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Butterfly Collectors

TV·1999–1999·1 season, 2 episodes·ITV1·Crime, Mystery·1h 30m·Created by Paul Abbott

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Investigating the murder of a man at a breaker's yard, DI John McKeown gets drawn into the life of one of the suspects, 17-year-old Dex Listet. An unlikely friendship develops, but nothing is as it seems in a relationship taut with deception and betrayal.

Castfull cast & details

Pete PostlethwaitePete PostlethwaiteDI John McKeownJamie DravenJamie DravenDex ListerBen CromptonBen CromptonBilly JohnsonJulie GrahamJulie GrahamMary SlaterAlex PalmerAlex PalmerPeter Marriot
Ray Emmet Brown
Ray Emmet BrownFrank DaviesAlison NewmanAlison NewmanSandra HollinsStuart McQuarrieStuart McQuarrieFrank Faulkner

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes1999Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Part 1April 19, 1999—
  2. S01E02Part 2April 20, 1999—

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