
Lovejoy
1986–1994 · BBC One · 50 min · 6 seasons
S06E10 · Last Tango in Lavenham
Mon, 5 Dec, 6:10 am
It's all change for Lovejoy in the last of the series. Tinker is retiring to run a pub, Beth has a new job and Charlotte's father turns up. Then Lady Jane Felsham returns and the wedding bells begin to chime - but for whom?
About
Lovejoy has a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Episodes
- E01
Fair Exchange
Mon, 3 Oct· 50 minThings are not going well for Lovejoy. A dud cheque lands him in trouble, then Charlotte is attacked and robbed of a newly-acquired 18th-century portrait which police later recover at Lovejoy Antiques. Egged on by her new man, she has the luckless Lovejoy charged with aggravated burglary.
- E02
Day of Reckoning
Mon, 10 Oct· 50 minCharlotte is invited to a wealthy client's house for lunch, but she finds herself at the mercy of a killer. Meanwhile, Lovejoy is sent on a wild treasure hunt through East Anglia.
- E03
Somewhere - Over the Rainbow?
Mon, 17 Oct· 50 minTinker is in a very strange mood: he abandons Beth at a bus stop, ruins a deal for Lovejoy and leaves a pint of beer half drunk. Then he disappears without trace.
- E04
Double Edged Sword
Mon, 24 Oct· 50 minTough businessman Frank Whymark hires Lovejoy to recover a priceless Samurai sword stolen from his home.
- E05
Guns and Roses
Mon, 31 Oct· 50 minLovejoy takes a valuable gun to a famous gunsmith whose Soho shop is now the target of unscrupulous landlords. But the gun is stolen and Lovejoy's dinner with Charlotte is interrupted by the police who arrive in force to arrest him.
- E06
The Last of the Uzkoks
Mon, 7 Nov· 50 minLord Dunwich puts a valuable communion vessel into Cavendish Auction Rooms, but his ownership is challenged by the Greek Orthodox Church.
- E07
Breaking the Broker
Mon, 14 Nov· 50 minTinker is arrested for possession of erotic antiques. His only way out is to set up Lovejoy.
- E08
Fruit of the Dessert
Mon, 21 Nov· 50 minLovejoy chooses to ignore Caroline and Tinker's warnings and soon regrets a meeting with a retired diplomat who is offering to sell him priceless antiques at low prices.
- E09
Holding the Baby
Mon, 28 Nov· 50 minLovejoy misplaces Charlotte, a baby, and an antique 19th century dresser worth £20,000.
- E10
Last Tango in Lavenham
Mon, 5 Dec· 50 minIt's all change for Lovejoy in the last of the series. Tinker is retiring to run a pub, Beth has a new job and Charlotte's father turns up. Then Lady Jane Felsham returns and the wedding bells begin to chime - but for whom?
Cast

Ian McShane
Lovejoy

Dudley Sutton
Tinker Dill

Chris Jury
Eric Catchpole

Phyllis Logan
Lady Jane Felsham

Malcolm Tierney
Charlie Gimbert

Caroline Langrishe
Charlotte Cavendish

Diane Parish
Beth Taylor

