Salvage Hunters

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Salvage Hunters
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StarringDrew Pritchard
Narrated by Ralph Ineson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series17
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Quest
Release14 November 2011 (2011-11-14) –
present

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.

Contents

The programme has aired on Quest since 2011, for 19 series.

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. [1]

The sellers include private estates, antiques shops, trade markets and private individuals. [2]

Buying trips abroad [3] included Belgium, [4] France, [5] Germany, [6] Hungary, [7] Italy, [8] Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland and Spain. [9]

The series is narrated by Ralph Ineson.

Spin-off programmes

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Mari (1 September 2018). "Drew Pritchard on whether his Conwy shop gamble has paid off". northwales.
  2. ↑ Doughty, Eleanor (13 January 2017). "Hunting for treasures with an expert antiques dealer". The Telegraph– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Salvage Hunters on the lookout". Press and Journal.
  4. ↑ "Salvage Hunters in Belgium". TvGuide.
  5. ↑ "Salvage Hunters season 11". Radio Times.
  6. ↑ "Salvage Hunters to Wiltshire after trips abroad". Wiltshire Times.
  7. ↑ "Salvage Hunters fit the bill". Ross-Shire Journal.
  8. ↑ "Salvage Hunters bitesize Italy". TV24.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Salvage Hunters - episode 8 - Spain". TV24.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Quest ink deal for new Salvage Hunters franchise". Realscreen.
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