Mud Men (TV series)

Mud Men
Genre History
Presented by Johnny Vaughan
Steve Brooker
Nick Stevens
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 30
Production company(s) ITN Productions
Release
Original network History
Original release 27 February 2011
External links
Official website

Mud Men is a British television series on the History channel. The series follows members of the Mudlarks Society as they hunt for items on the River Thames foreshore that may have changed the course of history. The series is presented by Johnny Vaughan[1] and Steve "Mud God" Brooker, chairman of the Mudlarks Society.[2] Since season 3, Nick Stevens aka "Rock" has become a series regular. The show has currently run for three seasons. A fourth season has yet to be confirmed, although Johnny references a fourth numerous times during the third season.

Show Format

The first half of the show is spent with the lads down on the Foreshore scouring for all things historical and interesting. After the search, they are joined by their expert around the finds table who then appoints them their historical research "mission" based on what they have found.

The show has many comedy elements to it, such as Johnnys constant desire to become one of the 'inner circle' of the Mudlarkers and his jealousy of Steves knee pads. Johnnys comedic and random outbursts of excitement are prevalent throughout series. Season 3 sees Steve obtain a stalker, resulting in the lads having to escort their expert to a secret meeting place in order to inspect the days finds.

References

  1. Who should resurrect their TV career?, The Guardian, 8 April 2011.
  2. Harrell, Eben: Following in the Footsteps of the Mud God, TIME, 12 October 2009.
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