Scripted series · BBC Four
Detectorists
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mackenzie Crook
Andy Stone
18 eps
Toby Jones
Lance Stater
18 eps
Rachael Stirling
Becky
18 eps
Lucy Benjamin
Maggie
6 eps
Gerard Horan
Terry
18 eps
Divian Ladwa
Hugh
18 eps
Paul Casar
Paul
9 eps
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Sophie
12 eps
Laura Checkley
Louise
18 eps
Alexa Davies
Kate
6 eps
Pearce Quigley
Russell
18 eps
Sophie Thompson
Sheila
18 eps
Orion Ben
Varde
18 eps
Daniel Donskoy
Peter
6 eps
Diana Rigg
Veronica
6 eps
Timothy Allsop
PCSO
1 eps
Adam Riches
Tony
3 eps
Simon Farnaby
Art
11 eps
Ian Sanders
Stan
1 eps
David Sterne
Bishop
5 eps
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Piper
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Detectorists actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Detectorists reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 18 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20152 episodes
Best episode · S00E02 2022 Special
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20146 episodes
8.2IMDbTwo friends Andy and Lance go searching for their hearts' desire with a couple of metal detectors. Determined to dig up their very own Saxon ship-burial, a chance encounter with a young history student puts Lance and Andy on the road towards the discovery of a lifetime.
Best episode · S01E06 Episode 6
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20156 episodes
8.3IMDbA whole year on from the last time we met them, and Lance is still lovelorn after the departure of his ex-wife. But just maybe he is about to surprise everybody with a new relationship. Meanwhile, Andy and his wife Becky are now proud parents, facing all the responsibilities that brings, but despite qualifying as an archaeologist Andy is still mostly unemployed and their shared hopes for the future look further off than ever.
Best episode · S02E06 Episode 6
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
20176 episodes
7.9IMDbHaving returned from Africa, Andy and Becky have moved in temporarily with her mother with all the challenges that come with the territory. Lance is trying to kick-start his relationship with Toni, but her living on a barge makes him queasy and his daughter staying at the flat leaves it all rather precarious – with none of this being helped by the reappearance of his ex-wife. Meanwhile Lance and Andy’s search for gold continues as they face enemies old and new.
Best episode · S03E05 Episode 5
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E06
Episode 6
Finally, it is the day of the DMDC's annual rally and Terry is expecting a really big turn-out. But for Andy and Lance, will the day bring heartbreak or triumph?
S01E06
Episode 6
A huge hole has been excavated and police are looking into it. Meanwhile, Larry Bishop's invisible dogs have disappeared without trace, and Andy and Lance now have one last chance to discover their hearts' true desire.
S01E05
Episode 5
Even though Andy, Lance, Becky and Sophie are barely talking to each other, their secrets are on the verge of being revealed. Are they all just victims of a smear campaign? And why does everyone else want to move in on Bishop's Farm?
S03E05
Episode 5
Andy and Lance become eco-warriors when they find their beloved oak tree is due to be felled. But a 24hr helpline turns out to be more of a hindrance. Andy stumbles upon treasure when for once, he wasn't even looking.
S02E04
Episode 4
Andy suddenly has a job interview to go to, while Lance has a lot of catching up to do. The mystery of the buried bomber is the least of their problems, but a disturbing possibility emerges from an unlikely source that throws everything into doubt.
S02E05
Episode 5
After recent revelations, Lance, Andy, Becky and Sophie are all trying to come to terms with an uncertain future. In fact, only one of them is going to get a good night's sleep when Terry puts his emergency plan into action.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Created by
- Mackenzie CrookCreator
Executive production
- Adam TandyProducer
- Jonno RichardsExecutive Producer
- Jim ReidExecutive Producer
- Lisa ThomasExecutive Producer
- Alan MarkeExecutive Producer
- Kristian SmithExecutive Producer
Writing
- Mackenzie CrookWriter
Direction
- Mackenzie CrookDirector
Cinematography
- Jamie CairneyDirector of Photography
Music
- Johnny FlynnOriginal Music Composer
- Dan MichaelsonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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