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Salvage Hunters
UK antiques television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[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.
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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.[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]
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Spin-off programmes
- 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
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