Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 1, Episode 13 - Episode #1.13 - full transcript
Whoa! Look at this!
The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
It's an old toilet.
Thanks for telling me!
What looks like junk can actually be
worth a pretty penny.
I've never
seen a chair like it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
here to help turn that clutter
into hard cash.
We can get serious money for that.
£100,000? Yeah.
Upcycling genius, Simon...
It works! Don't sound so surprised!
...and his restorer, love turning
everyday objects into fantastic furniture.
Gemma. Come on. Absolute winner.
BELL RINGS
Whilst for Henry and his mechanic...
That is absolutely stunning, Guy.
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
She's off! It runs!
Despite their differences, they
always come good,
and they'll turn a tidy profit for
their owners.
You're going to put in your pocket
£10,630.
Absolutely brilliant.
Today... What are you doing?
I've finished.
...restorations hit
problems in Liverpool...
I don't think it's going to be
possible, to be honest. Right.
...Henry gives Simon a motorcycling masterclass...
That's the general idea.
...and all their hard work is well received.
Lovely job that you've done on there.
Doesn't look like a repro, it looks authentic.
Oh! What? I'm very excited.
The boys are trawling for treasure
in North Wiltshire,
home to both an Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty and that eternal
punchline of a town, Swindon.
I think... Am I right in thinking
that Swindon is twinned
with Disney World?
That's true. You can't be right,
thinking that.
That's true. Honestly.
So, Simon's hoping today's salvage
spot will be an Aladdin's Cave of treasures.
We're going to see a
fabulous fellow, Jeff.
Go on, then. Jeff is what one would
call a true British eccentric.
I'm loving that.
Jeff Wilson runs a house clearance
business from his 56-acre farm.
Been here about 20-odd years
and love it.
Haven't found a better spot.
So it's a little bit of hidden
Wiltshire here.
And he's amassed a large collection
of interesting items in this time.
I like having something to...
Find something that can make me
thousands of pounds,
which I don't even know about.
Jeff not only wants the boys to
raise cash to restore
an old army truck, but more
importantly, to come up with novel
ideas to re-purpose and upcycle his
vast collection of household
clearance goods.
Jeff, how are you? Hello, pleased to
meet you. Morning, everyone.
What a place.
Oh, it's amazing, isn't it?
How much stuff is there?
Oh, about 56 acres.
What?
With so much ground to cover,
there's no time to waste.
Come on, then. Good luck. See you
later, Jeff.
See you later. Don't get lost.
We will. In 56 acres?
We're bound to!
As ever, Henry and Simon are
searching for two items each
that they think have
profit potential.
Look at this.
Hang on a sec.
What is that off, do you reckon?
Maybe an old lift or something.
But it's beautiful, isn't it?
It is.
Oh, I've seen something.
Henry's first to grab something,
and, unsurprisingly, for this
committed petrol head,
it has a car connection.
I mean, yeah, it's just a petrol
can, isn't it?
It is just a petrol can, yeah.
I thought it might just have a
beautiful motif on it or something
to make it hugely valuable.
But, alas, it doesn't.
How about if that was the base for a
lamp?
Well, you could get something really
nice here, with a nice shade there.
You could, yeah.
That could look beautiful.
Right, bang, straight in, son.
Come on! Let's do it!
Henry's convinced he can clean up
with the can,
so he claims it as his first find.
Next, they delve deeper into the undergrowth...
Whoa!
Look at this!
...and uncover the unexpected.
How cool is that?
God, do you know what?
You do feel as though you've come to
another world.
It is another world, full of very
lovely things.
How cool is this?
Oh, stand aside.
Please come over here. Look at that.
That's a sign. Yeah.
I'm loving it. Really?
It's lazy.
Look, what are you going to do?
Oh, oh, I'll just polish that.
Yeah. Sell it. Yeah.
This old double-sided enamel sign is
a highly-coveted piece of early
motoring memorabilia.
That sign, I think,
could be right up there as one of my
best finds ever and it could be
incredibly valuable.
Cleaned up, it could be worth more
than £700.
Come on, there's more.
Henry's seizing the sign as his
second and final find.
Simon is still to get off the mark.
Nothing? Bad smell.
But these old balcony railings have
rallied his spirits.
Come on.
Where do you want it?
They're something, aren't they?
Do you know what? Wouldn't they look nice...
Yeah. ..as bed heads?
I'm liking that.
Not too fancy, not too heavy, not
too chunky - just right.
Perfect bed heads.
The railings will return home with
Simon, but he still needs another item.
Come on. What? One more container.
See, that looks nice to me.
Henry has his two items,
but that doesn't quench his appetite
to find more.
I mean, look, right? I don't know
what it was for,
but that's a lovely bit of pine.
Look at that metal strut there.
What do you think? It's not like you
to wax lyrical about wood.
OK, shall I be honest with you?
Go on. My father used to take pine
stuff like this
and then spend hours, and I mean
hours, putting polish on,
taking the polish off,
putting polish on, and by the time
he'd finished, it was beautiful.
Kind of reminds me of him, really.
Well, in that case... I think I should.
Very good. You must do this.
In the name of his father, Henry is
staking a claim for the wood.
But that means he'll have to give up
either the petrol can or the old
metal motoring sign, and it's Simon
who hits upon a solution.
I don't even want to say this. Can
I have the oil can, please, Henry?
I cannot believe
that I've come to you barn...
...and you are asking me for an item.
Yes, you can, Simon!
You can have the oil can.
Good. I'm happy now.
You idiot.
Honestly, honestly!
I will never live it down.
Relieving Henry of his petrol can
means Simon also now has his two items.
The search is over.
Jeff, before Henry starts gloating,
which I promise you he will
any minute now, here's what I've
picked out.
This lovely wrought ironware here
and that lovely old oil can there.
And, I think, once I've given them a
bit of the O'Brien magic,
I'm going to make you good money on
them. So that's where I'm at.
Now, tell me the story about that sign.
Oh, the beautiful sign?
Yeah. I think it's the original shop sign.
What, from the original
James Briggs & Sons or whatever?
James Briggs, yeah. The second thing
is that lovely bit of pine.
Now, could you tell me what that is?
I think it was an old bakery
thing. Yeah, could be, yeah.
It looks like that, doesn't it? You
know, where all the dough
used to get made and all the cakes.
Yeah. So, Jeff, I can't thank you
enough for letting us in.
Hopefully everything will work out
well for you.
Coming up, restorations roll on
and there's no rest for Simon.
I seem to have the heavy end here.
Henry looks set to clean up...
This is going to take hours.
...and at the second search,
Simon shows off his circus skills.
LAUGHTER
Expert upcyclers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are turning the old into gold.
What have you got? Not a lot!
THEY LAUGH
They've picked up two items each
from Jeff Wilson's place and
are ready to start restoring.
Simon's back in his hometown of Liverpool,
showing off his haul to his
restorer, Gemma Longworth.
You all right, Simon?
It's OK, don't worry!
Struggling? I can manage.
I can manage.
It's OK.
HE GRUNTS
Fine arts graduate Gemma runs her
own arts and crafts business.
Can I get you to prepare your furniture,
and we'll get a top layer on as well
today?
But what will she make of the old
oil can Simon begged off Henry?
This, to me, looks like
the base of a lamp?
Yes. I'm thinking
a big shade on this.
OK. And get it powder coated or
hand-painted - what do you think?
If we get it powder coated,
it'd have a nice finish on it,
wouldn't it? Yeah.
Next, Simon reveals his plan for the
wrought iron balcony railings.
I immediately thought bedhead.
Yeah, definitely, I can see that. Mmm.
They are 137 wide.
They are the exact width
of a double bed.
So get them cleaned off,
get them coated. Mmm-hmm.
Ian the blacksmith... Yeah.
...to do his magic, making some legs.
But the best thing about these two
items is, if you think about it...
Yeah.
...blast powder coaters,
Gemma to make lamp.
Blast powder coaters,
Ian to make base.
I'm having a day off.
So wait, what about you? Hang on.
See you later.
Day off or not,
Simon did tip off Ian the blacksmith
there was a job for him.
Hi, Gemma. Hiya, Ian.
You all right? Yeah, fine.
He has left you these instructions.
OK. Should be OK.
All right? Well, if I help you to
the van with this?
Yeah, certainly can, that would be
good. Okey dokey.
Ian will turn the two old balcony
railings into the frame of
a wrought iron double bed.
Thanks then, Ian. See you soon.
With the railings gone,
Gemma's first task is to make
a lampshade for the oil can.
The oil can is being sprayed green,
so I've gone for this
tartan fabric.
Gemma's bought a lampshade kit and
some fabric from a local
department store at a cost
of around £25.
But if you're just making up one
lampshade, like I am,
it's easier to buy the kit.
And then you get all the bits
and there's no wastage.
The card to make the shade
is pre-prepared
with an adhesive plastic film.
Gemma sticks her fabric to the card,
being careful to avoid wrinkles,
then cuts the fabric to size.
So now that's cut exactly, I'm
gonna pull my seam allowance off.
Using fire-retardant
double-sided tape,
he next job is to carefully roll
the metal frames along the fabric.
You roll both frames
at the same time.
Then, you've got your
finished lampshade.
This is gonna look fabulous
on the oil can.
Back home in Oxfordshire,
Henry's revealing his finds.
Back, back, back.
That's lovely. All right.
Guy Wilson is a master of all things mechanical.
Guy and I have known each other
since we were 15,
so I know him probably better than
I know anybody on this planet.
Guy loves mechanical mending,
so these two are slightly out
of his comfort zone.
First, the bakery work table.
I do have a plan.
If we have a little pelmet that runs
along about so, yeah? Yeah.
And then, we build a base with
nice legs on with that pelmet.
Yeah. And then drop this on,
and some raw screws.
Yeah. OK, so that's that.
But also, I've got a little
treat in store.
Oh, have you?
What do you reckon? There is a
potential that this could be
the original sign from
the original shop.
Am I right that we actually don't
have to do too much to that?
I think we just clean it up
very gently, don't we?
We don't want to do anything
to that. No.
If this garage forecourt sign is as
rare as Henry thinks it is,
then it's crucial to sympathetically
clean it without removing any of the
original paint, which would
seriously devalue it.
So Henry has just the product
for the job -
a specialist cleaning paste designed
to remove dirt and grease
without scratching the surface.
This cleaning paste is available for
about 15 quid for a large can,
but there's just one slight catch.
This is gonna take hours.
Meanwhile, Guy's brought the
bakery workbench to Chris,
the carpenter and joiner.
It's actually quite a nice piece of
wood, though, and worktop.
So what he wants to do is
keep it as it is,
just make up tapered, chunky legs...
Right you are.
...to give it that kind of
farmhouse look.
Yeah, no problem at all.
Although expensive,
Guy knows that a professional
carpenter will produce a much
higher-quality table base.
He's gambling the extra outlay
will maximise the new table's value.
In Liverpool, Ian the blacksmith is
busy making Simon's
wrought iron balustrade bed.
Following Simon's design,
Ian's using the wrought iron balcony
railings as the head and footboards
of a new double bed.
And welding strong,
L-shaped steel bars to create
the bed rails or sides of the bed.
The result? A rock-solid bedframe.
I seem to have the heavy end here.
But will it pass muster with Simon?
I tell you what.
You do a good job, mate.
Happy, Simon? Absolutely fantastic,
and it all comes to bits.
Just need some slats to go in the
middle after the blasters.
Brilliant. Thank you, see you soon.
Cheers, dude.
In Oxfordshire, the
table base has been delivered.
Mate. Do you know what?
That's just how I imagined it.
Is it?
I'm glad that the top doesn't
look bowed like a crisp
now it's on there.
It is pretty square.
As it's new,
it doesn't match the old top,
so Henry's decided to
paint the base.
This Cotswold green paint costs £30
for a small can.
Mate, this is looking nice.
Is it? Yeah.
Really light, really nice.
It's looking proper.
And in good time, as Henry has
finally finished
polishing his old
petrol forecourt sign.
Well, that looks lovely!
Come and hold this.
Come on, hold it up.
That really is nice, yeah.
And it's still got patina on it.
That brown could be rust, but
you know, I think it just gives
that kind of oldness of it.
Yeah. I mean, it's an old,
genuine sign.
Yeah, yeah. We should see how much
that is worth.
Definitely.
That is coming on a treat.
Well, it's done.
Well, first coat's done.
Lovely. It's a nice colour,
isn't it?
Good day, son. Do you want to wash
your brushes? Yeah.
Happy with their work, it's
time to get back on the road.
And now, it's Henry's turn to choose
their next candidate
for a clear-out.
He is gambling on a trip to Gloucestershire,
and what appears at first glance to
be an ordinary, suburban home.
I hope you're ready for this.
I hope I am ready for it.
I hope it's going to
be absolutely brilliant.
I've got to be honest
with you today, OK?
You might find this slightly tricky.
Well, what's new?
This house belongs to Peter Hill,
who's had a passion for tinkering
with engines since his teens.
Compulsive collector,
I suppose you could say.
Anything with an engine, anything
mechanical, is my sort of thing.
For the last 20 years,
Peter's been a carer for his
wheelchair-bound dad,
who suffers from a degenerative
condition to his spinal cord.
But with his four sheds
as his sanctuary,
he also keeps up his passion for
restoring all things mechanical.
Tinker to me heart's content.
I nip in, check on me dad,
and come back out.
Hello, mate. How are you, mate?
Lovely to see you, man.
Pete, this is beautiful. I mean, how
long have you been here?
Near all me life.
This was me grandparents' house.
We always like to hear that, cos
that means you've collected some
stuff along the way.
I've collected all sorts of stuff,
it's just parting with it
that's difficult!
Yeah. So, assuming that we take a
couple of items away each,
and make some money for you... Yeah.
...what would that money go towards?
Probably a little break
for me and my dad.
Excellent. I think we'll start over,
don't you? BOTH: See you later.
All right, mate. Come on, then.
As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can
fix and flog for a profit
to help Peter enjoy a good break
with his elderly dad.
Have you found something?
Yeah, here you go.
Have you got me? Yeah!
Oh, man. That looks interesting.
Well, it's got two wheels, so it's a
step up from the unicycle.
HENRY LAUGHS
Could you make a sort of repurposed
cart out of that?
Could be maybe if I can't find
anything else at all,
thanks, Henry Cole.
Unconvinced by the profit potential
of an upcycled workshop trolley,
Simon moves on.
...a much nicer smell.
What do you reckon? All we've got
here is just a load of offcuts.
Yeah? You like an offcut, though,
don't you?
I'm getting excited for you.
Loads of offcuts.
Now then, only for the fire -
that's what you think? Yeah. No.
This is a definite definite.
Simon thinks the offcuts have an
upcycling potential,
and he wants the wood
as his first item.
Oh, yes!
God, look at them all!
Hmm, what to choose?
The biggest of Peter's four sheds
houses his portfolio of
petrol power.
There's a fair collection here,
my favourite being the James Comet.
That's lovely,
and in really good nick.
In the first half of the
20th century,
James were one of many famous
British motorcycle manufacturers
based in the Midlands.
They shut up shop in the '60s,
and working models are
becoming ever-rarer to find,
with immaculate examples selling
for up to £1,500.
ENGINE TURNS OVER
Hey?
What do you reckon?
ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPS
That's the general idea.
But stalling it is not going
to stop Henry
claiming the bike as his first find.
Me and Guy will get her, well,
probably virtually concourse,
and make Pete some serious
money out of it.
Simon also thinks he's located some
moneymakers in the making.
Hello.
Blow lamps? Yes.
What are you going to do?
Are you going to sort of light a
fire or something?
I'm thinking, if you polish these
off, right? Yeah.
And then, instead of having
your blowtorch flame
coming out the front... Yeah.
You have a nice, stylish bulb
coming out the front.
There's a nice lamp.
Second selection sorted for Simon.
A big bounty of blowtorches.
They are going to be fabulous.
Henry's still on the hunt for one
more find.
Can I have another motorbike?
No, no. You're only having
one motorbike.
Use your creativity, Henry.
Look around.
Look, for example, there you go.
Look, nice old chair, come on.
Well, I suppose I could
do something.
I mean, it is sort of half metal,
isn't it?
OK, all right.
I'll give you a challenge then.
I'll make more money out of that
than you will of all
those blow lamps.
Are you serious? Yeah.
I'll take that deal!
Yes, you will, mate!
Come on, then.
I'm going to show you.
And with a wager on the old chair,
Henry's committed to his second
and final find.
I'll start. Yeah, go on.
What's the value of that to you?
To me? Nothing.
Correct. And I'm going to make it
worth something to you.
Fine. He hasn't told me what he's
going to do with it, Pete.
Yeah, because it's all in here, mate.
(I haven't decided yet.)
PETE LAUGHS
Actually no, talking about
my two items.
Those blow lamps have actually
become part of a challenge. Yeah?
I'd like to make you more money than
Simon is with the blow lamps
out of the bench.
Who would your money be on?
I don't know.
I'm not going to show any
favouritism, am I, Henry?
Not at all, mate! Not at all.
But I will, you're right.
Pete. Thank you so much, mate.
And we'll see you in a few weeks.
Yeah. Lovely. Absolute pleasure.
Cheers, mate.
Coming up...
Let's just see
what happens here.
Henry's deep clean
is taking off more
than he hoped.
There's a little
bit of redness
coming off there.
There's a problem
for Gemma.
I don't think it's
going to be possible,
to be honest. Right.
And at the
first valuation,
the bakery bench is
set to raise a
load of dough.
Yeah, feel
the quality.
Oh, that has
come up lovely!
Reclaimers and restorers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission to turn
the nation's clutter into cash.
That's lovely,
and in really good nick.
Now armed with a final two items,
they have both returned
to their workshops.
In Oxfordshire, Guy's ready to give
Henry's haul the once-over.
Now, what do you think?
OK, James Comet, as we know...
Yes. ..the ultimate little
commuter bike in the '50s.
Yeah. It's lovely, isn't it?
So, come on, then, what's the scam?
Get it fired up and just check it
and maybe clean the carburettor out.
Just give it a quick once-over
and see how we fare from there.
Henry's also brought back a rather
weather-beaten garden chair.
Now, I think, with this,
because it's not beautifully
sculpted on the ends,
I think we just refit it as
standard, but make it look newer.
That's a little bit rickety.
We can sort it out, though.
It's rescuable.
Mate, if it was made by human,
it can be fixed by human.
Exactly.
For this rickety rescue,
human Guy has a plan.
All I'm basically going to do -
this is a straightforward job -
is just strip it, get some wood cut
using these as a template,
paint the ends, and then reassemble.
Hopefully, it won't take too long.
But dismantling means tackling
the severely rusted screws,
which is never an easy task.
After a frustrating half-hour,
Guy reaches for his trusty
angle grinder
to cut through the last
stubborn screws,
although a hacksaw
would do the job just as well.
Bit more of a battle
than I expected.
And now it's time to add
a splash of colour.
Now, that is a nice blue,
I reckon, man.
That is lovely.
Eh? Yes.
Goes with the gloves. It does.
So, I've got to start at the top
and put it on nice and thick.
Thick, yeah. I see what you mean
about dribbling.
Don't worry about it dribbling,
you can blend it with the brush
while it's wet, as long as
it's just gone on, you know...
I'm not talking about dribbling
on there, man,
I'm talking about dribbling
on the cardboard.
Oh, I was talking about dribbling
on the actual unit.
In Liverpool, Simon's revealing
his plans for his items.
You know what they are?
They're... gas...
Torches, yeah. Blowtorches.
Yeah. Yeah? Yeah, what you do
your creme brulee with.
Well... Yeah. But how about...
If you imagine them,
instead of having a flame
coming out of the end... Mm.
...they have a bulb coming out of
the end and we make a chandelier.
That's a nice idea.
Yeah, I like that.
So far, so good.
Now for Simon's random pile
of timber.
I've had a little look and...
Yeah? None of them seem to go together.
Yeah, what do you think
it looks like to you?
Just a pile of wood.
Yeah. But I'm going to demonstrate
that you can use anything
to make something fantastic. Yeah.
It's got to be a really cool
set of shelves.
Yeah. You could literally make
anything with this.
You see? Thank you! Yeah.
Let's have a brainstorming session,
let's do some sketches, see what do
you think, lay them all out. Mm.
Yeah? And take it from there, yeah?
Yeah.
The old offcuts are all of different
lengths and of variable quality,
so making a saleable item
is a tall order for Simon and Gemma.
Well, have we got quite a
lot of them?
Yeah. Yeah.
Here's the idea that I've had.
(Gemma had, but don't tell her!)
We're going to make all these bits
of scrap wood into a quirky
little shelving unit, one-off,
that sits into a corner.
If Simon can pull it off,
this bespoke shelving design
might appeal to someone looking
for totally original homeware.
While Simon gets cracking...
Hi, Phil. Hi, Gemma. Are you OK?
...Gemma has invited electrician Phil
along to brief him
with Simon's grand chandelier plan
for the blowtorches.
We want to turn them
into a chandelier.
OK. Is that going to be possible?
Erm, I don't think,
in the time we've got,
I don't think it's going to be
possible, to be honest.
Right. Is there any other
way around it?
Is there anything else you can do
with them?
We could do something with
maybe the spouts of these,
turn these into individual lamps.
And I suppose with there being
several items, then,
we may even get more money for them.
You'd definitely get more money,
I think, yeah. Oh, OK.
Yeah, I like that idea.
So, if you can take these away?
OK. Yeah? Is that all right?
No worries. Right, thanks very much.
You're welcome. Cheers, Gemma.
See you, bye.
A bit of a blow for the chandelier,
but in Oxfordshire the garden chair
parts are drying,
and Henry's moving on to restoring
the bodywork of the James Comet
back to its original 1940s glory.
I've had problems with stuff to get
muck off bikes like this
where they've actually taken
the paint as well.
Now, hopefully this stuff is just
regular automotive cleaner.
It looks radioactive,
but hopefully it won't be.
To check his cleaning product
won't be too harsh on
the old bike's paint,
Henry wants to test a patch first.
Well, that's not too bad, is it?
Let's just see what happens here.
Happy he's not damaging
the old paint,
Henry knuckles down to a deep clean.
OK, come on, then.
Let's get with the programme.
To get a top-notch finish,
a fastidious nature and plenty of
time are the order of the day.
A good clean costs little,
and retains the bike's value.
Repainting would be expensive
and devalue the bike
in the eyes of collectors.
With his cleaning product
soaking in,
a simple jet wash will remove
the bulk of the grime.
Right, the key, obviously,
is not to do it too hard.
But the superficial cleaning
is only the start.
Right. Cool.
Hey, look, I think I got away
with that.
She's looking lovely already.
Just need to let the main excess
water drip off,
and then I'll just rub her down,
and then we'll get her inside
for detailing.
In Liverpool, electrician Phil is
starting work transforming Simon
and Gemma's blowtorches into trendy
industrial-looking desk lamps.
So, we're going to use some of these
bulbs and maybe repurpose them,
take some of these parts out,
thread some wire through.
So what we're going to do
is strip it right back,
so take all these parts off.
Now stripped, the next job is
to route a power cable
through the blowtorch base.
With the hole made,
it's important to remove any
sharp edges made by the drill.
If there's any burrs on there,
they'll slowly go through
the sleeving of the plastic.
Right, OK.
And so what we're going to do is
going to basically turn it
into something like this.
So with this one the cable
runs into the main body of it
and then it runs through
the pipework that goes inside,
and then all the way through
to the light fitting, to the bulb.
At the moment,
I haven't fitted a switch to this,
but I'm going to fit one
probably around...
Probably about 40mm away
from the main light itself
so that when you turn it on,
the light shines,
and it almost looks like it's
the flame coming out.
While Phil figures out how to
achieve the same effect
on the larger blowtorch,
Simon's finishing his bespoke corner
shelving unit made from old offcuts.
After measuring up his timbers,
he's using his joinery skills to
make a durable splice joint,
secured with glue.
We're just going to give it a really
light sanding.
Quite like all the different wood
that's been used.
There you go.
One pile of firewood...
one set of corner shelves.
With a bit of imagination.
The multiple joint and corner design
gives the shelves
rigidity and strength,
all without a single screw or nail.
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy
are turning their attention
to finishing their first finds.
The original double-sided enamel
garage sign has been polished up.
And the table base has had its third
and final coat of paint.
So now it's time to make
the bakery table equally appealing.
Henry has sanded
the bakery worktable.
Now for stage two of the makeover -
waxing and buffing
to a beautiful shine.
So, we'll just get this on and then
we'll just buff it up lovely.
Henry is applying liberal amounts of
beeswax furniture polish
to bring out
the beauty of the old pine,
and motor-mad Henry has
an unorthodox approach
to buffing it up.
OK, so, yet again
I'm using something
that probably I shouldn't do, which
is actually car polishing, not...
But at the same time, it's had great
effect on other stuff I've done,
so we'll give it a go and see how
the sheen comes up, shall we?
Give it a whizz. Now we're on.
That is coming up beautifully.
In no time at all,
the table's cleaned up a treat.
With valuation day looming,
Simon and Gemma are also working
hard to complete their first finds.
The bespoke double bed made from
two old balcony railings
has been powder coat painted,
and Simon has made some
wooden slats for the base...
Look at that!
To think it's just some scabby old
railings lying in a hedge.
...while the vintage can
has also been sandblasted
and powder coat painted.
That is a really nice colour.
Next, Simon feeds a cable through
and uses an epoxy resin glue to
secure a light fitting to the top.
And walk away.
All Gemma has to do
is the finishing touches.
Let's see if my lampshade works.
Brilliant.
That looks great.
But has all their hard work
increased the item's value?
It's time to find out, with
the first all-important valuation.
Simon chose to help house clearer
Jeff Wilson,
who has over 50 acres of potential
upcycling gold.
The boys rescued two items each.
Now Jeff has arrived to inspect
Henry and Simon's handiwork,
and to see if they've made him some
profit that can go towards restoring
his old army truck.
Oh, that does look good.
Yeah, feel the quality.
Oh, that has come up lovely.
You have worked really hard on this!
Yeah, yeah. Oh, I do like what
you've done to that,
that is incredible.
I still haven't recovered from the
fact that I had to beg Henry Cole
to let me take that oil can.
I was going to say,
that should have been my item.
You like what we've done,
we like what we've done,
but does our independent valuer
like what we've done?
We'll find out, shall we?
Adam's going to join us now.
Auctioneer Adam Partridge
has sold all manner of items
over the last 20 years,
and there is nothing that he can't
accurately value.
Please be kind to us, Adam. Please.
I intend to be independent
and complimentary where warranted.
OK. Well, shall we see if it's
warranted with the double bed,
please, Adam?
I think it's remarkable!
They're really old balcony railings,
is that right?
Yes, they came from two stories up.
Simon spent £150 to repurpose
the run-down railings
into a bespoke bedframe.
Very impressive, good job on
the bed. Imaginative conversion
from something that wasn't useful
at all, really.
It looks to me like a bed that
now would warrant
a price tag of maybe...
250 quid.
I think that's all right.
I don't think that's all right.
This is a one-off...
Never going to get him, mate.
...bespoke double bed.
But chuck a mattress in,
we'll call it 300 quid.
Call it 300 quid, anyway.
With a little persuasion,
Simon's pushed up the profit,
netting £150 for Jeff.
OK, Adam, very pleased
about the bed.
Talk to me about that lovely lamp
that Jeff, Henry and I all love.
How was it before?
It was very, very rusty.
It wasn't kind of what
you would call patina, was it?
No, it wasn't. It was gone.
So you've salvaged something,
really? Yeah, yeah.
With a fresh coat of paint
and a new lampshade,
the rusty oil can's transformation
into a stylish lamp cost £50.
It works really well.
Love the colour, like the shade,
and it works very well.
The proportions all fit
and looks like £50 worth of
anyone's money, to me.
Do you know what, Jeff?
I hope you really love that lamp,
because he says it's worth 50 quid.
I spent 50 quid.
HENRY LAUGHS
So, no profit made on the lamp, unfortunately,
but Simon has still managed to turn
what was a piece of junk
into a desirable lamp for Jeff.
So, Adam, my table, my table,
come on.
Old bakery thing,
full of charm, isn't it?
Love that surface,
and what you've done,
you've cleaned it up sensitively,
waxed it.
Really nice to the feel,
as well, isn't it? It is.
Have you touched it?
Have you touched it?
I have. Yeah. Good. OK.
Henry's pine bakery shelf has been
totally transformed
with the addition of a custom-built
table base.
But at a cost of £150,
will it make a profit?
It looks very nice indeed,
I can see a lot of people wanting
that in their kitchens
or dairies or whatever. Yeah.
Anywhere you want it, mate.
How much? Well, it's got to be worth
£200, maybe a bit more.
Well that's interesting,
because I have sold it.
And I've sold it for 250.
Henry's savvy sale has brought in
a healthy £100 profit for Jeff.
Now, the sign, Adam.
Talk to me about the sign, because
I think that's a beautiful thing,
and all we've done is just clean it, obviously.
Yeah, that's all you could do,
really, otherwise...
It would be criminal to tamper
with it.
It is, it's a really good thing,
a rare thing.
Very good condition.
Henry's used a polish he already
had in the workshop,
so he didn't spend a thing restoring
the enamel sign.
It's a rare double-sided sign,
and these are really quite popular.
You've got the crossover
between advertising and motoring,
so it's going to appeal quite
strongly, in commercial terms.
These usually make £600, £700,
sometimes a touch more,
so I'm going to go with a 650,
to be in the sort of
realistic domain.
And I think certainly worth £650.
Lovely thing. I mean, I would say
I think that's a fair price, Jeff,
but the other great thing as well
is that the expenditure,
as far as we're concerned,
is just a load of elbow grease.
A bit of spit and polish. Yeah. Brilliant.
So, you know, clear profit.
The cautious restoration job
on the sign has paid off,
netting Jeff a pure profit of £650.
Now, we enjoy doing all
this stuff, Jeff.
Sure. We know that you've got an eye
for lovely old things,
and what we've helped, we hope,
is bring some of them back to life.
Yeah. But we've also made you
some money.
You will be going home today
with 900 quid.
How does that sound?
Well, that sounds brilliant.
Brilliant, mate.
Are you happy with that?
Thank you very much!
Happy days, man. Good stuff.
It was Simon's choice to help Jeff,
a decision that helped him walk away
with an impressive £900 profit,
thanks to the boys' restorations.
Well, I thought it was a very fair
evaluation, you know.
They've all put a lot of hard work
in to everything
and I think they've done a good job.
Coming up... Oh, cool.
...the upcycled lamps
blow Gemma away.
Simon is going to love that.
Guy's road-testing
his restored garden chair...
What are you doing? I've finished.
...and at the final valuation,
there's great news
for one of the boys.
Lovely job that you've done
on there.
Doesn't look like a repro,
it looks authentic.
The kings of clutter, Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien, are on a mission
to turn junk into pots of cash.
Look at that.
Simon chose to help Jeff Wilson
and made him £900.
How does that sound?
Well, that sounds brilliant.
Now Henry is hoping to make even
more money for full-time carer
and collector Pete Hill.
Henry's local carpenter, Chris,
is busy making the replacement
wooden parts
for Peter's rickety garden chair.
And back at the workshop,
right-hand man Guy has the job
of reassembling it.
I think that's OK. Obviously,
it's got to be sanded down to get
rid of the lettering off it.
That's the backboard.
I think that's OK.
While Guy's busy finishing the rest
of the chair,
in the shed next door, Henry is now
in his 20th hour of detailing
the 1946 James Comet,
a process of forensically polishing
and cleaning the old bike.
Everything's coming out beautifully.
I mean, look at that
copper fuel line.
That's just lovely.
There is nothing here that can't be
done with standard metal polishes
but it's Henry's meticulous eye
for restoring the detail of
this old bike
that's going to make it desirable
and maximise its value.
With hours still ahead,
Henry's getting the old bike
back to its best.
What are you doing? I've finished.
Oh, my word, look at that.
Check it out.
Blimey, that was quick.
And it's comfy. Cor!
Mate, that's got...
Let's have a look.
Yeah, have a sit.
Happiness? Do you know what, mate...
It's all right, isn't it?
Out of all of the ones we've done,
that is the comfiest.
Yeah. That's lovely.
That chair, I was slightly
suspicious of the blue but actually,
with the wood, once it's stained,
that is a delight.
Well done, mate. All right.
That is great.
In Liverpool, Simon's first item,
the shelving unit, is finished...
There you go. One pile of firewood,
one set of corner shelves.
With a bit of imagination.
...leaving Gemma the final job of
checking the blowtorch lamps.
So I've got the lights back from Phil.
He's done a great job.
Let's see what they look like.
Oh, wow, look at that, that looks brilliant.
It looks like a flame.
Cool, that's got a red light in it.
That's so good, Simon is going to
love that.
The old James Comet motorbike is finished.
It was a runner but Henry wanted to
bring this bike back to near perfection.
Now she's looking lovely,
I'm going to send a few photos to my
mate, Paul, who is a dealer.
You never know, we might just get a
sale, eh?
That looks great, man, love it.
And it looks like Henry was spot on.
His mate has shown immediate interest.
All right, I'll speak to you later.
OK, mate, all right. Bye, bye, bye.
That was Paul. Oh.
A grand. Yeah, that's good.
A grand and we don't have to change
the pipe.
All we've done basically is got her
running and cleaner.
Yeah. People might want it.
Lovely little thing, though, isn't
it? Happy days.
So, Henry has sold one item,
but what will everything else be
worth?
It's time for the final valuation.
Henry chose to help full-time carer
Peter Hill from Gloucestershire.
As ever, the boys picked up two
items each.
Hiya! Simon. How are you? Pleased to
see you.
Lovely to see you, mate.
Now Peter has arrived to inspect
Henry and Simon's handiwork and to
find out
if they have made him enough money
so that he can take his father on holiday.
Do you remember that chair?
I do, that was where me dad used to
sit at the top of the garden.
Absolutely. That's come up all
right, hasn't it? Yeah, yeah, that's
good.
I like what he's done with the light
bulb there.
Yeah, that's a nice use of a
blow lamp.
So, obviously, Pete, the deal was
set, wasn't it,
that I'd make more money out of the
chair than Simon would out of the
lamps. Yes.
Now, we can't be the judge of that
but we do, alas,
have a very independent valuer
called Adam.
Expert auctioneer Adam Partridge
is back to value the latest
collection of restorations.
What shall we start with? Shall we
start with the motorbike, then?
Yes, what a lovely-lookingthing.
Henry's meticulous restoration of
the James Comet has cost many hours
but he's not spent a penny on parts.
We see these come through the
auction quite a lot, these James Comets.
I think it's a lovely job that
you've done on there and you haven't
overdone it.
It doesn't look like a
repro, it looks authentic.
I think normally at auction they
tend to make £700 or £800.
I think that's one's a particularly
nice example so I'll go with £800.
Well, now then, actually, Pete,
I have an offer on the table from a dealer.
Well, he's offered £1,000 for it.
£1,000 for me sounds like a very
fair price.
Henry's off to a great start.
The bike sale has netted Peter
£1,000 of pure profit.
More importantly to me, obviously,
is the chair situation relevant to
the blow lamps.
Henry's second piece, the bench ends,
have been stylishly restored at a
cost of £60.
I think it's a pleasant chair.
Not of great age.
I would put a figure of £75 on the chair.
OK.
The bench has banked a small profit
of £15.
Come on, put us out of our misery,
the blowtorches.
I like these, you've been very
creative. Thanks, mate.
With a positive outcome, I think.
Repurposing the blowtorches into
lamps cost Simon £100.
But will the profit exceed the £15
Henry made on the chair?
I like the big one with the dubious
red light in it,
must be worth £70 or something.
The other one may be £40 and the
others, you know, £10 or £20
apiece,
so I'm going to put a figure of
£150 on the lot.
With 50 quid of profit,
the blowtorch lamps see Simon come
out on top on their little
side wager.
You lost, didn't you? Yeah.
Just a little. Just a little bit,
only by about 35 quid.
Anyway, so let's move on.
Corner shelving unit.
Simon's bespoke corner unit made
from an assortment of timber cost
just £5.
Erm, I have to say I'm not
particularly a fan.
I think perhaps, you know,
you could have chopped them into a
few bags of £2 kindling and made a
bit more out of them.
Do I really have
to put a value on them? Yes, you do.
Well, I'm going to have to say 30
quid to someone who wants it
and good luck with that.
Not a great result for Simon,
but £25 to add to Peter's total nevertheless.
So, Pete, I'm sure you'd love to
know how much, in total, we've made you
and that figure is...
£1,090.
How's about that? That's very good.
That's all right, isn't it? Yeah.
Brilliant, absolute pleasure, mate.
Thank you very much indeed. Thanks
so much, mate, it's been an absolute joy.
By restoring Peter's rubbish, the
lads have netted him
a total of £1,090.
A lot of those things have been sat
in me shed for a long time and doing
nothing and I think they've done
tremendously well with what they had.
The four items for Simon's choice
pulled in £900 but Henry's pipped
him to the post with his selection,
which made £1,090 profit.
What are you looking so smug about?
I won, mate.
Yeah, OK...
1,090 plays 900 sheets, it's done.
Yeah, yeah, you scraped through,
just about, by, you know,
a couple of hundred quid.
It's a victory. It is a victory, but
what about the personal victory?
What about the little bet we had,
the little wager we had?
Yeah, all right, I lost that.
Yeah, you did lose that.
So we should call it a draw and move
on?
Once you've got me the jelly babies.
I'll get the jelly babies.
They're in the car, mate.
Subtitles by Ericsson
The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.
It's an old toilet.
Thanks for telling me!
What looks like junk can actually be
worth a pretty penny.
I've never
seen a chair like it.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien are
here to help turn that clutter
into hard cash.
We can get serious money for that.
£100,000? Yeah.
Upcycling genius, Simon...
It works! Don't sound so surprised!
...and his restorer, love turning
everyday objects into fantastic furniture.
Gemma. Come on. Absolute winner.
BELL RINGS
Whilst for Henry and his mechanic...
That is absolutely stunning, Guy.
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
She's off! It runs!
Despite their differences, they
always come good,
and they'll turn a tidy profit for
their owners.
You're going to put in your pocket
£10,630.
Absolutely brilliant.
Today... What are you doing?
I've finished.
...restorations hit
problems in Liverpool...
I don't think it's going to be
possible, to be honest. Right.
...Henry gives Simon a motorcycling masterclass...
That's the general idea.
...and all their hard work is well received.
Lovely job that you've done on there.
Doesn't look like a repro, it looks authentic.
Oh! What? I'm very excited.
The boys are trawling for treasure
in North Wiltshire,
home to both an Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty and that eternal
punchline of a town, Swindon.
I think... Am I right in thinking
that Swindon is twinned
with Disney World?
That's true. You can't be right,
thinking that.
That's true. Honestly.
So, Simon's hoping today's salvage
spot will be an Aladdin's Cave of treasures.
We're going to see a
fabulous fellow, Jeff.
Go on, then. Jeff is what one would
call a true British eccentric.
I'm loving that.
Jeff Wilson runs a house clearance
business from his 56-acre farm.
Been here about 20-odd years
and love it.
Haven't found a better spot.
So it's a little bit of hidden
Wiltshire here.
And he's amassed a large collection
of interesting items in this time.
I like having something to...
Find something that can make me
thousands of pounds,
which I don't even know about.
Jeff not only wants the boys to
raise cash to restore
an old army truck, but more
importantly, to come up with novel
ideas to re-purpose and upcycle his
vast collection of household
clearance goods.
Jeff, how are you? Hello, pleased to
meet you. Morning, everyone.
What a place.
Oh, it's amazing, isn't it?
How much stuff is there?
Oh, about 56 acres.
What?
With so much ground to cover,
there's no time to waste.
Come on, then. Good luck. See you
later, Jeff.
See you later. Don't get lost.
We will. In 56 acres?
We're bound to!
As ever, Henry and Simon are
searching for two items each
that they think have
profit potential.
Look at this.
Hang on a sec.
What is that off, do you reckon?
Maybe an old lift or something.
But it's beautiful, isn't it?
It is.
Oh, I've seen something.
Henry's first to grab something,
and, unsurprisingly, for this
committed petrol head,
it has a car connection.
I mean, yeah, it's just a petrol
can, isn't it?
It is just a petrol can, yeah.
I thought it might just have a
beautiful motif on it or something
to make it hugely valuable.
But, alas, it doesn't.
How about if that was the base for a
lamp?
Well, you could get something really
nice here, with a nice shade there.
You could, yeah.
That could look beautiful.
Right, bang, straight in, son.
Come on! Let's do it!
Henry's convinced he can clean up
with the can,
so he claims it as his first find.
Next, they delve deeper into the undergrowth...
Whoa!
Look at this!
...and uncover the unexpected.
How cool is that?
God, do you know what?
You do feel as though you've come to
another world.
It is another world, full of very
lovely things.
How cool is this?
Oh, stand aside.
Please come over here. Look at that.
That's a sign. Yeah.
I'm loving it. Really?
It's lazy.
Look, what are you going to do?
Oh, oh, I'll just polish that.
Yeah. Sell it. Yeah.
This old double-sided enamel sign is
a highly-coveted piece of early
motoring memorabilia.
That sign, I think,
could be right up there as one of my
best finds ever and it could be
incredibly valuable.
Cleaned up, it could be worth more
than £700.
Come on, there's more.
Henry's seizing the sign as his
second and final find.
Simon is still to get off the mark.
Nothing? Bad smell.
But these old balcony railings have
rallied his spirits.
Come on.
Where do you want it?
They're something, aren't they?
Do you know what? Wouldn't they look nice...
Yeah. ..as bed heads?
I'm liking that.
Not too fancy, not too heavy, not
too chunky - just right.
Perfect bed heads.
The railings will return home with
Simon, but he still needs another item.
Come on. What? One more container.
See, that looks nice to me.
Henry has his two items,
but that doesn't quench his appetite
to find more.
I mean, look, right? I don't know
what it was for,
but that's a lovely bit of pine.
Look at that metal strut there.
What do you think? It's not like you
to wax lyrical about wood.
OK, shall I be honest with you?
Go on. My father used to take pine
stuff like this
and then spend hours, and I mean
hours, putting polish on,
taking the polish off,
putting polish on, and by the time
he'd finished, it was beautiful.
Kind of reminds me of him, really.
Well, in that case... I think I should.
Very good. You must do this.
In the name of his father, Henry is
staking a claim for the wood.
But that means he'll have to give up
either the petrol can or the old
metal motoring sign, and it's Simon
who hits upon a solution.
I don't even want to say this. Can
I have the oil can, please, Henry?
I cannot believe
that I've come to you barn...
...and you are asking me for an item.
Yes, you can, Simon!
You can have the oil can.
Good. I'm happy now.
You idiot.
Honestly, honestly!
I will never live it down.
Relieving Henry of his petrol can
means Simon also now has his two items.
The search is over.
Jeff, before Henry starts gloating,
which I promise you he will
any minute now, here's what I've
picked out.
This lovely wrought ironware here
and that lovely old oil can there.
And, I think, once I've given them a
bit of the O'Brien magic,
I'm going to make you good money on
them. So that's where I'm at.
Now, tell me the story about that sign.
Oh, the beautiful sign?
Yeah. I think it's the original shop sign.
What, from the original
James Briggs & Sons or whatever?
James Briggs, yeah. The second thing
is that lovely bit of pine.
Now, could you tell me what that is?
I think it was an old bakery
thing. Yeah, could be, yeah.
It looks like that, doesn't it? You
know, where all the dough
used to get made and all the cakes.
Yeah. So, Jeff, I can't thank you
enough for letting us in.
Hopefully everything will work out
well for you.
Coming up, restorations roll on
and there's no rest for Simon.
I seem to have the heavy end here.
Henry looks set to clean up...
This is going to take hours.
...and at the second search,
Simon shows off his circus skills.
LAUGHTER
Expert upcyclers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are turning the old into gold.
What have you got? Not a lot!
THEY LAUGH
They've picked up two items each
from Jeff Wilson's place and
are ready to start restoring.
Simon's back in his hometown of Liverpool,
showing off his haul to his
restorer, Gemma Longworth.
You all right, Simon?
It's OK, don't worry!
Struggling? I can manage.
I can manage.
It's OK.
HE GRUNTS
Fine arts graduate Gemma runs her
own arts and crafts business.
Can I get you to prepare your furniture,
and we'll get a top layer on as well
today?
But what will she make of the old
oil can Simon begged off Henry?
This, to me, looks like
the base of a lamp?
Yes. I'm thinking
a big shade on this.
OK. And get it powder coated or
hand-painted - what do you think?
If we get it powder coated,
it'd have a nice finish on it,
wouldn't it? Yeah.
Next, Simon reveals his plan for the
wrought iron balcony railings.
I immediately thought bedhead.
Yeah, definitely, I can see that. Mmm.
They are 137 wide.
They are the exact width
of a double bed.
So get them cleaned off,
get them coated. Mmm-hmm.
Ian the blacksmith... Yeah.
...to do his magic, making some legs.
But the best thing about these two
items is, if you think about it...
Yeah.
...blast powder coaters,
Gemma to make lamp.
Blast powder coaters,
Ian to make base.
I'm having a day off.
So wait, what about you? Hang on.
See you later.
Day off or not,
Simon did tip off Ian the blacksmith
there was a job for him.
Hi, Gemma. Hiya, Ian.
You all right? Yeah, fine.
He has left you these instructions.
OK. Should be OK.
All right? Well, if I help you to
the van with this?
Yeah, certainly can, that would be
good. Okey dokey.
Ian will turn the two old balcony
railings into the frame of
a wrought iron double bed.
Thanks then, Ian. See you soon.
With the railings gone,
Gemma's first task is to make
a lampshade for the oil can.
The oil can is being sprayed green,
so I've gone for this
tartan fabric.
Gemma's bought a lampshade kit and
some fabric from a local
department store at a cost
of around £25.
But if you're just making up one
lampshade, like I am,
it's easier to buy the kit.
And then you get all the bits
and there's no wastage.
The card to make the shade
is pre-prepared
with an adhesive plastic film.
Gemma sticks her fabric to the card,
being careful to avoid wrinkles,
then cuts the fabric to size.
So now that's cut exactly, I'm
gonna pull my seam allowance off.
Using fire-retardant
double-sided tape,
he next job is to carefully roll
the metal frames along the fabric.
You roll both frames
at the same time.
Then, you've got your
finished lampshade.
This is gonna look fabulous
on the oil can.
Back home in Oxfordshire,
Henry's revealing his finds.
Back, back, back.
That's lovely. All right.
Guy Wilson is a master of all things mechanical.
Guy and I have known each other
since we were 15,
so I know him probably better than
I know anybody on this planet.
Guy loves mechanical mending,
so these two are slightly out
of his comfort zone.
First, the bakery work table.
I do have a plan.
If we have a little pelmet that runs
along about so, yeah? Yeah.
And then, we build a base with
nice legs on with that pelmet.
Yeah. And then drop this on,
and some raw screws.
Yeah. OK, so that's that.
But also, I've got a little
treat in store.
Oh, have you?
What do you reckon? There is a
potential that this could be
the original sign from
the original shop.
Am I right that we actually don't
have to do too much to that?
I think we just clean it up
very gently, don't we?
We don't want to do anything
to that. No.
If this garage forecourt sign is as
rare as Henry thinks it is,
then it's crucial to sympathetically
clean it without removing any of the
original paint, which would
seriously devalue it.
So Henry has just the product
for the job -
a specialist cleaning paste designed
to remove dirt and grease
without scratching the surface.
This cleaning paste is available for
about 15 quid for a large can,
but there's just one slight catch.
This is gonna take hours.
Meanwhile, Guy's brought the
bakery workbench to Chris,
the carpenter and joiner.
It's actually quite a nice piece of
wood, though, and worktop.
So what he wants to do is
keep it as it is,
just make up tapered, chunky legs...
Right you are.
...to give it that kind of
farmhouse look.
Yeah, no problem at all.
Although expensive,
Guy knows that a professional
carpenter will produce a much
higher-quality table base.
He's gambling the extra outlay
will maximise the new table's value.
In Liverpool, Ian the blacksmith is
busy making Simon's
wrought iron balustrade bed.
Following Simon's design,
Ian's using the wrought iron balcony
railings as the head and footboards
of a new double bed.
And welding strong,
L-shaped steel bars to create
the bed rails or sides of the bed.
The result? A rock-solid bedframe.
I seem to have the heavy end here.
But will it pass muster with Simon?
I tell you what.
You do a good job, mate.
Happy, Simon? Absolutely fantastic,
and it all comes to bits.
Just need some slats to go in the
middle after the blasters.
Brilliant. Thank you, see you soon.
Cheers, dude.
In Oxfordshire, the
table base has been delivered.
Mate. Do you know what?
That's just how I imagined it.
Is it?
I'm glad that the top doesn't
look bowed like a crisp
now it's on there.
It is pretty square.
As it's new,
it doesn't match the old top,
so Henry's decided to
paint the base.
This Cotswold green paint costs £30
for a small can.
Mate, this is looking nice.
Is it? Yeah.
Really light, really nice.
It's looking proper.
And in good time, as Henry has
finally finished
polishing his old
petrol forecourt sign.
Well, that looks lovely!
Come and hold this.
Come on, hold it up.
That really is nice, yeah.
And it's still got patina on it.
That brown could be rust, but
you know, I think it just gives
that kind of oldness of it.
Yeah. I mean, it's an old,
genuine sign.
Yeah, yeah. We should see how much
that is worth.
Definitely.
That is coming on a treat.
Well, it's done.
Well, first coat's done.
Lovely. It's a nice colour,
isn't it?
Good day, son. Do you want to wash
your brushes? Yeah.
Happy with their work, it's
time to get back on the road.
And now, it's Henry's turn to choose
their next candidate
for a clear-out.
He is gambling on a trip to Gloucestershire,
and what appears at first glance to
be an ordinary, suburban home.
I hope you're ready for this.
I hope I am ready for it.
I hope it's going to
be absolutely brilliant.
I've got to be honest
with you today, OK?
You might find this slightly tricky.
Well, what's new?
This house belongs to Peter Hill,
who's had a passion for tinkering
with engines since his teens.
Compulsive collector,
I suppose you could say.
Anything with an engine, anything
mechanical, is my sort of thing.
For the last 20 years,
Peter's been a carer for his
wheelchair-bound dad,
who suffers from a degenerative
condition to his spinal cord.
But with his four sheds
as his sanctuary,
he also keeps up his passion for
restoring all things mechanical.
Tinker to me heart's content.
I nip in, check on me dad,
and come back out.
Hello, mate. How are you, mate?
Lovely to see you, man.
Pete, this is beautiful. I mean, how
long have you been here?
Near all me life.
This was me grandparents' house.
We always like to hear that, cos
that means you've collected some
stuff along the way.
I've collected all sorts of stuff,
it's just parting with it
that's difficult!
Yeah. So, assuming that we take a
couple of items away each,
and make some money for you... Yeah.
...what would that money go towards?
Probably a little break
for me and my dad.
Excellent. I think we'll start over,
don't you? BOTH: See you later.
All right, mate. Come on, then.
As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can
fix and flog for a profit
to help Peter enjoy a good break
with his elderly dad.
Have you found something?
Yeah, here you go.
Have you got me? Yeah!
Oh, man. That looks interesting.
Well, it's got two wheels, so it's a
step up from the unicycle.
HENRY LAUGHS
Could you make a sort of repurposed
cart out of that?
Could be maybe if I can't find
anything else at all,
thanks, Henry Cole.
Unconvinced by the profit potential
of an upcycled workshop trolley,
Simon moves on.
...a much nicer smell.
What do you reckon? All we've got
here is just a load of offcuts.
Yeah? You like an offcut, though,
don't you?
I'm getting excited for you.
Loads of offcuts.
Now then, only for the fire -
that's what you think? Yeah. No.
This is a definite definite.
Simon thinks the offcuts have an
upcycling potential,
and he wants the wood
as his first item.
Oh, yes!
God, look at them all!
Hmm, what to choose?
The biggest of Peter's four sheds
houses his portfolio of
petrol power.
There's a fair collection here,
my favourite being the James Comet.
That's lovely,
and in really good nick.
In the first half of the
20th century,
James were one of many famous
British motorcycle manufacturers
based in the Midlands.
They shut up shop in the '60s,
and working models are
becoming ever-rarer to find,
with immaculate examples selling
for up to £1,500.
ENGINE TURNS OVER
Hey?
What do you reckon?
ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPS
That's the general idea.
But stalling it is not going
to stop Henry
claiming the bike as his first find.
Me and Guy will get her, well,
probably virtually concourse,
and make Pete some serious
money out of it.
Simon also thinks he's located some
moneymakers in the making.
Hello.
Blow lamps? Yes.
What are you going to do?
Are you going to sort of light a
fire or something?
I'm thinking, if you polish these
off, right? Yeah.
And then, instead of having
your blowtorch flame
coming out the front... Yeah.
You have a nice, stylish bulb
coming out the front.
There's a nice lamp.
Second selection sorted for Simon.
A big bounty of blowtorches.
They are going to be fabulous.
Henry's still on the hunt for one
more find.
Can I have another motorbike?
No, no. You're only having
one motorbike.
Use your creativity, Henry.
Look around.
Look, for example, there you go.
Look, nice old chair, come on.
Well, I suppose I could
do something.
I mean, it is sort of half metal,
isn't it?
OK, all right.
I'll give you a challenge then.
I'll make more money out of that
than you will of all
those blow lamps.
Are you serious? Yeah.
I'll take that deal!
Yes, you will, mate!
Come on, then.
I'm going to show you.
And with a wager on the old chair,
Henry's committed to his second
and final find.
I'll start. Yeah, go on.
What's the value of that to you?
To me? Nothing.
Correct. And I'm going to make it
worth something to you.
Fine. He hasn't told me what he's
going to do with it, Pete.
Yeah, because it's all in here, mate.
(I haven't decided yet.)
PETE LAUGHS
Actually no, talking about
my two items.
Those blow lamps have actually
become part of a challenge. Yeah?
I'd like to make you more money than
Simon is with the blow lamps
out of the bench.
Who would your money be on?
I don't know.
I'm not going to show any
favouritism, am I, Henry?
Not at all, mate! Not at all.
But I will, you're right.
Pete. Thank you so much, mate.
And we'll see you in a few weeks.
Yeah. Lovely. Absolute pleasure.
Cheers, mate.
Coming up...
Let's just see
what happens here.
Henry's deep clean
is taking off more
than he hoped.
There's a little
bit of redness
coming off there.
There's a problem
for Gemma.
I don't think it's
going to be possible,
to be honest. Right.
And at the
first valuation,
the bakery bench is
set to raise a
load of dough.
Yeah, feel
the quality.
Oh, that has
come up lovely!
Reclaimers and restorers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are on a mission to turn
the nation's clutter into cash.
That's lovely,
and in really good nick.
Now armed with a final two items,
they have both returned
to their workshops.
In Oxfordshire, Guy's ready to give
Henry's haul the once-over.
Now, what do you think?
OK, James Comet, as we know...
Yes. ..the ultimate little
commuter bike in the '50s.
Yeah. It's lovely, isn't it?
So, come on, then, what's the scam?
Get it fired up and just check it
and maybe clean the carburettor out.
Just give it a quick once-over
and see how we fare from there.
Henry's also brought back a rather
weather-beaten garden chair.
Now, I think, with this,
because it's not beautifully
sculpted on the ends,
I think we just refit it as
standard, but make it look newer.
That's a little bit rickety.
We can sort it out, though.
It's rescuable.
Mate, if it was made by human,
it can be fixed by human.
Exactly.
For this rickety rescue,
human Guy has a plan.
All I'm basically going to do -
this is a straightforward job -
is just strip it, get some wood cut
using these as a template,
paint the ends, and then reassemble.
Hopefully, it won't take too long.
But dismantling means tackling
the severely rusted screws,
which is never an easy task.
After a frustrating half-hour,
Guy reaches for his trusty
angle grinder
to cut through the last
stubborn screws,
although a hacksaw
would do the job just as well.
Bit more of a battle
than I expected.
And now it's time to add
a splash of colour.
Now, that is a nice blue,
I reckon, man.
That is lovely.
Eh? Yes.
Goes with the gloves. It does.
So, I've got to start at the top
and put it on nice and thick.
Thick, yeah. I see what you mean
about dribbling.
Don't worry about it dribbling,
you can blend it with the brush
while it's wet, as long as
it's just gone on, you know...
I'm not talking about dribbling
on there, man,
I'm talking about dribbling
on the cardboard.
Oh, I was talking about dribbling
on the actual unit.
In Liverpool, Simon's revealing
his plans for his items.
You know what they are?
They're... gas...
Torches, yeah. Blowtorches.
Yeah. Yeah? Yeah, what you do
your creme brulee with.
Well... Yeah. But how about...
If you imagine them,
instead of having a flame
coming out of the end... Mm.
...they have a bulb coming out of
the end and we make a chandelier.
That's a nice idea.
Yeah, I like that.
So far, so good.
Now for Simon's random pile
of timber.
I've had a little look and...
Yeah? None of them seem to go together.
Yeah, what do you think
it looks like to you?
Just a pile of wood.
Yeah. But I'm going to demonstrate
that you can use anything
to make something fantastic. Yeah.
It's got to be a really cool
set of shelves.
Yeah. You could literally make
anything with this.
You see? Thank you! Yeah.
Let's have a brainstorming session,
let's do some sketches, see what do
you think, lay them all out. Mm.
Yeah? And take it from there, yeah?
Yeah.
The old offcuts are all of different
lengths and of variable quality,
so making a saleable item
is a tall order for Simon and Gemma.
Well, have we got quite a
lot of them?
Yeah. Yeah.
Here's the idea that I've had.
(Gemma had, but don't tell her!)
We're going to make all these bits
of scrap wood into a quirky
little shelving unit, one-off,
that sits into a corner.
If Simon can pull it off,
this bespoke shelving design
might appeal to someone looking
for totally original homeware.
While Simon gets cracking...
Hi, Phil. Hi, Gemma. Are you OK?
...Gemma has invited electrician Phil
along to brief him
with Simon's grand chandelier plan
for the blowtorches.
We want to turn them
into a chandelier.
OK. Is that going to be possible?
Erm, I don't think,
in the time we've got,
I don't think it's going to be
possible, to be honest.
Right. Is there any other
way around it?
Is there anything else you can do
with them?
We could do something with
maybe the spouts of these,
turn these into individual lamps.
And I suppose with there being
several items, then,
we may even get more money for them.
You'd definitely get more money,
I think, yeah. Oh, OK.
Yeah, I like that idea.
So, if you can take these away?
OK. Yeah? Is that all right?
No worries. Right, thanks very much.
You're welcome. Cheers, Gemma.
See you, bye.
A bit of a blow for the chandelier,
but in Oxfordshire the garden chair
parts are drying,
and Henry's moving on to restoring
the bodywork of the James Comet
back to its original 1940s glory.
I've had problems with stuff to get
muck off bikes like this
where they've actually taken
the paint as well.
Now, hopefully this stuff is just
regular automotive cleaner.
It looks radioactive,
but hopefully it won't be.
To check his cleaning product
won't be too harsh on
the old bike's paint,
Henry wants to test a patch first.
Well, that's not too bad, is it?
Let's just see what happens here.
Happy he's not damaging
the old paint,
Henry knuckles down to a deep clean.
OK, come on, then.
Let's get with the programme.
To get a top-notch finish,
a fastidious nature and plenty of
time are the order of the day.
A good clean costs little,
and retains the bike's value.
Repainting would be expensive
and devalue the bike
in the eyes of collectors.
With his cleaning product
soaking in,
a simple jet wash will remove
the bulk of the grime.
Right, the key, obviously,
is not to do it too hard.
But the superficial cleaning
is only the start.
Right. Cool.
Hey, look, I think I got away
with that.
She's looking lovely already.
Just need to let the main excess
water drip off,
and then I'll just rub her down,
and then we'll get her inside
for detailing.
In Liverpool, electrician Phil is
starting work transforming Simon
and Gemma's blowtorches into trendy
industrial-looking desk lamps.
So, we're going to use some of these
bulbs and maybe repurpose them,
take some of these parts out,
thread some wire through.
So what we're going to do
is strip it right back,
so take all these parts off.
Now stripped, the next job is
to route a power cable
through the blowtorch base.
With the hole made,
it's important to remove any
sharp edges made by the drill.
If there's any burrs on there,
they'll slowly go through
the sleeving of the plastic.
Right, OK.
And so what we're going to do is
going to basically turn it
into something like this.
So with this one the cable
runs into the main body of it
and then it runs through
the pipework that goes inside,
and then all the way through
to the light fitting, to the bulb.
At the moment,
I haven't fitted a switch to this,
but I'm going to fit one
probably around...
Probably about 40mm away
from the main light itself
so that when you turn it on,
the light shines,
and it almost looks like it's
the flame coming out.
While Phil figures out how to
achieve the same effect
on the larger blowtorch,
Simon's finishing his bespoke corner
shelving unit made from old offcuts.
After measuring up his timbers,
he's using his joinery skills to
make a durable splice joint,
secured with glue.
We're just going to give it a really
light sanding.
Quite like all the different wood
that's been used.
There you go.
One pile of firewood...
one set of corner shelves.
With a bit of imagination.
The multiple joint and corner design
gives the shelves
rigidity and strength,
all without a single screw or nail.
In Oxfordshire, Henry and Guy
are turning their attention
to finishing their first finds.
The original double-sided enamel
garage sign has been polished up.
And the table base has had its third
and final coat of paint.
So now it's time to make
the bakery table equally appealing.
Henry has sanded
the bakery worktable.
Now for stage two of the makeover -
waxing and buffing
to a beautiful shine.
So, we'll just get this on and then
we'll just buff it up lovely.
Henry is applying liberal amounts of
beeswax furniture polish
to bring out
the beauty of the old pine,
and motor-mad Henry has
an unorthodox approach
to buffing it up.
OK, so, yet again
I'm using something
that probably I shouldn't do, which
is actually car polishing, not...
But at the same time, it's had great
effect on other stuff I've done,
so we'll give it a go and see how
the sheen comes up, shall we?
Give it a whizz. Now we're on.
That is coming up beautifully.
In no time at all,
the table's cleaned up a treat.
With valuation day looming,
Simon and Gemma are also working
hard to complete their first finds.
The bespoke double bed made from
two old balcony railings
has been powder coat painted,
and Simon has made some
wooden slats for the base...
Look at that!
To think it's just some scabby old
railings lying in a hedge.
...while the vintage can
has also been sandblasted
and powder coat painted.
That is a really nice colour.
Next, Simon feeds a cable through
and uses an epoxy resin glue to
secure a light fitting to the top.
And walk away.
All Gemma has to do
is the finishing touches.
Let's see if my lampshade works.
Brilliant.
That looks great.
But has all their hard work
increased the item's value?
It's time to find out, with
the first all-important valuation.
Simon chose to help house clearer
Jeff Wilson,
who has over 50 acres of potential
upcycling gold.
The boys rescued two items each.
Now Jeff has arrived to inspect
Henry and Simon's handiwork,
and to see if they've made him some
profit that can go towards restoring
his old army truck.
Oh, that does look good.
Yeah, feel the quality.
Oh, that has come up lovely.
You have worked really hard on this!
Yeah, yeah. Oh, I do like what
you've done to that,
that is incredible.
I still haven't recovered from the
fact that I had to beg Henry Cole
to let me take that oil can.
I was going to say,
that should have been my item.
You like what we've done,
we like what we've done,
but does our independent valuer
like what we've done?
We'll find out, shall we?
Adam's going to join us now.
Auctioneer Adam Partridge
has sold all manner of items
over the last 20 years,
and there is nothing that he can't
accurately value.
Please be kind to us, Adam. Please.
I intend to be independent
and complimentary where warranted.
OK. Well, shall we see if it's
warranted with the double bed,
please, Adam?
I think it's remarkable!
They're really old balcony railings,
is that right?
Yes, they came from two stories up.
Simon spent £150 to repurpose
the run-down railings
into a bespoke bedframe.
Very impressive, good job on
the bed. Imaginative conversion
from something that wasn't useful
at all, really.
It looks to me like a bed that
now would warrant
a price tag of maybe...
250 quid.
I think that's all right.
I don't think that's all right.
This is a one-off...
Never going to get him, mate.
...bespoke double bed.
But chuck a mattress in,
we'll call it 300 quid.
Call it 300 quid, anyway.
With a little persuasion,
Simon's pushed up the profit,
netting £150 for Jeff.
OK, Adam, very pleased
about the bed.
Talk to me about that lovely lamp
that Jeff, Henry and I all love.
How was it before?
It was very, very rusty.
It wasn't kind of what
you would call patina, was it?
No, it wasn't. It was gone.
So you've salvaged something,
really? Yeah, yeah.
With a fresh coat of paint
and a new lampshade,
the rusty oil can's transformation
into a stylish lamp cost £50.
It works really well.
Love the colour, like the shade,
and it works very well.
The proportions all fit
and looks like £50 worth of
anyone's money, to me.
Do you know what, Jeff?
I hope you really love that lamp,
because he says it's worth 50 quid.
I spent 50 quid.
HENRY LAUGHS
So, no profit made on the lamp, unfortunately,
but Simon has still managed to turn
what was a piece of junk
into a desirable lamp for Jeff.
So, Adam, my table, my table,
come on.
Old bakery thing,
full of charm, isn't it?
Love that surface,
and what you've done,
you've cleaned it up sensitively,
waxed it.
Really nice to the feel,
as well, isn't it? It is.
Have you touched it?
Have you touched it?
I have. Yeah. Good. OK.
Henry's pine bakery shelf has been
totally transformed
with the addition of a custom-built
table base.
But at a cost of £150,
will it make a profit?
It looks very nice indeed,
I can see a lot of people wanting
that in their kitchens
or dairies or whatever. Yeah.
Anywhere you want it, mate.
How much? Well, it's got to be worth
£200, maybe a bit more.
Well that's interesting,
because I have sold it.
And I've sold it for 250.
Henry's savvy sale has brought in
a healthy £100 profit for Jeff.
Now, the sign, Adam.
Talk to me about the sign, because
I think that's a beautiful thing,
and all we've done is just clean it, obviously.
Yeah, that's all you could do,
really, otherwise...
It would be criminal to tamper
with it.
It is, it's a really good thing,
a rare thing.
Very good condition.
Henry's used a polish he already
had in the workshop,
so he didn't spend a thing restoring
the enamel sign.
It's a rare double-sided sign,
and these are really quite popular.
You've got the crossover
between advertising and motoring,
so it's going to appeal quite
strongly, in commercial terms.
These usually make £600, £700,
sometimes a touch more,
so I'm going to go with a 650,
to be in the sort of
realistic domain.
And I think certainly worth £650.
Lovely thing. I mean, I would say
I think that's a fair price, Jeff,
but the other great thing as well
is that the expenditure,
as far as we're concerned,
is just a load of elbow grease.
A bit of spit and polish. Yeah. Brilliant.
So, you know, clear profit.
The cautious restoration job
on the sign has paid off,
netting Jeff a pure profit of £650.
Now, we enjoy doing all
this stuff, Jeff.
Sure. We know that you've got an eye
for lovely old things,
and what we've helped, we hope,
is bring some of them back to life.
Yeah. But we've also made you
some money.
You will be going home today
with 900 quid.
How does that sound?
Well, that sounds brilliant.
Brilliant, mate.
Are you happy with that?
Thank you very much!
Happy days, man. Good stuff.
It was Simon's choice to help Jeff,
a decision that helped him walk away
with an impressive £900 profit,
thanks to the boys' restorations.
Well, I thought it was a very fair
evaluation, you know.
They've all put a lot of hard work
in to everything
and I think they've done a good job.
Coming up... Oh, cool.
...the upcycled lamps
blow Gemma away.
Simon is going to love that.
Guy's road-testing
his restored garden chair...
What are you doing? I've finished.
...and at the final valuation,
there's great news
for one of the boys.
Lovely job that you've done
on there.
Doesn't look like a repro,
it looks authentic.
The kings of clutter, Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien, are on a mission
to turn junk into pots of cash.
Look at that.
Simon chose to help Jeff Wilson
and made him £900.
How does that sound?
Well, that sounds brilliant.
Now Henry is hoping to make even
more money for full-time carer
and collector Pete Hill.
Henry's local carpenter, Chris,
is busy making the replacement
wooden parts
for Peter's rickety garden chair.
And back at the workshop,
right-hand man Guy has the job
of reassembling it.
I think that's OK. Obviously,
it's got to be sanded down to get
rid of the lettering off it.
That's the backboard.
I think that's OK.
While Guy's busy finishing the rest
of the chair,
in the shed next door, Henry is now
in his 20th hour of detailing
the 1946 James Comet,
a process of forensically polishing
and cleaning the old bike.
Everything's coming out beautifully.
I mean, look at that
copper fuel line.
That's just lovely.
There is nothing here that can't be
done with standard metal polishes
but it's Henry's meticulous eye
for restoring the detail of
this old bike
that's going to make it desirable
and maximise its value.
With hours still ahead,
Henry's getting the old bike
back to its best.
What are you doing? I've finished.
Oh, my word, look at that.
Check it out.
Blimey, that was quick.
And it's comfy. Cor!
Mate, that's got...
Let's have a look.
Yeah, have a sit.
Happiness? Do you know what, mate...
It's all right, isn't it?
Out of all of the ones we've done,
that is the comfiest.
Yeah. That's lovely.
That chair, I was slightly
suspicious of the blue but actually,
with the wood, once it's stained,
that is a delight.
Well done, mate. All right.
That is great.
In Liverpool, Simon's first item,
the shelving unit, is finished...
There you go. One pile of firewood,
one set of corner shelves.
With a bit of imagination.
...leaving Gemma the final job of
checking the blowtorch lamps.
So I've got the lights back from Phil.
He's done a great job.
Let's see what they look like.
Oh, wow, look at that, that looks brilliant.
It looks like a flame.
Cool, that's got a red light in it.
That's so good, Simon is going to
love that.
The old James Comet motorbike is finished.
It was a runner but Henry wanted to
bring this bike back to near perfection.
Now she's looking lovely,
I'm going to send a few photos to my
mate, Paul, who is a dealer.
You never know, we might just get a
sale, eh?
That looks great, man, love it.
And it looks like Henry was spot on.
His mate has shown immediate interest.
All right, I'll speak to you later.
OK, mate, all right. Bye, bye, bye.
That was Paul. Oh.
A grand. Yeah, that's good.
A grand and we don't have to change
the pipe.
All we've done basically is got her
running and cleaner.
Yeah. People might want it.
Lovely little thing, though, isn't
it? Happy days.
So, Henry has sold one item,
but what will everything else be
worth?
It's time for the final valuation.
Henry chose to help full-time carer
Peter Hill from Gloucestershire.
As ever, the boys picked up two
items each.
Hiya! Simon. How are you? Pleased to
see you.
Lovely to see you, mate.
Now Peter has arrived to inspect
Henry and Simon's handiwork and to
find out
if they have made him enough money
so that he can take his father on holiday.
Do you remember that chair?
I do, that was where me dad used to
sit at the top of the garden.
Absolutely. That's come up all
right, hasn't it? Yeah, yeah, that's
good.
I like what he's done with the light
bulb there.
Yeah, that's a nice use of a
blow lamp.
So, obviously, Pete, the deal was
set, wasn't it,
that I'd make more money out of the
chair than Simon would out of the
lamps. Yes.
Now, we can't be the judge of that
but we do, alas,
have a very independent valuer
called Adam.
Expert auctioneer Adam Partridge
is back to value the latest
collection of restorations.
What shall we start with? Shall we
start with the motorbike, then?
Yes, what a lovely-lookingthing.
Henry's meticulous restoration of
the James Comet has cost many hours
but he's not spent a penny on parts.
We see these come through the
auction quite a lot, these James Comets.
I think it's a lovely job that
you've done on there and you haven't
overdone it.
It doesn't look like a
repro, it looks authentic.
I think normally at auction they
tend to make £700 or £800.
I think that's one's a particularly
nice example so I'll go with £800.
Well, now then, actually, Pete,
I have an offer on the table from a dealer.
Well, he's offered £1,000 for it.
£1,000 for me sounds like a very
fair price.
Henry's off to a great start.
The bike sale has netted Peter
£1,000 of pure profit.
More importantly to me, obviously,
is the chair situation relevant to
the blow lamps.
Henry's second piece, the bench ends,
have been stylishly restored at a
cost of £60.
I think it's a pleasant chair.
Not of great age.
I would put a figure of £75 on the chair.
OK.
The bench has banked a small profit
of £15.
Come on, put us out of our misery,
the blowtorches.
I like these, you've been very
creative. Thanks, mate.
With a positive outcome, I think.
Repurposing the blowtorches into
lamps cost Simon £100.
But will the profit exceed the £15
Henry made on the chair?
I like the big one with the dubious
red light in it,
must be worth £70 or something.
The other one may be £40 and the
others, you know, £10 or £20
apiece,
so I'm going to put a figure of
£150 on the lot.
With 50 quid of profit,
the blowtorch lamps see Simon come
out on top on their little
side wager.
You lost, didn't you? Yeah.
Just a little. Just a little bit,
only by about 35 quid.
Anyway, so let's move on.
Corner shelving unit.
Simon's bespoke corner unit made
from an assortment of timber cost
just £5.
Erm, I have to say I'm not
particularly a fan.
I think perhaps, you know,
you could have chopped them into a
few bags of £2 kindling and made a
bit more out of them.
Do I really have
to put a value on them? Yes, you do.
Well, I'm going to have to say 30
quid to someone who wants it
and good luck with that.
Not a great result for Simon,
but £25 to add to Peter's total nevertheless.
So, Pete, I'm sure you'd love to
know how much, in total, we've made you
and that figure is...
£1,090.
How's about that? That's very good.
That's all right, isn't it? Yeah.
Brilliant, absolute pleasure, mate.
Thank you very much indeed. Thanks
so much, mate, it's been an absolute joy.
By restoring Peter's rubbish, the
lads have netted him
a total of £1,090.
A lot of those things have been sat
in me shed for a long time and doing
nothing and I think they've done
tremendously well with what they had.
The four items for Simon's choice
pulled in £900 but Henry's pipped
him to the post with his selection,
which made £1,090 profit.
What are you looking so smug about?
I won, mate.
Yeah, OK...
1,090 plays 900 sheets, it's done.
Yeah, yeah, you scraped through,
just about, by, you know,
a couple of hundred quid.
It's a victory. It is a victory, but
what about the personal victory?
What about the little bet we had,
the little wager we had?
Yeah, all right, I lost that.
Yeah, you did lose that.
So we should call it a draw and move
on?
Once you've got me the jelly babies.
I'll get the jelly babies.
They're in the car, mate.
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