About this season
Mud Men is a British television series on History. 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 and Steve "Mud God" Brooker, chairman of the Mudlarks Society.
Episodes (8)
1. Guns
Aired 28 February 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. Tough Trades
Aired 7 March 2011
Our Mud Men, Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker, take a journey into London’s historical trades via the Thames at Wapping.
3. Tudor Beer & Witchcraft
Aired 14 March 2011
Digging on the foreshore at Greenwich leads Mud Men Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker back to the time of Henry VIII.
4. Georgian Gentlemen
Aired 21 March 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. Prisons
Aired 28 March 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. WWII
Aired 4 April 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. Thames Shipping
Aired 11 April 2011
Rotherhithe, the home of shipbuilding on the Thames for hundreds of years, is the venue for the Mud Men’s mudlarking today.
8. Medicine
Aired 18 April 2011
The Mud Men, Johnny Vaughan and Steve Brooker are mudlarking on the historic north Thames foreshore at Cannon Street.