The Sentinel published TV preview: Collectaholics

HOARDER: Nick with his beer cans.

COLLECTAHOLICS BBC2, 8pm

NICK has spent 38 years amassing an astonishing collection that most people would consider plain rubbish. Not the election manifestos of the Liberal Democrats, rather the 7,000 British beer cans that line his walls like modern art, all housed in a carefully-controlled setting, with the curtains closed and temperature maintained. Whether he's receiving medical attention is unclear.

Long-suffering wife Deborah has done her best to confine the cans to a single room, but Nick shows no sign of giving up his passion anytime soon. With no space left for new additions, can presenter Mel Giedroyc and antiques expert Mark Hill help the couple find a solution? And how much is skip hire these days?

Elsewhere, Stuart's love of all things railway has led to him building a lifesize 1950s railway station in his back garden to house his 1,000-piece collection of signs. We've all done it.

But Stuart's passion doesn't stop there. He has not one, but three huge collections. As well as his railway hoard, he has 'petroliana' (signs and equipment from petrol stations) in the garage, and an entire street of Victorian shops in his attic to house his 6,000 items of ancient packaging.

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