Mud Men

Season 1

2011 · 8 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Guns

   28 Feb 2011

   Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker hit gold on day one, as they mudlark on the holy grail of Thames foreshores at the Tower of London.

2. 2

   2. Tough Trades

   7 Mar 2011

   Our Mud Men, Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker, take a journey into London’s historical trades via the Thames at Wapping.

3. 3

   3. Tudor Beer & Witchcraft

   14 Mar 2011

   Digging on the foreshore at Greenwich leads Mud Men Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker back to the time of Henry VIII.

4. 4

   4. Georgian Gentlemen

   21 Mar 2011

   The Thames foreshore at Limehouse reveals a rich collection of Georgian finds and leads Mud Men, Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker, on a dandy adventure.

5. 5

   5. Prisons

   28 Mar 2011

   Today’s penal finds on the Millbank foreshore, site of London’s largest Victorian prison, result in Mud Men Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker looking at life inside

6. 6

   6. WWII

   4 Apr 2011

   The foreshore at Silvertown is the location for the Mud Men’s dig today. Infamous as the site of the largest explosion on mainland Britain in 1917 when the munitions factory blew up.

7. 7

   7. Thames Shipping

   11 Apr 2011

   Rotherhithe, the home of shipbuilding on the Thames for hundreds of years, is the venue for the Mud Men’s mudlarking today.

8. 8

   8. Medicine

   18 Apr 2011

   The Mud Men, Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker are mudlarking on the historic north Thames foreshore at Cannon Street.