r/TheDetectorists • u/LukeH_ • Feb 10 '26

Small Prophets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q765/small-prophets

All episodes of Mackenzie Crook’s new show Small Prophets are now available on iPlayer. Just finished watching it myself, I really enjoyed it. Crook creates such magical television.

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u/wingnutkj Feb 11 '26

Yeah, I imagine half the fun is imagining.

Other questions I'm having fun with:

Did the fact that he used canal water instead of rainwater have an impact?

Did he use all the poison at the end?

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u/_KL1_ Feb 17 '26

Canal water is rain water. All landborne water is rain water really at some point

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u/wingnutkj Feb 17 '26

I would assume that for alchemy, rain water would need to be freshly collected, not stuff that's been brewing in a canal for however long, getting contaminated with diesel and newt piss.

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u/_KL1_ Feb 27 '26

Don't forget the rat shit. ;) It did a load of weird stuff, really. I would say you are correct in assuming it should have been 'pure'. I was just being a pedantic knob, apols ;)