False Prophets **GNHQ amending to Small Prophets**

I'm trying not to binge because I want to extend the watching pleasure.
A brilliant drama!

We loved it too! Very clever unfolding of the lead’s character in particular.

Detectorists, Small Prophets, also Dennis Kelly’s Waiting for the Out … all notable for their slow, gentle, understated, very British humour. But it occurs to me that in each case the focus is very much on male characters. Is this a trend? Not complaining, by the way. I love them all, but especially Waiting for the Out.

Great humour. We loved it, made better by place spotting as it’s filmed in our home town. Sure we were on that aisle in Wickes only last week 😂😂

NanaTuesday

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Written & produced I believe by Mackenzie Crook 👌
A very clever man .

Indeed , NanaTuesday.
Second all the praise for this new comedy which is vintage McKenzie Crook.
Watched the first episode last night and looking forward to the others.

There is a FB page for Small Prophets. Lots of background (and no 'spoilers').

I watched the first 3 episodes and thoroughly enjoyed the humour. Plenty of laugh-out-loud lines. Thanks for the recommendation.

Also
Written & produced I believe by Mackenzie Crook 👌
A very clever man .

Just finished the 6 episodes and need to know what happens next.
Brilliant!

I didn’t think I’d like it but we’re binge watching on iPlayer now!

Love the characters in it and the gentle humour

Enjoying it too 🤗

However I really hope his really irritating male colleague who keeps cackling and shrieking and shouting his name doesn’t appear beyond Episode 2! If he is meant to be irritating, it’s working!

Homunculi 😄😄.

Love it!

Thank goodness each episode is only 30 minutes as I’m binge watching it. So delightfully quirky. How do people think up such things. And the music is lovely, too.

I have also watched the first two episodes and am really enjoying it. Very quirky and funny. Mackenzie Crook is a real jobsworth manager of the DIY shop. Lovely to see Michael Palin again.

I have watched two episodes now and it’s shaping up nicely.
Written by Detectorist’s Mackenzie Crook and he is acting in it.

Michael Palin was so good as the Dad.

Thanks for the reminder.

We're looking forward to watching it, the reviews have been very good.

Colls

Utterly fantastic. If you missed it last night on BBC 2 do find in iplayer. What a gem.

we watched because its by brilliant Mackenzie Crook, a slow start but will persevere.

his "Detectorists" was wonderful, if anyone hasn't seen that.

I'm looking forward to Celebrity Barrel Scraping.

Enjoyed the first two episodes this afternoon, gentle quirky comedy.
Am thinking of a career in underwater welding now😄

So delightful, and magical, with gentle humour, what a treat on a miserable wet day.
Perfect casting " have you had your break" could well be a new catch phrase?
Mackenzie Crook is such an unassuming talent, this is going to be another beautiful series from him.

We thoroughly enjoyed this. It's just my kind of comedy. We have decided to watch it weekly, something to look forward to.

I’ve only watched one episode but it’s shaping up nicely. The poignant humour of The Detectorists meets magic realism.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/09/small-prophets-review-mackenzie-crooks-magical-new-comedy-is-pure-pure-pleasure

Oh. I didn't like the trailer with the little clawed monster climbing out of a plant pot, so wan't going to bother with it .

I'll give it a go now it's been recommended though. Thank you.