Wheeler Dealers host Mike Brewer lifts lid filming secret ahead of new series

Wheeler Dealers TV hosts have revealed a major show secret as the new series of the hit classic car restoration show airs.

Mr Brewer has revealed how the crew select which cars make it onto the popular programme including a “list” of machinery they want to tick off in future episodes.

Co-host Marc Priestley nicknamed Elvis, admitted it can be “difficult” to find vehicles which had not been covered as the series celebrates its 20th anniversary.

However, he stressed the team was “creative” in their bid to “reinvent” the show and keep it fresh.

Mr Brewer even accepted some models they wanted to do had been removed from the master plan due to the uncertain costs of classic cars.

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Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mike said: “First and foremost we have a list of cars already. We have a list of cars that either we can get to or we can’t get to.

“We might have written down 10 years ago, Lotus Carlton, but today we would never do a Lotus Carlton because they are £80,000.

“They are outside the remit of Wheeler Dealers. Ten years ago you could buy one for £15,000. So cars seem to drop off the list and other cars come on the list.”

However, viewers of the show will notice a new focus in recent years with the team keen to celebrate the history of some of the industry’s most successful manufacturers.

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Episode one of this year’s series saw the team work on a classic Ford Fiesta Mk1 after the American giant announced the end of its Fiesta programme.

The duo were set to attend a Fiesta owners meeting to show off their restoration before their Mk1 was stolen just a day before.

Mike added: “One of the things me and Elvis have done particularly in the last two series when we have been working together is we’ve been focussing on not only what the audience wants but also on anniversaries.

“Cars have been with us now for a millennia, one hundred years and there are lots of manufacturers celebrating their anniversaries, whether it’s the 50th anniversary of the MGB or the 60th anniversary of the Mini.

“Both me and Elvis and the team have focussed on what people are going to be talking about and celebrating in 2024. What are they going to be interested in?

“We look at those anniversaries and we try to pin our shows around this because inevitably if you’ve got a birthday or an anniversary or a special event we can hook our show into that party and it gives us a nice big rapturous ending.”

Wheeler Dealers is on Discovery+ and Quest on Mondays at 9pm.

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