Mud Men (TV series)

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Mud Men
GenreHistory
Presented byJohnny Vaughan
Steve Brooker
Nick Stevens
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes30
Production
Production companyITN Productions
Original release
NetworkHistory
Release27 February 2011 (2011-02-27)

Mud Men is a British television series on the History channel, following members of the Mudlarks Society as they hunt for items on the River Thames foreshore. The series is presented by Johnny Vaughan[1] and Steve "Mud God" Brooker, chairman of the Mudlarks Society.[2] In the third season, the last of the series to air, Nick "Rock" Stevens had a recurring role.

Format[edit]

The first half of the show is spent searching the foreshore. After the search, they are joined by their expert who then gives them a historical research "mission" based on their finds.

Awards[edit]

Mud Men was highly commended in the Popular Factual Programme category at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2011 [3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Who should resurrect their TV career?, The Guardian, 8 April 2011.
  2. ^ Harrell, Eben: Following in the Footsteps of the Mud God, TIME, 12 October 2009.
  3. ^ Kanter, Jake. "History digs up second run of Mud Men". Broadcast. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Mud Men – Series 2". The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ British Museum. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

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