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Detectorists
2014–2017
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 3 seasons
A+
MEANRANK
91/100
Every rating
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
Details
- Director
- Mackenzie Crook
- Created by
- Mackenzie Crook
- Writer
- Mackenzie Crook
- Released
- 2 October 2014
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 18 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 3 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →2 major awards won · 3 wins from 4 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) 2018 | Best Male Comedy Performance | Toby Jones | Winner |
| British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) 2015 | Best Scripted Comedy | Detectorists | Winner |
| British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) 2016 | Best Male Comedy Performance | Toby Jones | Nominee |
| Rose d'Or 2018 | Rose d'Or for Sitcom | Detectorists | Winner |
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British Academy Television Award (BAFTA)
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Toby Jones | Winner |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Detectorists | Winner |
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Toby Jones | Nominee |
Rose d'Or
1 nomination, 1 won
| Rose d'Or for Sitcom | Detectorists | Winner |