Russell and Hugh are in a car park after dark, looking for a ceremonial chain in the bushes. Then the headlights appear behind them. Hugh is not going to be the same again.
Your host Katie is joined by Emma (Instagram: @emloveoldstuff) for Series 2, Episode 3 of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy drama Detectorists, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, which first aired on BBC4 on the 12th of November 2015.
Lance is caught in the supermarket by Sophie and Peter, flowers and chocolates in the basket, standing by the deodorant section smelling of something Sophie says belongs in the 1990s. He escapes. Minutes later he is sitting on a park bench between a dog poo bin and a regular bin, waiting for Kate, who walks up just as Sophie and Peter are crouching nearby pretending to search for something they've lost. Kate is not fooled. Lance almost certainly knew they were there the whole time.
Back at the club, Lance walks in late smelling noticeably better and Andy immediately tells him so. More importantly, Lance takes one look at the crash site photograph and announces everyone is in the wrong place: the motorbike's number plate is reversed. The photo is flipped. The actual crash site is on the mayor's land, which means Russell and Hugh's traumatic evening in the car park was not wasted after all. They have leverage. Hugh finds the ceremonial chain with his eyes rather than his detector. It is not alone. That one's knotted, says Russell. He goes to find a stick.
Becky and Andy's date night features a poonami update, a double scotch with no ice, and a weak milky coffee with a marshmallow. Becky reveals she has already told school she is leaving at the end of term, has applied for both of them to go to Botswana, and Andy's interview is on Tuesday. The marshmallow becomes a small act of bravery. Back in the field, Lance is swinging an enormous 13-inch coil and dropping hints about not having much time for detecting soon. Andy demands he stop speaking in riddles. Lance stands up. She is my daughter. Andy sits with that for a moment, then asks about the bed that apparently got chopped up lengthways, or possibly sideways, and whether the council came for the bits.
Featuring Toby Jones as Lance, Mackenzie Crook as Andy, and Rachel Stirling as Becky.
Find Emma at @emloveoldstuff on Instagram. Find Karl at @thementaldetector on Instagram.
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