''Collectors' Lot'' is a TV programme produced from 1997 to 2001 by Twofour Broadcast for the United Kingdom's

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

. 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".TV International website
Presenters of ''Collectors' Lot'' included

Sarah Greene Elizabeth Sarah Greene is an English television presenter. She co-presented ''Blue Peter'' from May 1980 until June 1983, and hosted the Saturday-morning series ''Saturday Superstore'' and '' Going Live!''. Early life and career Greene was bo ...

Sue Cook Susan Lorraine Cook (née Thomas; born 30 March 1949) is a British television presenter and author. With Nick Ross, she co-presented the BBC One factual crime show ''Crimewatch'' from 1984 until 1995. Early life Cook’s mother, Kathleen Thom ...

Helen Atkinson-Wood Helen Atkinson-Wood (born 14 March 1955) is an English actress and comedian born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. She studied fine art at the Ruskin School, Oxford University, where she performed with Rowan Atkinson (no relation). She also perfo ...

and

Debbie Thrower Debbie Thrower (born 17 November 1957 in Nairobi, Kenya) is an English journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC national news bulletins in the 1980s and ITV Meridian's flagship news programme '' Meridian Tonight'' (southern edition) from ...

References

''Collectors' Lot: A Nation of Collectors'' by Chrissie Kravchenko Publisher: Channel 4 Books (1999)

External links

Twofour Broadcast website and ''Collectors Lot''
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The Best of ''Collector's Lot'' on the British Film Institute website
Channel 4 original programming 1997 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings {{UK-tv-prog-stub