Not new but one of the best. Whimsy rooted in the earth, driest wit, excellent acting.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221216-detectorists-why-a-metal-detecting-show-became-a-global-hit

Preview

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Detectorists: Why a metal-detecting show became a global hit
18 December 2022

Described as "almost Shakespearean" by the LA Times, the gentle UK comedy about metal detecting has wowed audiences worldwide.

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Why do they do it? "Metal detecting is the closest you'll get to time travel," Lance explains. "See, archaeologists, they gather up the facts, piece the jigsaw together, work out how we lived. We unearth the scattered memories, mine for stories, fill in the personality. Detectorists – we're time travellers." The show charts the pedantic pair's finds and their minor domestic dramas. It is defiantly low-stakes, cheerfully bucking every TV trend. In a world of expansive, expensive epics, it's a priceless miniature. It's not about questions of life and death or the fate of humanity. There are few problems that can’t be solved over a pint in the Two Brewers or a cup of tea during a break in the corner of the field. ("Tea without sugar is just vegetable soup," insists Lance). What's at stake is whether Lance's daughter will ding his treasured yellow Triumph TR7 if he allows her to drive it, or whether Andy's wife Becky will be annoyed when she discovers he's packed in the job he hates. Or Andy and Lance's friendship, which is what the show is really about.

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I rewatch it every couple months.

And I pretty much can't stand musicals.

Haven’t seen a genuinely funny movie in a long time. Frackham Hall has a few laughs, Pythonesque but def not Python.