Garfunkel due to their resemblance to the pop duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Peters calls his partner "Paul" in series 1, episode 3, and both give their full names when questioned by the police in series 2, episode 5 (echoing the rather different vocal pairing of Peters and Lee) Diana Rigg as Veronica, Becky's mother and occasional child-minder for Stanley (series 2, 3). Rigg, who died in 2020, and Stirling were mother and daughter in real life. In the 2022 Christmas special Veronica is stated to have died prior to the events depicted in it. Alexa Davies as Kate, daughter of Lance (series 2, 3) Rebecca Callard as Toni, a mechanic and colleague of Lance, who becomes his girlfriend (2015 Christmas special, series 3, 2022 Christmas special) Daniel Donskoy as Peter, a German visitor who seeks the DMDC's help in finding the location of his grandfather's aircraft, alleged to have crashed during World War II. He becomes a love interest for Sophie (series 2) Jacob and Isabella Hill as Stanley, Becky and Andy's baby (series 2) Asa James Wallace as Stanley, Becky and Andy's child (series 3, 2022 Christmas special) Episodes Series 1 (2014) Series 2 (2015) Series 2 commences with a three-minute sequence showing an Anglo-Saxon priest carrying a holy book and an aestel (a pointer stick similar to that associated with the Alfred Jewel) in a sack and fleeing mounted spearmen. He buries the sack near a standing stone. Time lapse shows all but the decorated gold handle of the stick decaying, and the shot pans upwards to reveal Andy and Lance walking across the field in present-day Danebury, detecting as they go. Having had no success, they decide to look up the hill. The jewel is shown again, still buried, at the beginning of subsequent episodes. Christmas Special (2015) Series 3 (2017) In March 2017, the BBC released a statement confirming the filming of a third and final series. The six-episode third series was filmed in the summer of 2017 and aired weekly on BBC Four from 8 November 2017. The first episode ends with a historical timeline sequence, backed by the song "Magpie" by The Unthanks. Reviewing the opening episode for The Guardian, Sam Wollaston said: "Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones shine in the third and final series of this beautifully written and performed slice of life." Christmas Special (2022) A 75-minute Christmas special was