We salute Detectorists, a brilliantly written, strongly performed comedy series that airs its Christmas Special tonight… Its the home of the comedy drama,Detectorists.
Lets start with the key to all good comedy, the writing.
Detectorists is entirely written by one of the shows stars,Mackenzie Crook.
The scripts humour comes from its humanity and the honest observations of the real world.
Its just such a well-rounded and distinctively written show I cant wait to see what Crook writes next.
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Another joy of the writing is the host of charming characters that come from it.
Rachael Stirling is really lovely as Andys wife Becky.
At the core of the show are two brilliant performances from Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones.
As good as everyone else is they are absolutely the glue that binds the show together.
His timing and delivery is absolutely on the money.
A quick word of praise for the shows music and visuals.
Jamie Cairney is the cinematographer forDetectoristsand hes made it look like an absolute dream.
Its a total treasure (boom tish!)
and one of my favourite shows of 2015.
TheDetectoristsChristmas Special airs on the 23rd of December at 10pm on BBC4.
