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Salvage Hunters

  • 2011-2025
  • 20 seasons
  • Janson Media
  • Reality

Meet modern-day treasure hunter Drew Pritchard. With demanding customers, high turnover, and one of the biggest decorative salvage yards in the UK, Drew is constantly on the road, crisscrossing the country in search of derelict gems and forgotten remnants. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, his crack team of restorers is back at the shop giving old and rare finds a new lease on life.

Season 16 Episode Guide

15 Episodes 2022

Episode 1

Scotland Special

44 mins

Drew and Tee begin the sixteenth series by taking a trip through the Scottish Lowlands. Their first stop is Buittle Castle, where one item compels Drew to pay £100 more than the asking price.

Episode 2

Hats Off for a Deal

44 mins

Drew pays a visit to a quirky shop in County Durham that is packed full of some unusual items. Later, he must give up his hat to secure a deal on two extraordinarily rare items.

Episode 3

A Mouse in the Table

44 mins

Drew accepts a private invitation to one of the grandest stately homes in the country, Palace House. He is stunned by its large collection of electric light fittings.

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Episode 4

Knock From the Past

44 mins

On a trip to Sheffield, Drew tries to agree a deal on some incredible industrial pieces from an old steel factory. Later, he checks out a collection of unusual hunting artefacts in Ludlow.

Episode 5

A Rare Breed

44 mins

In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Drew Pritchard goes on a spending spree to replenish his stock of Victorian furniture. Then, he tours a grand but neglected estate in Wales to uncover any hidden gems.

Episode 6

The Sculpture Garden

44 mins

Drew Pritchard finds an impressive collection of antiques at an 18th-Century manor. Plus, he checks out a garden filled with more than 200 life-sized sculptures.

Episode 7

Blackpool Illuminations

44 mins

Comedian Johnny Vegas joins Drew on a road trip. They visit an amazing collection of outsider art in Wigan and a warehouse full of illuminations in Blackpool.

Episode 8

Episode #16.8

Drew and Tee are in Spain on the lookout for antiques that they can take back to Wales, the treasures they find include a pair of 19th Century enamel glaze terracotta planters needing some restoration and a 17th century religious painting.

Episode 9

Episode #16.9

Drew visits a Sheffield silverware factory where he picks up steel cutlery dies and polishing jigs for mirror frames. While a trip to an antique center in Stratford turns up an incredibly rare artists lay figure and a regency garden bench.

Episode 10

Episode #16.10

This week sees Drew visiting the home and newly acquired church of an antique dealer on the Scottish border, an architectural salvage business in a London suburb and a village pub that also sells antiques which double up as the furnishings

Episode 11

Episode #16.11

Drew visits an eclectic antique shop in London, an antique center with 30 dealers in South Wales and a shop in a Yorkshire located in the engine room of an old mill. His finds include Welsh Tapestry blankets, Ammonite fossils and antiques.

Episode 12

Episode #16.12

Drew and Tee are in Staffordshire where they visit a retired antique dealer, a former pottery works now museum and the carefully restored 16th century mansion of a tech billionaire and philanthropist. But what will they find for the shop.

Episode 13

Episode #16.13

The boys visit an antique showroom an antique center and an artist; acquiring a variety of items including lead plant markers, carved elephant shaped hooks and a fairground shooting target. Tee buys comic book printing plates for himself.

Episode 14

Episode #16.14

Drew visits a couple selling French Antiques including glassware and furniture from their home, a Tea and Coffee Importer with canisters, bowls and tins and an Antique Centre with more glassware, Bamboo furniture and an inlaid bureau.

Episode 15

Episode #16.15

Drew and Tee visit a large antique shop where they pick up furniture, lighting and small items for the shop. They also visit the salvage yard of a flooring maker that has more basic items that are also of impressive vintage and interest.

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