Salvage Hunters

Salvage Hunters
Starring	Drew Pritchard
Narrated by	Ralph Ineson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	17
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Quest
Release	14 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.

The programme has aired on Quest since 2011, for 17 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

• Salvage Hunters: Best Buys
• Salvage Hunters: Bitesize
• Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
• Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars
• Salvage Hunters: Design Classics ^[10]
• Salvage Hunters: Best Restorations
• Salvage Hunters: Best of Europe
• Salvage Hunters: Georgian House Restoration

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	14 November 2011	16 January 2012	10
2	25 February 2012		10
3	23 September 2013	2013	10
4	2013	2014	10
5	13 August 2014	15 October 2014	10
6	25 March 2015	20 May 2015	10
7	30 September 2015	2 December 2015	10
8	27 January 2016	30 March 2016	10
9	7 September 2016	14 December 2016	15
10	18 January 2017	7 June 2017	15
11	13 September 2017	27 November 2017	12
12	14 February 2018	27 June 2018	15
13	17 October 2018	10 April 2019	15
14	11 September 2019	2 December 2020	23
15	10 February 2021	14 April 2021	10
16	9 February 2022	26 October 2022	15
17	15 February 2023	2023

See also

• American Pickers
• Salvage Dawgs

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.

External links

• Salvage Hunters on Discovery+/Quest
• Salvage Hunters at IMDb