Mackenzie Crook
The actor, writer and real-life detectorist shares the music that shapes his life.
After working at Pizza Hut in his twenties, Mackenzie Crook suddenly shot to fame playing the hapless paper salesman Gareth Keenan in the smash-hit ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ comedy βThe Officeβ
Since then, heβs starred in blockbuster franchises including Pirates of the Caribbean and Game of Thrones, as well as Shakespeare, Dickens and his beloved Worzel Gummidge.
He also created, directed and starred in the charming comedy-drama Detectorists, playing one half of an eccentric metal-detecting duo, alongside Toby Jones, which prompted Mackenzie to take up the hobby and search for real-life treasure.
So β headphones on β let's start scanning β and see what we can uncover among Mackenzie Crookβs Inheritance Tracks...
Inherited: Big Yellow taxi by Joni Mitchell
Passed on: River Man by Nick Drake
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey
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Inheritance Tracks
Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to the future
