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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Jeffries

Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter review – soap star swims up to the mark in search of Tudor gems

Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter.
Touching history … Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter. Photograph: AETN

Twelve metres beneath the surface of the Solent, Ross Kemp is excited. “Mallory! MALLORY!” he yells. Mallory Haas is a maritime archeologist, who I imagine got into this line of work precisely so she didn’t have to hear men shouting at her. “Mallory, look what I’ve found here!” Surely deep-sea diving comms come with off-switches these days.

Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter is essentially submarine Detectorists, despite Kemp’s puppyish overcompensations: “I’ve found something. Mallory! I’ve found something!”

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