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The Collectors is a British television drama about Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in the fictional Dorset town of Wrelling. Produced by the BBC, one series of 10 episodes was first shown in 1986.

The Collectors
Starring	Peter McEnery Michael Billington Pierre Vaneck
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Production locations	Poole, Weymouth
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC1
Picture format	PAL
Original release	1 March (1986-03-01) – 3 May 1986 (1986-05-03)

Location scenes were filmed around the English resorts of Poole and Weymouth, in particular featuring the old Poole Customs House on the harbour.

Regular cast and characters

• Peter McEnery as Harry Caines, the new district head of Customs
• Michael Billington as Tom Gibbons, a Customs Officer
• Pierre Vaneck as Charles Thieron, the main malefactor
• Jack McKenzie
• Lois Butlin
• William Whymper
• Robert Burbage
• Jennifer Daniel

Availability

At present the series has not been released on DVD.

External links

• The Collectors at IMDb
• Michael Billington in The Collectors

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