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Heir Hunters

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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 5

John Widdup

Matthew Gordon

Heir Hunters: Series 5: Episode 2: Woods/Grindbergs

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Woods/Grindbergs

Episode 2

Episode 2: Woods/Grindbergs

Series 5

BBC One - Heir Hunters, Series 5, Woods/Grindbergs

The team investigates the cases of Grace Woods and Leons Grinbergs.

The team investigates the case of Grace Woods who died leaving an estate worth 150,000 pounds. They are stunned to learn that Grace was Britain's first bona fide supermodel.

Grace Woods died in Oxford aged 89, leaving an estate worth 150,000 pounds. The heir hunters are stunned to learn that Grace was Britain's first bona fide supermodel, who in 1946 led a troupe of Britain's finest models on a glamorous trip to New York. 

The heir hunters also look at the case of Leons Grinbergs, a Latvian who was forced from his homeland by the bloody battle between the Germans and the Russians. 

Plus details of three more unclaimed estates; could you be an heir?

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