Collectors (TV series)

Collectors
Starring	Host Andy Muirhead Team Adrian Franklin Niccole Warren Gordon Brown Justin Murphy
Theme music composer	Tom Vincent
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Executive producers	Alison Black Colin Grubb
Production location	Tasmania
Running time	27 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC1
Release	2005

Collectors is an Australian television series that is shown at 8.00pm on Friday on ABC1. 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.

Segments

Each show is made up of a number of segments:

• Under the Hammer, in which former journalist and auction expert Justin Murphy journeys to auctions where he selects objects for the panel to bid on. The panelist who is closest to the eventual price wins the segment for the week.
• Passionate Collector, in which a collector is profiled.
• Mystery Object, in which the panel is presented with an obscure object or collectible and is asked to identify it.
• Roving Eye, in which Gordon Brown investigates antique furniture and other collectibles.
• My Obsession, another profile of a collector.
• Show and Tell, in which viewers send in photographs of objects and the panel identifies and values the object.
• Collector Cam, in which 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. It appears that this segment will not return for the 2007 season.

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