River Hunters (2019)

Name: River Hunters
Genre: Biography
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Beau Ouimette, Rick Edwards

Biography

US Youtube sensation Beau Ouimette, a river detectorist with over 30 years’ experience, and presenter and keen swimmer Rick Edwards search the UK’s waterways for archaeological finds. Using state-of-the-art technology, archive maps and contemporaneous accounts from the period, Beau and Rick perform the first underwater archaeological digs in some of the most exciting and iconic historical sites in Britain, often in dangerous and fast-flowing water.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (101 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

7.60 avg 4 episodes 7.3 → 8.2 43 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stirling - First Scottish War of Independence	7.3	7
2	Warwick - River Avon and War of Roses	7.6	5
5	Hadrian's Wall - River Eden and River Carlisle	7.3	6
8	William the Conqueror - River Avon	8.2	5