| Detectorists | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama Sitcom Slice of life |
| Created by | Mackenzie Crook |
| Written by | Mackenzie Crook |
| Directed by | Mackenzie Crook |
| Starring | Mackenzie Crook Toby Jones |
| Theme music composer | Johnny Flynn |
| Opening theme | "Detectorists" |
| Composers | Johnny Flynn, Dan Michaelson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Producers | Adam Tandy, Gill Isles |
| Cinematography | Jamie Cairney |
| Editor | Colin Fair |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 29 minutes |
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| Release | 2 October 2014 – 26 December 2022 |
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Detectorists is a British comedy television series first broadcast on BBC Four in October 2014. It is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars alongside Toby Jones.[1]
The series is set in the fictional small town of Danebury in north Essex. The plot revolves around the lives, loves and metal-detecting ambitions of Andy and Lance, members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club. The main filming location for the series was Framlingham, a small market town in Suffolk.
Detectorists won a BAFTA at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards for Television Scripted Comedy.[2] In May 2019, it was voted 19th in a Radio Times list of Britain's 20 favourite sitcoms by a panel that included sitcom writers and actors.[3] The series was filmed using a single-camera setup approach. The show had three series from 2014 to 2017, with Christmas specials airing in 2015 and 2022.[4]
- ^ Dowell, Ben (31 January 2014). "Mackenzie Crook to play metal detector enthusiast in one of four new BBC4 comedies". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "2015 Television Scripted Comedy". BAFTA. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Rosseinsky, Katie (8 April 2019). "Best British sitcom of all time revealed: From Fawlty Towers to Absolutely Fabulous here's the Top 20". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Carr, Flora (11 May 2022). "Jack Whitehall's Bad Education returns for anniversary special and new season". Radio Times. Retrieved 11 May 2022.