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 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
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 15187 February 202428 August 2024151930 October 202426 February 2025152017 July 202527 November 202520
See also American Pickers Salvage Dawgs
References
External links Salvage Hunters on Discovery+/Quest