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Ladies and Gentlemen, take your seats for a very special episode!

From the heart of the London’s West End, David Harper hosts a celebration of Theatreland’s coveted awards, now in their 50th year. Renamed in 1984 after the legendary actor, the (Laurence) Olivier Awards are recognised as the highest accolade in British theatre. As David learns, the actors with the most awards are Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen. And in the Gielgud Theatre in London’s Soho, a special box honours Dame Judi.

On stage, David meets chief operating officer Billy Differ to hear about the playhouse’s hallowed history, and backstage he takes a peak in one of the dressing rooms to see the home comforts leading men and women enjoy.

Meanwhile, a different kind of drama is being acted out among the stalls at Detling antiques fair in Kent. Hoping to bring the house down with their buys are on- and off-screen friends Lesley Joseph and Peter Polycarpou, best known for their roles in nineties hit sitcom Birds of a Feather. Waiting in the wings are the blue team, fellow Olivier Award recipients Gary Wilmot MBE and two-times Oliver winner Henry Goodman. As the curtain falls on their shopping, another opens at the all-important sale, where auctioneers Harry Ballin and Simon Watson try to hammer out profits for the celebrity teams – and Â鶹Éç Children in Need – but not before the encore, when the spotlight falls on the bonus buys of experts Mark Stacey and Kate Bliss.