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The BBC chose Fraser & Fraser as its main focus in a 15-part documentary about Probate Research which was broadcast from 4th-22nd June 2007. The series followed the firm to show how time consuming research positively impacted people's lives. | |
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Episode 1
Monday 4th June Samuel Sommersby left 300,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the story of the Barnado's child whose father forgot her, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 589,000 pounds. Episode 2
Tuesday 5th June Stephen Podd left 195,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the son who cannot inherit his father's money, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 1,262,000 pounds. Episode 3
Wednesday 6th June Jann Gordon Chesworth left 850,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the man whose inheritance saved his life, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 965,000 pounds. Episode 4
Thursday 7th June Ronald Edward Nightingall left 300,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, how one woman almost threw away a fortune, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 837,000 pounds. Episode 5
Friday 8th June Valerie Borer left 73,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the teacher whose windfall kept her school open, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 855,000 pounds. Episode 6
Monday 11th June Barrie Keith Townsend left 330,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the story of the mysterious pigeon man whose money disappeared, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 970,000 pounds. Episode 7
Tuesday 12th June Hugh Robinson left 39,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the mysterious story of the secret agent who left over 100,000 pounds, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 498,000 pounds. Episode 8
Wednesday 13th June Henry John Silcocks left 30,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the mystery of the man who was brain damaged in the Blitz and has no known relatives, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 589,000 pounds. Episode 9
Thursday 14th June Albert Essam left 120,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the man who discovered five brothers and sisters he didn't know existed, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 2,324,000 pounds. Episode 10
Friday 15th June Frank Goodwin left 350,000 pounds and the hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the man whose windfall gave him a crisis of conscience, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 500,000 pounds. Episode 11
Monday 18th June Leonora Smith left 230,000 pounds and the heir hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the story of a windfall for two sisters, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 681,000 pounds. Episode 12
Tuesday 19th June Alan John Tew left 70,000 pounds and the heir hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the story of two sisters whose lives were transformed by a cousin they never knew, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 523,000 pounds. Episode 13
Wednesday 20th June Phyllis Broadwick left 200,000 pounds and the heir hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the man who gave hot news the cold shoulder, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 729,000 pounds. Episode 14
Thursday 21st June Pamela Gosman left 90,000 pounds and the heir hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, the mystery of a burned-out house and a skeleton, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 1,160,000 pounds. Episode 15
Friday 22nd June Geoffrey Penney left 175,000 pounds and the heir hunters compete to find a surviving relative before the Treasury takes it. Plus, how illness tore a family apart, and details of other unclaimed estates worth 2,187,000 pounds.< |
The series is no longer available to view online. | |