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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 9

Sophie Galt

Matthew Gordon

John Widdup

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Heir Hunters: Series 9: Episode 16: Bulling/Barron

Factual: Life Stories

Bulling/Barron

Episode 16

Episode 16: Bulling/Barron

Series 9

BBC One - Heir Hunters, Series 9, Bulling/Barron

The search for heirs reveals a great-grandfather's life on the docks.

Series following the work of probate researchers. The search for heirs reveals a great-grandfather's life on the docks and the early days of diving.

Heir Hunters follows specialist companies who compete against each other to trace heirs to unclaimed estates. A simple case becomes very complicated when the family's secrets are revealed. Two cases reveal a great-grandfather's life on the docks, the early days of diving, and an uncle's role in the defeat of Germany in the Second World War is printed for posterity. 

Plus details of unclaimed estates where heirs still need to be found.

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Series following the work of probate researchers.

Series following specialist companies who compete against each other to trace heirs to unclaimed estates

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