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Modern day treasure hunter, Drew Pritchard is one of Britain's leading architectural salvage dealers, traveling the length and breadth of the country in search of weird and wonderful objects.Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, a crack team of restorers are back at base giving old and rare finds a new lease of life. We've seen them at work on Salvage Hunters, restoring, repairing and refining Drew's finds but for the first time, Salvage Hunters: The Restorers is going behind-the-scenes with this expert team to see what it really takes to transform junk into gems.
Michael and Maria restore a mechanical peacock for Drew. Elsewhere, Saxon asks Nick to use his artistic skills to rescue a battered but historic pub sign.
Martin visits a client to collect a 19th century Louis Vuitton trunk for restoration. Later, Drew enlists Ruth to restore a stunning Italian giltwood lantern.
Drew asks Steve to save a faded but valuable antique chest of drawers, and Serkan enlists Ted to restore a bent and twisted armillary sphere.
Drew enlists automaton restorers Michael and Maria to get an automaton archer firing again. Karyn wants Ted and Robin to save an iconic K6 telephone box.
Metalworker Ted works his magic on a rusty old mining cart. Martin restores a pair of Civil War era military boots, and Steve and Gill save a broken antique table.
Julia restores a broken peacock head from a festival float for dealer Natasha. Later, Steve rescues a pair of worn antique tables from a Suffolk stately home.
Automata experts Michael and Maria restore a rare mechanical pig for dealer Drew, and Willow weaving guest restorer Cherry rescues a Danish armchair.
Furniture restorer Steve Norman rescues a rare and valuable campaign desk. Ted Edley transforms a broken 1960s pedal car into a sporty racer with pace and grace.
Metalworker Ted Edley and Gilder Ruth Tappin transform an antique French Lily Chandelier. Meanwhile, Robin Johnson works on an Irish estate wardrobe that is falling apart.
Game restorer Mark Squires repairs and rebuilds a 1960s one armed bandit game. Metalworker Ted Edley is tasked with restoring a rusty buoy lantern.
Drew tasks Steve with a crumbling rosewood card table, Serkan hopes horologist Paul can get an RAF cockpit clock ticking again and Karyn wants Chris to breathe new life into a taxidermy swan.
Michael and Maria tackle a football arcade game from the 1950's, Serkan sets Ted a challenge of restoring two art deco cinema lights; and Saxon enlists joiner Robin to help save a huge haberdashers cabinet.
Rebecca Pritchard entrusts her precious heirloom, a cherub statue affectionately known as Fat Les, to sculptor Nick Elphick who must restore Les back to his best.
Michael and Maria Start work on a 19th century Pinocchio puppet. And neon light designer, Julia Bickerstaff, restores a period advertising sign for Riley Cars.
Sculptor Nick Elphick works on a life-sized stag statue that's missing its head. And metalsmith Ted Edley restores an alien-themed shooting game.
Ted takes on a piece of pure Americana in the form of a porch glider seat.
Arcade games specialist Mark Squires rescues a 1960s pinball machine. Meanwhile, upholsterer Craig uses his creative magic to revive a mid-century G-plan sofa.
A pair of huge church candlesticks become a woodworm infested nightmare for gilder Ruth, upholsterer Ray gives a dog eared bench seat a new lease of life, while leather expert Martin rescues a pair of hundred year old clown shoes for the Museum of Comedy.
An unusual piece of wrought iron work proves a mighty challenge for Nev.
Serkan has a pair of huge pub lanterns for metalsmith Ted to work on.
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