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2018PGdocumentary

3.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Salvage Hunters: The Restorers

2018PGdocumentary

3.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Drew Pritchard uncovers treasures while restorers breathe new life into antiques.

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Drew Pritchard uncovers treasures while restorers breathe new life into antiques.

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Drew Pritchardcast

Ralph Ineson

Ralph Inesoncast

Rebecca Pritchardcast

Alex Webster

Alex Webstercast

Jolene Farmercast

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Modern day treasure hunter, Drew Pritchard is one of Britain's leading architectural salvage dealers, traveling the length and breadth of the country in search of weird and wonderful objects. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, a crack team of restorers are back at base giving old and rare finds a new lease of life. We've seen them at work on Salvage Hunters, restoring, repairing and refining Drew's finds but for the first time, Salvage Hunters: The Restorers is going behind-the-scenes with this expert team to see what it really takes to transform junk into gems.

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