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Bazile | 00:42 Thu 19th Jul 2012 | Film, Media & TV
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On the programme , Wednesday morning 18/07/12 , there was an elderley gentleman who had left an estate worth one million pounds .

The programme featured a husband and wife - a lord and lady something , who were attempting to trace the gentleman's heirs .

Does anyone know whether or not they were successful ,and if so how many heirs were there ?
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Lord and Lady Teviot were the heir hunters, sadly they were unable to find any relatives for the gentleman. In fact because he'd not left a will and had no obvious family, the local authority were going to give him a pauper's funeral. Thankfully, his friends all rallied round and gave the chap a fitting send off.
it's the cheviots i think, they've been doing that sort of research for decades. watch it on i player it is always on there.
oh yeah teviot, i met them once at a G.O.O.N.S conference at bath university with miriam margoyles
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Shame that - all that dosh going into the government's coffers

Didn't any of the big firms also have a go ?
Dotty - it doesn't seem to be on I-Player yet unless I'm looking in the wrong place. The latest one is from 13 July.
They might have tried when the estate first came up, the Teviots often chase down smaller estates that the bigger companies don't take up.
I suppose in some way estates going into the government coffers mean that the rest of us benefit in some way
think he's Lord Teisne,but don't watch it usually, find it a little depressing!.....
sorry, he's Lord Teviot!..........shows how much I watch the programme!..........it's very depressing!..........
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Do you know what %tage of the estate the firm that is usually featured , takes as their commision ?

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