would you like to sign the register? how's it goin' then? nothing stirring.

paul! brendan. you've got your pass then? my what? your fishing permit. you must be jokin'. these men have paid good money. it's only fair, bren. you expect me to pay as well? you can get one at the bar. but i already put good money across the bar. rules are rules, brendan. true, paul. sometimes they're meant to be broken. by day the clatter of horses' hooves is rarely heard nowadays in this small, peaceful town. but, by night, does a ghostly highwayman ride these silent streets? well, the locals say that he does. the spirit of finbargh corcoran has come back from the grave for "one more for the road" at his favorite watering hole. cut. i don't believe this.

( sighs ) right, folks! what's it gonna be? round of spirits is it? heh heh heh heh! how long's the bar been haunted? about 200 years. your man used to use this place as his hangout. we serve special drinks to celebrate his memory. like this: try a finbargh's fizzer. it's a highwayman's cocktail. have one of these and you need to be held up! ( laughing ) bit like a robin hood character. stole from the rich and gave to the poor. makes more sense to steal from the rich. the poor have no money. ha ha ha ha ha! running? now, you youngsters live here, you must know a lot about finbargh corcoran. no. but i know a man who does. ( whispering ) let's get this. hi, steven james eyewitness. i believe you're the local expert on the legend. took my -- stole my cottage he did!

and now he's trying to exploit my ancestors! i don't know what to do about them in the television, did you know that? it's a disgrace! a disgrace! that's all i'm sayin'. ( burps ) reporter: so you blame poor dooley for claiming owner's rights to the fishing? yes. absolutely. in fairness, brendan, dooley doesn't own the place. no? father sheahan bought it. father sheahan? the local priest actually owns this pub? great way to drum up business, father. nothin' to do with me. oh, i heard wrong then? you didn't have the casting vote that started all this nonsense? ( crowd chatting )

vince: oonagh. hi, father. mary o'shea, the wicklow people. vince sheahan. i gather you're the owner here. great story. priest owns haunted pub. i'm actually looking for someone. how does a priest with a pub feel about having ghosts in his bar? on balance, i prefer their company to journalists. excuse me. oonagh, oonagh! where's paul? i'll tell ya where he is... well, with the good food the quality beer and the great fishing, it's not surprising that the bogeymen want to use fitzgerald's as their local. there's a great story -- thanks very much paul. we'll let you get back to serving your spirits. it's a very good story... father sheahan! father sheahan! if we could just have a word? you can have two. but as i am a priest don't tempt me. paul. excuse us. well, as you can see father sheahan is very busy. grainne: do you think i'll ever be able to take a ride on my own? averil: maybe, but i feel better being with you.

edso: you seem to be gettin' the hang of it now, kathleen. so, i tell ya what why don't we just pull over. nice spot, isn't it? it's not bad, yeah. choose it for the view? i was young once myself. you've a bit of a shine for her haven't ya? nah, no way. she'd be a lucky girl to have ya. think so? she doesn't want me, kathleen. at least... the thing is i never know where i am with her. she doesn't fall for the usual... you know. she's a challenge, edso. you're good at those.

oh, yeah. what's next? five-point turn, did you say? we'll have a go, kathleen we'll have a go. so was he a racehorse then? well, more a cart horse, really. belongs to a friend, i'm lookin' after her. whoa. good boy. good boy. here we go. well, he's beautiful. need a lift home? ah, no. i'm cool. here! i'll take him. okay. see you tomorrow. see you tomorrow. your turning the place into a circus, paul. it's not what we had in mind when we agreed to the fishing. didn't i tell ya what he'd be like? would you listen to him? who began all this? "me bag of fishes disappeared." it's you makin' the money. regulars couldn't park the car never mind get to the bar.

i thought the idea was to make money for your trust. thtrust does not condone vulgar exploitation. here, here! well said. you're not on the trust donal. now, i'd ask that everyone lays off this whole ghost thing. don't blame me it was donal who spilled the beans. you were happy to cash in, i notice. to some people the spirit world is not a laughing matter. now, if anyone's playing games here or knows of anyone that is they should drop it now. what if it's not a game? if it actually was corcoran's ghost we saw? better if i take us back kathleen. it'll be quicker. you don't mind do you? the thing is i actually like women. i mean i don't just fancy them. a lot of men love their women. doesn't mean they like 'em. geez, am i boring ya? you could never do that, edso. thanks, kathleen. ( heavy breathing )

what i don't understand is why, when i'm there, why do i make such an eejit out of meself? "you've got beautiful eyes." duh!! i don't know, kathleen i mean, maybe -- stop!!! what in the name of god was that? ( group chatting ) what was that? excuse me, father. thanks for all the help paul. you have been the source... ( sound of horse's hooves ) ( light switch clicking on and off )

( screaming ) oonagh: paul!!!! easy. easy, now, oonagh, take deep breaths. i heard the horse. there's no horse down there, love. i heard it and i felt something fly past me, it attacked me! father i think this place really is haunted. ( radio music playing ) announcer: hey, did you catch the story in the kildargen times? a haaaauunted pub in ballyk, run by an australian priest!

how 'bout that? crikey! fair dinkum, mate. with an aussie at the pumps i'll be they fair drink 'em too! anyway, here's the latest from westlife. father mac: it's making the church look ridiculous. vince: sorry, but that's the price you pay for a free country and a free press. getting out of hand. two more separate sightings last night. we may have to do something to restore confidence. sometimes it's better to take no action until it's clear what's really going on. in the cold light of day, edso i've finally seen reality. i'll never make a driver. ah, no don't let last night put you off. oh, no i'm finished with it. whatever it was we saw i'm taking it as a sign. i'll drive no more. i'll sell the car as soon as it's delivered. whatever you think yourself, kathleen. edso if there's anyone around here who has beautiful eyes believe me, it's you.

go on with that, will you? about avril... say less. let those big blue beauties do the talking, right? well, i'll give it a go. how much do i owe ya? he was a south american indian guy up on this river. and, out of the blue strange things started to happen around him. neighbor's cattle died; crops failed. the tribe became convinced that he was possessed by devils. eventually he was driven out into the jungle. they ritually speared him to death. well, i'm not a great fan of paul dooley but i don't think i'd quite advocate that. it's a different culture you're speaking of. is it? he'd recently taken a wife. the witch doctor wanted the same woman. now, it seems to me that revenge is a common motive in every culture.

so who's our witch doctor then? not a single solitary bite in two days! well, i can't understand that. it's the most sought-after sturgeon fishing for miles. maybe the salmon and the trout refused to buy a pass as well. hey, edso, i hear you're givin' crash courses in how to become a drivin' instructor. ha ha ha ha ha! i hear crash courses are your speciality. ( horn honks ) for a small village, you take some finding. just getting some air. not out ghost-busting then? now,you're a rational sort of person. what do you make of these sightings? is that meant to be a compliment? well aren't police officers rational beings?

i'm also a woman. we're supposed to be instinctive rather than rational. all right. what do your female instincts tell you? i'm not sure. any particular reason you were looking for me? thought i'd see what's stirring in the woods. do you want to come? can we put the siren on? no, we cannot. you don't know anyone who'd hold a grudge? or any old disputes? too many to list. geez, what was that?! ( tires screech ) ( horse whinnies )

no! no! uh-oh! i guess it's a wrap. "the corcoran ghost project." crap idea, crap title crap director. where'd you get the money for that? i made a deal -- send it back once i've shot the movie. you two could be in serious trouble. just a bit of mischief. no real harm in it, is there? taking a horse without permission is theft. they only borrowed the horse. your bright idea was it? all this? what? grainne plays a ghost, frightens a few gullible people. dermot makes a movie --

all part of your haunted pub scam to drum up trade? utter nonsense. my god, did you get my own children to frighten the life out of me? in the name of god what do you think i am? you know what i think you are! no, mum, we weren't here that evening. we had a night shoot. they couldn't be in here spooking you because they were out with the horse scaring edso and kathleen. right? they ruined my close-up on the horse. there you are then. it wasn't the kids that frightened ya. then who or what was it, paul? because i'm still shaking. edso: i'll be with you in a minute. that's father mac's car. got a problem, has he? well, if he has, it's none of your business. ( chuckling )

me little feathered friend tells me you'll be sellin' your new motor. is that the lot? or will you be needing bird seed for donal? i'll take it off your hands. save you the bother of finding a buyer. give you a fair price. cash up front? how are ya? just fill her up please. so not a bad sort of day, is it? you've been busy? laryngitis, is it? what? no voice?

words, who needs 'em? i'll get your bill. vince: hey, avril. you are a different species. referring to horses, clerics or australians? men! hard isn't the word. care to enlighten me on your sex? ah, tough one then? she'd like to apologize about your horse. father, could i have a quiet word? oh, of course.

is there any reason why you can't confide in your own priest father sheahan? no. no -- it's -- it's not confession i'm seekin', father. no. i wanted a discreet chat about, um... i'm a man of the world liam. motor cars, father. now, i gather yours might be up the swannee. well, edso did say that he had to take the head off. that's as much as i know. yeah, well i've got the chance of a brand-new one. showroom condition. i can quote you a deal... at less than showroom prices. i think we should discuss this outside don't you? they didn't get the idea out of thin air. oonagh, i didn't put them up to it! oh, no! but you're a lovely influence! they saw you milking this ghost business and followed suit! rubbish! dermot never listens to a word i say! invitin' the press here. pouncing around on television. it's no wonder they go off the rails with you for a role model.

same again. ah, ned. oonagh, ned. how's it goin', lads? man: you could die of old age before you found a fish in that river. i can't understand it. normally they're leapin' out at you. perhaps the ghosts you're always on about scared them away! at least that's what the big fella says. let's get this straight. there was no ghost and there never was. it was just a harmless bit of fun. what big fella? i'm not crazy about the beer either. which could do with changing, by the way. big fella? brendan! so -- not crazy about the beer, eh? okay, mate... this'll knock down your coat. for god's sake! ( sound of horse's hooves ) oonagh?

( screaming ) oonagh! oonagh! ah! he's here. i mean i'm not asking for myself. not being a regular attender and all, but, ah, isn't there some sort of exorcism thing, huh? see, oonagh's a bag of nerves. an exorcism is meant to banish a demon from a possessed person. it's not meant for beer cellars. right. i could say mass -- give a blessing. whatever. throw the whole lot at it. oonagh would appreciate that.

paul... you say there was a bat or something in there? could it have been a bird? maybe. louie?

( sound of the wind ) ( dog howls ) swindled me out of me cottage! takin' up all the fishin'. he asked for it. now, "pay kathleen hendley "eight thousand pounds." it's a steal. fifteen hundred less than the showroom's price. i checked. ah! so i've got the risk. and the cost of sellin' it. and findin' a buyer's not easy.

you don't need a car. hope you know what you're doin'. oh, yeah father mac's agreed to pay nine grand for it. virtually a done deal. can't see father mac in that somehow. huh? kathleen, that -- did i not tell ya about the advertising logos? washed up downriver. yours, i believe. yes... yes, it is. must've fallen in. no fish left in it are there? ( laughing ) no laughing matter all this. vince: no actual offense has been committed has there, gard? hasn't there? there's a serious offense on the statute, father. it's called "wasting police time." in fact, there's a few here

wasted so much of my time... that i've none left to fill out a report. so we'll leave it at a warning. oh, no, no! you'll never be served in here again. you got one over on me and i was j-j-just returning the favor! what? i think he'd like to shake hands and buy you a pint. no way. brendan: ah, for god's sake! shake his hand! go on. a shot. that calls for a toast. to the memory of finbargh corcoran. ay! may he definitely rest in peace. all: finbargh corcoran. ( crash! ) captioned by captioneering your closed captioning resource

♪ fiona bruce: remembeour outstanding finds at leeds castle last week? and that celebration of our henry's birthday? ( cheering ) it was quite a day. such a dayin fact, that we had enough objects for a second helping. so, welcome to the roadshow at leeds castle, take two. ♪ at first glance, you might imagine that leeds castle, just outside maidstone in kent, is the very model of an english country pile.

it was one of the last wishes of leeds castle's owner lady baillie that the location be used where important meetings and negotiations would take place. she would've been pleased to see events that unfolded here when, in 1977, the castle was chosen as a meeting place for european community ministers. later, in 2004 the anglo-irish summit was held here, attended by tony blair and the irish prime minister bertie ahern that led to the anglo-irish agreement, which, of course led to the current peace in northern ireland. and, in our own quiet way, we held something of an international event there ourselves when the roadshow set up for a second helping. there were objects that were flown in from all around the world, and david battie got the ball rolling early on. tell me, where did you have this hanging in your house? i used to have it hanging on the wall, but, not being my favorite object i'm afraid it's just in the bedroom at the moment. find it a bit difficult to take, do you?

just a bit, yeah. it's a bit sort of um...strong. very strong. it looks to me as if the colorist was on acid or he was smoking something a little on the strong side, and he'd gone mad with the color. that makes sense yes, definitely. do you know where it comes from, for anything about it? um, my grandmother used to be a housemaid back in the '30s and early '40s. when she left that particular family, they asked her if she would like to take something from the household to remind her. and she chose this. how fascinating. that really is interesting. have we got any information on the back? we have "schutz". that means "registered". right. "gilli"--i don't know what that is. no idea. so, we don't know who it's by. of what we are fairly certain is that it is german. okay. and we can also be fairly certain

about when it was made. this one will date around 1875, 1885-- something like that. we've got influences here from the east. and this guy's an arab and he's-- actually, he looks a bit like me, which is worrying. not so great though, david. no, thank you very much. on a carpet. this is very aesthetic movement. this is the movement which was sparked off by japan in the late 1860s, early '70s. but spread through picking up references to the middle east and china as well. this is majolica wear. yes. this is german majolica wear. and the market for that was incredibly strong 20 years ago 15 years ago but is slacker now. it's still strong for anything which is exceptional. the market is american and i think they would like this.

i think this would make somewhere between £1,500 and £2,500. wow. i was expecting about £100 or £200. here we are on this sunny day, looking at an even sunnier picture. somewhere in italy i believe. florence? florence, absolutely. i just think it's a beautifully executed picture. we can see the duomo here and the campanile, and i think we're looking from the boboli gardens at florence. what a meticulously beautiful picture. have you had it for a long time? uh, well for a few years, but my husband, i think, bought it at a boot fair. i suddenly realized it was in the house, and it hadn't been there before, so i assumed that's where he got it from. i'm already beginning to be very jealous because i guess he bought it for absolutely nothing. he wouldn't have paid very much for it. he didn't believe in paying very much at boot fairs. well, exactly. do you know about the artist? no, i don't. well, she's quite well known. she's called antonietta brandeis.

i hope i pronounced her name right. but she's czechoslovakian. ah. and i think she was born in 1849 and she died in 1910 so i guess this would be dated from, what, 1870? 1862. it's on the back. 1862? so i was eight years off. so, not too bad. her work appears on the market regularly. this is so nice. and they're always in these very small formats. they're almost like postcards. have you ever had it valued? no. ah. well, i guess something like this would make between £7,000 and £10,000 at auction. my goodness! that was a good find. good find. so, clever husband. yes. he would've been delighted. exactly. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. we've got two lovely german bronzes. how on earth did they end up in england? they belonged to my mother. my mother's german. she was born in berlin in 1924, and she grew up with these pieces in her family home. after the war, she came to england in 1948

with the berlin airlift, and these stayed in germany in the family home. my grandmother there died in 1973 and my mother and i went over to berlin, and we had to sort everything out. and we bought a load of stuff back with us, and these are the two best pieces. and your mother, you said, came out of the berlin airlift? yes, i think they took in potatoes and brought out refugees. ha! in a dakota. how brilliant. well, whoever collected these-- i assume it was the previous generation to your grandmother-- obviously had very good taste. these are both german bronzes. this one here, by thiele of 1898, reminds me of a very famous painting by a man called jean-etienne liotard called la belle chocolatiere, which is a very painting of a girl with a tray with chocolate cups on it, and she's a maid with a mob cap. i'm sure the pose is certainly inspired by that. i always thought she waan empress but, uh, probably not. well, i don't know.

i'm not sure how we're going to know. but i don't think she was an empress. i think she'd have had jewels, rather than just a little ribbon round her neck. i think if you're an empress, you want to flash it. but this bronze here-- the lady the water carrier-- is by a chap called victor heinrich seifert, who was a german working around about 1900. and it's an absolutely quintessential art nouveau piece, signed in a rather-- there's a little flourish at the back here. and she's wonderfully sinuous. and a beautiful patina too, on the piece. and very beautiful with her hair tied up like that. was it a favorite at all at home? oh, absolutely. and when my mother was a child, she always referred to it-- and she still does-- ( german accent ) "my father's girlfriend." i don't think it was literally the girlfriend. but obviously there was some affection for that. well, um, there's so much emotion for you tied up in these things, so, in a sense value is almost irrelevant.

um, however, if we start with the plaque there. although it's bronze it's not such an easy thing to sell, curiously. we want it to be sculptural rather than flat. so, from a commercial point of view, a piece like that would make, uh... £800, maybe £1,000 on a good day at auction. um, the seifert,however, is a really lovely thing and she would make perhaps £2,000 or £3,000 at auction. but, of course with all that wonderful history behind it, it's worth immeasurably more to you, i'm quite sure. but, you know, at auction, about £2,000 to £3,000. it's a lovely thing. thank you. today is amazing. literally two nights ago i was having supper in the old derry & toms building in the high street kensington in london. well, you would know it well because there's a big relationship

between where i was wining and dining and where this jacket came from. absolutely. this is biba at its best. this is a biba jacket. but it's not just any biba jacket. it's the jacket, presumably that you must've worn endlessly. oh, i had so many good times in that jacket. it's had more social life than i had. ha! no, but it was the thing to wear. we didn't know it was the thing to wear. my sister and i were born in the time when mary quant came out, and then biba, who was more affordable. and the shop-- we didn't know what we'd got at the time as you never do. and, so, it was part of my very happy years. this dates from the early 1970s. and you can be quite precise with the dating, because it's before she opens the very big department store. so, you must've bought it in kensington church street. i did. and i think that was her first shop. um, in fact, i'm sure it was. i'm so delighted to wear it

because i think when you actually put it on you realize what biba was all about. you can see-- and i can feel just wearing it-- this amazing silhouette that it creates. you know, the tailoring is superb, isn't it? but it wasn't expensive. no. it was something that you as a working girl, could afford. yes. to me, she is the clarice cliff of design of women's clothes. to die for. so, when we say "biba" what we mean is barbara hulanicki. and when we're looking at vintage clothes like this, what's really nice is that it has an original label. vintage fashion is very desirable. yes. particularly wearable vintage fashion that actually can be modeled down the high streets today. absolutely. if you wanted to sell this what price tag would i put on it? i think i would say it was worth something along the lines of £400, £500, or £600. maybe £400 to £600. that's more than i thought and that's very nice. when i look at this, it reminds me of the brighton pavilion.

these onion-top domes. it didn't come from brighton pavilion, did it? no, it didn't, no. um, it belonged to a great aunt of mine. it came from north india. it's called a north indian mantel. she kept it till the early '50s. then it was passed on to my father, who was a publican. and that used to have pride of place in several pubs that he'd managed. what, with all the glasses and-- all the glasses on it, yeah. fantastic. and that's where it was. and then he moved into a flat. and, before he passed away he gave it to us but obviously it didn't suit our decor so it's been in our garage ever since. i see. i'm gonna peer underneath. i can see some tiny little fairy lights. it used to light up. it looked quite attractive actually, in the bar. do you actually like it? no. that's why it's in the garage. it's not really-- we've got modern furniture and it doesn't really fit in with what we've got. right. and the condition-- 'cause it's a little bit sore in places. has that happened over the years?

that's happened over the years. not since we've had it but certainly before that, it had got damaged. i suppose in the bar people threw things at it. ( laughs ) what kind of pub was it? well...one or two rough pubs. they had it valued didn't they? my parents had it valued in '89, and it was valued between £600 and £1,200. right. antiques are like property. it's in fashion, it's out of fashion. people want this people want that. this particular type of furniture is now coming into fashion. the asian market is going to be the new rock 'n' roll. we've seen it with the russian market which is very buoyant at the moment. so, this will increase greatly. when we look at it we can see some damage here and there. especially here. because this work is so time-consuming and to find somebody who can do this work-- it's going to cost a lot of money. you were exactly right saying it's north indian.

the base wood is actually teak. it was made in about the latter part of the 19th century about 1870s, 1880s. some people say, "wow, it's so pretty!" and other people like yourself-- it's an acquired taste. it's not for me. ( laughter ) so, it's beautifully constructed, because all these are little individual panels with bone inlay decoration to it. as it is it's worth between £1,200 and £1,500. but when this is full restored, i'd put a value... about £2,500 on this. oh. lovely. so, you can take it out of the garage and get it restored. fall in love with it again. thank you very much. thank you. graham, you're an arms and militaria expert so i would think you'd wear some kind of military insignia. but every time i see you you've got your blue peter badge on. so, what's the story behind it? well, blue peter had a huge influence on me when i was a child and i always remember that valerie singleton and chris trace

used to ask us children to send in drawings and things we'd made. so, one year when i was very small, i did a drawing, a sort of geometric-- lots of multi-colored things-- and sent it in and a few weeks later, my mother handed me a little envelope with a bulge in it in the middle. and i opened it, terribly excited pulled out a piece of card with a blue peter badge on it and a little letter from biddy baxter, the editor. oh, yes! well done you. because i tried to do that. i sent a little toy and i didn't get anything. oh, no! i know! i can't think why. but you're still wearing it today. now, that is quite unusual, isn't it? well, it really is one of my favorite objects. and blue peter itself was tremendously influential on children. and all the presenters in my time-- chris trace, valerie singleton and john noakes-- were incredibly important to me as a child. so, which was your favorite presenter? well, it has to be valerie singleton, of course.

well, i'm quite glad you said that because i think all your christmases might just have come at once because here is none other than-- hello, graham. i'm very glad you said me. i can't believe it. this is fantastic. do you wear it all the time? all the time yes, absolutely. did you ever think all these years later, that you'd hand out a badge to someone like graham? here he is, a grown man, and he's still wearing it. what is so nice is that the amount of people i meet who say they're doing what they're doing-- whatever it is-- designing hats or being interested in arms and military things-- do it because of something they saw on blue peter which is so nice. what brings you to the roadshow today? because it's the 50th anniversary of blue peter. difficult to imagine it's been on that long but it has. and there's a big exhibition in bradford in the media center-- lots of things to do with blue peter. lots of things we've made. tracy island's going to be there, and lots of film clips all the famous ones-- lulu the elephant, and things like that. and i've come along today with quite a few things to find out if anything's worth anything like your badge, like my gold badge and i bought a few of my little books with me i've collected over the years. i'm sure, graham, you'd like to look

over all the blue peter memorabilia-- i'll see what i can do. i know an expert who's probably more suited to that kind of line so we'll take you along to see him. lovely. well, if there's a collection of objects that really typifies my own personal taste in porcelain and pottery, this is it. you've made me really, really happy. this stuff makes me smile. where did you get it? it was left to us five years ago by a friend of ours in new york city. she was an elderly friend, and we moved into her building 18 years previous. five years ago she died and we were surprised that she left us this and much more. much more? yeah. there's more than this? absolutely. why did she do that? i guess, first of all, she has no near relatives. the only person left was a 92-year-old cousin. um, we became really close. you looked after her? yes. she would come around and have dinner, or we'd play some games talk about old movies, 'cause we

liked old movies. that's great. and help her a little bit, and that was it. she was a big fan of shirley temple. ah. well, as you look at these porcelains, i can sort of understand it, because it's a reflection of her personality. it's interesting that they came from new york, because a lot of these things are... the thing that we might call "new york taste"-- really very glamorous, richly decorated things. could you get anything fussier than that? that is sort of fussiness personified. wonderful landscape panel there. and then--why they bothered with that on the back! i mean, that's just glorious, isn't it? any ideas about that what it might be? no idea. i have researched a little bit. there's no marks no signatures, no dates. uh, i was told it was english. it's english, and it's really just got to be regency, hasn't it? just high camp english style from the early-- it is camp-- from the early 19th century. all hand-painted beautifully done.

i don't know who made it. it's just a glorious object. i think it would've had a lid. okay. but, strangely because no one shares my taste-- and, i hope, your taste-- and loves these exotic objects-- because everyone wants things simple and white-- this kind of thing is quite cheap. and i think a vase like that is worth £600, £700. cheap. that's not a lot of money, is it? no, um... anything you know about this one? um, it has a top a little flame. i believe it's english, too. you believe it's english? there's no mark on it. no. and this time i can identify that. it was made at the worcester factory. okay, that's good. probably in the flight & barr period. the painting is rather like the painting sometimes attributed to an artist called thomas baxter. it might be him, it might not be. but it's just such a-- it's a jewel-like object, isn't it? i think it's probably £1,200 or £1,500. wow. really? yeah. wow. ha ha ha!

anything you know about this one? that's a pair. a pair? is the other exactly the same? no, i guess she's eating grass, i suppose. so, she's the sheep, and this is the ram. yes, yes. fussy again. lovely, lovely fuss. no mark. would you believe that's 18th century? yeah, yeah. about 1765. really? yes, made in england at bow. that's nice. what's incredible is this wonderful bocage at the back. each of these little flower petals have been applied by hand, each leaf applied by hand. and this piece has survived like that since 1765. made in the-- incredible, isn't it? a little bit more expensive. a pair of those is gonna be £2,500, maybe £3,000. my god, really? yes. well, they're quite special. a pair of 18th century animals in good condition-- wonderful things. wow. ha ha ha! then you've got this wonderful range

of beautiful objects-- more chelsea derby porcelain, meissen, frankenthal 18th century bow. what do you think of these things. i personally love them. i think that's why she left them to me. she knew they'd be appreciated. yes, and they looked great in her house. surely. oh, lovely. what was this lady's name? rosemary. rosemary. wonderful. well, thank you very much to rosemary for cheering me up and making today such a lovely day. i'm glad. thank you. as a forensic firearms examiner, i spent my life examining bullets, but i have to say, they're not as big as this one. tell me about this. uh, i was bequeathed it by my grandfather. he was part of the burney line-- admiral burney. and also, i'm related to william beatty. ah, the surgeon on the victory. yes. and this has an association with the victory? it does, yes. the ball was taken from the main top of the victory after the battle of trafalgar.

the pedestal center there is from spanish prize in mahogany. and the surrounding frame is oak from the victory. wonderful. it tells you all about it on the silver plate here which is also spanish prize. excellent. so, that's a really strong association. and that was stuck in the fighting top of the main mast of the victory. i bet they were worried when they saw that arrive. i expect the whole crew wild when they saw this. i imagine it was to take out the sharpshooters. yes. as trafalgar developed, you got these two lines of british ships that just went hell for leather at the french and spanish. a completely revolutionary tactic. they sort of go almost across the "t". and nelson realized that the ships would have to take fire as they came into that. but once he got in there he would've broken up the spanish fleets and make ship-to-ship action. the brits knew that their gunnery was so good and that they would be able to smash the french and spanish with gunnery and the board them. and that's the way you won battles. not delicately moving around like people on a dance floor

sort of popping off at each other. it's a ball from a grapeshot which was really only used at sea. and there was a number of these, depending on the caliber of the gun that were bolted together in tiers, with iron plates between them central column and then all screwed together. and when the order to load came that would picked off one of the shot racks, the cartridge would be put down the gun it'd be rammed down, and when it fired, it came out, and the plates fell away and there was this great hail-- probably 30 or so of those big iron balls. it was long-range anti-personnel rather than the solid iron shot, which was designed as a ship-smasher. there were more people killed by splinters at sea than were killed by things like that. but i should think the crew on the main top when they actually found that, thought, "that was a bit close. didn't see that one coming." and you could be forgiven for looking at it and thinking, "it's just an iron ball." how do we know it's a piece of grapeshot? obviously you've got that nice plaque on there.

but, forensically, i can tell you that you can tell that it's a piece of grapeshot... because of that, that... probably that, that. and that's where they went at the barrel of the gun like a huge shotgun firing and they bore against each other and marked each other. and that's a dead giveaway. so, we've got this absolutely cracking artifact from trafalgar, bearing in mind that only three years ago it was the 200th anniversary, and things like this have been in very great demand because it was the last great sea battle. if you had to buy that i think you'd pay £2,000 for it. it's just absolutely fantastic, and wonderful to see here today. this is a most incredible scroll of soldiers and troops of all sorts in the battle of the crimea. tell me, why have you got it and who did it? it was painted by my great-grandfather and it was left to me by one of my aunts

one of his grandchildren in other words. look at this. there's troops that are being herded together with ropes all around them. it really is awfully primitive, isn't it? and this is a naval scene, where there's a battle between the taking of the ship tiger. that is extraordinary, isn't it? look at them all all over the place. and who is this little person on the top here? i would imagine that's supposed to be my great-grandfather. he tended to put himself in various positions in these things he did. and this is the man here? this is him. he doesn't look as though he fought in the crimea, does he? ha! i don't think he did himself. he just--ha ha! he was a youngster when the crimean war took place. so, let's cut to the quick. what value do you think it has? i think it has mainly sentimental value, quite honestly and historical value. i think it's got enormous entertainment

value. i don't think i've ever seen anything like it before. i would have no hesitation in putting £2,000 on the whole lot. good lord. that's amazing. i'd never have thought that. i think it is amazing, and i think it's the jokiest thing i've seen today. it'll stay in the family i can tell you that for a start. i hope so. that's where it should've been. yes, indeed. a sweet little decanter for gin, and the owner's initial-- "w.l." is that a family member? no, it isn't. i picked this up at a local charity shop a year or so ago for £5. well a decanter for gin and decorated all around. these are masonic emblems, aren't they? so, all the emblems of the grand lodge and all sorts of insignia which have great meaning to their original owners-- the mallets and the ladders and the trowels. and on the top the bull's-eye stopper.

i do like bull's-eye stoppers. a little lens magnifying the-- and you almost want to pick it up and take all the gin out from it. a little bit on the loose side. i was worried about that when i first saw it because i thought it was associated. but i thought for £5, i'll give it a go. and it's really lovely. we went home and saw it in a book i saw others, plain, but with the same stopper. with the bull's-eye stopper. that's just so right for the period. they often don't fit terribly well. but, of course the gin wasn't in them an awful long time. we're looking here at a piece of irish glass made in waterford, cork, or dublin. we're looking at what, 1800, 1805? that is early, isn't it? george iii. georgian. well, you didn't do badly--£5. because a nice little decanter like that-- 700, 800. oh, really? oh, i didn't--i-- it was the masonic sides that actually caught my eye. i did recognize them

from watching other antique roadshows. and i thought it was a cut above or something different from all the rest. but i didn't realize how old it was or anything. but i didn't think it would be worth that much. maybe £100. now, for all of you blue peter fans out there, now is your chance to sit back and enjoy the next few minutes, as we look at this wonderful collection that you've brought in, val. thank you very much. does bring back a few memories doesn't it? i bet it does. and a lot of old photos which are rather scary. ( laughter ) now, what's it all about? well, it's the 50th anniversary this year of blue peter and there's a fantastic exhibition in the national media museum in bradford. it's a great museum. and it's everything to do with blue peter over the 50 years that it's been on-- the impact that blue peter's had. and a lot of these things will be on display. i just thought it would be fun to see if anything was worth anything. well, i had a blue peter annual--only one. but i think-- is this the whole-- this is every single blue peter album, i think.

this is the whole lot. i've got them all up to when i left. what would a complete set now be worth? because when you just buy the early one, it's a lot of money. well, the very first albums-- numbers one and two-- we're probably talking about £60 or £70. wow. and it's really only the first four that really have a collectible value. after that, we're just talking about perhaps a fiver apiece. and they're usually the ones that are not in great condition. absolutely right. um, when i was watching the program it was all about making-- and i suppose the ultimate bit of blue peter make-do-and-mend was the tracy island. because when the thunderbirds would come back, the tracy island toy was sold out of the shops in minutes. and so, i think blue peter decided to make one themselves. and it was so successful-- it is very good. didn't they make a video out of it? i've never seen that before. i'd heard about it never actually seen it. me, too. brilliant. but i suppose the object of obvious intrinsic value

is this bronze here. tell me about that. that was done by william timym. he did the big statue of petra which stood outside the television center for so long, and is now in the blue peter garden. and this was a smaller version of petra which used to come into the studio. very beautiful. and the lucky owner of this now is biddy baxter because tim gave it to her. biddy baxter--of course, the first producer of blue peter. lucky biddy, i say. yes. people who buy animalia bronzes in particular who buy dogs are focusing on the breed rather than perhaps who the dog is. but there's no question that a timym bronze of a dog of this quality would be perhaps £4,000 or £5,000. and there may be a little bit of extra cash here because of who it is. yes, and, again, who wants it? i don't think biddy wants to part with it. i'm sure not. the badges are something that-- as a child we all aspired to having a badge. and the very best badge of all, i think, is the gold badge. ah. got a gold badge.