Detectorists
| Detectorists | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Alan Marke Jim Reid Lisa Thomas Kristian Smith Jonno Richards Alex Moody Shane Murphy Emma Lawson |
| Producers | Adam Tandy Gary Matsell Gill Isles Tina Pawlik Sarah Huxley |
| Cinematography | Jamie Cairney Mattias Nyberg John Sorapure Nick Brown |
| Editor | Colin Fair |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 29 minutes |
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| Release | 2 October 2014 – 26 December 2022 |
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.
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. 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. 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.