Butterfly Collectors

Butterfly Collectors is a two part ITV miniseries. It was broadcast between 19 April and 20 April 1999. A two-part psychological thriller about a disillusioned policeman who develops an unlikely friendship with two teenagers arrested for murder.^[1][2] Butterfly Collectors was written by Paul Abbott, who has also written for many other television serials including Shameless, Clocking Off and Children's Ward. The drama stars British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who is supported by actress and comedian Crissy Rock.^[3]

Butterfly Collectors
Genre	Thriller, crime drama
Written by	Paul Abbott
Directed by	Jean Stewart
Starring	Pete Postlethwaite Jamie Draven Rachel Davies Alison Newman Crissy Rock Thomas Aston Ruth Harrop Ben Crompton
Composers	Philip Appleby Jocelyn Pook
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Simon Lewis Susan Hogg
Producer	Hilary Bevan Jones
Production locations	Manchester, England, UK
Running time	198 minutes (including adverts)
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	19 April (1999-04-19) – 20 April 1999 (1999-04-20)

In 2008, it was released on Region 1 DVD,^[4] on 4 September 2017, it was released by Strawberry Media on Region 2 DVD.^[5]