TV series
In the shady world of antiques, Lovejoy has a knack for finding the truth.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
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Episode 1
Lovejoy buys a set of James Gillray drawings, which turn out to be copies. While trying to sell them, Eric finds a stolen statue with an aristocratic connection at the house of some friends of Jane's. Then there's a Royal Visit to consider...
Directed by Baz TaylorWritten by Terry HodgkinsonGuest stars Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, Toby Jones, John Bowe, Tony Rohr, Diane Bull, Gabrielle Cowburn, Jake D'Arcy
Episode 2
Jane's old dance teacher wants Lovejoy to sell a mirror. This then leads to a deal which involves the apparently one-eyed Roderick Frew. Jane informs Lovejoy that Alexander is broke, Felsham is in the hands of the receivers, and she is leaving.
Directed by Baz TaylorWritten by Jeremy PaulGuest stars Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, John Hallam, Declan Mulholland, Pavel Douglas, Roger Lloyd Pack, Colette O'Neil, Jane How
Episode 3
Lovejoy has been left to look after Felsham Hall until it has been sold, and he uses the house as a furniture showroom. He thus crosses swords with the beautiful Charlotte Cavendish, who is the auctioneer selling the Hall. At the auction, Charlie Gimbert buys the property, and Lovejoy agrees with him to rent the stables for Lovejoy Antiques.
Directed by Ian McShaneWritten by Steve Coombes, Dave RobinsonGuest stars Chris Jury, Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, David Lodge, Patricia Hayes, Suzanne Roquette, Susan Kyd, David Weston
Episode 4
Lovejoy is threatened by a debt collector and hijacks a country house auction to pay his debts. In the process, he finds the lost 'Kakiemon Tiger', but he has to deal with competitors for it. Beth Taylor joins Lovejoy Antiques on a youth employment scheme, to learn the business.
Directed by Nicholas LaughlandWritten by Roger MarshallGuest stars Chris Jury, Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Colin Salmon, James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham, John Grillo
Episode 5
Charlotte's former lover arrives from New York and invites her to live with him in Paris, but she turns him down.A forger cons Charlie Gimbert into buying some fake porcelain, but Lovejoy catches up with him. In doing so, he discovers a good artist.
Directed by Nicholas LaughlandWritten by Douglas WatkinsonGuest stars Chris Jury, Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Jonathan Hyde, Lionel Jeffries, Gary Waldhorn
Episode 6
Tinker and Eric take a break at Eric's Uncle Jack's pub. Meanwhile, Lovejoy is asked to show a visiting couple around the antiques shops. Trouble is, he also has a very large Welsh Dresser to get rid of. Eric decides to stay on and run the pub.
Directed by Jim HillWritten by John MilneGuest stars Chris Jury, Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Warren Mitchell, Nicholas Le Prevost, Reece Dinsdale, Peter Benson
Episode 7
A rare Celtic cross is stolen from Charlotte's aution house, after Lovejoy asked the porter to let a friend look at it. Charlotte and Lovejoy set out on the thief's trail and find themselves on a treasure hunt in the west of Wales. But they are not the only ones after the cross.Charlotte turns down Lovejoy's invitation to share a bedroom at a village inn.
Directed by Jim HillWritten by Alan ClewsGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Alan David, Margaret John, John Michie, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Terry Dauncey
Episode 8
A friend of Charlotte's who runs a nursing home has asked her to sell some things, and Charlotte wants Lovejoy's help with valuations. One patient, Virginia, believes she has a very rare bureau. Then somebody tries to kill Lovejoy. When Charlotte recognizes his resemblance to a dead poet, they begin to suspect who might be behind the attempts on his life. Tinker and Beth are sent off to London in search of the answers.
Directed by Gordon FlemyngWritten by T.R. BowenGuest stars Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Susan Fleetwood, Margery Mason, Anna Calder-Marshall, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Hugh Ross, David Blustone
Episode 9
Charlie Gimbert asks Lovejoy to value a colonial widow's Chinese treasures. Lovejoy is interested in an unusual Peking cannon and gets Charlotte's opinion on it. The cannon has great significance for a Chinese tong, and Lovejoy and Charlotte are in danger as the Chinese community prepares to do battle over it.
Directed by Ken HornWritten by Mike RipleyGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Adrian Pang, Patrick Barlow, Burt Kwouk, Susan Brown, Lucy Sheen
Episode 10
After a dealer apparently disappears over the side of a cross-channel ferry, Lovejoy acquires two china geese. Charlie Gimbert, in pursuit of local ambitions, decides to impress the community and asks Charlotte to act as hostess at a Dog Show and Wildlife Auction at Felsham Hall. Lovejoy organises the auction, including his geese - and Charlotte invites him home for a dinner for two.
Directed by Gordon FlemyngWritten by Jeremy PaulGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Pete Postlethwaite, Freddie Jones, Michael Bertenshaw, Amelda Brown, Antonia Pemberton
Episode 11
Boswell, a friend of Lovejoy's who runs a travelling fair, asks Lovejoy to sell some silver candlesticks for him. However, the police arrive, saying they are stolen property, and Boswell is arrested. Meanwhile, an American friend of Charlotte's wants to buy the fairground Carousel.
Directed by Ken HornWritten by Gawn GraingerGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Phil Daniels, Anna Manahan, Jimmy Jewel, Jane Wymark, Gary Waldhorn
Episode 12
Lovejoy takes Charlotte to an Antiques Fair at Cambridge, where the elderly Doncaster sisters, who have financial problems, invite him to value their belongings. Lovejoy finds what seems to be a very rare bible, but the sisters' brother, a Cambridge don, opposes its sale. Lovejoy then discovers the bible is a fake and suspects mischief. Meanwhile, Beth's father wants her to leave Lovejoy Antiques for something better.
Directed by Jim HillWritten by Colin ShindlerGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, James Ellis, Richard Briers, Rudolph Walker, Barbara Hicks, James Saxon
Episode 13
Lovejoy is invited to spend the weekend with Charlotte at her best friend's house. The friend is short of money and has a clock she wants valued, but Lovejoy finds a stuffed fish which is worth selling, and misunderstandings arise... Meanwhile, Tinker is keen to thwart Charlie Gimbert's plans to turn Felsham Hall into a health farm, and after studying a twelfth-century charter he starts grazing a flock of sheep around the Hall. Charlie responds by threatening to evict Lovejoy Antiques from the stable yard, so Tinker and Beth take a trip to a health farm.
Directed by Jim HillWritten by Andy de la TourGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Margaretta Scott, John Crocker, Jan Chappell, Janet Henfrey, Richard Dixon
Episode 14
Lovejoy meets distant cousins from America, who are visiting England. As well as a female ghost, old Lord Wakering has treasures which once belonged to Sir Walter Raleigh, and both Lovejoy and Mary-John Lovejoy, his American cousin, want them. Some of Lord Wakering's things are stolen, and Lovejoy travels in hot pursuit to the Carolinas, where he is not made welcome. Charlotte has to fly over to get him out of trouble.
Directed by Geoffrey SaxWritten by Ian La Frenais, Dick ClementGuest stars Malcolm Tierney, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Richard Syms, David Arlen, Barbara Barrie, John Gielgud
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Ian McShaneLovejoy
Dudley SuttonTinker Dill
Chris JuryEric Catchpole
Malcolm TierneyCharlie Gimbert
Caroline LangrisheCharlotte Cavendish
Diane ParishBeth Taylor
Phyllis LoganLady Jane Felsham
Alexander KnoxPinder
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