The Best TV Shows on Quest

Every Quest Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 2002 up until 2025, Quest stands as a beacon of television excellence. Some of the best tv shows from Quest include Fifth Gear and Salvage Hunters, airing in 2002 and 2011 respectively. Discover the best of Quest with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for December 2025.

  • Britain's Deadliest Kids
    Britain's Deadliest Kids (2019)8.0

    An investigation into the stories of some of Britain’s most infamous children. What led these young people to kill, and could it have been avoided?

  • Goblin Works Garage
    Goblin Works Garage (2018)7.5

    Three eccentric mechanics, Jimmy de Ville, Ant Partridge and Helen Stanley, are on a mission to bring the once Great British engineering company, Goblin, back to life. Together they restore some of the world's best known cars and bikes, using artisan skill to create wacky and daring designs.

  • Shed & Buried: Classic Cars
    Shed & Buried: Classic Cars (2024)7.5

    Henry teams-up with Fuzz Townshend once again. The duo will be doing what they do best: digging in the nation's sheds, barns and outbuildings, this time to (hopefully) find a tidy profit in some vintage motors

  • Disasters at Sea
    Disasters at Sea (2018)7.1

    Dedicated investigators uncover the devastating chain of circumstances that caused a maritime disaster. With the evidence at the bottom of the sea, ingenuity is required to find the cause – whether it is human error or the uncontrollable ocean.

  • Evil Online
    Evil Online (2014)7.0

    Real-life tales of tragedy when online acquaintances turn out to be murderous villains in disguise.

  • Shed and Buried
    Shed and Buried (2015)7.0

    Britain is famed the World over for its abundance of eccentrics, most of whom can normally be found tinkering in a shed somewhere. In this hugely popular series, the UK’s favourite biker, Henry Cole, and his best friend, engineering genius Sam Lovegrove, continue their quest to discover amazing vintage vehicles buried in the nation's sheds, to buy, fix up and move on for a tidy profit.

  • Outback Car Hunters
    Outback Car Hunters (2021)7.0

    Car fanatics GT and Dave set off on a road trip in search of abandoned or forgotten classic cars (as well as other memorabilia) to buy and sell for serious profit. Their journey features the spectacular scenery of the West Australian Outback, but this is no sightseeing trip – with their own money on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher as the boys decide which cars to buy, and how much to spend. Over the series, they uncover and restore 20 classic cars from the USA, Japan, Great Britain and Europe.

  • James May and the Dull Men
    James May and the Dull Men (2024)7.0

    James May recently discovered the online phenomenon of ‘Dull Men’s’ forums. Now, from his Wiltshire home, shed and pub, he embarks on a glorious ‘summer of dull’. Inspired by these forums, James creates his own solutions to the questions he finds there.

  • Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
    Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques (2025)7.0

    Johnny Vegas hunts and repairs antiques in a bid to make enough profit to make the shop a permanent business - an emporium on the North West of England.

  • Salvage Hunters
    Salvage Hunters (2011)6.6

    Meet modern-day treasure hunter Drew Pritchard. With demanding customers, high turnover, and one of the biggest decorative salvage yards in the UK, Drew is constantly on the road, crisscrossing the country in search of derelict gems and forgotten remnants. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, his crack team of restorers is back at the shop giving old and rare finds a new lease on life.

  • Salvage Hunters Best Buys
    Salvage Hunters Best Buys (2016)6.0

    Architectural salvage expert Drew Pritchard looks back at the most eccentric characters, the hardest hagglers and the most extraordinary places he's hunted for antique treasure. Drew gives us the inside track on his wheeling and dealing, the stories behind his picks, as well as top tips about salvaging and how to get the best deals.

  • Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
    Salvage Hunters: The Restorers (2018)6.0

    Modern day treasure hunter, Drew Pritchard is one of Britain's leading architectural salvage dealers, traveling the length and breadth of the country in search of weird and wonderful objects. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, a crack team of restorers are back at base giving old and rare finds a new lease of life. We've seen them at work on Salvage Hunters, restoring, repairing and refining Drew's finds but for the first time, Salvage Hunters: The Restorers is going behind-the-scenes with this expert team to see what it really takes to transform junk into gems.

  • Fifth Gear
    Fifth Gear (2002)5.4

    Getting viewers up to speed on all the latest automotive information, with new car reviews, second hand bargains and industry tidbits being the focus of this magazine show.

  • Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars
    Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars (2018)5.3

    Salvage aficionado, Drew Pritchard teams up with Turbo Pickers' Paul Cowland for an epic motoring mission. They scour the UK, buying, restoring and selling classic cars.

  • EFL on Quest
    EFL on Quest (2018)3.5

    Match highlights of all the action from the EFL, featuring expert analysis from a variety of guests.

  • Robson Green's Australian Adventure
    Robson Green's Australian Adventure (2015)N/A

    Robson Green embarks on an epic series of adventures across Australia. His aim is to understand what life is really like away from the familiar and famous destinations, by venturing into the outback and beyond.

  • Planes That Changed the World
    Planes That Changed the World (2015)N/A

    This new series features the fascinating stories of three of the most important commercial aircraft ever to take to the skies.

  • The Killer in My Family
    The Killer in My Family (2019)N/A

    Stories from the perspective of a murderer's family, exploring the impact their relative's crime had on them. Episodes feature interviews with family members and ex-partners of notorious murderers.

  • Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic
    Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic (2024)N/A

    Master mechanic Ant Anstead restores and sells classic cars to help fund the renovation of the 500-year-old farmhouse he bought for his mum and dad.

  • James May's Shed Load of Ideas
    James May's Shed Load of Ideas (2025)N/A

    In "James May's Shed Load of Ideas," the beloved presenter fully leans into his persona as a modern-day, pragmatic philosopher. Freed from the world of high-octane automotive challenges, May returns to his natural habitat: a wonderfully cluttered shed. From this cozy HQ, he embarks on a series of intellectual and practical explorations, applying his signature curiosity and dry wit to everything from the history of mundane objects to grand futuristic concepts. The show is a testament to the fact that the subject is almost irrelevant; the true appeal is simply listening to James May think aloud. It's a comforting, witty, and deeply engaging series for anyone who finds joy in the art of thoughtful inquiry.