Ryan/Beazer

Heir Hunters follows specialist companies who compete against each other to trace heirs to unclaimed estates. The team try to trace relatives of a south London woman but are misled by a trail of false clues, making them question everything they know. Research into family trees reveals the life of British soldiers in 19th-century India, early surf tourism and the passionate few who blazed a trail for generations to come.

Plus details of unclaimed estates where heirs still need to be found.