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The Collectors (1986)

The Collectors poster
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It follows customs officers working in a small English coastal town as they go about their daily jobs enforcing import laws and catching smugglers.

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What happens

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. Location scenes were filmed around the English resorts of Poole and Weymouth, in particular featuring the old Poole Customs House on the harbour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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