Despite the success of 'The Duty Men', it was ITV that adapted the look of the #HMCE (HM Customs and Excise) series to drama with 'The Knock'. Malcolm Storrey was surveyor Bill Adams, "a man of conscience" who didn't have a yacht, or a sports car. exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

One year after 'The Collectors,' BBC 2 unveiled 'The Duty Men', a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about #HMCE (HM Customs & Excise) which revealed VAT and excise fraud as well as the Thatcher government's 'War on Drugs' exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

By 1986, BBC1 had a new view of #HMCE (Customs and Excise) - in The Collectors, Peter McEnery was Harry Caines, a widower with a taste for sailing, who declared that "chumminess is at an end." exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/cust...

How BBC 2 Scotland saw #HMCE (Customs and Excise) Investigation Branch in 1967. Ewen Solon as Caesar Smith, "a bachelor with a taste for sailing, who ...is happiest behind the wheel of a sports car." exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/09/cust...

'River Beat' (1954) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
- Not really a lot of #HMCE action apart from Ewan Roberts as Scots customs officer Blake stopping star Phyllis Kirk at Dock gates after she's been asked to sneak some American fags ashore. Docks policeman oblivious.

Blimey, another #HMCE customs thriller I've never heard of !

For fans of 'Nothing to Declare' action, Lionel Jeffries as a booze smuggling ex-Major (watched by Peter McEnery) in The Collectors (1986) is hard to beat #HMCE #HMRC - youtu.be/QfQoC3U0l9o?...

Best of British to the HMRC Surge Team Reading HMRC’s advert for enthusiastic team players to join its Surge and Rapid Response Team, my response is to wish them a sincere Best of...

Political pressures and management in the old #HMCE and hopes that the new Government is more supportive of #HMRC and #BorderForce - exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/best...

Some rambling thoughts on the political pressures and management reactions in the old #HMCE and hopes that the new Government is more supportive of #HMRC and #BorderForce - link in comments

The Press Takes A View On Customs Matters I’ve said before that I think merging the Inland Revenue with Customs and Excise wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but shifting the Law Enfo...

Researching the #HMCE on TV articles, I've been a little bemused by some of the 1980's press comments on Customs matters exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-...

Sad news on Twitter about the print of early #Hammer #Exclusive #HMCE/ #BorderForce movie RIVER PATROL used as the source for recent screenings on Talking Pictures TV - but good to know a 35mm print still resides in the BFI @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social

Ruminating over THE REVENUE MEN (BBC 2 1967-1968), did Ewen Solon as Caesar Smith start the trend for #HMCE AC's and Surveyors of a certain age to wear Crombie coats and drive kit cars, or was he just an acutely observed character?

Customs Movies: River Patrol and Forbidden Cargo Looking at how HM Customs and Excise was portrayed in the movies, the list is relatively small. I can only think of two. River Patrol. 19...

FORBIDDEN CARGO (1954) and RIVER PATROL (1948) - two movies about the thrilling world of #HMCE #waterguard - exofficerx.blogspot.com/2024/09/cust...

If you had to wait months for a VAT registration around 2001 while #HMCE carried out manual checks to combat the mass carousel frauds you'll be interested in this. It's almost like a cop show where 'Mr Big' turns out to be Mr Showbiz

Twitter post with photos of 1960 Look at Life film about Customs and Excise being shown on Talking Pictures TV.

Just in case you're hiding over here @captainswing666.bsky.social - some #HMCE history - or is it now the Brexit future on Talking Pictures TV at 2:30 #HMCustomsandExcise

Here's this year's #HMCE unwarranted tax demand. Last year they offered to pay the costs of dealing with their repeated unwarranted demands