Detectorists on the Detectorists

The finale of The Detectorists on the Detectorists. All four guests are together for the first time: Emma (@emloveoldstuff), Ellie (@miss_detectorist, Miss Detectorist on YouTube), and Ross (@detectorosst) join host Katie to review the 2022 feature-length special of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, and to reflect on the whole series. The spe...

Series 3, Episode 6 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook. Host Katie and guest Ellie(@miss_detectorist, Miss Detectorist on YouTube) review the series finale, and it is a moving one. It opens with Andy convinced he has found a Bronze Age spearhead. He runs to find water to clean it, Lance gets excited alongside him, and they both realise it is...

Series 3, Episode 5 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook. Host Katie and guest Emma Youell (@emloveoldstuff) review the penultimate episode of series three. Art and Paul open in camo gear with binoculars, watching the field. They launch a drone to get a better look. It will not stop ascending. The batteries last twenty minutes. It crashes back...

Series 3, Episode 4 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook. Host Katie and guest Ross Carpenter (@detectorosst) review an episode that earns its place as one of the best of the series. Lance is sleep-deprived and obsessed with the magpies. He dismantles the tent to build a catching net, places a two-pound coin as bait, hides in the long grass an...

The BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, opens its third episode of series three with Lance detecting in warm sunshine alongside Linda Lusardi. It is, of course, a dream. The beeping that pulls him out of it is not his pinpointer but his alarm clock, and he wakes up in his bedroom with a smile on his face and a stack of neatly arranged Searcher maga...

Series three of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, is already building its tension quietly and well. This episode opens with the magpies watching from above as Lance attempts to detect a footpath, interrupted every thirty seconds by a rambler wanting to know if he's found any gold. There are fifty of them coming. The boys pack up, head to the...

It doesn't appear in the transcript -- no episode title is mentioned. So I'll use a custom title. Based on our earlier discussion I'm going with Druids, Romans and a Scaffolding Clamp as it's Lance's best line and the perfect encapsulation of the episode. Here's the full description: Druids, Romans and a Scaffolding Clamp The Detectorists on the Detectorists | Series 3, Episode 1 Series three of t...

Lance is alone in the British Museum, standing in front of a glass case. The label reads late Saxon gold, finder: Lance Stater. He asks a passing stranger to take his photo with his old SLR camera. Before he can tell them he is the one who found it, they walk away. Andy should have been here. The script notes he leaves looking very small and sad. Your host Katie is joined by Ellie (Instagram: @mis...

Lance finds a ring pull. Possibly Quattro. Andy has Stanley in the papoose. It is a gentle opening to a series finale that earns everything it is about to do. Your host Katie is joined by Emma (Instagram: @emloveoldstuff) for Series 2, Episode 6 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 3rd of December 2015. Walkin...

A trampoline is rolling down a hill towards two men who are trying to detect in a gale. Bishop drives past and asks if there's a child in it. He says potentially. Your host Katie is joined by Ross (Instagram: @detectorosst) for Series 2, Episode 5 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 26th of November 2015. Sit...

Lance and Andy are at a Little Chef watching a man on the news who found 350 Roman coins worth over a million pounds on his second time out. Lance has one word for this. The episode gets more emotional from there. Your host Katie is joined by Ellie (Instagram: @miss_detectorist, YouTube: Miss Detectorist), calling in from a cottage on the Isles of Scilly under a cloud of Saharan dust, for Series 2...

Russell and Hugh are in a car park after dark, looking for a ceremonial chain in the bushes. Then the headlights appear behind them. Hugh is not going to be the same again. Your host Katie is joined by Emma (Instagram: @emloveoldstuff) for Series 2, Episode 3 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 12th of Novemb...

Someone has gone into Bob Cromer's coffin looking for his best finds. Lance still hasn't done the gold dance. And a new character called Peter is already making enemies. Your host Katie is joined by Ross (Instagram: @detectorosst) for Series 2, Episode 2 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 5th of November 201...

Series 2 opens in AD 1066. A priest is running. Norman horsemen are coming. And something very important is about to be buried next to a standing stone that, a thousand years later, will be lying on its side looking like a boulder while two detectorists stand right next to it and decide to try somewhere else. Your host Katie is joined by Ellie (Instagram: @miss_detectorist, YouTube: Miss Detectori...

A Shandy Bass ring pull. A Power Rangers detector. A ship burial hiding in plain sight. Series one ends exactly as it should. Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Emma (Instagram: @emloveoldstuff) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 6 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on the 6th of November 2014. The episode opens with the tale of Jef...

A seagull, a lottery win, 150 camo fleeces, and the line that sums up this hobby better than anything ever written. Episode five is one of the best. Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Ross (Instagram: @detectorosst) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 5 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on the 30th of October 2014. Andy detects alon...

Terry survived. Andy is in serious trouble. And somewhere on Bishop's land there is now a gold coin that Lance knows absolutely nothing about. Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Ellie (Instagram: @miss_detectorist, YouTube: Miss Detectorist) for a festive recording of Season 1, Episode 4 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on t...

A Jim'll Fix It badge, Sheila's fresh lemonade, and the most iconic pub moment in the entire series. Episode three does not hold back. Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Emma (Instagram: @emloveoldstuff) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 3 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on the 16th of October 2014. The episode opens in the rain...

The matchbox cars keep coming. The Antiquity Searchers make their proper entrance. And Lawrence Bishop produces a small box from the paddock that stops everyone in their tracks. Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Ross (Instagram: @detectorosst) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 2 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on the 9th of Oct...

Series 1 opens in a freshly ploughed field in Framlingham, Suffolk, the real filming location for the fictional village of Danesbury. Lance is detecting. His swing technique leaves something to be desired. His first find is a ring pull. Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Ellie (Instagram: @miss_detectorist, YouTube: Miss Detectorist) to rewatch Season 1, Episode...