Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 2, Episode 8 - Episode #2.8 - full transcript

Hey!

The homes of Britain are stacked
with old possessions.

You know I've got my first item.

What looks like junk can actually
be worth a pretty penny.

I've just got a little bit excited.

Cor, I haven't seen one that
big, darling, for a while.

Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are here to help

turn that clutter into hard cash.

We're going to get
great money for them.

For Henry and his mechanic...

Don't think you should be
looking at that, mate.



...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.

Oh, yes!

Whilst upcycling genius Simon
and his restorer love turning

everyday objects into
fantastic furniture.

Well, that's perfect.
Well, look, feast your eyes.

I reckon you've done great things.

Can we go on the phantom?
Yes, you can, Simon.

Despite their different approaches,
they make the old turn into gold.

So, you are taking home a
grand total of £655.

How's that? That is just amazing.
Absolutely amazing.

On today's show... Come on, see
if I can cheer you up now.

...Simon has a treat
in store for Henry.

Oh, mate, I know what that is. Wow.

Henry thinks he's found
some hidden treasure.



This is a Faberge egg. It's
got to be in here somewhere.

And it's party time
at the valuation.

Hang on, man, this is it.
We're rocking now. Whoo!

SHE LAUGHS

Today, Henry and Simon are
deep in the West Country,

in the beautiful county of Devon.

Exeter, just down here... Yeah.

That's the very end
of the Fosse Way.

This is the furthest
the Romans came.

The Roman Road, the Fosse
Way, is 182 miles long,

and originally stretched all the way
from Lincoln in eastern England

to Exeter in the southwest.

And our boys have travelled to
the village of Kentisbeare,

just north of Exeter,
to meet Nick Ingram,

who came to Devon for a day
trip and never went back.

He has spent the last
14 years working

in the world of stage lighting.

He's got barns full of lovely...

Should we call them curiosities?

Brilliant, OK. I'm excited.

And Simon has every reason
to be excited.

I would say I've definitely
got too much stuff,

but it's hard to say no
when you see it, but

I need to thin it down
a little bit somewhere.

But it's quite hard to let it go.

How are you, mate? Lovely to see
you. This is Simon. Hi, Simon,

are you well? Yeah, good,
good. Good to see you.

Nick, how long have you been here
gathering? I've been here about...

...12, no, 14 years now and bought a
bit of stuff when I moved in,

so it's been ongoing since then.

If we do make you any money,
what will you spend it on?

I think I would spend it on
some bits for my GMC truck,

which I have locked away in one
of the sheds you'll find.

I can smell truck down there.
That way. Let's go. Let's go.

Help yourself. Anything that's
not locked, in you go.

All right, mate. Wow.
I like this already.

Our boys' mission is to find
two items each they think

they can renovate to
make a tidy profit.

And with so much great
stuff lying about,

it doesn't take Simon too
long to spot something.

Grab that.

Oh, mate, I love those.

Do you know what, you cannot
have enough of those.

You know what that
is, don't you?

Yeah, there you go.

A staple for every nightclub
from the 1950s onwards,

mirror balls have a surface covered
with hundreds of tiny mirrors,

which, when they spin, can produce a
range of dazzling lighting effects.

Get it all up and working again...

And spin it again, baby.
Well, yeah, man.

I really didn't think

one of my items today would
be a half disco ball,

but it is, and I'm absolutely
chuffed to bits with it.

So, a half mirror ball for Simon.

But it's time to strut their stuff
and try and find some more items.

We move into the first shed and
again, more lovely, lovely things.

Look at these.

What are they, voltmeters? Yeah.
There's all kinds of metres.

These analogue voltmeters date back
to the '50s and would've been used

for measuring the differing
electrical potential between

two points on a circuit.

How about one of these sitting on
your table or in your office, yeah?

One of these? Isn't that sweet?
Look, that's small and bijou. Yeah.

And then put your Bluetooth speaker
inside that so it looks lovely...

...but it's functional.
Yeah, I like it.

Bluetooth speaker system. Way
to go, Si. Good thought.

I've got lights, I've got music.

I am in the mood for dancing,
because I've got two items.

So, Simon may already have
all he needs for a disco,

but something might just be about
to make Henry a very happy man.

Come on, see if I can
cheer you up now.

Oh, my word.

If you can find a roller
door with a little motor,

always behind there, there'll be
something that Henry likes.

Oh, mate, I know
what that is. Wow.

Oh, mate, that's the
ultimate rat rod.

How cool is that!?

Hello GMC step side pick-up.

The GMC or General Motors Truck
Company were one of the first

mass producers of commercial
vehicles in America.

And this one, the 1946 model,
is considered a classic.

If it was running

and everything worked but it still
had this kind of patina on it...

Yeah. ..probably £18,000.

You know it's not my
thing, but... No.

...I can really appreciate this
is just a lovely, old thing.

It is, isn't it? You
may have two items,

but I've briefly embraced this.

Henry fell in love with the
station wagon, but sadly,

it was the only thing he
wasn't allowed to take.

I was just on a high. But for every
high, there's a crashing low.

Absolutely, life is
a roller-coaster.

Unfortunately, you heard
what Nick said, Henry,

and this truck is most definitely
not for upcycling.

I'm feeling it in here, man.

But hang on, Henry may finally
have found something.

What's that? It's obviously
a clock, but...

Aluminium, what's all this?
It's got a pigeon on the back.

It's a pigeon racing clock.

Huh?

A pigeon racing clock is a regular
timepiece adapted to contain

a roll of paper and a time-stamper

to record the time of up to 12
birds' arrival back at their home.

Can I have my first item?
I think that's beautiful.

You know why I agree that you should
completely take that? Why?

When's the next time
I'm going to see

a pigeon racing synchronised clock?

Hey, I'm really excited now. I feel
as though I've even won at 2-1.

Do you know what I mean?
No. No, you haven't.

So, Henry has his first item.

Though what he'll do with
it is anyone's guess,

and he still needs another find.

Got to be something in here. More
lovely stuff. There you go.

Yep.

Suits you. Hm.

Is that your item then?

Yeah, I could blast it. Yeah, no.

Candy Apple red metal... No.
...metallic?

Are you hiding something from me?
What are you doing? Get off.

Just give us a hug. Get off, don't
touch me. What are you doing?

So...

What have we got here, a
lovely filing cabinet?

Filing cabinets seemed redundant
when computers became reliable

enough to store important documents,

and today they make valuable
upcycling projects.

And people can spend hundreds
of pounds on them

as retro, bespoke storage
for their homes.

I think I found my third item.

It's a shame that you can
only take two, isn't it?

But everything comes
to he who waits.

There is another saying
about steaming in

and grabbing a disco ball before
you've even been in a shed,

but I can't remember
what the saying is.

Idiot?

It's not fair.

After you, sir. No, after you.

Thank you very much.

So, the filing cabinet
is Henry's second item

and that means it's the
end of our search.

And here's what I've picked up.

I found that lovely old
half globe disco ball.

Ex-nightclub, probably from
about the '60s. Yeah.

I want to get that mounted on
the wall, spinning gently,

and bounce some light
off it. Why not?

Now, what is en vogue, I'll
tell you this for nothing,

are these lovely old metres.
They are indeed.

You've got a collection of them...
I have. ..and they're gorgeous.

They're my two items, if I may
take those, sir. You may.

On the other hand, Nick, your filing
cabinet there, that is lovely.

Have you had it long or what?

It's been in that building as
long as I've been around,

and a good few years before, yeah.
Now, look, Nick, my second item.

What is that? That's a pigeon clock.
It's a pigeon clock, yeah.

Is it for pigeon racing? It is.

It's about time we were going home
then, isn't it? Come then, Si.

Cheers, then. Thanks, mate. Bye.

Coming up, Guy doesn't

know what day it is.

OK, well, I'll see you in a
couple of hours then, son.

Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.
Tomorrow? What's that about?

Henry does his best
Simon impression.

Hey, blooming hell, look at them.

A couple of wheels there.
I could get in them,

do a little table like
that, and it'd be murder.

And Simon's struggling to impress
with his dance moves.

I am not going with you if
you dance like that. No.

Expert restorers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien are on a mission

to turn the old into gold.

It's a pigeon-racing clock. Huh?

They've picked up two items
each from lighting technician

Nick Ingram's collection of barns.

Now Henry is back at his base in Oxfordshire

unveiling his finds to
right-hand man Guy Willison.

It's rather nice, what is it?

Do you have any idea?

No. It's a clock of sorts.

I've never ever seen one before.
But I'm told...

Yes. ..that this is a pigeon clock
for when you're racing.

Maybe we could polish it, but I'd
have to see, I can't promise you,

just looking at it now.
So we do a little test patch,

I'll give it a quick go on the mop

and see what happens with the
various areas.

And then we'll go from there.

It's just a nice decorative item.

We're not going to upcycle it into
a light or anything like that,

are we? I hope not. Anyway,
best of luck.

Quite a nice item,
never seen one before.

If it's quality, it should
mirror-polish beautifully.

We won't know till I try.

OK, so that's that.

The next item's very much more straightforward.

OK. But that doesn't mean it won't
need any work.

Now, this, to me, is one of the
finest cabinets I've ever seen.

Is it? My view on this -
these are lovely.

Yes. Take these off...

Yes. Put them to one side,
and then polish it.

Yes. Now, it's not ally.

No, it's steel, it's gone rusty,
hasn't it?

Yeah, so it's steel. But still,
it will give a great finish.

And we'll put them on the mop, shine
them up lovely, I mean job done,

isn't it? I mean, that's money
all day long.

Happy days. Yes. Come on, then.

So a relatively simple strip and
polish for the filing cabinet is all

that's needed. But first, it's time
for the clock.

Time for the pigeon clock to have
probably its best day of its life.

Hopefully. What do you reckon?
There you go, sir.

I'll see if I can work my magic
on it.

You like something out of
Lord Of The Rings. You know that?

Hobbit? Get in your hole.

Yes. I'll see you in a couple of
hours, then, son.

See you tomorrow. Tomorrow?!

What's that about?

Rather than spend money and lose
profit on the clock,

Guy gets to polish it himself.

I think it's coming up
really nicely.

Obviously, this is the first real
abrasive to get this anodising off.

It's not till I get two or three
stages further on

that the shine will really come out.

But it looks really good-quality
aluminium,

so I think I will get a lovely
shine on it.

And if you have the right tools
and experience,

this is the kind of job you could do
yourself at home.

And there's also polishing to do
on the filing cabinet.

It's not a subtle job,

as Guy uses an angle grinder to
remove the green paint,

whilst Henry removes the old
brass handles.

Hey, skip!

What have you found?
This is a Faberge egg.

It's got to be in here somewhere.
Yeah, one day, mate.

Not yet it's not.

No. Not today. Next time.

Oh, well, no Faberge egg,

so you'd better crack on removing
the paint.

200 miles away in Liverpool,

and Simon is back to reveal
his latest finds

to upcycling partner Gemma.

Look at that. What are we going to
do with that, though?

Do you know what I'd like to do
with it? Go on.

Turn it into a disco ball.

Literally, just get the mechanism,
get a mechanism for it.

Yeah. And put it back to its
former glory.

OK. All right? Right.

So that's providing the lights
and the ambience,

this is providing the sound.

So what I'd like to do with this is
turn it into

a little Bluetooth speaker system.
That would be really nice.

You know what I mean? Yeah. Once
this is done up and turned into

a nice speaker, it's going to be a
lovely trendy retro item.

The best thing to do, really,
is have a night out,

get on the dance floor and see if
you can find some inspiration.

I am not going with you
if you dance like that.

No.

So it seems both items have hit
the right note.

And the first thing to do with the
mirror ball is to make it sparkle.

So the first thing to do with this
is give it a bit of a clean.

It's not in bad condition, so it
shouldn't take me too long.

It doesn't need any special products,

just ordinary household
glass-cleaner.

This is definitely the first time
I've cleaned a disco ball.

Despite having been kept in a barn
for years,

the mirror ball isn't missing any of
its vital mirror tiles.

Ready for action again now.

Once it's nice and shiny,

it's time to bring in handyman Phil
to try to get

the ball spinning again.

And talking of Phil, on the other
side of the workshop,

he's already busy removing the
working parts of the volt meter

before Simon calls on electrician
Neal to take a look.

I would love to have a speaker this
side, a speaker this side,

Bluetooth it -

portable Bluetooth speaker,
much prettier than the standard.

What we need is someone who is an
electrical genius.

I think I might know somebody.

Good. I'll just go and get his number.

Take it, please, mate.

Please. I'll do my best.

Thank you very much indeed,
you always do.

No problem. Whew! Electrical things.

So whilst the volt meter is brought
into the 21st century,

in Oxford, Guy is working wonders on
the brass handles

of the filing cabinet.

Oh, yes, please. Let's have a look.
Mate, look at that.

It's not quite finished,
it's nearly there.

Sure. It just needs a tiny bit more.

I've got to tell you, man, that is a
serious filing cabinet.

Yes. It's lovely. And when we've
finished it, man,

that's going to be worth big money.

Yeah, I hope so. Nick's going to be
well chuffed.

Carry on, doing well.

Well, fingers crossed it will make
a healthy profit.

And with work well underway on the
first set of items,

it's time for Simon's choice of
rummage location.

He's heading for a farm belonging to
Cara and Paul Burrough,

whose family has lived there for generations.

Things have accumulated because,
obviously, Paul's family have

been here for so long, and it's also
a really big family,

so it just becomes a storage place.

Yeah, it would be nice to get rid of
a few old items that have been

kicking around for too long.

This place, mate, was built on an
ancient abbey.

Who knows what we're going to find?

Come on. It's a religious theme, perhaps?

Cara, how are you? Paul. Hi. Nice to
meet you.

Cara! Hiya. Lovely to see you.

This is amazing. Thank you.

How long have you been here?

Well, my dad... My grandad, sorry,

bought it years ago and
we've been here...

1936, he started leasing it.

So are you a collector, hoarders
or just amass stuff?

I think that we just amass it,
don't we, really?

I think my dad would say it's just
other people's hoarding

that ends up here, really.
So if we do make you some money,

what would you spend it on?

Well we're thinking of having a nice
family knees-up, really,

that would be really lovely. OK, we
better party on then, hadn't we?

I've never seen you dance.

Come on. Yes, you have.

Have I?

As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can fix

and flog for a profit.

Come on come on, there's so many,
let's get going.

Hello.

Oh, no, I know what this is.
It's a milking parlour.

It is a milking parlour,
but I also know,

as well as running a 600-acre farm,
Paul does a bit of blasting,

a bit of sandblasting
as a side line.

And? He's probably about to blast these.

He is, yeah. Nice little fire dog
set, hey.

Yeah. What do you reckon? Probably
around there, like that.

Do you know what? I think I might
save him the job, man.

You can't just walk in
and steal his job. Why not?

Isn't that cheating? That's
cheating. Surely that's cheating.

I don't think that it's wrong for me
to go, "I'll have those."

Is it, Si? I mean, look, that's
lovely.

I'm going to do exactly what he
would have done.

I'm going to blast it,
I'm going to polish it,

I'm going to make it lovely.

You've got one item. Come on.

One-nil.

So Henry has his first item,

even if he didn't have to look
too far for it.

Wow. Mate, this is big one.

Look at that. Isn't it?

An abbey. Look.

Look at the arches. Blimey, yeah.

So someone has repurposed an ancient
abbey into a barn.

It looked like a film set to me.

But isn't it beautiful?

It may be beautiful, but is it
housing any great items?

How cool is that?
And it's full of stuff.

Lots of old scrap metal here.
We do like a bit of scrap metal.

Small trough.

Is it? What is it?

It's a feeder.

Suddenly, I came over all
Henry Cole.

Hang on, I feel a Henry moment
coming on.

Beard growing, stupid long hair.

Do you want a hat? I'll have the
hat, yes.

Give me the glasses as well.
You won't be able to see anything...

I promise you, it's a
different world in there.

Whoa! You need good eyesight to see
through them!

Yeah. No, really, honestly, you do.

AS HENRY: So, here's what I'm
thinking, it's going to get blasted.

Do it candy-apple cherry-red.

Put some flowers in it,
some begonias and things.

Yeah, man, cool.

Got an item.

Seriously, yeah.
Really? That's my first item.

Is it? Can I borrow... Oh, hello.

Is it really? Yes.

OK. One-all. Come on, then.

Hopefully, Simon hasn't been too
short-sighted in choosing

the old galvanised feeding trough.

Hang on. Hang on.

What? I think it's my turn now.

Is it? Just hold those.

Yes.

Go on.

AS SIMON: Blooming hell! Look at
them. A couple of wheels.

I could get them to do a little
table!

And, you know, I've got to give it
a go,

but I think my accent was kind of
more Mancunian.

That's one word for it, Henry.

Come on, mate, give us a hand with these.

OK, yeah.

That one's complete, isn't it?

Yeah.

Grab hold. That's it.

Like that. Look at that.

It nearly fits. You'd have to
make a little collar.

What do you think?

That's a really cool... That's
something I would think of.

We've switched places, the ying
has become the yang,

the yang has become the ying.

Seeing as you're doing my
candy-apple red-metallic,

I'm going to do this.

Are you? I reckon we just drop a bit
of glass on there, lovely,

you know what I mean? Not before
it's been powder-coated, obviously.

It would be churlish not to.
And do you know what that means?

What? 2-1. You've got your second item.

Yeah. Come on.

So the heavy old tractor wheel
completes Henry's set.

Hey, look, there's a boat,
maybe I can take that.

Oh, no, I don't like boats, mate,
you know that.

Simon likes it. I don't know why.

Well, I know they cost a few bob to
do up, mate, but look at it,

is beautiful. Look at that.

Lovely, isn't it? Well, it is nice

if you're into yachting and boats
and that. You know what?

I'm leaving the yacht,
you'll be pleased to know.

Look. OK.

That will get you stumped,
won't it?

Hey. Hidden around the back of the
bow of the boat,

is that lovely old tree stump.

Look at that.
Mate, that is beautiful.

That's, like, prehistoric and that,
isn't it?

Someone started a project with this
and then kind of just

ran out of steam, or something.

Planed it off. Yeah, halfway.

Do you know what? I'm no longer
stumped for my second item.

That's nice, mate.

This is it. I can feel a table
coming on.

Look at it! It will be beautiful,
won't it?

Paul and Cara, here we come, son.
Come on. I'm liking it.

And there it is, Simon's second
item, the old tree stump.

That means they're both done,

so long as Cara and Paul are happy

to let the lads loose on
their choices.

Hey, Paul. Now, you do a bit of
blasting, don't you?

Yeah. Because I saw all the gear.

Yeah. And there's a fire grate and
fire dogs there. Yeah.

Which were you about to blast?

I was, yeah, intentionally going to
get there sometime.

Could I save you the bother?

Yes, indeed. Because they're lovely, those.

Now also, Simon was being relatively
unpleasant to me and mimicking me.

So I thought I'd calm down,
imitate him with those wheels.

I want to turn them into something
funky, probably a table, is that OK?

- Table, wow.
- Yeah.

I'd like to see that. So that brings
me to my first item.

It's that industrial kind of trough
thing there.

Yeah. But I like the fact that it
has the hooks on the back.

so I'm thinking window box.

And my second item was a little bit
heavy to move.

It's just peeking around the front
of your boat there.

Oh, right. That tree stump,
can I finish it for you?

Please, please do.
Well, guys, thank you so much.

It's been an absolute pressure.
Great meeting you.

Thank you so much. Lovely.
See you in a couple of weeks. Yeah.

Cool. There's murder on the
dance floor.

This always happens to me on a
dance floor.

Henry's in love with his latest effort.

That is one of the most beautiful
filing cabinets I've ever seen.

Yeah. And there's compliments all
round at the valuation.

And that's never the same one.

I think that's the best compliment
you can pay us, actually.

Reclaimers and restorers
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien

are on a mission
to rid the world of clutter,

then fix it and flog it for cash.

2-1. You've got your second item?
Yeah.

After picking up
today's second set of items,

Simon is back in Liverpool,
and he has a treat for Gemma -

an enormous tree trunk!

Wow. Look at this!

Look at this.

And this has just been languishing.

The sea has bleached it.

We are just going to clean it up,
make sure its level.

But it's not level, we'll just plane
it off, so it's completely level.

It would be too easy, wouldn't it,
to just put a round top on.

OK. Let's kind of chase this form
a little bit and have a teardrop.

All that needs is a piece of glass,

and it's going to make
a fabulous coffee table.

Now,...

this is a leaf
out of Henry Cole's book

because you know what we're going to
do with it? Go on, tell me.

Well, if it was Henry and Guy
standing here talking about it,

what would we do with it?

We'd blast it and powder coat it?

Is that what we're going to do?
That's what we're going to do!

It's a window box. You know,
you can decide what colour.

OK, nice and bright, yeah.

But not red
because that's their signature.

We can do better than that.
OK, we'll avoid red. Yeah?

There you go.
For now, I think we should

just look at that.

Come on, Simon.
Time's money. No hanging around.

And Gemma's already decided what
colour to have the trough coated.

I've got a choice of colour in mind.

It's like a purple-violety colour.

Do you have that sort of thing?

Right, OK. If I e-mail that
over to you now,

would you have a little look
and let me know?

All right. Thank you. Bye-bye.

So, a kind of purpley colour,

and it's straight off
to the blasters to have it prepped

and then coated.

Meanwhile,...

Quick jet wash.
It'll dry in this sun.

Ha-ha!

And Phil is tackling
the twisty old tree stump,

which Simon believes is a yew tree

and, given its size,
it's hundreds of years old.

The years of dirt and grime
are being washed away

for what will become
the base of a very large table.

Let that dry.

And I'll do my templates.

Fitting glass.

The top of the table
will need to be made

from hardened, tempered glass,
for safety,

so will be cut
at a specialist glass cutters.

In Oxfordshire, Henry has his second
trawl of items to present to Guy.

Oh, they're not train wheels,
aren't they?

The wheels have come off your wagon,
that's for sure!

Now, what would you normally do
with this?

Most people,
and we are not most people,

but most people turn these
into a table with a glass top.

If we do the table,
we put the glass on here.

This has a beautiful, flat edge
to it, so it'll sit nicely.

The little rubber bungs.
Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

You cannot sell them.

No. What happens if we actually...

If this is the back, right,
and we actually cut a mirror?

You see, I think it could be
just something really different.

With the second wheel beyond repair,
Henry's changed his plan.

He's going to turn the wheel
into a mirror,

which should, hopefully,
have a better chance of selling.

Now, let's talk traditional. Yes.

OK, so traditional, right?

Yes. Paul was about to blast this,
and I took it off him.

It's kind of the principle of it,

that he was going to spend time
doing that and, actually,

we are going to do that for him,

and that will make him
some decent money,

rather than him...
He can tend his sheep.

Yes. You know? That will look lovely
when it's done.

We're going to send them away for
blasting to save a bit of time.

You can do it yourself at home.

You don't get quite as good finish.

Both of Henry's items are sent away

for the usual
sandblast and powder coat.

And, yes, the tractor wheel
will be red.

And once back, the fire dogs
are looking as good as new,

now the rust
has been totally stripped back.

It's a mystery as to why
they're called dogs,

but they were designed
to allow oxygen

to flow under the logs
to help them burn better.

OK, so we're going
to discombobulate it, and then,

we're going to put the old stove
enamel painty stuff on.

Hoo-yah!

God, that's the heavy one.

Shall we just do the dogs here?

Yeah. Start off with.
Yeah. Yeah, let's do it.

All right, give us a pot
of love and understanding.

I'm ready. Beautiful.

Straight away. So, we've got to get
in all the nooks and crannies,

or does it work in like metal paint, this?

No. Get it in there. Work it in.

Put loads on, though.
Don't be shy with it.

The iron paste needs to be
thoroughly rubbed into the metal

before being buffed to give it
a gorgeous gunmetal grey finish.

It's coming up a treat.

All we've done is blasted it,
and put this wax on,

and then now you're getting
that that kind of finish.

It's beautiful.

So whilst Henry has fun buffing away
at his fire dogs and hearth,

in Liverpool, Simon and Phil
are finishing off their first finds.

After a polish by Gemma,
the mirror ball has had

a small electrical motor connected
inside by Phil.

So, how have you done that?

Cheap little motor, bought online.

Yeah? Yeah. Just a gas pipe.

Oh, just a little sleeve, yeah.

Just to join it up, yeah.

Come on, then. Let's have a go.

Are you ready?

Power on, and lights out.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Magic!

How cool is that?

All it needs now is some music
to go with it.

Gemma, over to you.

Gemma!

Get your dancing feet on.

Oh, look at that! It works.

Yeah. Great!

There you go.
Now, Neil's just dropped this off.

The volt meter? Yep.

Oh, wow! So that should be all
Bluetoothed up, shouldn't it?

Apparently so. Let's have a look.

All Simon has to do
is connect the speaker

to his music player on his phone
via the magic of Bluetooth.

So, let's see if it works.

Yeah. Do the lights.

Are you ready?

Cool!

SPEAKER PLAYS DISCO MUSIC

Where's everyone gone?

Have you quite finished?

Yeah.

How cool are they?

Don't do that again, mate.

Listen...
Let's get this party started!

I'm impressed with this, you know.
Yeah. I really like it.

It's good, isn't it?

Right, shall we get some work done,
or shall we have another dance?

No, I'm definitely taking this
off you now.

Stick to the day job, Simon.

Why does that always happen to me
on the dance floor?

With the volt meter speaker
thoroughly tested,

Gemma has a buyer lined up.

Local sales manager Sam Rigby.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. Right, Sam,
I have this little volt meter,

which has been turned
into a speaker.

Wow. What do you think of it?

I think that's really cool,
and really up to date,

because it's quite
got that retro feel, hasn't it?

It's trendy, isn't it?

Yeah. We are wanting to sell this,

and I thought you might be
the lady to buy it from us.

Certainly, Gemma. Do you think?

Yes, absolutely.
Yeah, you'd be interested?

OK, so do we have a deal?

We have a deal, Gemma.
OK, brilliant, great.
Thanks so much. Thanks, Sam.

A quick sale, but did Gemma
get a good price?

We'll have to wait and see
at the first valuation.

Back down south,

and Guy is also turning
his attention to his first item,

the pigeon racing clock.

What do you reckon, mate?

Mate, that is lovely.

That is really lovely.

It's nearly, very nearly there.

Wow. I tell you what would be great,
if the clock worked, eh?

I tell you something else
I discovered.

I've been fiddling with it,

and there's all sorts
of combinations with those switches,

but, look, when you get it
in the right one...

That opens.
Oh, my God, that's great.

Hang on. That's...

So it's wind-up?

Is that a winder?
Yeah, there we go, look.

Go on, then. See if it winds.

It does, look.

Hang on a sec.

Look, it's ticking!

Yeah, it keeps good time. It's kept
time while I've been polishing it.

Well, you kept that close to
your pigeon chest, haven't you?

Yeah, no, it's beautiful, mate.

That's a lovely ornament clock.

That's probably
very accurate, as well.

I reckon that's worth a lot of
money, especially now it's going.

Top job.

Next up, the old green
filing cabinet is now stripped back

to its bare essentials.

All that's left is for Henry
to apply some finishing wax.

This is a proper item.

You know, this thing
has decent value.

After a coat of wax
and a good buffing,

Guy is back with the brass handles.

I thought you would just turn up
when I'd finished.

Good. And those are nice, man.

Check them out!

Hey? Cor!

Done a good job there, Skiddlingtonton.

Yeah. Right, well, shall we get them
on? Yeah.

Oh, man!

Check that.

That is beautiful, isn't it?

Now, look, right.

That is one of the most beautiful
filing cabinets I've ever seen!
Yeah.

It may be beautiful, but how
will it fare at the valuation?

Nick Ingram is back to see just what
profit the boys have made for him.

Do come in. Nick! How are you, mate?
You all right? Good to see you.

Lovely to see you, mate.

Hey, look, well, feast your eyes,
mate, have a wander.

You've been busy. You've been busy.
Yeah. Wow, wow, wow! Yeah!

That's... OK, nothing...

I see what you've done.

Yeah. Very good, very good.

That's really nicely cleaned up,
hasn't it?

Yes, that's come up a treat, mate.

And that's never the same one.

I think that's the best compliment
you can pay us, actually.

Well, you don't get many, do you?

No! He doesn't get many.
You're right.

I'll take that back now, actually.

You know, that would be pretty good,
wouldn't it?

Well, you might want to,
but have we made you any money?

Well, on file, we have Alicia,
who is going to join us now.

Independent valuer Alicia Moore
runs a successful furniture shop

specialising in upcycled homeware.

Alicia, talk to me
about disco balls.

Sometimes,
it's best not to upcycle it,

to leave it in its original purpose.

£20 went on a new motor
to get the mirror turning,

but has it turned a profit?

It's pretty... Every single mirror's
still in place.

It's in pristine condition.

It's fair to say you could
easily achieve £100 for this.

Yeah.

So, that's a sparkling profit
of £80 for the mirrored disco ball.

I'm happy with that, yeah.
That's all right, mate, isn't it?

Alicia, just before we do move on,

I want to show you what this is, actually.

Oh, no. There they go again!

Please, no! You're hurting my eyes.

Hang on, man, this is it!
We're rocking now!

So, an old volt meter,

turned into a Bluetooth station.

Check it out. Yeah.

It's pretty cool, I have to say.

The unwanted volt meter

was repurposed as a retro-modern
Bluetooth speaker for just £65.

It would be easy to fetch £200
for this.

Oh, OK.

Do you know what?

It did prove to be very popular indeed.

I've sold this item, perhaps
a bit too easy to sell.

I sold this for 175, mate.

Yeah?

So, £25 under the expert valuation,
but still a decent profit of £110.

So let's start, can we, Alicia,
with the pigeon clock?

Pretty thing. I would love to have
it on my mantle.

It may not be a rare item,

but as nothing was spent
on its restoration,

the pigeon clock should bring home
a decent profit.

I would say £50
for the pigeon clock. OK.

Are you happy with 50 quid, Nick?

A bit more would be nice, but...

Put it towards the truck fund.

Yeah, OK. It's just that I really
want to buy it.

I'll give you 60 for it.
Shall we call it that?

What are you offering? 60.
65. All right.

Happy days, mate.

So, sold to the man with the beard
for £65.

All right! Let's talk about
the filing cabinet, Alicia.

Yes, you've done
a really good job here.

The handles have been restored.
They're immaculate.

The neglected filing cabinet

has been turned into
a sparkling piece of furniture

for nothing but a good grinding
and elbow grease.

So will it be profit all the way?

Anybody looking for an industrial
look in their home,

they'd want this.

I think you could easily fetch £250
for that.

So, a solid profit of £250
for the filing cabinet.

That's a grand total to you, mate,
of £505 to take home, if that's OK.

I will take that home!

Henry's choice of location,
the Barns Belonging to Nick Ingram,

has delivered a tidy profit
of £505,

but can Simon's
choice of location top this?

I'm more than happy with that.

I think they've done really well
with all the bits they took away,

and they put a fair amount of work
in, and I got some money to spend.

Coming up,
it's all too much for Guy.

Wait, wait, wait. No!

Don't!

Mate, just get...
Oh, yeah, well done.

And, at the valuation,
it's simply unbelievable.

I have seen wagon wheels on wagons.

I have seen them as tables.

But I've never seen them
as a mirror.

No, I haven't seen them
as a mirror either.

The kings of clutter,
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien,

are on a mission
to turn junk into pots of cash.

This thing has a decent value.

Today's first location,
chosen by Henry,

made lighting technician
Nick Ingram a profit of £505.

I will take that home.

So, can Simon's choice
of rummage spot to do any better?

In Liverpool, the galvanised
feeding trough has arrived back

from the painters
and looks pretty in purple.

That's just the colour I asked for.

They've done a brilliant job.

That's going to look so good
with flowers in.

I need to get them in now.

Well, time to get this trough
into a planter.

Get some flowers in it.

Needs the flowers now.

OK, I'm good to put these in.

The key to getting the most value
from an upcycled item

is to give it appeal,
and flowers can do just that.

Well, look at that.

What was once an old, rusty trough
is now a beautiful planter.

Who wouldn't want this?

Back in Oxfordshire,

and the tractor wheel is also back
from the painters.

Now, mate, that's red, isn't it?
That is lovely.

The mirror's going on here
shiny side down. Yeah. OK.

To ensure the mirror won't break
when attached,

Henry cuts out a rubber dampener.

Do you feel like you're going round
in circles with me?

I like it, mate. Probably cos
we're going to smash the glass.

That's pretty good.

See, that fits nicely, look at that.

That's good. Yeah.
You can put the hole in it. Yeah.

Get on your lathe, then.
Yep. Let's get on with it. Done.

With Henry off to get a mirror cut,

in Liverpool,
Simon has taken delivery

of his tempered safety glass
for the tree trunk table.

OK. So...

Which way does it go?
Well, Phil measured it.

So that's our pointy end over there,
I think, isn't it?

Yeah? Yeah, OK.

Is that right? Something like that.

What do you reckon?
That's fantastic.

It's great, isn't it? It really is.

All it needs is
just a couple of feet now.

We've got it all level.

Brilliant. There you go.

Phew.

Don't fancy moving it again, though.
No. No, I leave that to you.

Thanks very much, yeah.

And for Henry to finish,

there's just the back plate
to attach to the fire dogs.

Het, your idea of the bolts here
works nicely.

Good. There you go, done.

Fantastic. Beautiful, eh? Yeah.

And striking
whilst the fire is, er, hot,

Henry has a buyer for it.

Spence?

Right, I know I've sold you
the odd bit of...

Well, the best way to describe it is
tat, isn't it, over the years?

But this, I think, is rather nice.

Have a nice little fire dog
experience in the hearth.

Yeah, right. It does have
a bit of weight about it.

It looks substantial.
Don't say that.

I think the table's going
to collapse!

Anyway, you'd better buy it quick.

160. Yeah, Henry, mate, I think,
you know...

Will you do it for 130?

Yeah? 130. Nice. Good lad.

I would say I'd deliver it,
but I can't pick it up.

THEY LAUGH

One grate-ful owner,

and the lads can get back
to a bit of jiggery-pokery.

So, that's got to go in there.

I don't know
where the whole is, man.

Hopefully, it all fits.

OK, gently. Just don't do that!

Wait, wait, wait! No! Don't...

Mate, just get...
Oh, yeah, well done.

Yep, it's time for them
to fix the mirror to the wheel.

Have you got it?
Yeah, but I can't...

You need to be on the other side.
Argh!

I've got it, I've got it.
We're all right now.

Go on, then.

Oh, God. All that hassle,
just for that.

I am nervous.

I'm putting so little on it

in case it shifts
and a hits the actual... Ah!

How's it looking? I can't see
a thing. Keep going, keep going.

Oh, look. Is it good?
Hello, troops.

What does it look like?

It looks amazing. Does it?

Beautiful. Well done.

So, will Henry's tractor wheel
mirror see its beauty reflected

in our final valuation?

Simon chose to help
Cara and Paul Burrows,

and Cara has come to see
if all our restorer's ingenuity

and elbow grease has paid off.

Hi, Cara. Hello. Hi, Cara.

How are you?
Nice to see you again.

How are you? Great to see you.
And you. Have a look.

Wow. Oh, wow.

Yeah, really nice.

There you go. Hopefully,
a bit of a transformation.

Absolutely.

So, hopefully you like
what we've done.

I do, I love all of it, actually.
Brilliant. Yeah.

But have we made you any money?

Fingers crossed?

To answer that question -
keep your fingers crossed
and your toes crossed -

because today we have
our value Alicia with us. Hello.

Independent valuer Alicia Moore
is back to put a price

on the latest collection of restorations.

Shall we start with your...?
It's one of your favourite colours.

Yeah, yeah. Red mirror!

Let's start with the mirror.
Mirror, mirror, mirror.

I have seen wagon wheels on wagons,

I've seen them as tables,

but I've never seen them
as a mirror.

No. No, I haven't seen them
as a mirror either.

£95 was spent on painting
and adding the glass

to turn the rusty wheels
into a highly unusual mirror.

I think if it wasn't quite so heavy,

it would have fetched
a higher price.

With that being said,
I'd still value it at £200.

So, the mirror has made
a heavyweight profit of £105.

Great. OK. So, fire doggie doggies. Yeah.

If this had been Edwardian
or Victorian, or even older,

it would be worth a lot more money,

but I'm thinking this is
late 20th century.

£20 was spent on sandblasting
the fire dogs and grate.

I would value it at £125.

Right, OK. OK.

Now, I've sold that, actually,
for 130.

So, a red-hot profit for Henry
of £110.

Let's start with... Yeah, come on.

Yeah, that. ALICIA: This wee table.
That little, tiny table.

Little corner table.
This teeny tiny table.
Yes. Yes, come on, talk to me.

It's extraordinary.
I think it's beautiful.

I also saw five people try to
pick it up and struggled. Yeah.

And for that reason,

I think it would probably only suit
a commercial setting.

The old tree trunk was turned into
a table,

with just £80 spent on a sheet of
tempered glass for the top.

To give you a reasonable estimate,
I would say £350. Right.

So, that's a wonderful £270 profit.

Finishing off, the little trough.

Come on, be nice.

It's gorgeous.
Great Mother's Day gift. Yeah.

It's lovely.

And I do like the colour.

The trough has gone from dull
and grey to bright and purple

at a cost of £30 for cleaning
and painting.

I think, £80 is probably
a fair estimate. OK, yeah. Cool.

OK. Yeah, £80.

I'll take that.
I've sold it for £80.

Great. So, there you go.
For once we agree.

That's spot on, and a £50 profit.

So, all and all, totting it all up,

our hard work, with a bit of Paul's,

means you're taking home £535.

How is that? That's great.
Thank you.

That's all right, isn't it? Yeah.

So, the worthless items from Cara
and Paul's barns

has netted them £535 profit,

making Simon today's winner,

beating Henry by a mere £30.

I think it went really well, yeah.

I love what they've done
with all the pieces.

The mirror, in particular, I was
quite shocked not to see a table,

but I think what he did was
actually better.

Yeah, it's really good.

Nick?

Nick? How are you, mate?

Yeah, hey, look, just very quickly,

I know I paid you 65 quid
for the pigeon clock,

I was just wondering whether
you'd accept just a little bit more?

40 quid more?

Cos then we...

Send them a carrier pigeon.
I was just trying to win.

Yeah, I know you were
just trying to win,

cos I just snuck in there.

30 quid. Oh, you know, it was close.

It was close, my friend,
but no cigar.

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