Series 1 opens in a freshly ploughed field in Framlingham, Suffolk, the real filming location for the fictional village of Danesbury. Lance is detecting. His swing technique leaves something to be desired. His first find is a ring pull.

Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Ellie (Instagram: @miss_detectorist, YouTube: Miss Detectorist) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 1 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 2nd of October 2014.

This is the episode that introduces Lance Stater and Andy Stone, the Danebury Metal Detecting Club, Terry and Sheila, Simon and Garfunkel, eccentric landowner Lawrence Bishop and his invisible dogs, and the dream of a Saxon ship burial somewhere out there in the fields. It is also the episode where we first hear the CTX 3030, learn what a Blakey is, encounter Crystal Enigma and the tragic figure of Tony, discover that Mackenzie Crook found actual gold while filming and it is now in the British Museum, and find out that Lance's 1997 Triumph TR7 would eventually sell at auction for over thirty thousand pounds with the full cast's signatures inside the boot lid.

Johnny Flynn's theme plays for the first time. Lance and Andy sit under their lunchtime tree. There is a talk on buttons. Sophie arrives and calls them metal detectors. And the episode ends exactly as it began, with a piece of rubbish.

Featuring Toby Jones as Lance, Mackenzie Crook as Andy, Rachel Stirling as Becky, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Sophie.

Find Ellie at @miss_detectorist on Instagram and YouTube. Find Karl at @thementaldetector on Instagram.

For more metal detecting chat, interviews, and the history behind the finds, follow Katie and the Detecting History Podcast on Instagram and YouTube at @detectinghistorychannel, and listen on all major podcast platforms.

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The matchbox cars keep coming. The Antiquity Searchers make their proper entrance. And Lawrence Bishop produces a small box from the paddock that stops everyone in their tracks.

Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Ross (Instagram: @detectorosst) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 2 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on the 9th of October 2014.

This episode introduces the Fanny Magnets, Lance's new song New Age Girl, and the Twin Peaks reference that only one of them gets. Bob Kromer is struck by lightning while detecting in a storm. Simon and Garfunkel arrive with ancient equipment and immediately start throwing their weight around. Andy waits outside Becky's school and gets a visit from a police community support officer. The finds table features a Little Chef spoon. Terry invokes the three Rs. And Lance's Easter egg continues: strimming a verge with his headphones in, swinging in exactly the right way.

The episode ends with Bishop producing a box of what he believes is a bit of brass, and what Sophie instantly recognises it as. The first signal on the new permission fires, hope rises, and a Ford Mustang is found.

Featuring Toby Jones as Lance, Mackenzie Crook as Andy, Rachel Stirling as Becky, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Sophie.

Find Ross at @detectorosst on Instagram. Find Karl at @thementaldetector on Instagram.

For more metal detecting chat, interviews, and the history behind the finds, follow Katie and the Detecting History Podcast on Instagram and YouTube at @detectinghistorychannel, and listen on all major podcast platforms.

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A Jim'll Fix It badge, Sheila's fresh lemonade, and the most iconic pub moment in the entire series. Episode three does not hold back.

Your host Katie is joined by Karl (Instagram: @thementaldetector) and Emma (Instagram: @emloveoldstuff) to rewatch Season 1, Episode 3 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, first aired on BBC4 on the 16th of October 2014.

The episode opens in the rain with Andy's unfortunate first find lobbed straight into the nearest bush. From there it escalates: the Antiquity Searchers warn about the 14-day Treasure Act window and Lance absolutely refuses to let them have the last word; Psychic Sheila correctly predicts Lance and Andy's arrival with her eyes closed; the fresh lemonade arrives and Mackenzie Crook has to physically pry his own eye open; Lance returns a record to Maggie at Crystal Enigma as yet another excuse to see her; and Andy buys Becky's silence with a bottle of wine and heads to the pub with a cushion under his arm.

The second half belongs entirely to the pub. Johnny Flynn appears in person as Johnny Piper and performs the theme tune live. Lance and Andy take the stage as Lance Stater and Andy Stone, the first time their surnames are heard in full. Becky arrives at exactly the wrong moment. Sophie is holding Andy's hand. Three drinks follow. Sophie's four-word response. Then Terry goes rogue with a walkie talkie and a spade in the forbidden paddock, and the episode ends with an explosion that in 2014 made people wait a full week.

Featuring Toby Jones as Lance, Mackenzie Crook as Andy, Rachel Stirling as Becky, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Sophie.

Find Emma at @emloveoldstuff on Instagram. Find Karl at @thementaldetector on Instagram.

For more metal detecting chat, interviews, and the history behind the finds, follow Katie and the Detecting History Podcast on Instagram and YouTube at @detectinghistorychannel, and listen on all major podcast platforms.

Shop at Regton and use promo code DHPODCAST for 10% off selected items at checkout.

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