Aussie Gold Hunters

Aussie Gold Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows crews of gold prospectors in Australia. The series is produced by Electric Pictures and began on the Discovery Channel on 15 September 2016. The series has been a ratings success and gone on to air in 125 countries including the United Kingdom.

Aussie Gold Hunters
Genre	Factual
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	59 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Darren Chau
Producer(s)	Electric Pictures
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel
Original release	15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) – present

The fifth season consisting of 20 episodes premiered on 30 April 2020.

Production

The first season of eight episodes produced by Electric Pictures premiered on 15 September 2016.[1] In March 2017 the series was renewed for a 10 episode second season,[2] which premiered on 6 July 2017.[3] In March 2018 the series was renewed for a 13 episode third season,[4] which premiered on 31 May 2018.[5] In September 2018 the series was renewed for a 13 episode fourth season,[6] which premiered on 2 May 2019.[7] In October 2019 the series was renewed for 40 episodes across two seasons.[8] The 20 episode fifth season premiered on 30 April 2020.[9]

Cast

Name	Nickname	Seasons
		1[1]	2[3]	3[5]	4[7]	5[9]
Christine and Greg Clark	The Gold Gypsies	Main
Vernon Strange	The Dirt Dogs	Main				Does not appear
Leon Marsh		Main			Does not appear
Jake Larsen		Does not appear		Main
Marco		Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Kal Henderson, Leigh Henderson, Steve Bult		Does not appear			Main
Henri Chassaing and Kellie Carter	N/A	Main		Does not appear
Rick Fisher	N/A	Does not appear	Main		Does not appear
Ted and Lecky Mahoney	N/A	Does not appear	Main	Main		Does not appear
Tyler Mahoney		Does not appear
Alex Stead and Eric Richards	The Scrapers	Does not appear		Main		Does not appear
Neville Perry and Mick Clark	Victoria Diggers	Does not appear			Main
Marcus McGuire and Linden Brownley	N/A	Does not appear				Main
Rob Dale and Rob ‘Turbo’ Linton	The Gold Timers	Does not appear				Main
Shane Calegari and Russell Nash	N/A	Does not appear				Main
Paul Mackie, Jake Armstrong, John and Mike	The Dust Devils	Does not appear				Main
Brent Shannon and Ethan West	The Poseidon Crew	Does not appear			Guest	Main

Episodes

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	8		15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)	3 November 2016 (2016-11-03)
	2	10		6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)	7 September 2017 (2017-09-07)
	3	13		31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)	23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)
	4	13		2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)	25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)
	5	20		30 April 2020 (2020-04-30)	TBA

Season 1 (2016)

Aussie Gold Hunters season one episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Australia viewers
1	1	"3 Men and Gold"	15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)	52,000[10]
2	2	"Mech Disasters and a High-Stakes Gamble"	22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)	50,000[11]
3	3	"Uprooting and Salt-Lake Gold"	29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)	N/A
4	4	"Big Storm and Big Finds"	6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)	46,000[12]
5	5	"All or Nothing and Gold Rich Patch"	13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)	46,000[13]
6	6	"Targets and Unwanted Guests"	20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)	54,000[14]
7	7	"Breakdowns and Complications"	27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)	N/A
8	8	"Digging Deep, Risking Life and Limb"	3 November 2016 (2016-11-03)	37,000[15]

Season 2 (2017)

Aussie Gold Hunters season two episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Australia viewers
9	1	"New Dawn Rises"	6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)	47,000[16]
10	2	"Heartbreak and Ambition"	13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)	47,000[17]
11	3	"Resurrection"	20 July 2017 (2017-07-20)	60,000[18]
12	4	"Speccie Gold"	27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)	70,000[19]
13	5	"Legends and Lore"	3 August 2017 (2017-08-03)	64,000[20]
14	6	"Riches in the Dry Well"	10 August 2017 (2017-08-10)	78,000[21]
15	7	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"	17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)	75,000[22]
16	8	"Isolation of the Bush"	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)	71,000[23]
17	9	"Bush Mateship"	31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)	69,000[24]
18	10	"Extra Wands on the Ground"	7 September 2017 (2017-09-07)	64,000[25]

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Australia viewers (millions)
19	1	"Episode 1"	31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)	N/A
20	2	"Episode 2"	7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)	N/A
21	3	"Episode 3"	14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	N/A
22	4	"Episode 4"	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)	N/A
23	5	"Episode 5"	28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)	N/A
24	6	"Episode 6"	5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)	N/A
25	7	"Episode 7"	12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)	N/A
26	8	"Episode 8"	19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)	N/A
27	9	"Episode 9"	26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)	N/A
28	10	"Episode 10"	2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)	N/A
29	11	"Episode 11"	9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)	N/A
30	12	"Episode 12"	16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)	N/A
31	13	"Episode 13"	23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)	N/A

Season 4 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Australia viewers (millions)
32	1	"Episode 1"	2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)	N/A
33	2	"Episode 2"	9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)	N/A
34	3	"Episode 3"	16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)	N/A
35	4	"Episode 4"	23 May 2019 (2019-05-23)	N/A
36	5	"Episode 5"	30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)	N/A
37	6	"Episode 6"	6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)	N/A
38	7	"Episode 7"	13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)	N/A
39	8	"Episode 8"	20 June 2019 (2019-06-20)	N/A
40	9	"Episode 9"	27 June 2019 (2019-06-27)	N/A
41	10	"Episode 10"	4 July 2019 (2019-07-04)	N/A
42	11	"Episode 11"	11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)	N/A
43	12	"Episode 12"	18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)	N/A
44	13	"Episode 13"	25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)	N/A

Season 5 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date [26]	Australia viewers
45	1	"Episode 1"	30 April 2020 (2020-04-30)	106,000[27]
46	2	"Episode 2"	7 May 2020 (2020-05-07)	100,000[28]
47	3	"Episode 3"	14 May 2020 (2020-05-14)	105,000[29]
48	4	"Episode 4"	21 May 2020 (2020-05-21)	104,000[30]
49	5	"Episode 5"	28 May 2020 (2020-05-28)	88,000[31]
50	6	"Episode 6"	4 June 2020 (2020-06-04)	84,000[32]
51	7	"Episode 7"	11 June 2020 (2020-06-11)	70,000[33]
52	8	"Episode 8"	18 June 2020 (2020-06-18)	99,000[34]
53	9	"Episode 9"	25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)	86,000[35]
54	10	"Episode 10"	2 July 2020 (2020-07-02)	89,000[36]
55	11	"Episode 11"	9 July 2020 (2020-07-09)	89,000[37]
56	12	"Episode 12"	16 July 2020 (2020-07-16)	80,000[38]
57	13	"Episode 13"	23 July 2020 (2020-07-23)	81,000[39]
58	14	"Episode 14"	30 July 2020 (2020-07-30)	91,000[40]
59	15	"Episode 15"	6 August 2020 (2020-08-06)	84,000[41]
60	16	"Episode 16"	13 August 2020 (2020-08-13)	76,000[42]

Reception

The series has been a local and international ratings success.

For a few years now it has been one of the most successful shows on Foxtel

— Andrew Ogilvie (Electric Picture’s founder and CEO), [43]

In addition, in the United Kingdom where the series is broadcast on Quest Aussie Gold Hunters is consistently the channel's top rating show of the week as well as frequently ranking in the top 10 of non-public broadcasting shows.[44][8]

Broadcast

As of May 2020, Aussie Gold Hunters has been broadcast in 125 countries with an estimated reach of 40 million viewers.[44]

References

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External links

• Aussie Gold Hunters on IMDb
• Official website

See also

• Gold Rush (TV series), a similar show set in Canada and Alaska
• Yukon Gold (TV series), a similar show set in Canada