Heir Hunters
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Heir Hunters is a BBC television programme focusing on attempts to find missing or unknown heirs, entitled to deceased people's estates before the British Treasury lawfully collects the money. The show follows the work of probate researchers from a number of different firms to show how the results of time-consuming research turned out. The main firms followed have been Fraser and Fraser, Celtic Research and Finders International.
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Heir Hunters | |
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Genre | Factual |
Directed by | John Widdup (series 4) |
Presented by | Nadia Sawalha (series 1) Lisa Faulkner (series 2–11) Michael Buerk (series 12) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 12 |
No. of episodes | 240 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Matthew Gordon Roger Bolton (2012) |
Producers | Harriet Scott (2012) John Widdup (2010–2011) Livia Russell (2009) Paula Fasht (2008) |
Production location | Various |
Running time | 45–60 minutes |
Production company | Flame Television |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 4 June 2007 (2007-06-04) – 27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) |
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It was announced in 2011 that Heir Hunters would run in both BBC One daytime and in primetime television on BBC Two that autumn.[1] The eleventh series was aired on BBC One from 27 February 2017.