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Collectors host may not be reinstated

The ABC has no plans yet to reinstate Andy Muirhead to The Collectors should be be found innocent of child pornography charges.

The ABC has no plans yet to reinstate Andy Muirhead as host of Collectors should be be found innocent of allegedly using the internet to access child pornography.

The show returns tomorrow night with regulars Gordon Brown, Claudia Chan-Shaw and Adrian Franklin sharing hosting duties.

”All I can say is that Andy, through his manager, requested that he take personal leave [without pay] and, as a result, we accepted that and have moved on to reshape the show,” the ABC’s head of factual television, Jennifer Collins told The Age.

”As soon as we got that request we had to respond. We immediately had to start thinking about how we could deliver the series to our audience and that’s what we’ve been concentrating on. The website mirrors the show and the website will go live the week that the show goes back.”

Re-editing of stories has been on-going. No story was entirely lost. Production has already begun on post-Muirhead episodes.

”There are a lot of legal issues. I really can’t discuss Andy’s case at the moment. I’m not going to speculate on what happens,” said Collins.

Muirhead is due in court next month.

Source: The Age