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Detectorists
For when you need TV that feels like a long walk in a quiet field. 🌾
Who it's for
Detectorists follows Andy and Lance, two metal detectorists in rural England, through long, uneventful afternoons in fields, gentle bickering and small domestic worries.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Detectorists is a British sitcom written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who stars alongside Toby Jones; it aired on BBC Four from 2014 to 2017 with a final special on BBC Two in 2022. Andy and Lance, members of a metal detecting club in the fictional Essex town of Danebury, spend their time searching local fields for buried treasure.
Where to find it
BBC Four (Series 1–3) and BBC Two (2022 special) in the UK; Acorn TV has been its US subscription home. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Mild language and sexual references.
Age: TV-14 (suggested 12+)
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;Rudyard Kipling, “If—”
