''Filthy Riches'' is an American television series that aired on the
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Enter ...
. It premiered on April 20, 2014.
Cast
* Ray Turner (
eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
fisherman)
* Billy Taylor, Caleb Taylor & Levi Monroe (
ginseng
Ginseng () is the root of plants in the genus ''Panax'', such as South China ginseng (''Panax notoginseng, P. notoginseng''), Korean ginseng (''Panax ginseng, P. ginseng''), and American ginseng (''American ginseng, P. quinquefol ...
hunters)
* Jim Campbell & Andy Johns (
bloodworm diggers)
* Greg Dahl & Albert "Al" DeSilva (
burl
A burl (American English) or burr (British English) is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from d ...
hunters)
* Chris Matherly & Levena Holmes (
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom.
The standard for the n ...
hunters)
Premise
From the backwoods of Tennessee or Maryland to the mud flats of Maine, the series spotlights individuals hunting and foraging for eels, bloodworms, the ginseng plant, wild mushrooms, and burl, all for commercial use.
Episodes: Season 1
Episodes: Season 2
References
External links
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Season 2 listing
2010s American reality television series
2014 American television series debuts
American English-language television shows
National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming
2015 American television series endings
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