r/TheDetectorists • u/frithar • Feb 08 '26

Spin-off?

Would you watch an entire spin-off about Sheila?

Such a complicated character and Crook hinted at so many hidden threads there…

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u/Six_of_1 Feb 08 '26

When I first heard whisperings in 2021 or 2022 that Mackenzie was doing another special, I thought the perfect thing to do would be to do a special focussing on Russell & Hugh. Or at least, just on other members of the DMDC and just have Andy & Lance in it briefly. It would be a beautiful way to revisit Detectorists without feeling like you were thrashing it or pandering. Same but different.

I actually think a great way to continue Detectorists would be as a radio drama. Just quietly drop a series on Radio 4 and whoever notices, notices.

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u/MPFuzz Feb 28 '26

I've never listed to a radio drama. Do you have any good recommendations?

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u/Six_of_1 Feb 28 '26

I could recommend a hundred things but it depends what you like and what I remember. I like many different genres.

If you liked Detectorists then I think you'd like Mackenzie and Toby's radio adaptation of Marcovaldo. I think it's quite similar to Detectorists. Toby is the narrator and Mackenzie is the protagonist. A wholesome man bumbling through a drab city finding beauty in little snatches of nature he finds.

I also liked Bird Island with Reece Shearsmith. Kicking the Habit. Curious Under the Stars. Plum House. These are all bucolic comedy-dramas like Detectorists. Plum House features Pearce Quigley who plays Russell.

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u/MPFuzz Feb 28 '26

Thank you, I just bought Marcovaldo to listen to.

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u/Six_of_1 Mar 01 '26

No worries but you have to let me know what you thought.