Series
Detectorists
Comedy
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.
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Seasons & episodes
Two 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.
1Episode 12 Oct 2014 · 29m · ★ 7.7Following a chance encounter with a young history student, Lance and Andy embark on a journey towards the discovery of a lifetime. All they need to do is get permission from the local landowner, the mad one who is rumoured to have done away with his wife.
2Episode 29 Oct 2014 · 29m · ★ 8.2Lance and Andy haven't told anyone that they are hot on the trail of the holy grail of metal detecting - the final resting place of King Sexred of the East Saxons. But members of the rival detecting club already seem to know all about it. Who is the mole?
3Episode 316 Oct 2014 · 29m · ★ 8.4Club president Terry is keen to help Lance and Andy search the bottom paddock at Bishop's Farm, but only because he's convinced that's where Larry Bishop has buried his missing wife. Meanwhile, Lance is determined to get his ex along to hear him play at the local pub's folk music night.
4Episode 423 Oct 2014 · 29m · ★ 8.3Terry announces that he is standing down as leader of the DMDC, unleashing a bitter winner-takes-all scramble for presidential power when Andy and Lance fall out over gold. Becky and Sophie are forced to become allies in the Two Brewers pub quiz. Is this Andy's worst idea ever?
5Episode 530 Oct 2014 · 30m · ★ 8.6Even 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?
6Episode 66 Nov 2014 · 30m · ★ 8.8A 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.
Details
- Created by
- Mackenzie Crook
- First aired
- 2 Oct 2014
- Last aired
- 13 Dec 2017
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 18
- Votes
- 198 on TMDB
Cast
Mackenzie CrookAndy Stone
Toby JonesLance Stater
Rachael StirlingBecky
Gerard HoranTerry Seymour
Divian LadwaHugh
Laura CheckleyLouise
Pearce QuigleyRussell
Sophie ThompsonSheila Seymour
Orion BenVarde
