Detectorists
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Mackenzie Crook |
| Directed by | Mackenzie Crook |
| Starring | Mackenzie Crook Toby Jones |
| Opening theme | "Detectorists" by Johnny Flynn |
| Composer(s) | Johnny Flynn |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Producer(s) | Adam Tandy |
| Cinematography | Jamie Cairney |
| Running time | 29 minutes |
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| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Original release | 2 October 2014 – present |
Detectorists is a British single camera television sitcom series which was first broadcast on BBC Four on 2 October 2014. It is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars in the production alongside Toby Jones.
It is set in small fictional town of Danebury in northern Essex. The plot revolves around the lives, loves and detecting ambitions of Andy and Lance, members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club (DMDC).
The series won a BAFTA award at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards for Best Situation Comedy.
Series 2 commences with a 3-minute sequence showing an Anglo Saxon monk or priest fleeing from a place of worship with a holy book, and an aestel, a pointer stick similar to that associated with the Alfred Jewel, in a sack. He is fleeing mounted spearmen, possibly marauding Vikings. He buries the sack near a standing stone. Time lapse shows all but the decorated gold handle of the stick decaying and the shot pans upwards to reveal Andy and Lance walking across the field in present-day Danebury, detecting as they go. Having had no success they decide to look up the hill. The jewel is shown again, still buried, at the beginning of subsequent episodes.
Detectorists was announced by the BBC on 31 January 2014. The producer is Adam Tandy and the series is a Channel X and Lola Entertainment co-production.
The series is mainly filmed in Suffolk with Framlingham used as a major location. Other locations used in filming include Orford, where Orford Primary School is used as the outside of Becky's school, Great Glemham, where interior pub scenes were filmed, and Ipswich. In series 2 the round tower church at Aldham to the west of Ipswich, is used as a recurring location. Locations were sourced by Creative England.
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