Collectors (TV series)

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Collectors
Starring	Host Andy Muirhead Team Adrian Franklin Niccole Warren Gordon Brown Justin Murphy
Theme music composer	Tom Vincent
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alison Black Colin Grubb
Location(s)	Tasmania
Running time	27 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC1
Original airing	2005
External links
Official website

Collectors is an Australian television series that is shown at 8.00pm on Friday on ABC1 and repeated at 6.00pm on Monday on ABC2. It investigates a variety of collections from museums to private collectors. It is hosted by comedian Andy Muirhead, a former biologist, and features a panel of experts: museum curator Niccole Warren, antiques dealer and restorer Gordon Brown and professor of sociology Adrian Franklin. The panel formerly included Lauren Carpenter, who still occasionally reports for the show. Past guests have included former immigration minister Amanda Vanstone and former opposition leader Kim Beazley.

[edit] Segments

Each show is made up of a number of segments:

Under the Hammer

Former journalist and auction expert Justin Murphy journeys to auctions where he selects an object for the panel to bid on. The panelist who is closest to the eventual price wins the segment for the week.

Passionate Collector

A collector is profiled.

Mystery Object

The panel is presented with an obscure object or collectible and is asked to identify it.

Roving Eye

Gordon Brown investigates antique furniture and other collectibles.

My Obsession

Another profile of a collector.

Show and Tell

Viewers send in photographs of objects and the panel identifies and values the object.

Collector Cam

Viewers send in videos detailing their collections. This is a competition and the winner's collection (voted by viewers) is displayed at the end of the year at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This segment was discontinued at the end of 2006.

Reports by various panel members on certain areas of collecting are also included in most episodes.

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