The soap star went up against Christine McGuiness
20:53, 04 Sep 2025Updated 20:54, 04 Sep 2025
Colson Smith failed to make any profit on the BBC show(Image: BBC)
Former Coronation Street actor Colson Smith went up against TV personality and former Miss Liverpool Christine McGuiness on a recent instalment of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. The celebrity spin-off of the hit BBC show sees some of the nation’s favourite celebrities paired up with an antiques expert with the hopes of making a profit at auction for charity.
Colson and Christine both aimed to come out on top at auction as they were in search for a bargain around Cheshire. They started off their journey in Frodsham before jumping in their 1967 a Volkswagen Beetle for a weird and wonderful tour of the surrounding areas before finishing up in Stockport.
Christine, who was paired with Irita Marriot, shocked her competitor with her “incredible” ability to haggle. Within their £400 budget, Christine scooped up several impressive items including a wooden antique tea caddy, a Princess car name label, a glass art deco bowl, a roman vase and a silver mounted leather jug.
Christine McGuiness and Colson Smith were partnered up with antiques experts for the BBC show(Image: BBC)
Colson on the other hand, was drawn to more unusual items. When his antiques mentor Hettie Jago found out about Christine’s haggling skills, she told the soap star to “up his game”.
Speaking about Christine, Irita told the team: “She’s incredible at haggling she was born to do this.” Christine joked: “I’ve got one of those faces that they can’t say no to Colson.”
Throughout their tour of Cheshire, Colson scooped up a rotary knife device, a shoe repairing machine, a film projector and a huge vintage oil can.
But when it came to auction, Colson’s spending proved to be unsuccessful as he failed to make a profit. He turned to the auction room and said: “You’re all tight in here aren’t you” as they were not bidding on his items.
When Christine’s art deco bowl made her £70 profit, Colson couldn’t help but ask: “What’s going on?” He joked the bidders “all hate him” for not wanting him to triumph in the competition.
Things failed to improve for the Yorkshire-born actor, making a £30 loss on his shoe machine and a £10 loss on his film projector. He said: “Is everyone against me in here?”
Christine’s roman vase was the cherry on the cake for Colson, who was baffled by his opponent’s huge profit. After paying just £70 for the item, Christine walked away with £220.
In the end, from the £400 they each started the show with, Colson made a loss, with £357.78. However, Christine proved to have grasped the talent for selecting unique, valuable items as she scooped up a whopping £512.80.
She said: “I really enjoyed it, I’m really happy that I made some good profits.” Colson hid his disappointment, joking with Hettie that all he wanted to do was “have fun”.
He said: “We had fun didn’t we, that’s the most important bit is having fun.” He added: “I just had a certain style of things that I liked and clearly other people don’t like them I guess.”
Colson has since spoken about his experience on the BBC show on a podcast he co-hosts alongside fellow Corrie actors Jack P Shepherd and Ben Price.
The stars erupted in laughter as Colson revealed he didn’t fare too well on the BBC episode. He said: “I made a loss and the show was for charity.”
Jack and Ben were confused as he revealed he bought a film projector and a cobblers shoe stretcher. He added: “It gets worse. I got a big tub of lubricant which looked cool and arty. I bought a teacup I was told to but because it would have made me money at auction, which it did.”