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Lovejoy

Season 1 1986

  • 1986-01-10T20:30:00Z on A&E
  • 50m
  • 8h 20m (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • 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.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

1986-01-10T20:30:00Z

1x01 The Firefly Cage

Series Premiere

1x01 The Firefly Cage

  • 1986-01-10T20:30:00Z50m

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 lovely lady with something they want, they hit a pool of water in the road and give a drenching to Jane (Lady Felsham), who is busy unveiling a plaque. When, later, Lovejoy rings the doorbell at Felsham Hall, complex chemistry begins, and Jane is soon showing Lovejoy around her attic...

1986-01-17T20:30:00Z

1x02 The Axeman Cometh

1x02 The Axeman Cometh

  • 1986-01-17T20:30:00Z50m

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 the son of the dead man whose property was being sold at Gimbert's, says he was promised the dresser. Lovejoy sells it back to him, but without the head-dress. Catesby is soon looking for Lovejoy armed with an axe. He is in good company, as one of Her Majesty's Inland Revenue officers is also after Lovejoy.

1986-01-20T20:30:00Z

1x03 The Sting

1x03 The Sting

  • 1986-01-20T20:30:00Z50m

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 Gimbert, he decides to get even.

1x04 Friends, Romans and Enemies

  • 1986-01-31T20:30:00Z50m

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 also after the coins.

1986-02-07T20:30:00Z

1x05 The Judas Pair

1x05 The Judas Pair

  • 1986-02-07T20:30:00Z50m

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, Lovejoy puts Jane's life at risk and challenges Dr La Grange to a duel.

1986-02-14T20:30:00Z

1x06 To Sleep No More

1x06 To Sleep No More

  • 1986-02-14T20:30:00Z50m

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 fortune, and the priest soon tries to break into the Wendell house. Lovejoy aims to unravel the puzzle, by way of helping Sam's widow (who's left with very little) to recover anything of value. Along the way, Lovejoy dresses up as a priest.

1986-02-21T20:30:00Z

1x07 The Real Thing

1x07 The Real Thing

  • 1986-02-21T20:30:00Z50m

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 out to expose him. Along the way, he also tries to trap a second crook who is selling fake paintings.

1986-02-28T20:30:00Z

1x08 The March of Time

1x08 The March of Time

  • 1986-02-28T20:30:00Z50m

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', he sets out to find the answer.

1986-03-07T20:30:00Z

1x09 Death and Venice (1)

1x09 Death and Venice (1)

  • 1986-03-07T20:30:00Z50m

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 swindle, and identical twins Caterina and Lavinia are behind the scam.

Season Finale

1986-03-14T20:30:00Z

1x10 Death and Venice (2)

Season Finale

1x10 Death and Venice (2)

  • 1986-03-14T20:30:00Z50m

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 unravel the mystery of the Island of Rats.

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