Salvage Hunters
| Salvage Hunters | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Starring | Drew Pritchard |
| Narrated by | Ralph Ineson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 19 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
|
| Producers |
|
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Network | Quest |
| Release | 14 November 2011 – 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 19 series.
Format overview
[edit]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.[2]
The sellers include private estates, antiques shops, trade markets and private individuals.[3]
Buying trips abroad[4] included Belgium,[5] France,[6] Germany,[7] Hungary,[8] Italy,[9] Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland and Spain.[10]
The series is narrated by Ralph Ineson.
Production
[edit]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.[11]
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[12]
Spin-off programmes
[edit]- Salvage Hunters: Best Buys
- Salvage Hunters: Bitesize
- Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
- Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars
- Salvage Hunters: Design Classics[13]
- Salvage Hunters: Best Restorations
- Salvage Hunters: Best of Europe
- Salvage Hunters: Georgian House Restoration
Transmissions
[edit] | This article is missing information about start dates. (March 2021) |
| 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 | 25 October 2023 | 15 |
| 18 | 7 February 2024 | 28 August 2024 | 15 |
| 19 | 30 October 2024 | 26 February 2025 | 15 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vlessing, Etan (11 September 2014). "Former Cineflix Productions Execs Launch U.K. TV Shingle". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Jones, Mari (1 September 2018). "Drew Pritchard on whether his Conwy shop gamble has paid off". northwales.
- ^ Doughty, Eleanor (13 January 2017). "Hunting for treasures with an expert antiques dealer". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters on the lookout". Press and Journal.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters in Belgium". TvGuide.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters season 11". Radio Times.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters to Wiltshire after trips abroad". Wiltshire Times.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters fit the bill". Ross-Shire Journal.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters bitesize Italy". TV24.co.uk.
- ^ "Salvage Hunters - episode 8 - Spain". TV24.co.uk.
- ^ Whittingham, Clive (25 October 2011). "Discovery hunts treasure". C21Media.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (11 September 2014). "Former Cineflix Productions Execs Launch U.K. TV Shingle". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Quest ink deal for new Salvage Hunters franchise". Realscreen.