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River Hunters

Season 2 2021

  • 2021-04-05T20:00:00Z on History
  • 1h
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
In River Hunters, Rick Edwards and river-searching expert Beau Ouimette visit some of the most historically significant sites across Britain: covering iconic events and battles including Roman Briton, the Wars of the Roses, the Reformation and the English Civil War. Their searches of these unexplored rivers and waterways unearth treasures from the past which reveal how our various ancestors used to live. As the artefacts surface from under layers of silt and rocks, the duo will meet with local archaeologists and historians to unearth the stories and people behind the finds. Spanning each river's layered past, the new series will offer a fresh perspective and even redefine our history as we know it. Using state-of-the-art technology, archive maps and contemporaneous accounts from the period, Beau and Rick perform the first underwater archeological digs in some of the most exciting and iconic historical sites in Britain, often in dangerous and fast-flowing water.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2021-04-05T20:00:00Z

2x01 The Battle of Killiecrankie

Season Premiere

2x01 The Battle of Killiecrankie

  • 2021-04-05T20:00:00Z1h

The River Hunters take on the River Garry, situated in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, where the team searches for evidence of one of Scotland’s bloodiest eras, the Jacobite Rebellions.

2021-04-12T20:00:00Z

2x02 Viking Invasion

2x02 Viking Invasion

  • 2021-04-12T20:00:00Z1h

Rick and Beau visit the mighty River Ouse in Yorkshire, hunting for evidence of Britain’s most notorious seafaring raiders: the Vikings.

Back in Scotland, the River Hunters go in search of evidence of the clashing Scottish clans embroiled in the civil war that raged across the British Isles in the 17th Century. Fights erupted during this period between the Royalists supporting the King and the Covenanters wanting more power for church and state.

This episode sees our River Hunters head to Canterbury, where they’re granted special permission to undertake the first official search of this section of the River Stour as they hunt for relics left behind by 12th Century pilgrims.

The River Hunters hit the oldest town in Britain - Colchester - searching the town’s historic waterway, the River Colne, for evidence of the longest siege in British history: the Siege of Colchester.

The final hunt of the series takes the team back to Yorkshire to hunt for relics from the bloody and brutal 14th Century clashes between the English and the Scottish.

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