Bargain Hunt has had its just stock of awkward moments successful the past, but this 1 is up determination with 1 of the worst - arsenic the Red squad came to blows connected the programme implicit an item.
On Tuesday's programme (26 November), viewers were met with the Blue team, which included Sarah and Grant, who were some cleaners and keen collectors, on with the Red team, Trudi and Martin, hubby and woman who were immense fans of the show.
It was Trudi and Martin who didn't spot eye-to-eye arsenic they clashed connected the programme implicit which point they should splurge on. Trudi was keen to look aft the pennies and wanted to bargain cheaper items to marque tiny markups.
However, Martin had spotted an eye-catching British emblem from a vessel that had taken his fancy but was not inexpensive astatine £65. Their allocated adept for their clip connected the programme was Phillip Serrell, and adjacent helium was mislaid for words arsenic they began to enactment implicit items.
The statement broke retired aft the brace had been bobbing astir the flea marketplace for rather immoderate clip but hadn't yet made immoderate purchases. They had enactment the emblem connected clasp for conscionable 30 minutes, with Phillip present adding unit that they would request to commencement bagging a bargain soon.
BBC fans volition cognize that astatine the commencement of the show, some the Red and Blue teams are fixed a buying task that they indispensable meet. The Reds needed to find an point related to a ladies' shoe. Trudi believed she was onto a triumph erstwhile she stumbled crossed immoderate woody forms shaped similar the quality foot—also known arsenic footwear lasts—and they were connected merchantability for a humble £20.
Straight away, Martin wasn't keen and wanted to spell backmost to scoop up the flag. Shooting down his views, Trudi said, "It doesn't matter; if I similar them, past that's fine." Martin responded, "Really?"
Trudi simply told him: "Yes." But the concern worsened erstwhile Phillip enactment the feline among the pigeons, telling her: "I don't deliberation you'd neglect with those astatine a profit."
He asked the joined couple: "If you had to take betwixt those and the flag, which would you have?" Without a 2nd of thought for Martin, Trudi rapidly swooped in, pointing to the footwear infill and stating, "Those due to the fact that they are cheaper."
Phillip turned his attraction to her husband, adding: "Martin not that this has got immoderate relevance astatine all, but what would you spell for?"
Martin told him: "Well I rather similar the flag." Unhappy with his response, Trudi mislaid it arsenic she fumed: "The full constituent and whenever we've watched this programme we've ever said 'people walk excessively overmuch money, they suffer their shirt,' truthful we privation to bargain thing cheaper that volition make, adjacent if it's a tiny profit, a nett is simply a profit."
"So are we going to bargain the flag," asked Martin arsenic Trudi furiously spat back: "No, we're not going to bargain the flag," she began to pat her caput successful fury, arsenic she raged astatine him: "Listen."
Their statement adjacent saw the narrator comment, "Well this is awkward". Trudi went connected to swoop up the woody insole for conscionable £15, telling Martin it was "a steal" arsenic helium retorted: "Well I deliberation it's a load of cobblers.
Despite the row, it did crook retired that Trudi and adept Phillip had been right, the shoes were profitable and sold for £35, giving them a £20 increase. They ended up finishing their batch connected minus £5 which proved to beryllium a winning people arsenic the Blue's finished connected minus £123.
Bargain Hunt airs weekdays connected BBC One from 12:15pm.