Lovejoy: Season 1

Filmed in various colorful locales, including the beautiful English countryside and Venice (for the two-part episode, ?Death in Venice?), this is an Antiques Roadshow meets James Bond series that wraps big laughs and suspense into one. Lovejoy has a particular weakness for a good sob story or a pretty face, either of which is enough to send him off in pursuit of villains and help victims recover their property. Whether it?s a priceless old master or a pretty young lady, his love of beauty is sure to land him in trouble wherever he goes.

The Firefly Cage - Lovejoy is intrigued by a mysterious girl who buys a Japanese firefly cage at auction and later shows him another cage carved out of coal. The coal cage bears a striking resemblance to something else, but what is it that it reminds him of?

The Axeman Cometh - Lovejoy buys a Welsh dresser with a valuable Arab wedding headdress hidden inside. Will it be Lovejoy, the tax man, or a criminal with an axe who gets to keep the money?

The Sting - Lovejoy schemes, seduces and steals his way toward a pair of rare porcelain figures that he must have.

Friends, Romans and Enemies - Lovejoy pits his skills against forger and trickster, James Bexon, in a case of ancient Roman coins and intrigue.

The Judas Pair - The wife and brother of a man slain with one of a set of rare dueling pistols engage Lovejoy to find the murderer. For good reason, those Regency pistols are called The Judas Pair.

To Sleep No More - A forger, pursued by a mysterious priest, dies of a heart attack. The priest then tries to break into the dead man's house and Lovejoy is drawn into the mystery.

The Real Thing - Lovejoy cannot bear other people's art world crimes. He attempts to stop a con man and his two accomplices from bilking unsuspecting art connoisseurs.

The March of Time - Lovejoy must determine whether some old love letters found in a clock are genuine, and therefore valuable, or fake.

Death and Venice, Part1 - Lovejoy travels to Venice to investigate the murder of a friend who bought a Carpaccio painting Lovejoy believed to be a fake. Pretty soon, the murderer seems to be after Lovejoy.

Death and Venice, Part 2 - The only way for Lovejoy to make headway in the Venetian mystery is to agree to work for twin sisters who introduce him to a secret forgers' workshop.

Lovejoy	---	Ian McShane
Tinker Dill	---	Dudley Sutton
Eric Catchpole	---	Chris Jury
Lady Jane Felsham	---	Phyllis Logan
Charlie Gimbert	---	Malcolm Tierney
Charlotte Cavendish	---	Caroline Langshrie
Beth Taylor	---	Diane Parish
Lord Alexander Felsham	---	Pavel Douglas
Katie Henshaw	---	Maggie Ollerenshaw
Dandy Jack	---	Geoffrey Bateman

Written by Terry Hodgkinson, Ian La Frenais, Roger Marshall, Jonathan Gash
Directed by Baz Taylor, John Crome, John Woods, Francis Megahy, Ian McShane, Jim Hill
Produced by Richard Everitt, Colin Shindleer, Robert Banks Stewart
Executive Produced by Allan McKeown, Tony Charles
Original Music by Denis King
Cinematography by John Baker, Alec Curtis, Peter Hall, Colin Case, ian Punter, Richard Terry
Film Editing by Anthony Combes, Ian Farr, Martin Sharpe
Costume Design by Betty Barnard, Andrew Duckett, Colin May