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Heir Hunters

Factual: Money

Series following the work of heir hunters

Series following the work of heir hunters, probate detectives looking for distant relatives of people who have died without making a will

Heir Hunters: Series 3

Livia Russell

Matthew Gordon

Barbara Altounyan

Heir Hunters: Series 3: Episode 2: Barber/Gissing

Factual: Life Stories

Episode 2

Episode 2: Barber/Gissing

Series 3

Barber/Gissing

BBC One - Heir Hunters, Series 3, Barber/Gissing

An apparently worthless case and the harrowing tale of a Holocaust victim.

The Heir Hunters attempt to link people with money they stand to inherit. They investigate an apparently worthless case that takes a surprising twist.

Once again the Heir Hunters attempt to link people with money they stand to inherit from long-forgotten relations. This time around the team investigates an apparently worthless case that takes a surprising twist, and the harrowing tale of a Holocaust victim. 

Douglas Barber died in 2008 aged just 58. At first sight his case seems ordinary enough, but as the team moves into action, his family history becomes murkier. Every piece of documentation seems to raise more questions. But when his estate is revealed to be worth a hefty 400,000 pounds, the pressure mounts to locate his descendants and find out how he came to be so wealthy.

Meanwhile, Derek Rodbard of Heirtrace is attempting to track down the descendants of Holocaust victim Gustaf Kestner. As Derek strives to find the rightful inheritors, he discovers that some of Gustaf's heirs may have escaped war-torn Europe thanks to a remarkable escape network set up by Nicholas Winton, an English stockbroker based in Prague.  But how many made it through? And have any survived to finally reclaim Gustaf's estate?

Series following the work of probate detectives.

Series which follows the work of teams of probate detectives, who track down missing family members of people who have died without making a will.

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