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On: December 5, 2022, By: Bill Young , In: Comedy

After an excrutiatingly long 5-year absense, Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are reuniting for a feature-length episode of The Detectorists this holiday season. The series, which follows Andy (Crook) and Lance (Jones), members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club, as they search for historic discoveries across their hometown in north Essex, will return with a most-welcome gift of […]

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‘Detectorists’ to place new Christmas special under the tree this holiday season on BBC2!

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