Lovejoy - BBC1 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide
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Genre
- Comedy Drama Broadcast
- 1986 - 1994 Channel
- BBC 1 Episodes
- 71 (6 series) Creator
- Jonathan Gash Stars
- Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, Malcolm Tierney, Denys Graham, Geoffrey Bateman, Caroline Langrishe and more Writer
- Ian La Frenais Director
- Baz Taylor Producers
- Robert Banks Stewart, Dick Everitt, Emma Hayter, Jo Wright, Colin Shindler, Allan McKeown, Tony Charles, Michael Bartley and more Company
Dubbed by some "The Antiques Rogue Show", Lovejoy was based on the novels of Jonathan Gash and concerned a slightly dodgy dealer in antiquities.
Lovejoy's patch is rural Essex and Suffolk, which he combs for underpriced treasures to sell on with a nice mark-up. Being what is known as a "divvie", he instinctively knows when an antique is rare and valuable. At his side are Tinker, his tweedy, beret-hatted old friend, and young gopher Eric Catchpole.
When Eric leaves to run his uncle's pub, he is replaced by Beth, another "trainee". Leather-jacketed Lovejoy (who lives in a picturesque country cottage and drives a battered Morris Minor affectionately named Miriam) enjoys the company of local aristocrat Lady Jane Felsham and, though flirtation is the name of the game, wedding bells never chime.
On Lady Jane's departure, in comes university-educated auctioneer Charlotte Cavendish, and she almost succeeds in getting the lovable wheeler-dealer to the altar in the very last episode of the series.
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Broadcast details
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First broadcast
- Friday 10th January 1986 at 9:30pm on BBC One Next repeats
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- Series 4, Episode 5: Friday at 12:25am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 6: Friday at 1:35am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 7: Saturday 1st March at 12:20am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 8: Saturday 1st March at 1:30am on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 1: Saturday 1st March at 11:05am on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 2: Saturday 1st March at 12:20pm on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 9: Tuesday 4th March at 12:20am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 10: Tuesday 4th March at 1:30am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 11: Wednesday 5th March at 1am on U&Drama
Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 1:30am on U&Drama - Series 4, Episode 4
- Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 12:20am on U&Drama - Series 4, Episode 3
- Friday 21st February 2025 at 1:30am on U&Drama - Series 4, Episode 2