Seasons & Episodes
The Firefly Cage
Having hired Eric Catchpole as an apprentice, Lovejoy sets out to unravel the meaning of a Japanese firefly cage.As Love
The Axeman Cometh
Lovejoy buys a Welsh dresser at Charlie Gimbert's auction, and hidden inside it he finds a rich Arab head-dress, festoon
The Sting
Lovejoy sets out to help a young woman to trace a pair of Meissen figures which she sold to raise cash for a drug habit.
Friends, Romans and Enemies
A robbery at the local museum seems to be connected with the death of a local forger, and Lovejoy goes on the trail of a
The Judas Pair
The wife and brother of a man killed with a fabulous pair of Regency duelling pistols engage Lovejoy to find them and th
To Sleep No More
Sam Wendell, an old forger, dies of a heart attack while being pursued by a mysterious priest, leaving behind one of his
The Real Thing
Needing a break from Charlie, Lovejoy takes a job for a few days at a new antiques market in Norwich owned by a client o
The March of Time
Lovejoy finds a bundle of old love letters hidden in the back of an antique clock. He quickly falls for the owner, but a
Death and Venice (1)
Lovejoy travels to Venice to investigate the murder of a friend. The dead friend had bought a painting Lovejoy believed
Death and Venice (2)
In Venice, Lovejoy gets a job working for Caterina and Lavinia, with a view to busting their scam, and meets a Scottish
Just Desserts
At the beginning of series 2, Lovejoy has just come out of prison after serving a sentence for theft. He believes he was
The Italian Venus
A mean landowner is reluctant to share an inheritance with his hard-up brother, who is a friend of Jane's. Then Lovejoy
Bin Diving
Lovejoy values the house contents of an elderly widow, an old friend of Jane's, who is burgled soon afterwards. Finding
Montezuma's Revenge
The manager of a heavy rock band wants to sell an ancient pre-Columbian solid gold statue, and it brings Inca black magi
Who Dares, Sings
Lovejoy and Jane have the job of fitting out a smart new restaurant being opened by Major Linden Walker, an old army fri
One Born Every Minute
Ashley Wilkes travels around East Anglia painting charming pictures of country cottages and seducing their female inhabi
National Wealth
Tinker is thrilled when Madeline Gilbert, a retired film star, sends for the Lovejoy team, as he has an old crush on her
Sugar and Spice
Lovejoy is in hot water for not paying the school fees of his teenage daughter, Vicky. Meanwhile (and much to Eric's dis
Raise the Hispanic
Amanda Peagram, a local landowner's daughter, is engaged to Roger Hall, and Lovejoy (on the instructions of Amanda's fat
Lily's Pearls
Jane's husband, Alexander, has a new business partner called Joe Gruder, but Lovejoy is suspicious of him. Jane gets a c
Riding in Rollers
Dealer Harry Catapodis has sold some fakes to Cassandra Lynch, a beautiful American widow Lovejoy knows. Caught out, Har
The Black Virgin of Vladimir
Dealer Harry Catapodis has sold some fakes to Cassandra Lynch, a beautiful American widow Lovejoy knows. Caught out, Har
Friends in High Places
As the third series begins, Lovejoy returns to Felsham after a long break in Spain, where he was trying (without marked
Out To Lunch
Lovejoy is spending more and more time with Victoria, not so much on his business. Together with Jane and Alexander, he
No Strings
A band called The Hothouse Flowers is due to appear at a local charity gig, and their manager is an old friend of Tinker
Angel Trousers
Lovejoy gets dragged into a sinister plot concerning Mussolini's nose and the burial at sea of Captain Bucknall (Jane's
The Benin Bronze
Greg Veitch is on a visit from Australia, looking for antiques, but especially what he calls 'my Eureka' - the thing he
Eric of Arabia
Lovejoy is asked to value an ancient Chinese terra-cotta figure of a pig. Then he falls off a bicycle and breaks his leg
Scotch on the Rocks
Vicky finds an old claymore (a Scottish sword) in her attic. Lovejoy buys it at auction and is offered much more than it
Loveknots
Jane decides to sell an Anatolian rug. When it comes up for auction, an old lady at the sale, Harriet Fisher, buys a Ber
Smoke Your Nose
The Reverend Harry Nettles claims there is a mosaic floor belonging to a Roman villa in the field next to his church, wh
Kids
Lovejoy's daughter Vicky disappears, then announces she is living with an older man whose wife has died. Susan, Vicky's
Members Only
Mr Kashimoto is trying without success to join an exclusive local golf club. The club asks Lovejoy to value its finest s
Highland Fling (1)
Some old sketches put Lovejoy and Jane on a trail which takes them up to Scotland, where they uncover a plot by another
Highland Fling (2)
Some old sketches put Lovejoy and Jane on a trail which takes them up to Scotland, where they uncover a plot by another
The Prague Sun
Lovejoy is likely to be on his own for Christmas. However, a violent attack on an old Czech fighter pilot leads Lovejoy
The Napoleonic Commode
Lovejoy is evicted from his rented cottage, as Freddy the Phone, his landlord (also known as Frederick Arthur Haig Montg
The Ring
With the naive help of Jane, Lovejoy sets up an unusual form of dealers' ring to bump up the price of a painting he has
Second Fiddle
Lindsey Parry-Davies, a leading violinist, wants Lovejoy to arrange for his Stradivarius to be touched up so that it wil
The Colour of Mary
Charlie Gimbert returns home from overseas, popping up again in a new and unlikely role as manager to Murray McNally, a
Fly the Flag
A family struggling to pay death duties needs Lovejoy's help to raise the wind. Meanwhile, Beau Whittaker, working in a
Judgment of Solomon
A retired senior Air Force officer wants Lovejoy to sell his large and remarkable collection of Jewish antiques, but Lov
The Galloping Major
On a visit to Frankie's scrap yard Lovejoy acquires an ancient cannon. He takes a trip to the Tower of London to see wha
God Helps Those
In the latest of a series of antique shop 'ram-raids', a table Lovejoy has left with another dealer is smashed, and he u
They Call Me Midas
Jim Leonard (Lovejoy's antiques mentor) resurfaces, wanting Lovejoy's help with a harmless little scam to catch out a fa
Irish Stew
The Lovejoy Antiques team is in Ireland looking for new stock (and also hoping to find a painting by Jack Butler Yeats,
Dainty Dish
The Lovejoy Antiques team is in Brighton, scouring the town for a really grand set of old china. Charlie Gimbert (as eve
Taking the Pledge
Jamie, an old friend of Lovejoy's, turns up on his doorstep needing help with an urgent problem. He can't afford to retr
Lovejoy Loses It
Lovejoy makes an exhibition of his 'sixth sense' for antiques on a television programme. Later, working on a house clear
Pig in a Poke
Lovejoy buys a set of James Gillray drawings, which turn out to be copies. While trying to sell them, Eric finds a stole
Who is the Fairest of Them All?
Jane's old dance teacher wants Lovejoy to sell a mirror. This then leads to a deal which involves the apparently one-eye
A Going Concern
Lovejoy has been left to look after Felsham Hall until it has been sold, and he uses the house as a furniture showroom.
The Kakiemon Tiger
Lovejoy is threatened by a debt collector and hijacks a country house auction to pay his debts. In the process, he finds
Three Men and a Brittle Lady
Charlotte's former lover arrives from New York and invites her to live with him in Paris, but she turns him down.A forge
Ducking and Diving
Tinker and Eric take a break at Eric's Uncle Jack's pub. Meanwhile, Lovejoy is asked to show a visiting couple around th
Stones of Destiny
A rare Celtic cross is stolen from Charlotte's aution house, after Lovejoy asked the porter to let a friend look at it.
Poetic Licence
A friend of Charlotte's who runs a nursing home has asked her to sell some things, and Charlotte wants Lovejoy's help wi
The Peking Gun
Charlie Gimbert asks Lovejoy to value a colonial widow's Chinese treasures. Lovejoy is interested in an unusual Peking c
Goose Bumps
After a dealer apparently disappears over the side of a cross-channel ferry, Lovejoy acquires two china geese. Charlie G
Swings and Roundabouts
Boswell, a friend of Lovejoy's who runs a travelling fair, asks Lovejoy to sell some silver candlesticks for him. Howeve
Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
Lovejoy takes Charlotte to an Antiques Fair at Cambridge, where the elderly Doncaster sisters, who have financial proble
The Price of Fish
Lovejoy is invited to spend the weekend with Charlotte at her best friend's house. The friend is short of money and has
The Lost Colony
Lovejoy meets distant cousins from America, who are visiting England. As well as a female ghost, old Lord Wakering has t
Fair Exchange
Charlotte buys a painting from a hard-up couple, the Tabors, but finds she has been conned. Lovejoy decides to set matte
Day of Reckoning
A former friend, Max Hunter, who believes Lovejoy had an affair with his wife, kidnaps Charlotte and plans to kill her.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Tinker disappears, and Lovejoy sets off to find him. He arrives in Devon, where he discovers that Tinker's real name is
Double Edged Sword
A tough-talking business man hires Lovejoy to recover a sixteenth-century samurai sword which has been stolen from him.
Guns and Roses
Lovejoy takes an antique gun to a London gunsmith to be repaired, but the armorer is having landlord problems. Meanwhile
The Last of the Uzkoks
Lovejoy is called in by Lord Dunwich to value a silver communion set, and Lady Dunwich wants him to find her some antiqu
Breaking the Broker
The police set up Tinker, so that they can get a favour from Lovejoy. They want him to check out an up-market pawnbroker
Fruit of the Dessert
Lovejoy has a dangerous plan, which includes putting himself in the hands of a notorious moneylender and risking the fut
Holding the Baby
Lovejoy buys a nineteenth-century dresser for a song, after getting advice from a Caribbean specialist. Meanwhile, Charl
Last Tango in Lavenham
In the last episode of Lovejoy, our hero gears himself up to marry Charlotte, and his old life begins to splinter. Jane
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