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'''''Relic Hunter''''' is a Canadian [[adventure]] television series, starring [[Tia Carrere]] and [[Christien Anholt]].<ref name="LAT">{{cite web |last=Linan |first=Steven |date=September 25, 1999 |title=Indiana Jones Meets 'V.I.P.' in Adventure-Seeking 'Relic Hunter' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-25-ca-14081-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306170354/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/sep/25/entertainment/ca-14081 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=live |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
It centers on [[Sydney Fox]], a professor who is also a globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her secretary Claudia (Seasons 1 and 2) or Karen (Season 3). She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for monetary gain. The series includes fantasy and science fiction elements, with many of the relics featured having supposed [[supernatural]] powers or being pieces of unusually advanced technology.
It ran for three seasons in the United States between 1999 and 2002, fulfilling its initial three-season, 66-episode contract, which was not renewed. In both Ireland and the United Kingdom, it aired on [[Sky1]] and subsidiary channels, while in Canada, it aired on [[CityTV]] and [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]], [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]'s sister network [[A (TV system)|A-Channel]] and [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]]. The series was shot in the [[Toronto]] area, and includes many familiar local landmarks among its locations. As of July 2023, the series airs on the [[Heroes and Icons]] cable network.
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* [[Christien Anholt]] as Nigel Bailey: Sydney's more reserved British teaching assistant who accompanies her on her travels whilst searching for the relics. Nigel often finds himself in situations that are uncomfortable and needs Sydney's help to get out of them. The producers describe Nigel as a "younger [[Hugh Grant]]". Anholt describes his character as a complete role reversal with Sydney as the female [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]] and his character as the English sidekick.<ref name="making"/><!-- 2:55-3:24, 10:19-10:30 -->
* [[Lindy Booth]] as Claudia (Also starring season 1; Starring season 2): Sydney's somewhat ditzy, fashion-forward and boy-crazy office assistant who helps out Sydney and Nigel from the campus back home whilst they are abroad. She is the daughter of one of the school's prominent donors.<ref name="booth interview">{{Cite web|url=http://www.littlereview.com/getcritical/interviews/booth.htm|title=Lindy Booth: Relic-Hunting Superhero | first=Michelle Erica | last=Green | work=The Little Review / Get Critical }}</ref> She sometimes possesses a savant-like ability for organizing unorthodox and creative solutions to travel difficulties that Sydney and Nigel face, in one case arranging for them to sneak over the Angolan border disguised as Catholic missionaries. Claudia occasionally joins Sydney and Nigel in the field, most notably during their quests for [[Ariadne]]'s ball of twine and [[Cleopatra]]'s necklace.
* [[Tanja Reichert]] as Karen Petrusky (Season 3): Claudia's replacement who is portrayed as being more serious but also wiling to use her attractiveness to get the job done.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://
===Recurring===
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* [[Simon MacCorkindale]] as Fabrice De Viega (Episodes 47, 58, 66): Sydney's sworn enemy who killed her mentor Alistair Newell when she was ten.<!-- episode 3-3 / ep 47 --> MacCorkindale was also the co-executive producer for the third season.<ref name=rt>{{cite magazine|title=Simon MacCorkindale, back on television as Casualty's new consultant, has been delivering foals rather than lines of late...|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|last=Gillard | first=David|date=8 June 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=How Simon dived into an acting career|work=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]]|date=16 July 2005}}</ref>
* Lori Gordon as Lynette (Episodes 8, 10), a temp who filed in for Claudia on two occasions.
* [[Crispin Bonham-Carter]] as Preston Bailey (Episodes 42, 65): Nigel's older brother.
==List of episodes, relics, and locations==
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| [[Bristol]], England
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