Salvage Hunters


Salvage Hunters is a British television programme in which decorative salvage dealer Drew Pritchard travels throughout the country in search of antiques from shops, fairs and old mansions to re-sell online or in his shop.
The programme has aired on Quest since 2011, for 19 series.
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Format overview

Each episode features Drew Pritchard visiting a number of locations to find collectable stock to resell. The format includes travelling to the locations, the purchase of various items after some haggling on prices, and a product style explanation, then the drive back to his base in Conwy, showing the purchases to his team, the restoration process, and items being photographed for sale. There is a final summary of the deal, and often of the price achieved after an item has been sold.
The sellers include private estates, antiques shops, trade markets and private individuals.
Buying trips abroad included Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland and Spain.
The series is narrated by Ralph Ineson.

Production

The series was announced on 25 October 2011, when Discovery Networks International commissioned a modern day treasure hunting series for its free-to-air channel Quest from Cineflix Productions UK, the British production arm of Canadian global production company Cineflix called Salvage Hunters with antique expert Drew Pritchard presenting the series.
When season 4 of Salvage Hunters started broadcasting on Quest and when the series was renewed for season 5, producer Cineflix announced a management buyout of its British production arm Cineflix Productions UK by the executives of Salvage Hunters Camillia Lewis and Rob Carey, the two launched unscripted production company Curve Media and taken over production of ''Salvage Hunters''

Spin-off programmes

  • Salvage Hunters: Best Buys
  • Salvage Hunters: Bitesize
  • Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
  • Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars
  • Salvage Hunters: Design Classics
  • Salvage Hunters: Best Restorations
  • Salvage Hunters: Best of Europe
  • Salvage Hunters: Georgian House Restoration

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
114 November 201116 January 201210
225 February 201210
323 September 2013201310
42013201410
513 August 201415 October 201410
625 March 201520 May 201510
730 September 20152 December 201510
827 January 201630 March 201610
97 September 201614 December 201615
1018 January 20177 June 201715
1113 September 201727 November 201712
1214 February 201827 June 201815
1317 October 201810 April 201915
1411 September 20192 December 202023
1510 February 202114 April 202110
169 February 202226 October 202215
1715 February 202325 October 202315
187 February 202428 August 202415
1930 October 202426 February 202515
2017 July 202527 November 202520