Lovejoy

Lovejoy

1986 6 Seasons ⭐ 7.425
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.

Seasons

1. The Firefly Cage

1986-01-10 • ⭐ 7.75

Having hired Eric Catchpole as an apprentice, Lovejoy sets out to unravel the meaning of a Japanese firefly cage.As Lovejoy and Eric are in hot pursuit (on Eric's motorbike) of a …

2. The Axeman Cometh

1986-01-17 • ⭐ 8.0

Lovejoy buys a Welsh dresser at Charlie Gimbert's auction, and hidden inside it he finds a rich Arab head-dress, festooned with gold ducats. Catesby, recently out of prison and th…

3. The Sting

1986-01-20 • ⭐ 9.0

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. When he comes across evidence of a double-cross by Charlie…

4. Friends, Romans and Enemies

1986-01-31 • ⭐ 3.667

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 hoard of Roman coins in the Isle of Man. Two Americans are…

5. The Judas Pair

1986-02-07 • ⭐ 10.0

The wife and brother of a man killed with a fabulous pair of Regency duelling pistols engage Lovejoy to find them and thus bring about the downfall of the murderer. In the process…

6. To Sleep No More

1986-02-14 • ⭐ 9.0

Sam Wendell, an old forger, dies of a heart attack while being pursued by a mysterious priest, leaving behind one of his small forgeries. Sam had told his wife it was the key to a…

7. The Real Thing

1986-02-21 • ⭐ 9.0

Needing a break from Charlie, Lovejoy takes a job for a few days at a new antiques market in Norwich owned by a client of Jane's. He soon realizes the boss is a con-man and sets o…

8. The March of Time

1986-02-28 • ⭐ 9.0

Lovejoy finds a bundle of old love letters hidden in the back of an antique clock. He quickly falls for the owner, but are the letters genuine? Under the name of 'Captain Lovejoy'…

9. Death and Venice (1)

1986-03-07 • ⭐ 9.0

Lovejoy travels to Venice to investigate the murder of a friend. The dead friend had bought a painting Lovejoy believed was a fake. In Venice, he is drawn into an ambitious art sw…

10. Death and Venice (2)

1986-03-14 • ⭐ 3.333

In Venice, Lovejoy gets a job working for Caterina and Lavinia, with a view to busting their scam, and meets a Scottish forger called 'Lucky' Luciano. Lovejoy and Lucky together u…

Top Cast

Ian McShane
Ian McShane
Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton
Caroline Langrishe
Caroline Langrishe
Diane Parish
Diane Parish

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