Detectorists

So glad it's back. Never known half an hour go so quickly with this gentle comedy(?) and I agree the about the ending .. it was worthy of an 'end of series' scenario. I hadn't heard the song about the magpies but it was spine tingling. Thinking back over series 1 and 2 there have been hints that Church Farm hides a huge horde ... I sort of hope so, just so the boys get their reward for all their hard work, but that will mean no series 4

I've got a lot of Unthanks cd's but have to admit to finding them a bit dreary, so I'm going to look that one up [it was beautiful]. It does seem that he's been employed to 'not' find anything on that building site, doesn't it. I couldn't believe half an hour had gone by either. I gave my SIL/DD a dvd of series one but I don't think they ever bothered to watch it .

...my garden is on the site of the village rubbish tip and I often find bits of broken pottery and wonder about the people who owned it/treasured it.

Really do enjoy this, and the music’s beautiful. I hadn’t heard the song about the magpies either, apart from the rhyme taking you up to 7 of them. ☺️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAvphDYoHgE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2plqkF_Gg

...heck; that's never happened before...

Oh no. I didn't realise this was back on. I'll have to get it on catchup.

It was very sweet and very funny.
We must all want them both to dig a little bit further on and a little bit deeper.
The end of the last series was so emotional to me.

The best comedy has to include pathos, doesn't it? This series does tear at the heartstrings though, doesn't it.

We didn’t watch the last series, strangely enough because we like both Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. On the face of it, it seems like an unpreposessing subject for a sitcom, but it’s very engaging.

And hasn't young Stanley grown, he's gorgeous.

Wondering if Stanley is actually her own baby?

DH and I really enjoy this. It's hidden away on BBC 4 though isn't it? I only saw one advert for it the night before. Some things seem to be advertised ad nauseum and some just slip by...

That half hour flew by. I did childishly giggle at the "moist" jokes!

That's the thing about it; I don't like jokes like that usually, but it was so well done that I was sniggering away.

Just googled and Stanley is played by twins. Rachel Stirling's own baby is only about 6 months old.

Thanks; couldn't remember when she'd had the baby. She was in a film I saw a while back; can't remember what it was but I spent the whole film thinking 'I should know who that is but I don't'; she has such a distinctive voice.

I didn’t know there was a first series, was it last year?
I enjoyed the episode ( with the time landscape) very atmospheric.

I think this is the third series.

Ohhh I so miss this, I loved this series. Unfortunately BBC has withdrawn BBC4 from the cable network I use, no other choices( too expensive seemingly).
Keep me up to date please folks xx

I'm prone to having a chunk of cheese late at night and tonight had to chuckle when I cut off a piece but didn't cut it quite straight so had to go back and have another piece using a sharper knife and cutting it much straighter. Maybe that's why I like Detectorists so much [you'll understand when you get to see series 3 felice ].

Another Detectorist fan here. I have just watched the latest episode, recorded, while I had my lunch, and I'm sure that the Estate agent, showing Andy and Becky round a new flat, was the chap who played 'Nigel' in the new Porridge series.

Thanks Auntieflo I knew I'd seen him before but couldn't place him. We love the show, the scenery and the music. The whole thing is gentle and fun and the two stars are excellent.