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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 8

Gareth Rowlands

Colin Campbell

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Heir Hunters: Series 8: Episode 11: Bruce/Offord

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Episode 11: Bruce/Offord

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Bruce/Offord

BBC One - Heir Hunters, Series 8, Bruce/Offord

The death of a popular Manchester man sparks the search for heirs to his £20,000 estate.

Series following the work of probate researchers. The team have their work cut out when the death of a popular Manchester man sparks the search for heirs to his £20,000 estate.

A newly advertised unclaimed estate causes frustration for the heir hunters. The death of a popular Manchester man sparks the search for heirs to his £20,000 estate, but the team have their work cut out when they discover part of the family emigrated to the other side of the world. 

And the story of a case where heir hunters worked along with the police to ensure that assets taken by a gang of fraudsters went to their rightful owners. 

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

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