Wheeler Dealers (2003)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

Length

24 seasons, 281 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of car enthusiasts finds old vehicles in need of repair. They fix them up within a budget and then sell them to new owners.

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What happens

Wheeler Dealers is a British TV series originally produced by Attaboy TV for the Discovery Channel in the United Kingdom and for Motor Trend in the United States. The programme was fronted by car enthusiast and former dealer Mike Brewer with mechanics Edd China (Series 1-13), Ant Anstead (Series 14–16), and Marc Priestley, (Series 17-18). The premise of the show has the presenters on a mission to save old and repairable enthusiast vehicles, by repairing or otherwise improving an example of a particular make and model to a budget then selling it to a new owner. The programme was created by Daniel Allum and Michael Wood, the founding directors of Attaboy TV, both long-time car enthusiasts. Series 1 was aired in 2003. Series 5 was renamed Wheeler Dealers On the Road, with Brewer and China expanding their car search by heading out into Europe hoping to find classic cars to buy and restore. The second half of Series 6 was aired in the autumn of 2009 on Discovery Real Time. Beginning with part 2 of Series 8, Brewer further expanded their horizon by touring the United States. In Series 12, Brewer and China set up a new workshop in a rented bay at Huntington Beach Bodyworks, 18108 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, California. This decision was made so that they could deliver more episodes of the show and meant they were able to restore and sell the cars on the spot, instead of having them shipped back to the UK. Once the American operation was established, it moved to more suitable premises at 5382 Research Drive, Huntington Beach. Series 17 (2021) saw the show filming return to the UK. Wheeler Dealers has spawned a number of derived series such as Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up in which Brewer travels around the world attempting to trade his way up to a supercar, Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car where Brewer and mechanic Marc "Elvis" Priestley lend their expertise to add value to clients' cars to help them trade up to their dream vehicle, and most recently Wheeler Dealers World Tour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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