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Bargain Basement Hunt

 Watching a programme called Shift the Thrift . It's introduced by Stacey out of Gavin and Stacey, and the premise is people going to charity shops and buying things with a hundred pounds that Stacey has given them. It's austerity Bargain Hunt . They're guided by "thrifting experts" who are a neat gay couple in their middle-years. Normally, you'd expect it to be in high-end vintage stores, but these are literally high street charity shops, so you get lots of lovely footage of High Wycombe high street in the pissing rain. One of them gets lost so they pad out a few minutes by huffing and puffing and spinning in circles. The pizzicato violins are in a frenzy at this point.  I'm assuming later on they'll attempt to resell the tat and the monies earned will go to a charity of their choosing. But they got them from charity shops, so they're attempting to fleece one charity for another. Stacey regurgitates gobbets of information about what Tie Rack and ...

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