Heir Hunters prime time

[Nick29]

Thanks !    I'll be watching all the programmes this week, and I'll look forward to tonight's programme.

[stonechat]

Going over to Dad's tonight so unlikely to see this

[Nick29]

You can watch it on BBC iPlayer

[stonechat]

I could record it but the backlog of progs to watch gets too much sometimes

[Ringrose]

I don't think I want to watch Heir Hunters more than once a week.The programes like a lot of programmes now do have alot of repetition.I would also prefer one story to be finished and not split into 2 parts.There has been some interesting background information about research and social history
I will record some and look at them at intervals.The presenter does a good job and looks as though she is enjoying it.
Ringrose

[Blue70]

I'd like to see less "stock" footage visuals of stuff like the postman with the long hair walking past the building and more visuals showing the different parts of the country involved. I know there's privacy issues but shots of local landmarks and a general map would tell us more about the heirs' background.  

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[Parmesan]

I've come to this discussion so excuse me if this has been mentioned.

It's a new series, yes?  The stories are repeats though.

AND THE PLINKY PLONKY MUSIC IS STILL THERE AND STILL IRRITATING!

[Nick29]

This series re-visits stories covered in past episodes, when there have been developments since the episode was first aired. 

As stated previously, there is a brand new series 'in the can' which Heir Hunters TV say will be aired early in 2012.

As far as the music goes, it is by an established musician, and I quite liked it at first, but you can have too much of a good thing 

[genjan1953]

I'm still enjoying the series, really really good.  I agree that Lisa, the presenter, seems to be genuinely interested in the subject matter.  I also agree with CGR1970 when s/he said twould be nice to have a map/shots of local area just to give a geographical context to viewers unfamiliar with the area in question.  Oh and I actually like the plinky plonky music!

I enjoying the discussion between Lisa and Neil about asset distribution (Thursday's prog), you know, what happened to the herd of cows, paintings and heirlooms, etc.  Sounds like everything worth something in general terms is sold off and added to the total monetary value of the estate.  Still not too sure what happens to other personal valuables like photo albums, documents, stamp collections, etc.  If the heirs themselves aren't interested they could surely be passed on to local archives or something?

Neil, you asked about what we'd like to see more of in Heir Hunters.  I do think that the balance of different elements in this week's series is very good.  I especially like it when there is a focus on the interactions between office team members, as well as the travelling workers, when they are putting all the info together, coming across problems, chasing down potential heirs.  I am interested most in the research process itself and the challenges that throws up for everyone involved.  More info on the sources used, eg. directories and stuff, would be good too, I think.