River Hunters
River Hunters
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River Hunters

2019
3 seasons
18 episodes
Documentary

US Youtube sensation Beau Ouimette, a river detectorist with over 30 years’ experience, and presenter and keen swimmer Rick Edwards search the UK’s waterways for archaeological finds. Using state-of-the-art technology, archive maps and contemporaneous accounts from the period, Beau and Rick perform the first underwater archaeological digs in some of the most exciting and iconic historical sites in Britain, often in dangerous and fast-flowing water.

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  • Stirling - First War of Scottish Independence

    1.Stirling - First War of Scottish Independence

    16-03-201944m

    In the first episode of the series, Rick and Beau tackle the mighty river Forth in the shadow of Stirling Castle. In the first archaeological river search of this spot ever, the pa...

  • Warwick - River Avon and War of Roses

    2.Warwick - River Avon and War of Roses

    25-03-201944m

    Episode two sees our intrepid River Hunters visit the River Avon beneath the medieval Warwick Castle. Synonymous with Shakespeare, the river has a much darker history as it once r...

  • English Civil War - Newark - River Trent

    3.English Civil War - Newark - River Trent

    01-04-201944m

    This episode sees Rick and Beau head to the vast River Trent, site of one of the greatest strongholds of the English Civil War – Newark Castle. In the first official search of the...

  • Ep 4

    4.Vikings – River Trent

    08-04-201944m

    Rick and Beau return to the River Trent to follow in the bloody footsteps of the Vikings as they invaded 9th century Britain. In the first ever archaeological river search of key...

  • Ep 5

    5.Hadrian’s Wall - River Eden and Carlisle

    15-04-201944m

    Episode five sees Rick and Beau head to Britain’s most spectacular and best-preserved Roman frontier – Hadrian’s wall, where they scour the River Eden and River Carlisle which flow...

  • Ep 6

    6.Barnard Castle - River Tees

    22-04-201944m

    This time on River Hunters at the edge of one of Britain’s greatest castles, Rick and Beau battle the forceful River Tees. In the first archaeological river search of this spot eve...

  • Ep 7

    7.Henry VIII – River Wear

    29-04-201944m

    In the seventh episode Rick and Beau take on the stunning River Wear – a natural fortress protecting the ancient city of Durham and its sacred Cathedral, where in the 1500s Henry V...

  • Ep 8

    8.William The Conqueror – River Avon

    06-05-201944m

    In the last episode of the series Rick and Beau head to the River Avon at the foot of one of Britain’s most historic sites, Old Sarum near Salisbury, in search of William the Conqu...

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