Lovejoy: Season 6

Ian McShane is back as the crime-solving antiques dealer with an eye for beauty...and trouble! Season six wraps up the final escapades of Lovejoy, with three discs of side-splitting adventures! Danger, betrayal, and revenge still fly fast and furious as Lovejoy grapples with dud checks, intriguing riddles, and charges of aggravated burglary. But many close calls hit ever more close to home when Tinker goes missing, Charlotte gets kidnapped, and a man claiming to be Charlie Gimbert's father appears. Will Lovejoy ever settle down?

Fair Exchange - Charlotte has a new boyfriend called Gordon, an insurance man. She buys a valuable portrait from a hard-up Polish couple, the Tabors, but it is stolen by someone who drives off in Lovejoy's truck. Wnen the police find the painting hidden at Lovejoy's, his only alibi is that he was in bed with Mrs Tabor at the time, but she flatly refuses to back him up.
Out on bail, Lovejoy finds Charlotte's painting is a fake. With the help of Beth and Tinker, he needs to find the Tabors to save himself from gaol.

Day of Reckoning - A former friend, Max Hunter, who believes Lovejoy had an affair with his wife, kidnaps Charlotte and plans to kill her. But he gives Lovejoy a sporting chance to find him by leaving a series of clues.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Tinker disappears, and Lovejoy sets off to find him. He arrives in Devon, where he discovers that Tinker's real name is Archie and that he has a sister whose hotel business is threatened by a rogue property developer. Charlotte and Beth join them and they look for ways to raise money to save the hotel.
Meanwhile, Tinker has lost the key of Charlotte's safe-deposit box.

Double Edged Sword - A tough-talking business man hires Lovejoy to recover a sixteenth-century samurai sword which has been stolen from him. Another dealer, Lovejoy's mentor Jim Leonard, buys the sword at an auction, but it is promptly stolen from him by Joanna, the daughter of the original owner. Lovejoy stays on the trail.

Guns and Roses - Lovejoy takes an antique gun to a London gunsmith to be repaired, but the armorer is having landlord problems. Meanwhile, an acquaintance of Lovejoy's, Texas Greenberg, is on his way over to buy something special.

The Last of the Uzkoks - Lovejoy is called in by Lord Dunwich to value a silver communion set, and Lady Dunwich wants him to find her some antique prints of the lost town of Dunwich-by-the-Sea (which is now under the sea). Charlie has done a moonlight flit, leaving his old dad in charge of Felsham Hall, and there are some unlikely characters around - a mad Greek priest, a Dutch civil servant, and a strange woman...

Breaking the Broker - The police set up Tinker, so that they can get a favour from Lovejoy. They want him to check out an up-market pawnbroker who is suspected of receiving antiques stolen overseas.

Fruit of the Desert - Lovejoy has a dangerous plan, which includes putting himself in the hands of a notorious moneylender and risking the future of his daughter, Vicky. But then, "Those who hazard all do it in hope of fair advantages..."

Holding the Baby - Lovejoy buys a nineteenth-century dresser for a song, after getting advice from a Caribbean specialist.
Meanwhile, Charlotte has mixed feelings about being left holding someone else's baby.

Last Tango in Lavenham - In the last episode of Lovejoy, our hero gears himself up to marry Charlotte, and his old life begins to splinter. Jane Felsham returns with a splash, and without Alexander in tow - will Lovejoy have to choose between her and Charlotte?

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