WW2 Treasure Hunters

WW2 Treasure Hunters pairs Britain's foremost amateur WW2 detectorist with Madness frontman Suggs, as they uncover historical finds from across the UK. Using state-of-the-art technology, original WW2 archives and maps, the pair work together to identify the best places to dig at forgotten sites, including former military bases, airfields, POW camps and barracks. Once located, they then go on to perform extensive digs to excavate the relics. As the artefacts are unearthed, the presenters turn detective, revealing the stories and people behind the finds. They meet with survivors, experts and historians to understand what happened at each of the locations.

Genre: Documentary, War & Politics,

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Type: tv

Season: 2

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Release: 2017-10-09

Rating: 8

Season 1 - WW2 Treasure Hunters
2017-10-09
Suggs and WWII militaria expert Stephen Taylor unearth artefacts from former miltary sites - starting with a German bomber found in Liverpool.
2017-10-16
Suggs and WWII expert Stephen hunt for souvenirs left by flying ace Douglas Bader and the legendary Duxford Fliers.
2017-10-23
Suggs and Stephen continue their hunt for buried WWII treasure, and discover a tank buried in a vineyard.
2017-10-30
Suggs and Stephen go in search of relics from the United States' elite 82nd airborne infantry division.
2017-11-06
In WW2, Suffolk was home to 32 airfields that served as stations for US bombers. Suggs and Stephen hunt for relics of the visiting aircraft.
2017-11-13
Suggs and WW2 expert Stephen uncover more historical finds across the UK, this time looking for relics of the 1944 D-Day operation.
2017-11-20
Suggs and Stephen are back on the hunt for more relics from World War 2, and hope searching the site of a bomb factory won't yield anything too explosive.
2017-11-27
Suggs and WW2 militaria expert Stephen Taylor bring forgotten stories of World War II back to life by unearthing artefacts from sites across the UK.

Season 2 - WW2 Treasure Hunters
2018-11-12
To mark 100 years since the end of the Great War, Suggs and Stephen excavate the site of a huge World War One transit camp at Morn Hill, outside Winchester.
2018-11-19
Stephen Taylor and Suggs are up to their knees in mud in Lincolnshire as they dig up the remains of a Bolton Paul Defiant plane, shot down during the Hull Blitz.
2018-11-26
In Weedon Bec Suggs and Stephen unearth a wealth of WW2 relics as they uncover the very secret past of a top secret arms supply depot.
2018-12-03
Treasure Hunters Suggs and Stephen Taylor are on the trail of an iconic Mark IX Spitfire in Belgium.
2018-12-10
The WW2 Treasure Hunters are in Northern France looking for the remains of an RAF Fairey Battle bomber plane shot down during the days after Dunkirk.
2018-12-17
The WW2 Treasure Hunters are in Cambridgeshire on the former airbase of the Pathfinders Force - the elite flying team whose WW2 exploits were kept top secret.
2018-12-24
In 1944 the south west of England was packed with American troops training for D Day and Suggs and Stephen are on a mission to discover more about this friendly invasion. Digging at a stately home the team find plenty of evidence of the American troops’ training including the rooms where they were billeted, unchanged since 1944 and Suggs learns about how the GIs made themselves at home before discovering the intense and dangerous training the troops were put through on the beaches of North Devon. Stephen drives a half-track tank used on D Day as he discovers more about the wealth of military kit and vehicles that the Americans brought with them.