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Collectors Lot

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How it feels

This daytime programme traveled around Britain to look at the odd and amazing items people like to collect. It showed expert craftspeople and restorers working on different objects.

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What happens

Collectors' Lot is a TV programme produced from 1997 to 2001 by Twofour Broadcast for the United Kingdom's Channel 4. Shown on weekday afternoons, the programme visited every corner of Britain to explore the weird and wonderful things that people choose to collect. The five series of the programme featured over 70 expert craftspeople and restorers at work. During the height of its popularity the show had 2 million viewers a day, making it "Britain's most successful daytime antiques and collectibles magazine series". Presenters of Collectors' Lot included Sarah Greene, Sue Cook, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Debbie Thrower. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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