The Detectorists return for a Christmas special. Five years after the last episode.
This is not a special set in foreign lands, just a new field. Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) have got permission from a farmer to explore a new field that has so far remain unexplored.
However a character change overcomes Lance as he discovers piece of gold. Greed overtakes him as he wants to take sole credit for the big find that all detectorists dream about.
Eventually Lance sees sense thanks to his wife and re-buries the item and invites everyone for an open dig.
Only for Lance's attention to turn towards an old Nokia mobile phone and Andy makes the re-discovery. One that would also save The Danebury Metal Detecting Club's scout hall.
It threatens to end their friendship as Lance fails to get the plaudits and seems bitter about it.
Detectorists has always been a gentle comedy about pastimes, friendships and small things with characters that have a lot of heart. It is regarded something of a holy grail to the metal detecting world.
Writer and director Mackenzie Crook did not shake up the formula too much. It was a pleasure to see them back on screen again.
As it was Christmas, there was an animated sequence of how something valuable could had ended up there.