River Hunters - Season 1 - Eps 2: Warwick - River Avon and War of Roses
Episode two sees our intrepid River Hunters visit the River Avon beneath the medieval Warwick Castle. Synonymous with Shakespeare, the river has a much darker history as it once ran red with the blood of thousands of slain soldiers, when it was at the heart of one of the defining battles in the Wars of the Roses. Teaming up with one the UK’s few diving archeologists, Gary Bankhead, Rick and Beau discover an array of artefacts ranging from the time of The Wars of The Roses to the Victorian age in Warwick. Next they head down the river to Tewkesbury to find a WW2 helmet and Victorian crockery.
About River Hunters
Title: River Hunters
First Air Date: 2019-03-16
Last Air Date: 2022-05-30
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 18
Network: Sky History
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Beau Ouimette
Himself
Rick Edwards
Himself
