The Treasure Hunters (2014)
The Treasure Hunters (2014)
From pirates' hoards and shipwrecked booty to dazzling gems to precious metals, Ellie Harrison and Dallas Campbell journey to the far corners of the globe in search of some of the most extraordinary and elusive gems and precious metals.

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1x01 Raw Treasure

07 April, 2014 9:00 pm
The Treasure Hunters is a visually spectacular two-part series for BBC1, presented by Ellie Harrison and Dallas Campbell. From pirates' hoards and shipwrecked booty to dazzling gems to precious metals, we lust after treasure, fight over it and go to the ends of the earth to find it - our planet is a treasure chest just waiting to be opened. In this new series Ellie Harrison and Dallas Campbell journey around the globe on the ultimate treasure hunt. They scratch the surface of our planet to uncover its most extraordinary riches - from mountains of gold to the most valuable gemstones in the world and the largest natural treasure ever found. In this episode, Ellie ventures down one of the deepest gold mines in the world in search of the gleaming metal that was once thought to be the skin of the gods and the sweat of the sun. Dallas free-dives for lustrous pearls in the waters around north west Australia and, using one of the largest treasure hunting machines, he seeks out diamond

1x02 Man-Made Treasure

14 April, 2014 9:00 pm
In this final episode, Ellie Harrison and Dallas Campbell reveal the greatest treasures we've ever created. Dallas braves vicious currents to dive on a shipwreck where gold, silver and 5,000 emeralds have been found. Ellie tells the tale of intrigue and obsession surrounding a jewelled room in Russia decorated with millions of pounds worth of amber; and she enters the secretive world of the diamond cutters - each lives with the knowledge that a slip of the hand could cost them millions of pounds.

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