Detectorists · Season 3 · BBC iPlayer
Detectorists Season 3
Detectorists Season 3 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 9.1/10. 6 episodes on BBC iPlayer from 8 November 2017.
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What BollyAI Thinks
The third series brought the story to a natural conclusion, earning Toby Jones a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance and winning the Rose d'Or for Sitcom in 2018. Radio Times rated its finale 'one of the most satisfying conclusions ever' in a poll of Britain's 20 favourite sitcoms. Crook's writing reached its fullest expression here: the Anglo-Saxon treasure hunt that has been running as a background motif across three series achieved its resolution in a way that felt both dramatically earned and philosophically right - the discovery of extraordinary things hiding under ordinary ground, which is what the show has always been about. The Guardian placed the show at number 38 in their 100 best TV shows of the 21st century list, confirming the slow-burn critical canonisation.
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The Room
“Like the ordinary lives it magnifies, Detectorists has the air of seeming to be small and immense at once.”
Los Angeles Times
Season Over Season
Series 3 brings the Anglo-Saxon thread to a resolution that retrospectively justifies every unhurried hour of the first two series.