Her real names finnoula. So quigleys rigged this beauty contest . He says shell win because shes more glamorous than any of the girls around here. I might have known that sleazebucket was up to no good. Fair play to him, siobhan. He didnt force me into it. He didnt have to. He knew you were short of cash. Promise me you wont say anything. Please, siobhan. Youve got some good music here. For an old fella. Ive always been something of a musical trendsetter. I was the first kid in my hometown to buy a bay city rollers record. And this was the first album i ever bought. I was only ten. Brilliant. They dont make them like this anymore. Id love to have been a musician but ive no real talent for it. Do you play . Would it be stuck up there on the wall if i did . Could i have a look . Well i wont nick it, if thats what youre worried about. It was a birthday present from my parents. They were hoping id turn out to be a musical genius but its been hanging on the walls ever since. What about yourself . Can you play . A bit. Me granddad taught me. He was a brilliant fiddler. Give us a tune then. No. Go on. You cant be any worse than me. Im a bit out of practice; i dont have a fiddle. I used to play granddads until after he died and it disappeared. Here, give it a go. [ violin playing ] would you like to borrow it . Yeah all right, then, but only on one condition. Better hurry up and get back to school. Thanks. Ill see you later. See you. Whats he doing with that . Hello, naomi. How are you . Im fine, thanks. Yes, i suppose so. A small little town. Assumpta. Father. Hello. Goodbye. Bye. Busy . When am i not . You really should get help, you know. Oh, yes. Bar staff or therapy . Im trying, assumpta. [ phonograph playing ] whats the matter, eh . Dont yous worry about a thing. Itll be all right. Uncle eamonll look after you. I must say, i cant see the harm in it. Me neither. Well, youre men you wouldnt. Oh, come on, siobhan. What is wrong with showing a little admiration for the female form . Im not even going to dignify that with an answer, padraig. The whole thing is a joke. Well, im all for it if it helps to improve business for ballykay. What . The rose of the tralee festival helped put tralee on the map. Well, thanks for the support. I run a business, siobhan. I cant afford to knock anything that might help me. Help you . Would you wake up, assumpta. Beauty contests were set up to make out money out of stupid, vain women and dirty old men. Theyre just glorified cattle markets. [ door shuts ] in your opinion. What do you know about beauty contests . Children, please. Lets face it. Its a long time since youve qualified for a beauty contest of any kind, if ever. Large whisky please, assumpta. There was no need for that, brian. She shouldnt dish it out, if she cant take it back. Shes only trying to make trouble. Youre well out of order and you know it. Shouldnt one of us go after siobhan . [ assumpta ] no, i think shell want to be left alone right now. Ill call in to her on my way home. Mind you dont choke on it, eh . You must have been the star pupil at charm school, brian. Thank you. Hes lucky im on this side of the bar, or id lump him one. Yeah, the thought had crossed my mind. [ knock at door ] go away. [ persistent knocking ] go away, will you oh, come on, siobhan. Answer the door or ill break it down. [ siobhan ] have you been in the pub all this time . [ brendan ] i have, yes. Just a small one for me, please, siobhan. Help yourself. Ohhh are you all right . Why shouldnt i be . Sure, i enjoy being humiliated in front of all me friends. Oh, pay no mind to brian, sure. He didnt mean it. Maybe. But he has a point. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. God knows im no oil painting. Know what that is . Thats drink talking. You know youre a goodlooking woman. Says who . Oh, me. I do, for one. Oh, youre just saying that to make me feel better. Weve been friends for years, have we not . Then you know i wouldnt lie to you about anything like that. Youre a very attractive woman. The only one that doesnt know it is yourself. Do you really think so . Im telling you. Looks and brains a deadly combination in any woman. Sure, i dont know why you werent snapped up years ago. Ive had me fair share of offers. I can believe it. Oh, brendan. Er, id best be going now. Oh, my god. [ niamh ] keep backs straight. Come on, chins up. Look as if youre enjoying it. Come on. You look like you could do with some sleep. Have you seen brendan, father . I er. I dont know er, siobhan. He was here a little while ago. Sure, never mind. Ill catch up with him. What was all that about . Ive made the mother of all mistakes. It cant be that bad. Do you want to bet . Father clifford, have you got a minute . Talk to you later. One minute i was offering her a little friendly comfort and the next yeah, i get the picture. Has siobhan said anything . She doesnt have to. Its all in the eyes with women. Thats why im trying to avoid her. It was just, well, you know how it is. We had a bit to drink and one thing led to another. Right. And you think siobhan might have ideas about something more permanent . I think shes in love with me. Well, you cant keep avoiding her. I just dont want to hurt her feelings, thats all. All the more reason why you should say something. I cant. Not until ive had a good nights sleep anyway. Coward. Knackered coward. Brendan. Whats all this . Its my contribution to the festival. Thats very generous of you. Sure, im all heart. Erm, can i ask a favour . Well, what is it . I really need your help. That bad is it. Er, john, two minutes . Come on inside. Would you talk to her . Its not my place to. What happened between siobhan and brendan is their business. Yeah, but we just cant stand by and watch them fall out over this. Well, things might work out between them. No. These complications always end up ruining friendships. It happens. Sometimes it cant be helped. I hate to see people i care about get hurt. All right, all right. Ill talk to her. When i get a chance. Thanks. I really appreciate this. What are friends for . Good news, eamon. Your pigs are clean. I dont believe it. Oh music to me ears you hear that, mary look. Shes over the moon, siobhan. So what have they got . A strain of flu virus. The symptoms are similar to aujeskys. Ill start them on antibiotics straight away, and theyll be as right as rain in no time. You know, i reckon all this is my punishment for getting involved in quigleys little scheme. Pretty girls mean trouble. At least you know where you are with an old sow. Eh, siobhan . Here we go. You spoken to siobhan yet . No. Are you going to . Yes, later. Later. Oh, no. Brendan. The sounds of ireland. That restless whispering you never get away. From seeping out of low bushes and grass heather bells and fern wriggling and scraping tree branches. Light haunting cloud sound hounding sight. A hand ceaselessly combing and stroking the landscape through the valley. Upon the mountain. [ applause ] [ irish folk music ] i hope after all this, my daughter isnt going to be disappointed, brian. No worries. Finnoulas been through a lot for this living with that man and his pigs. Sure, she had to be local. Anyway, she looks a million dollars. Trust me, dessi, shell walk it. I certainly hope so. [ music continues ] [ drumroll ] [ applause ] [ speaks into unpowered mic ] [ crowd laughs ] ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the lily of ballykissangel contest. Organised in conjunction with babbling brook, the unique taste of pure irish springwater. Shove your water we want to see the girls it promises to be a most entertaining event. And so i would ask you to put your hands together for our first contestant mae houlihan. Big round of applause for mae. [ applause ] cheers. So, come on, siobhan. Whats the gossip . Gossip . Youve been keeping things to yourself. I can tell. Well . Dont breathe a word to a soul. Eamons niece, naomi, is an impostor. What . Shes not who she says she is. What are you talking about . Ive been doing some research. The real naomi is a nun. Works with the Little Sisters of the poor in liverpool. Has done for years. So whos she . Finnoula mcmichael. Her father runs a big shipping company in dublin. Hes an old buddy of brians. She wants a modelling career. So they fixed up an agreement. If she wins the competition, quigley gets himself a major building contract. And this is going to help her . If she gets through and wins the final. First prize is a huge modelling contract to help promote that piddle. Oh, i dont believe this. Quigley reckons theres no competition. As far as looks go shes a dead cert. Oh, is that a fact . Well, well soon see about that. No. Wait until shes pronounced the winner. Why spoil the fun . Relax, youll be fine. I think im going to be sick. Its just your nerves. It happens to all great performers. Its nothing to worry about. Theres only a couple of hundred people here. Oh, no. Con [ drumroll ] and now, ladies and gentlemen. The moment weve all been eagerly awaiting. Let me do it. Not a chance, ive been looking forward to it. Thank you. In here is the winning name. And the winner is the winner is. Right . Deirdre patrick. [ applause ] good woman big, big round of applause for deirdre. Well, this is indeed a proud day for pats pantry. And now, deirdre your prize. You will go forward to the National Heat in the search for the new face for babbling brook. Oh, yes, and a free hairdo from lilians premier styling salon. Well done. [ applause ] now, back to our musical program. Were about to enjoy a contribution from one of our visitors from allanstown. Con oneill is going to play a Little Something thats guaranteed to get your feet tapping. Con oneill. [ crowd applauds ] [ crowd applauds ] [ violin playing offkey ] [ other instruments join in ] come on, con. [ music playing ] [ crowd claps to rhythm ] sorry you didnt win. Thanks. Eamon . Im glad your pigs are okay. Come on, lets go. Okay . Dessi dessi wait up. Dessi wonderful show mr. Quigley. Weve got ourselves a real country beauty, exactly what were looking for. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, thats very kind. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, eh, brian . Siobhan, can i have a quick word . Come on father lets have a go. Siobhan, ive something i have to say to you. Brendan. Youre a great pal; you know that. I think the world of you, but thats all. I dont want to hurt your feelings but i have to be honest id much rather we stayed friends. Im sorry. But thanks for the flowers. They were a lovely thought. [ folk music continues ] captions by midwest captioning des moines, iowa six months ago we set sail on the roadshow. Since then, weve weighed anchor from the cornish coast to the dock at dundee. And tonight, weve reached the end of our journey. I think youll find we saved the best till last. Its something of a special edition tonight because weve asked our experts to choose their favorite finds of the series. And when i tell you theyve seen over 150,000 objects thats quite a task. So heres your chance to catch up on the highlights and see what happened to some of those most talkedabout items. I know it sounds a cliche, but they have been in the attic. This is fantastic. There was fireworks going off in there. There were bells ringing there were sirens blaring. Were looking at porcelain painting as good as it will ever get. It was mine. I wanted to take it home. It was one of those items where i thought im not gonna get through the filming of this, because it is having such an impact upon me. This was vintage roadshow stuff. I have to try and value it really. The only way i can do this is to go like this. clock chimes once being a specialist on the roadshow requires all sorts of qualities. Not only do you need the knowledge of the encyclopedia britannica, you also need patience. You see, its taken roadshow stalwart eric knowles 28 years to uncover his best find. It happened one soggy afternoon in scotland. Dumfries house really was, for me one humdinger of a day. It was the icing on top of the cake. Where has this rather unpretentious vase been lurking before you brought it along today . Its been up in the loft. I was cleanin out the loft and we came across it. We were going to bin it. We thought it was just a heap of junk. So we were going to bin it and then we thought well hold onto it. cause we heard the antique roadshow was comin here. And thats why ive held onto it. I actually bought it at a car boot. And it had a plant kind of purple plant that was the reason we bought it, for the plant, cause it was quite nice in the bowl. Knowles as for the owners it was only too obvious that they really, really didnt have a clue about what theyd picked up at that car boot. It was obvious, also that there was no great attachment, be it emotional or whatever to it. Do you know who made it . I dont know anythi well can i tell you . Yes. Okay. Because if you look very carefully theres actually a name on it. The name is sort of lurking behind here. Well turn it round. And that name is lalique. And so. Have heard of lalique . Lalique . No. Well, youre on a rapid learning curve today arent you . Keeping your face straight was the hardest thing to do. I mean, what was going on in my mind at the time there was fireworks going off in there. There were bells ringing there were sirens blaring, all because of this very sort of slightly nondescript little glass vase. Theres lots of different types of lalique glass. Yours is that little bit different. Now and then, you get something called a cire perdue, or a lost wax process. Most lalique glass is made using steel molds, so you can replicate as many pieces as you like. This particular piece was from a group which were made using the lost wax process or cire perdue. In other words, all cire perdue pieces are unique. Youve got to actually break the mold to actually retrieve the piece. Datewise, i suppose you could be anywhere round about 1920 to maybe 1935. So, car boot. Yes. For plant. How much were they asking for the plant . We only paid a pound. You paid a pound. Paid a pound right. Okay. I know it didnt look ofny great consequence but it was a collectors dream to find, a cire perdue vase of that type. The questions i get asked about this program whats the most expensive thing youve ever had on the antiques roadshow . I remember, it was probably in grimsby about 15 years ago and its a great big huge french jardiniere. That was grimsby then. But ive got to tell you now that as of today i think it might be this, because this is worth. Are you jokin . When it came to valuing this lalique vase, it was really a matter of calling upon the best part of 30something years of experience. Its worth a mere £25,000. Oh, my god man lot number 107. speaking french its a very fine thing a unique piece. Knowles something of that value, and something so fragile unfortunately, then becomes something of a liability so i wasnt too surprised when i heard through the grapevine that the lady had decided to actually consign it to a specialist auction in london. I cant believe its gonna sell actually cause weve had it for that long in the loft. But im very excited but nervous as well. Very nervous. Well find out what happened later in the program when owner anns vase went under the hammer. Youve probably imagined from watching the program that every day is packed with outstanding finds for our experts. Well, youd be wrong. Some roadshow days just dont yield anything very exciting. And our silver expert, Alastair Dickenson thought he was in for a bit of a lean day when we visited nottinghamshire last year. Southwell had had a pretty bleak day and then, at about 5 00, a young couple came in with push chair and a rucksack, and out of the rucksack, he brought out one of the dirtiest pieces of silver id ever seen in the 18 years ive been doing the roadshow. Obviously, your love of silver must stop at cleaning, because where have these been to get in such a black state . I know it sounds a cliche, but they have been in the attic, along with broken umbrellas and 3,000 coat hangers. And do you know why they were put there or where they were before that . No, we dont know too much. Its my wifes father, so ive asked my fatherinlaw about his memory of it and hes very sage and he seems to recall them, but isnt too sure about exactly when or how. But i think hes had them a few years. Silver takes a long time to get black like that so when he said it had been in his fatherinlaws attic i knew he was telling the truth, cause it had been there a long, long time. In fact, before we started filming, he said it was next to old bicycle tires and squirrel droppings. And i had this wild fantasy of this thing being an upmarket squirrel latrine. But in all seriousness it was a fantastic find. There are a number of things that intrigue me about this. The first thing is these kangaroo handles. Now these are pieces of english silver, so i can only imagine that these kangaroos on the edge here it must have been made for some special australian dignitary or a family with australian connections. cause its quite unusual to find a piece of english silver with kangaroos on. More importantly if we tip it up here its got a set of hallmarks along here which is for the most famous 19thcentury silversmith of them all. A chap called paul storr. And he was the royal goldsmith to george iv. And we have a date letter here for 1837. Ive only seen two or three pieces by paul storr in all the years ive been doing the roadshow. And after paul de lamerie, hes probably the most famous silversmith working in the british isles. He was the manager of the greatest firm of retailers at the time rundell, bridge and rundell, and they supplied the royal family with a lot of the best silver made during the regency period. Look at these beautiful sea horses. Wonderfully sculptured. This great plume of reeds coming up supporting this rather big grand bowl. So were talking of a very important silversmith, and a sizeable object. All the armorials or crests or any inscription that might have been on the plinth or on the side of the bowl had been removed which is a great shame because that might have taught us who it was made for. My guess is that as it was dated 1837 that it was probably made for the coronation of queen victoria, but ordered by a governor of one of the australian states. What weve got to imagine is this put together on its plinth. Like that. And imagine it shining bright and sparkly. Because this is a seriously important bit of 19thcentury silver. It was a tricky thing to value. It was so dirty and so black that it was impossible to know, when cleaned up whether the tarnish had eaten into the surface. I wouldnt have any hesitation in expecting that to be worth in the region of £30,000. Right. Thank you. Thats rather a good sum for something lying around in the attic. It was a true discovery of something really impressive, something sizeable something that, also when cleaned up, would look quite magical. And one day, i really hope to see it cleaned up because that would really be the icing on the cake. Im delighted to say the owners took alastairs advice and after some delicate polishing in the hands of a professional silversmith heres what it looks like today. Youd barely recognize it. And just cleaning it has added £10,000 to its value. This year has been absolutely extraordinary. A really memorable year. None more so than when i was at southwell and this extraordinary train arrived on my table. Its a pretty beatup train. It is, isnt it . Who sat on it . I think it was wellplayed with when the child had it. Actually, i dont think it was wellplayed w