In the case of Detectorists, the actor/director had worked with almost all of them before, and approached them personally.
Have you watched Detectorists?
A famous werewolf actor is found impaled on a 50 ft stake. Suspicion falls on Outer Biscuit-Ferry’s metal detectorists, obsessed that the local date night might threaten nuclear annihilation.
Metal Detectorists Unearth 1,000-Year-Old Viking Coins on Isle of Man www.smithsonianmag.c... “This new hoard might be compared to a wallet containing all kinds of credit cards, notes and coins, perhaps of different nationalities, such as when you prepare to travel overseas” 2/2
Experts say that the trove of silver currency is official treasure and includes coins from England and Ireland
Signing off on the proofs for the third reprint of "Landscapes of Detectorists" and reflecting on what a deep joy it is for a pedant to be able to finally correct that one rogue typo. Pub?
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I'm very late to this show but The Detectorists is brilliant.
I love Detectorists! (And Peanuts, obv)
Awwwww. A couple of weeks ago I jokingly told my year 11 students that I was setting Detectorists as mandatory viewing for homework. Yesterday one of them told me he’d nearly finished the first series. My work is done 🥹