TV-14Synopsis
Detectorists (2014), Season 1 — six episodes of British comedy you can watch online on iFILM, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars as Andy alongside Toby Jones as Lance.
The two friends spend their weekends scanning empty fields with metal detectors. A tip from a history student suggests the Saxon ship-burial of King Sexred might be sitting right under Bishop's Farm — all they need is permission from the eccentric landowner, a head start on the rival detecting club, and the ability to stop falling out with each other, which turns out to be the hardest part. Club leadership collapses mid-season. Police take an interest in a very large hole. Everyone seems to have a secret that's about to surface.
The show moves at the pace of a slow afternoon walk, and that's the design. Crook built something rare: a comedy that treats its characters' quiet obsessions with total sincerity and never mocks them for it. Stream Detectorists Season 1 all episodes online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S1·E1Episode 1
Following 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.
S1·E2Episode 2
Lance 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?
S1·E3Episode 3
Club 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.
S1·E4Episode 4
Terry 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?
S1·E5Episode 5
Even 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?
S1·E6Episode 6
A 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.
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