The Salvager is a British reality television show produced by Attaboy Productions and broadcast on Real Time Discovery. The event lasted for two series featuring Rico Daniels a passionate recycler and salvager dives, board tips and a charity shop found metal and wood pieces and turned them into useful and unusual items. The second series entitled Le Salvager depends on the same premise but sees Daniels move to Vosges in eastern France. The show is often repeated in Quest and Discovery Shed in the UK
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Host
Daniels was born in Basildon, Essex in 1952. He left school at the age of 15 to become a civil servant but soon realized that it was not for him and became an art student. It was also disliked by Daniels and he eventually became a market trader.
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Screen Tests
In 2002 Daniels was invited to screen tests about men and their warehouses. Although he is not very apt for the show, the producer loves his unique style and commissioned a series that showed his talent for turning trash into treasure.
Possible Third Series
In November 2012 Daniels announced on Twitter that he had sent two tosses for the third series of salvagers to the production company Attaboy Productions that made the first two.
Series 1 - The Salvager
Series 2 - Le Salvager
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia