Mackenzie Crook
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director and executive producer
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Mackenzie Crook interview
Mackenzie Crook on Detectorists, his man cave and alternatives to toxic masculinity.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 6th November 2017Detectorists reviewed by an actual metal detectorist
I am a massive fan of the show. For the first time ever a TV show has captured the true UK detecting experience - good and bad.
Gary Blackwell, i Newspaper, 15th May 2017Detectorists Series 3 confirmed
BBC Four has confirmed a third series of Detectorists, the sitcom about a group of treasure hunters written by and starring Mackenzie Crook.
British Comedy Guide, 31st March 2017Crackanory Series 4 stories revealed
More details on the fourth series of channel Dave's storytelling series Crackanory have now been revealed, including photos and details on the stories, writers and readers involved.
British Comedy Guide, 21st December 2016Crackanory Series 4 confirmed
Channel Dave has confirmed that Crackanory will return for a fourth run. The 8-part series will feature readers including Sherdian Smith and Dara O Briain.
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2016The Office - where are they now?
What has happened to the actors who helped to make The Office? We never did hear much from that man Gervais again...
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph, 11th August 2016Detectorists won't be coming back this year
Fans of Detectorists, the Bafta-winning Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones BBC4 metal detecting comedy, may have a bit of a wait for a third series. Creator (and director) Crook is currently still thinking about making another chunk of the comedy.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 11th April 2016Detectorists... and now for something completely different
I highly recommend you give this show a chance - you will not regret it!
P. T. Jackson, TV Equals, 4th April 2016Mackenzie Crook interview
Mackenzie Crook on the 'excitable' Ricky Gervais, the 'gruelling' Game of Thrones, and the mysterious childhood moment that changed his life.
Jane Annie, The Big Issue, 1st February 2016Without any fanfare or bluster, Mackenzie Crook's gentle, bucolic sitcom about a group of misfits searching for gold in the English countryside returned and quietly got on with the business of being the most exquisitely written and beautifully observed comedy of British TV. Of course, it's not really about the search for treasure, it's about finding value in lives and friendships and love and loss. Thankfully, it had both the script and the performances - from Crook himself as the amiable Andy, Toby Jones as his detectorist buddy Lance, and Rachel Stirling as Andy's long-suffering girlfriend Becky, to provide us with that in spades. Meanwhile the cinematography perfectly framed the ordinary in extraordinary ways and provided us with the sort of sitcom that you feel there should be more of. Heartwarming, poignant and, crucially, very, very funny indeed.
Barney Harsent, The Arts Desk, 31st December 2015