061159 - SPITFIRE HUNTERS: The Inside Stories Behind The Best Aviation Archaeology TV Documentaries

By Simon Parry

The book follows the excavations, the history and the men and women who made the programmes happen - the 'Spitfire Hunters' - to tell the fascinating inside story. The phenomenon of 'Aviation Archaeology' - find the wrecks of long-lost aircraft - has captured the public's imagination and millions have watched the TV documentaries as legendary machines have been lifted from their muddy graves. Popular history shows such as Channel 4's TimeTeam and BBC2's Time Watch and Meet the Ancestors - have featured these excavations, as have one-off prime-time documentaries.