Lovejoy
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

1986 6 Seasons 73 Episodes ⭐ 7.4 Comedy Drama Mystery

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Firefly Cage

Having hired Eric Catchpole as an apprentice, Lovejoy sets out to unravel the meaning of a Japanese firefly cage.As Love

EP 2

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

EP 3

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.

EP 4

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

EP 5

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

EP 6

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

EP 7

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

EP 8

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

EP 9

Death and Venice (1)

Lovejoy travels to Venice to investigate the murder of a friend. The dead friend had bought a painting Lovejoy believed

EP 10

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

EP 1

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

EP 2

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

EP 3

Bin Diving

Lovejoy values the house contents of an elderly widow, an old friend of Jane's, who is burgled soon afterwards. Finding

EP 4

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

EP 5

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

EP 6

One Born Every Minute

Ashley Wilkes travels around East Anglia painting charming pictures of country cottages and seducing their female inhabi

EP 7

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

EP 8

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

EP 9

Raise the Hispanic

Amanda Peagram, a local landowner's daughter, is engaged to Roger Hall, and Lovejoy (on the instructions of Amanda's fat

EP 10

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

EP 11

Riding in Rollers

Dealer Harry Catapodis has sold some fakes to Cassandra Lynch, a beautiful American widow Lovejoy knows. Caught out, Har

EP 12

The Black Virgin of Vladimir

Dealer Harry Catapodis has sold some fakes to Cassandra Lynch, a beautiful American widow Lovejoy knows. Caught out, Har

EP 1

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

EP 2

Out To Lunch

Lovejoy is spending more and more time with Victoria, not so much on his business. Together with Jane and Alexander, he

EP 3

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

EP 4

Angel Trousers

Lovejoy gets dragged into a sinister plot concerning Mussolini's nose and the burial at sea of Captain Bucknall (Jane's

EP 5

The Benin Bronze

Greg Veitch is on a visit from Australia, looking for antiques, but especially what he calls 'my Eureka' - the thing he

EP 6

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

EP 7

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

EP 8

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

EP 9

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

EP 10

Kids

Lovejoy's daughter Vicky disappears, then announces she is living with an older man whose wife has died. Susan, Vicky's

EP 11

Members Only

Mr Kashimoto is trying without success to join an exclusive local golf club. The club asks Lovejoy to value its finest s

EP 12

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

EP 13

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

EP 14

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

EP 1

The Napoleonic Commode

Lovejoy is evicted from his rented cottage, as Freddy the Phone, his landlord (also known as Frederick Arthur Haig Montg

EP 2

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

EP 3

Second Fiddle

Lindsey Parry-Davies, a leading violinist, wants Lovejoy to arrange for his Stradivarius to be touched up so that it wil

EP 4

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

EP 5

Fly the Flag

A family struggling to pay death duties needs Lovejoy's help to raise the wind. Meanwhile, Beau Whittaker, working in a

EP 6

Judgment of Solomon

A retired senior Air Force officer wants Lovejoy to sell his large and remarkable collection of Jewish antiques, but Lov

EP 7

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

EP 8

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

EP 9

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

EP 10

Irish Stew

The Lovejoy Antiques team is in Ireland looking for new stock (and also hoping to find a painting by Jack Butler Yeats,

EP 11

Dainty Dish

The Lovejoy Antiques team is in Brighton, scouring the town for a really grand set of old china. Charlie Gimbert (as eve

EP 12

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

EP 13

Lovejoy Loses It

Lovejoy makes an exhibition of his 'sixth sense' for antiques on a television programme. Later, working on a house clear

EP 1

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

EP 2

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

EP 3

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.

EP 4

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

EP 5

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

EP 6

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

EP 7

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.

EP 8

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

EP 9

The Peking Gun

Charlie Gimbert asks Lovejoy to value a colonial widow's Chinese treasures. Lovejoy is interested in an unusual Peking c

EP 10

Goose Bumps

After a dealer apparently disappears over the side of a cross-channel ferry, Lovejoy acquires two china geese. Charlie G

EP 11

Swings and Roundabouts

Boswell, a friend of Lovejoy's who runs a travelling fair, asks Lovejoy to sell some silver candlesticks for him. Howeve

EP 12

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

EP 13

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

EP 14

The Lost Colony

Lovejoy meets distant cousins from America, who are visiting England. As well as a female ghost, old Lord Wakering has t

EP 1

Fair Exchange

Charlotte buys a painting from a hard-up couple, the Tabors, but finds she has been conned. Lovejoy decides to set matte

EP 2

Day of Reckoning

A former friend, Max Hunter, who believes Lovejoy had an affair with his wife, kidnaps Charlotte and plans to kill her.

EP 3

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

EP 4

Double Edged Sword

A tough-talking business man hires Lovejoy to recover a sixteenth-century samurai sword which has been stolen from him.

EP 5

Guns and Roses

Lovejoy takes an antique gun to a London gunsmith to be repaired, but the armorer is having landlord problems. Meanwhile

EP 6

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

EP 7

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

EP 8

Fruit of the Dessert

Lovejoy has a dangerous plan, which includes putting himself in the hands of a notorious moneylender and risking the fut

EP 9

Holding the Baby

Lovejoy buys a nineteenth-century dresser for a song, after getting advice from a Caribbean specialist. Meanwhile, Charl

EP 10

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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Caroline Langrishe
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Diane Parish
Diane Parish
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