Detectorists, BBC Four’s brand new six-part sitcom, will be broadcast on Thursdays at 10pm, from October 2. 

Mackenzie Crook, (The Office, Pirates of The Caribbean) and Toby Jones (Harry Potter, Finding Neverland, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) star in the new show which has been filmed in Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. Written and directed by Crook, this realistically penned TV series tells the story of an unlikely male friendship. 

The story follows the relationship between two friends who share a passion for metal detecting. When Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) are together, they’re like an old married couple. They gripe at each other, but there is a true bond underneath. Each has their own slightly dysfunctional lives but together they dream of finding a priceless Saxon hoard that will cement theirplace in detecting history. Helping them along the way is a delightfully quirky crowd of characters who are drawn to this all-absorbing hobby. Across the six episodes greed, betrayal, rejection and, finally redemption are all played out as the boys and their eccentric friends at the Danbury Metal Detecting Club search for that one big find. 

The cast also includes Rachel Stirling (Tipping The Velvet, The Bletchley Circle), Aimee Ffion-Edwards (Being Human, Luther) and Lucy Benjamin (Eastenders, Casualty).

Mackenzie Crook, himself an occasional detectorist says; “This is my first time directing but, though it's sometimes nerve wracking, I'm confident that I have an incredible team to rely on. I have managed to gather my ideal cast. Toby, Rachel, Aimee-Ffion and Lucy are all actors I've worked with before and I know I'm in safe hands. For years British television has been screaming out for an archaeology based sit-com... hasn't it?” 

Adam Tandy, the show’s producer says; “There is a little bit of the detectorist in everyone, whether or not they care to admit it, so it’s glorious to be out in a field actually swinging equipment at last.”

Click here for more details and episode guide.