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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 10 Reversions

Alison Vann

Matt Gordon

Flame Television

Heir Hunters: Series 10 Reversions: Episode 5: Wootton/Watson

Wootton/Watson

Episode 5

Episode 5: Wootton/Watson

Series 10 Reversions

BBC One - Heir Hunters, Series 10 Reversions, Wootton/Watson

A case centred on Guernsey brings up heartbreaking tales of families torn apart by war.

Series following the work of probate researchers. A case centred on Guernsey brings up heartbreaking tales of families torn apart by war.

The heir hunters travel to foreign shores as family histories are unlocked in the quest to find the rightful beneficiaries of unclaimed estates. 

One case centred on the Channel Island of Guernsey brings up heartbreaking tales of families torn apart by war and reunites relatives, as a niece is grateful to be given missing pieces of her own family tree.

In America friends remember a Cheshire woman who travelled across the pond to start a new life but then met an untimely death. The hunt to find heirs to inherit the estate she left stateside travels back to home soil. The tragic case leads to a cousin embarking on an exciting journey of her own.

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Series following the work of probate researchers. Contains revised repeats.

Series following specialist companies who compete against each other to trace heirs to unclaimed estates. Contains revised repeats.

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