BBC One · Ended

Lovejoy

Drama, Comedy, Crime · 1986 · Rated 7.9/10

Last aired: S6 E10, Last Tango in Lavenham · 1994-12-04

Lovejoy has a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.

Cast

Ian McShane Lovejoy

Dudley Sutton Tinker Dill

Chris Jury Eric Catchpole

Phyllis Logan Lady Jane Felsham

Malcolm Tierney Charlie Gimbert

Caroline Langrishe Charlotte Cavendish

Diane Parish Beth Taylor

Pavel Douglas Lord Alexander Felsham

Maggie Ollerenshaw Kate Henshaw

Season 6

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6

E1 Fair Exchange 1994-10-02 · 50 min Things are not going well for Lovejoy. A dud cheque lands him in trouble, then Charlotte is attacked and robbed of a newly-acquired 18th-century portrait which police later recover at Lovejoy Antiques. Egged on by her new man, she has the luckless Lovejoy charged with aggravated burglary.

E2 Day of Reckoning 1994-10-09 · 50 min Charlotte is invited to a wealthy client's house for lunch, but she finds herself at the mercy of a killer. Meanwhile, Lovejoy is sent on a wild treasure hunt through East Anglia.

E3 Somewhere - Over the Rainbow? 1994-10-16 · 50 min Tinker is in a very strange mood: he abandons Beth at a bus stop, ruins a deal for Lovejoy and leaves a pint of beer half drunk. Then he disappears without trace.

E4 Double Edged Sword 1994-10-23 · 50 min Tough businessman Frank Whymark hires Lovejoy to recover a priceless Samurai sword stolen from his home.

E5 Guns and Roses 1994-10-30 · 50 min Lovejoy takes a valuable gun to a famous gunsmith whose Soho shop is now the target of unscrupulous landlords. But the gun is stolen and Lovejoy's dinner with Charlotte is interrupted by the police who arrive in force to arrest him.

E6 The Last of the Uzkoks 1994-11-06 · 50 min Lord Dunwich puts a valuable communion vessel into Cavendish Auction Rooms, but his ownership is challenged by the Greek Orthodox Church.

E7 Breaking the Broker 1994-11-13 · 50 min Tinker is arrested for possession of erotic antiques. His only way out is to set up Lovejoy.

E8 Fruit of the Dessert 1994-11-20 · 50 min Lovejoy chooses to ignore Caroline and Tinker's warnings and soon regrets a meeting with a retired diplomat who is offering to sell him priceless antiques at low prices.

E9 Holding the Baby 1994-11-27 · 50 min Lovejoy misplaces Charlotte, a baby, and an antique 19th century dresser worth £20,000.

E10 Last Tango in Lavenham 1994-12-04 · 50 min It's all change for Lovejoy in the last of the series. Tinker is retiring to run a pub, Beth has a new job and Charlotte's father turns up. Then Lady Jane Felsham returns and the wedding bells begin to chime - but for whom?

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