Storage Hunters
{{short description|Television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
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| starring = {{ubl|Sean Kelly}}
| composer =
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = US Series
3
UK Series
5 (Regular)
1 (Celebrity) {{cite web|url=http://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/storage-hunters-uk/episodes/|title=Storage Hunters UK - Dave Channel}}
| num_episodes = US Series
73
UK Series
50 (Regular)
6 (Celebrity)
| executive_producer =
| producer =
| location = United States (2011–2013)
United Kingdom (2014–2016)
| editor =
| runtime = 21 minutes
| company = T Group Productions & Hard Boiled Entertainment
| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|06|21}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2013|12|17}}
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2014|10|28}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2016|11|15}}
| related =
| channel = TruTV
| channel2 = Dave
}}
Storage Hunters is a reality television series presented by Sean Kelly (as the auctioneer). It originally ran in the United States from 2011 to 2013 on TruTV{{cite web|title=Storage Hunters Episode: "Storage Hunters"|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/storage-hunters-2011/episode-1-season-1/storage-hunters/332563|access-date=31 October 2012}} and has been shown in the UK on the digital channel Dave. A domestic UK version, also featuring Kelly, ran from 2014 to 2016.
The series has also been shown on New Zealand's TV3.
Background
Sean Kelly grew up in Germany. After leaving school, he worked as a store detective before joining the Army, becoming a German interpreter, and then being stationed in Iraq. He then worked as an auctioneer, and compering comedy clubs at night. After a fight broke out at an auction, he came up with the idea for the show, describing it as "Antiques Roadshow meets WWF!"{{Cite news|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/sean-found-bodies-and-drugs-at-work/|title=Storage Hunters star Sean Kelly on bringing his show to the Edinburgh Fringe and his crazy early years|first=Alan|last=Shaw|work=Scottish Sunday Post|date=5 August 2017|access-date=22 October 2019}}
Format
For the US series, bidders Brandon and Lori Bernier. It continued with the Taylor Brothers, Jesse McClure, Tarrell "T-Money" Wright, Ron "Papa Bear" Kirkpatrick, Kashuna, Wade, FJ, Gary "Goal Machine" Madine, Scott and Chrissy Tassone, the Alvardo Brothers, "Desert Dan," Mone Smith, Will and Nick Eastwood, Soccer Mom and the lock cutters/security guards, Will C. (Season 1), Cameron "Green Mile" Rowe (Season 2-Season 3).{{cite web|title=Storage Hunters: Cast & Details|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/storage-hunters/cast/332563|access-date=31 October 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/shows/storage-hunters/bios.html |title=Storage Hunter: Bios – Think Big (Money) |publisher=TruTV |date=2012-09-16 |access-date=2012-09-16}} The series was cancelled on TruTV after Season 3 ended.{{Citation |url=http://www.tvweb.com/tv-network/trutv/ended |title=Cancelled / Ended TV Shows on TruTV |access-date=2014-10-27}}
In the UK and Ireland the show has been broadcast and repeated on the digital channel Dave. In 2014, Dave commissioned a spin-off series called Storage Hunters UK, featuring Kelly reprising his role as auctioneer with a series of UK bidders hunting for valuables across the UK.{{cite web|url=http://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/storage-hunters-uk/ | title=Storage Hunters UK |publisher=UKTV |access-date=2014-10-27}} Dave renewed the UK version for two more series in 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a623096/storage-hunters-uk-dave-orders-two-more-series.html#~pez1MbByPxEXLf|title=Storage Hunters UK gets two more series|website=Digital Spy|date=21 January 2015}} with the second series beginning on 2 June and featuring US regulars Jesse and T-Money.{{cite web|author=Metro |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/02/we-found-a-crime-scene-in-a-storage-bin-storage-hunters-auctioneer-sean-kelly-reveals-the-show-gets-seriously-dark-5226277/ | title=Storage Hunters UK Second Series |date=2 June 2015 |publisher=Metro |access-date=2015-06-02}} Series 3 of the show premiered on 15 September 2015.{{cite web|author=UKTV |url=http://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/storage-hunters-uk-series-3/ | title=Storage Hunters UK Third Series |publisher=UKTV |access-date=2015-09-15}}
A fifth series was commissioned to air from April 2016, with Kelly returning alongside regular bidders from series 4.
A one-off UK celebrity special aired at Christmas 2015, with any money made being donated to the celebrity individual charities. This was followed by a series of 5 more celebrity episodes that aired at the end of 2016.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/full-line-announced-celebrity-storage-hunters/|title=Full line up announced for Celebrity Storage Hunters - News - UKTV Corporate Site}}
Series overview
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60%;" |
| colspan=2 rowspan=2|Series
!rowspan=2|Episodes !colspan=2|Originally aired |
|---|
| First aired
!Last aired |
| style="background-color: #8C191C; color: #FFFFFF;" colspan="8"|US Series |
| style="background:red;"|
| Season 1 | 23 | 21 June 2011 | September 2011 |
| style="background:yellow;"|
| Season 2 | 24 | June 2012 | September 2012 |
| style="background:lightblue;"|
| Season 3 | 24 | June 2013 | 17 December 2013 |
| style="background-color: #8C191C; color: #FFFFFF;" colspan="8"|UK Series |
| style="background:green;"|
| Series 1 | 10 | 2014 | 2014 |
| style="background:darkblue;"|
| Series 2 | 10 | 2014 | 2014 |
| style="background:pink;"|
| Series 3 | 10 | 2014 | 2014 |
| style="background:black;"|
| Series 4 | 10 | 2015 | 2015 |
| style="background:purple;"|
| Series 5 | 10 | April 2016 | 2016 |
| style="background-color: #8C191C; color: #FFFFFF;" colspan="8"|UK Celebrity Series |
| style="background:Lightgreen;"|
| Christmas Special | 1 | colspan=2| 20 December 2015 |
| style="background:gray;"|
| Series 1 | 5 | 18 October 2016 | 15 November 2016 |
Reception
The show has been well received in Britain, with the first episode of Storage Hunters UK being watched by over 1.1 million viewers, beating ratings for several prime time television shows broadcast that week.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/30/storage-hunters-debuts-dave-walkiing-dead|title=Storage Hunters UK debuts with a bigger audience than Walking Dead|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2015}}
The Guardian{{'s}} Rhik Samadder described Kelly's auctioneering style "like someone has attached electrodes to a woodpecker".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/10/storage-hunters-sean-kelly|title=Storage Hunters: Sean Kelly has a rumble in our jumble|first=Rhik|last=Samadder|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 10, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015}} Tom Eames writing in Digital Spy described it as "one of the least authentic and most fake shows you will ever see, and comes under the umbrella of 'trashy reality' programmes that the US are very good at", but adding that "somehow, it is strangely addictive and enjoyable, and has clearly become a big guilty pleasure of many UK viewers."Eames, Tom (22 July 2013). [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a499744/storage-hunters-daves-addictive-showcase-of-greed.html#ixzz2v4UNY3fn "'Storage Hunters': Dave's addictive showcase of greed"]. Digital Spy
Presenter Sean Kelly has attributed the success of the show to the participants' lack of social skills and compared it to "watching a carnival". In an interview for Digital Spy he speculated that the strong popularity of the show in the UK may lead to a revival of the US series.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/interviews/a628849/storage-hunters-star-sean-kelly-interview-american-version-may-return.html#~p7LeSRnhP7Vju0|title=Storage Hunters star Sean Kelly interview: 'American version may return'|work=Digital Spy|date=February 14, 2015|access-date=March 23, 2015}}
Buyers
=Main Buyers US=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Nickname ! colspan="3" width="20%" | Season |
|---|
| width="10%" scope="col"| 1
! width="10%" scope="col"| 2 ! width="10%" scope="col"| 3 |
| Brandon Bernier and Lori Bernier
| Team Brandori | colspan="3" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Jesse McClure
| Jesse | colspan="3" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Tarrell Wright
| T-Money | colspan="3" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Ronald Kirkpatrick
| Papa Bear | colspan="3" {{yes|Yes}} |
| James and Dustin Taylor
| The Taylor Brothers | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes (Dustin only)}} | colspan="1" {{no2|No}} |
| Scott and Chrissy Tassone
| Scott and Chrissy | colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="1" {{no2|No}} |
| Mone Smith
| FauxHawk | colspan="2" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
=Main Buyers UK=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Name
! rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Nickname ! colspan="6" width="20%" | Season |
|---|
| width="10%" scope="col"| 1
! width="10%" scope="col"| 2 ! width="10%" scope="col"| 3 ! width="10%" scope="col"| 4 ! width="10%" scope="col"| 5 |
| John and Natalie Maddox
| John and Natalie | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Colin Newell
| Heavy D aka The Boominator | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Linda Lambert
| Linda | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Daniel Hill
| Dapper Dan | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Barry and Darren Elford
| Barry and Darren | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| George Johnson
| George | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
=Main Celebrity Buyers UK=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Name
! colspan="6" width="20%" | Season |
|---|
| width="10%" scope="col"| 1 |
| Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Charlotte Crosby and Holly Hagan
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Theo Paphitis
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Tim Vine
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Nancy Dell'Olio
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Bez & Shaun Ryder
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Jenny Eclair and Lizzie Roper
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Johnny Vegas
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Katherine Ryan
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Chris Kamara
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Ainsley Harriott
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Phil Tufnell
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Janet Street-Porter
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Ulrika Jonsson
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Christopher Biggins
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
=Minor Buyers US=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Name
! colspan="3" width="20%" | Season |
|---|
| width="10%" scope="col"| 1
! width="10%" scope="col"| 2 ! width="10%" scope="col"| 3 |
| Desert Dan
| colspan="2" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="1" {{no2|No}} |
| Wade Gallagher
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="2" {{no2|No}} |
| FJ
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="2" {{no2|No}} |
| Kashuna Perfected
| colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="2" {{no2|No}} |
| The Alvarado Brothers
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="1" {{no2|No}} |
| Danarchy
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} |
=Minor Buyers UK=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" width="10%" scope="col" | Name
! colspan="6" width="20%" | Season |
|---|
| width="10%" scope="col"| 1
! width="10%" scope="col"| 2 ! width="10%" scope="col"| 3 ! width="10% scope="col"| 4 ! width="10% scope="col"| 5 |
| Jesse McClure
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="5" {{no2|No}} |
| Tarrell Wright
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="1" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="5" {{no2|No}} |
| Samantha Bartlett
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Boudicca Scherazade
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
| Rupert
| colspan="2" {{yes|Yes}} | colspan="5" {{no2|No}} |
| Scotty
| colspan="1" {{no2|No}} | colspan="5" {{yes|Yes}} |
See also
- Auction Hunters, a similar show on Spike TV
- Storage Wars, a similar show on A&E TV
- Container Wars, a similar series on TruTV
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
The Daily Mirror Brandon Bernier tells all "I was never happy in this chaotic relationship, I was miserable"{{full citation needed|date=November 2021}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|1883671}}
- {{IMDb title|4180738|Storage Hunters UK}}
{{TruTV}}
Category:2010s American reality television series
Category:2011 American television series debuts
Category:2013 American television series endings
Category:Auction television series