Series 2 opens in AD 1066. A priest is running. Norman horsemen are coming. And something very important is about to be buried next to a standing stone that, a thousand years later, will be lying on its side looking like a boulder while two detectorists stand right next to it and decide to try somewhere else.
Your host Katie is joined by Ellie (Instagram: @miss_detectorist, YouTube: Miss Detectorist) for the opening episode of Series 2 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 29th of October 2015.
A year has passed since series one ended. Andy and Becky are married. Baby Stanley Stone is in a monitor in Andy's shirt pocket while Lance takes a very confident swig from the baby bottle. Diana Rigg arrives as Becky's mum Veronica, kicks Andy's carefully written baby instructions across the floor, and asks whether he is working yet.
The DMDC has a Roman phallus on the finds table, a jewellery recovery service in the local paper, and Sheila's proposal for a naked calendar with finds pouches covering the relevant areas. A new arrival called Peter walks in with extremely big hair, a small hat, and a grandfather who went down in a German plane somewhere nearby. Lance announces he is observing a period of voluntary chastity. Andy chokes on his pint.
The episode also covers the Saxon astel, the Alfred Jewel, the Tufty Club, what makes a Lily Savage Blankety Blank cheque rare, and why the Six Million Dollar Man now does conventions.
Featuring Toby Jones as Lance, Mackenzie Crook as Andy, Rachel Stirling as Becky, Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Sophie, and Diana Rigg as Veronica.
Find Ellie at @miss_detectorist on Instagram and YouTube.
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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