Fittingly I suppose, I stumbled across this delightful, gentle comedy quite by accident, whilst browsing through iPlayer. A beautifully written, superbly acted piece that will sadly never be seen by as many people as it should, unless the second series gets a well-deserved promotion to BBC1 or 2.
That said, 'The Detectorists' is like a private retreat, hidden in woodland, that you feel might be somehow diminished if everyone knows about it, all the more special because it's all yours.
I'm also not sure if I even want to see a second series. The final scene was so wonderfully done, leaving a sense that the principal characters were just on the brink of something amazing, leaving the viewer happy for them, knowing that it was there. I'm not sure that seeing it happen could be quite as satisfying; seeing it not happen would be tragic.
That said, 'The Detectorists' is like a private retreat, hidden in woodland, that you feel might be somehow diminished if everyone knows about it, all the more special because it's all yours.
I'm also not sure if I even want to see a second series. The final scene was so wonderfully done, leaving a sense that the principal characters were just on the brink of something amazing, leaving the viewer happy for them, knowing that it was there. I'm not sure that seeing it happen could be quite as satisfying; seeing it not happen would be tragic.