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Sometimes I randomly think of Sheila saying ‘the Dirt Sharks’ in Detectorists, and it makes me happy.
I mean, even randomly thinking of Detectorists makes me happy, but that’s a particular favourite moment. Along with Russell’s incredulous ‘years of age?’
Obviously, if you haven’t seen Detectorists this is all nonsense to you, but that’s Twitter for you.
Also, if you haven’t seen Detectorists, I cannot recommend it highly enough as an antidote to All Bad Things. It is as close to perfect as makes no difference.
An example of its brilliance, from the very first page of the script. A normal writer would just write ‘Distant bird song’.
Mackenzie Crook writes ‘Distant bird song: SKYLARK.’
Mackenzie Crook writes ‘Distant bird song: SKYLARK.’
The scripts are all here. That’s your licence fee justified, right there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/tv-comedy/detectorists
Beautiful visual gag from Detectorists, the kind of thing you might not notice (I didn't anyway) until third viewing.
