THE COLLECTORS: Series 1 Episode 7: 'The Dog It Was...' (Customs and Excise Drama 1986)

Starring Peter McEnery Michael Billington Pierre Vaneck EPISODE PLOT: George Haycock and his daughter Beattie, return from France, with their dog. The dog turns nasty and runs away. George suspects rabies but decides to say nothing. However Calvin gets a report about the dog's entry and an alert is called. ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 12th April March 1986, 20:15 on BBC One London Music composed by Composed By: Graham MacLean Written by: Ewart Alexander John Harrison Script Editor: Joan Clark Designer: Tom Yardley Jones Producer: Geraint Morris Director: Keith Washington EPISODE CAST: Peter McEnery: Harry Caines Michael Billington: Tom Gibbons Lois Butlin: Alyson Bentley Jack McKenzie: Calvin Sampson Robert Burbage: Nigel Markham William Whymper: Bruce Tomlin Karen Drury: Sue Gibbons Pierre Vaneck: Charles Thieron Roy Purcell: Jack Langley Jennifer Daniel: Helen Langley Mark Eden: George Haycock Katrin Cartlidge: Beattie Haycock Julia Goodman: Annie Solstrom Richard Gordon: Policeman SERIES PLOT: 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. The series was broadcast between the 1st March and the 3rd of May 1986