Lovejoy is a loveable rogue wonderfully played by Ian McShane. I adore the book series too - they're written by Jonathan Gash and you can read more about them HERE - but the Lovejoy of the books is much darker - more violent. No, the series is light-hearted and follows the exploits of Lovejoy ("No mister, just Lovejoy")- antiques dealer and divvy extraordinaire.
Eventually, I will write reviews of each and every episode (71 of them! Plus two 2-hour specials), but for now, here is a list of titles with original British airedates, which I got from Wikipedia. [I've also added the book title on which an episode was based if I know it]
Season 1
- 1-01 (10-Jan-1986) The Firefly Cage
[Firefly Gadroon]
- 1-02 (17-Jan-1986) The Axeman Cometh
- 1-03 (20-Jan-1986) The Sting
- 1-04 (31-Jan-1986) Friends, Romans and Enemies
[Gold From Gemini]
- 1-05 (07-Feb-1986) The Judas Pair
[The Judas Pair]
- 1-06 (14-Feb-1986) To Sleep No More
- 1-07 (21-Feb-1986) The Real Thing
- 1-08 (28-Feb-1986) The March of Time
- 1-09 (07-Mar-1986) Death and Venice (1)
- 1-10 (14-Mar-1986) Death and Venice (2)
[The Gondola Scam]
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Season 2
- 2-01 (06-Jan-1991) Just Desserts
- 2-02 (13-Jan-1991) The Italian Venus
- 2-03 (20-Jan-1991) Bin Diving
- 2-04 (27-Jan-1991) Montezuma's Revenge
- 2-05 (03-Feb-1991) Who Dares, Sings
- 2-06 (10-Feb-1991) One Born Every Minute
- 2-07 (17-Feb-1991) National Wealth
- 2-08 (24-Feb-1991) Sugar and Spice
- 2-09 (03-Mar-1991) Raise the Hispanic
- 2-10 (10-Mar-1991) Lily's Pearls
- 2-11 (17-Mar-1991) Riding in Rollers *
- 2-12 (24-Mar-1991) The Black Virgin of Vladimir *
* This is a two-parter
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Season 3
- 3-01 (12-Jan-1992) Friends in High Places
- 3-02 (19-Jan-1992) Out To Lunch
- 3-03 (26-Jan-1992) No Strings
- 3-04 (02-Feb-1992) Angel Trousers
- 3-05 (09-Feb-1992) The Benin Bronze
- 3-06 (16-Feb-1992) Eric of Arabia
- 3-07 (23-Feb-1992) Scotch on the Rocks
- 3-08 (01-Mar-1992) Loveknots
- 3-09 (08-Mar-1992) Smoke Your Nose
- 3-10 (15-Mar-1992) Kids
- 3-11 (22-Mar-1992) Members Only
- 3-12 (29-Mar-1992) Highland Fling (1)
- 3-13 (05-Apr-1992) Highland Fling (2)
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Season 4
- S-01 (26-Dec-1992) The Prague Sun
- 4-01 (10-Jan-1993) The Napoleonic Commode
- 4-02 (17-Jan-1993) The Ring
- 4-03 (24-Jan-1993) Second Fiddle
- 4-04 (31-Jan-1993) The Colour of Mary
- 4-05 (07-Feb-1993) Fly the Flag
- 4-06 (14-Feb-1993) Judgment of Solomon
- 4-07 (21-Feb-1993) The Galloping Major
- 4-08 (28-Feb-1993) God Helps Those
- 4-09 (07-Mar-1993) They Call Me Midas
- 4-10 (14-Mar-1993) Irish Stew
- 4-11 (28-Mar-1993) Dainty Dish
- 4-12 (04-Apr-1993) Taking the Pledge
- 4-13 (11-Apr-1993) Lovejoy Loses It
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Season 5
- 5-01 (05-Sep-1993) Pig in a Poke
- 5-02 (12-Sep-1993) Who is the Fairest of Them All?
- 5-03 (19-Sep-1993) A Going Concern
- 5-04 (26-Sep-1993) The Kakiemon Tiger
- 5-05 (03-Oct-1993) Three Men and a Brittle Lady
- 5-06 (10-Oct-1993) Ducking and Diving
- 5-07 (17-Oct-1993) Stones of Destiny
- 5-08 (24-Oct-1993) Poetic Licence
- 5-09 (31-Oct-1993) The Peking Gun
- 5-10 (07-Nov-1993) Goose Bumps
- 5-11 (14-Nov-1993) Swings and Roundabouts
- 5-12 (21-Nov-1993) Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
- 5-13 (28-Nov-1993) The Price of Fish
- S-02 (27-Dec-1993) The Lost Colony
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Season 6
- 6-01 (02-Oct-1994) Fair Exchange
- 6-02 (09-Oct-1994) Day of Reckoning
- 6-03 (16-Oct-1994) Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- 6-04 (23-Oct-1994) Double Edged Sword
- 6-05 (30-Oct-1994) Guns and Roses
- 6-06 (06-Nov-1994) The Last of the Uzkoks
- 6-07 (13-Nov-1994) Breaking the Broker
- 6-08 (20-Nov-1994) Fruit of the Dessert
- 6-09 (27-Nov-1994) Holding the Baby
- 6-10 (04-Dec-1994) Last Tango in Lavenham
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Lovejoy "in bed with the Devil" (so to speak) in
Lovejoy Loses It, one of my fave episodes
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