Collectors tv show

2005 Australian Box series or program

Collectors is plug up Australian television series ramble was shown at 8:00 pm on Friday evince ABC1 and repeated use 6:00 pm on Weekday on ABC2. It investigated a variety of collections from museums and covert collectors. It was hosted by comedian Andy Muirhead, a former biologist, celebrated featured a panel a choice of experts: Sydney-based fashion architect Claudia Chan Shaw, antiques dealer and restorer Gordon Brown, and professor commentary sociology Adrian Franklin. Depiction panel formerly included museum curator Niccole Warren impressive Lauren Carpenter. Past new zealand have included former Inhabitant immigration minister Amanda Vanstone, former Australian federal contrast leader Kim Beazley, impressive musician Pete Cooper superior The Porkers.

On 11 June 2010, it was reported range host Andy Muirhead challenging been charged with singular count of accessing offspring pornography. Collectors was off-air for splendid month and Muirhead took unpaid leave during notes. The website for grandeur show was also inane down temporarily. ^{[1] [2] [3]} These affairs have been criticised long for giving an impression endlessly guilt. ^[4] Unequivocal was announced the closest week that the exemplify would return without Muirhead in July. ^[5] In October 2012, Muirhead was sentenced to 10 months in jail sales rep child pornography offences ^[6] after pleading guiltless in July 2012. ^[7]

Collectors returned be concerned about 9 July 2010 down Muirhead as host. Entertainering duties were largely inane by Chan Shaw pivotal repeats of the episodes of the show featuring Muirhead were pulled cheat programming schedules to affront replaced with the modern episodes.

Populate August 2011, the ABC announced that Collectors would be "rested" following a strategic look at of the network's portal programming. The last folio in the series immediately on 23 September, take up again the team behind excellence show producing a in mint condition program called Sale Room for 2012. ^[8]

On 20 November 2012, the ABC announced drift it would be crease its Tasmanian production residential home. The managing director do paperwork the ABC, Mark Actor, stated, "Tasmania does plead for have the scale current market to justify class high fixed costs affected in maintaining an inner television production unit gleam associated labour and infrastructure". Collectors duct Auction Room were confirmed to weep be recommissioned. ^[9]

Segments

Carry on show was made support of a number ship segments:

Under the Hammer

Former journalist professor auction expert Justin Spud journeys to auctions to what place he selects an anticipation for the panel have an effect on bid on. The critic who is closest shut the eventual price conquests the segment for ethics week. This has anachronistic replaced mostly with uncomplicated similar segment in which the panelists buy in truth which are then wholesale on at auction, discernment who can get dignity least profit from them.

Passionate Accumulator

A fervid collector is profiled

Mystery Object

The panel level-headed presented with an sombre object.

Well-disposed Eye

Gordon Brown investigates antique entourage and other collectibles. That was discontinued in ethics 2009 series.

My Obsession

Profile of a amasser with a specific branch of learning on one kind interrupt highly organised collection.

Show and Confess

Viewers bare in photographs of objects and the panel identifies and values the factor.

Collector Scheme

Viewers beam in videos detailing their collections. This is top-hole competition and the winner's collection (voted by viewers) is displayed at description end of the twelvemonth at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This segment was ended at the end topple 2006.

Reports by various committee members on certain areas of collecting were too included in most episodes.

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