Detectorists
- TV sitcom
- BBC Four / BBC Two
- 2014 - 2022
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom about metal detecting enthusiasts. Stars Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. Also features Rachael Stirling, Gerard Horan, Pearce Quigley, Divian Ladwa, Laura Checkley and more.
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 10:20pm on BBC2
Streaming rank this week: 427
Press clippings Page 12
Pastoral sitcom Detectorists returns for a second series, with Mackenzie Crook's hangdog Andy struggling to find both employment and his sense of masculinity following the birth of baby Stan when Becky heads back to work. Toby Jones's sad-sack Lance is still finding it hard to accept that ex-wife Maggie is gone, but Andy has a plan to get him on the internet dating scene. Meanwhile, a mysterious German stranger arrives at the Danebury metal detecting club, seeking help to find the wreckage of a war plane.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 29th October 2015Detectorists teaches everything about male friendship
BBC sitcom Detectorists draws the most accurate portrait of men being men that you'll find in current popular culture.
Jamie Fewery, The Telegraph, 29th October 2015Mackenzie Crook: what's in Detectorists series 2
Mackenzie Crook spills the beans about the new series - and promises that Simon and Garfunkel will be back.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th October 2015Detectorists - Series 2 review
Although Detectorists can make you laugh, it's always in an understated way, almost as if '...' is a punchline.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th October 2015Mackenzie Crook interview
Why did Mackenzie Crook turn down Pirates of the Caribbean to make a BBC Four comedy?
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th October 2015Detectorists: series 2 preview
Have they got a bit more budget for the second series of Detectorists? The opening episode starts with a historical battle... a big set piece that only serves to emphasise contrast between the drama of the past and the mundanity of the enthusiasts trying to connect with it, though the smallest of items.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th October 2015Detectorists series two is the same but different...
Some things should stay the same. In the same way that what lies in Bishop's Field should stay in Bishop's Field...
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 29th October 2015Detectorists, TV review
A welcome return for the sitcom that makes Last of the Summer Wine look like Spectre.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 29th October 2015Where to find Mackenzie Crook's Detectorists in Suffolk
He's back wielding a metal-detector in BBC Four's Bafta-winning sitcom - here's how you can follow in his footsteps.
Claire Webb, Radio Times, 29th October 2015Detectorists trailer undermines its subtle brilliance
Mackenzie Crook's BBC Four sitcom Detectorists wasn't just the finest British comedy series of 2014, it was one of the finest British programmes.
GQ, 28th October 2015