 35.

MARK: Come on, five more!

JAMES: Any advance?

40?

You're back in, you thought about it... ROO: Ooh.

MARK: Break even.

MARK: I'm in the clear.

JAMES: 50 is bid online.

JAMES: And five.

MARK: Come on, 60 now.

JAMES: One more bid online.

ROO: That's a sleeper.

JAMES: 60 there?

At £60, fair warning... (GAVEL) Hey, that's alright.

60 quid.

VO: Our debutante road tripper is doing pretty well so far.

ROO: £20 profit.

MARK: Yay.

Yay for that.

ROO: (LAUGHS) VO: Can Roo's incense burner close the gap?

This was £45 and it could be a risk.

Who is interested at £50?

JAMES: £30.

ROO: Come on.

We've got a bid of 10 online.

BOTH: (GASP) ROO: Ooh... MARK: Painful!

10, 15, we are bid.

And 20 is bid in the room now.

ROO: Oh, this is painful.

JAMES: Five, sir?

ROO: Come on, please.

JAMES: 30?

30, you're out.

Thank you anyway.

JAMES: We're at £30.

ROO: Oh... Five, we are bid here.

40 is bid now.

Five here.

Fair warning at £45... (GAVEL) MARK: It's not a loss.

We're thinking positive.

VO: Exactly.

No need to be in the doldrums.

Could be worse.

And here comes Mark's estate map.

X marks the spot, eh?

£30 to start online.

Creeping up there.

MARK: Hey.

JAMES: £30... MARK: Creeping up, I like this.

JAMES: Online.

Are we done?

JAMES: £30, here it is.

MARK: No!

JAMES: £30 online, then?

MARK: Noooo... JAMES: Five now, 35.

(GASPS) 40 it is online.

Hey, come on.

Come on, Mr Room.

JAMES: At £40... ROO: Ooh!

JAMES: ..fair warning... (GAVEL) I think someone got a good deal.

Yeah.

VO: Well, at least you've not lost money.

Moving on...

Didn't win anything.

I didn't lose anything.

Kind of, you know, break even.

VO: Roo's final lot now.

Her wine bottles and solicitor's deed box.

I think that's a dealer's lot.

I would happily buy that, and I've got four things I could sell there separately, Opening, already £15.

And 20.

(GASPS) And five now online at 25.

Come on.

Speed up, come on.

JAMES: And 30.

ROO: Higher.

At 30... JAMES: Any advance at 30?

ROO: No, no, no... JAMES: We are at £30.

ROO: (GASPS) ROO: That's nothing!

JAMES: Online at £30.

MARK: That's too cheap.

JAMES: Fair warning... (GAVEL) ROO: Please!

MARK: Oh, Roo, I'm sorry.

VO: Dead in the water with that one.

Someone nabbed a bargain.

And finally, it's road trip novice Mark's two fountain pens.

I must say, I haven't seen a Waterman pen like that for a long time.

MARK: At a price like that.

ROO: Ooh.

Cracking pieces, particularly the mechanical Waterman's, silver overlay.

I've got £30 in the book, but we've over doubled it with £85 online.

Yay.

That's more like it.

Someone has thought... MARK: He worried me there.

JAMES: At 90 here.

JAMES: 90 and five is the bid.

JAMES: £100 now the bid.

MARK: It's moving, good.

At £100.

110 is bid.

20 is bid.

JAMES: You know it's a good one.

MARK: This is what I like.

Online versus the room.

MARK: Two strong bidders.

ROO: Yes.

40 now the bid.

At £140... Now we're talking.

150?

I can say fair warning for this lot here, £150.

The hammer will come down... (GAVEL) Frown upside down, Mr Hill.

Hey, hey.

There we go.

VO: Last lot and it was a great one!

But d'you know what?

I would have bought those myself.

The silly thing is, I'd have kept them!

ROO: Yes.

MARK: Because, you know.

When am I going to see another one?

VO: Yeah.

Roo began with £200 and, despite some good lots, has finished a little down.

She goes forward with £179.

But Mark has swollen his £200 pot to a healthy £347.10.

He takes the win and a decent wodge of money into the next leg.

Well done!

You're a shining star, in my eyes.

MARK: Oh, bless you.

ROO: But don't keep it up.

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