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The Best Episodes Directed By Baz Taylor

Every TV Episode Directed by Baz Taylor Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Judas Pair
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E5

    The wife and brother of a man killed with a fabulous pair of Regency duelling pistols engage Lovejoy to find them and thus bring about the downfall of the murderer. In the process, Lovejoy puts Jane's life at risk and challenges Dr La Grange to a duel.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - The Galloping Major
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E7

    On a visit to Frankie's scrap yard Lovejoy acquires an ancient cannon. He takes a trip to the Tower of London to see what he can find out about it, and while he's away an ordnance expert going under the name of Major Turpin tries to steal the cannon from under Eric's nose.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - Taking the Pledge
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E12

    Jamie, an old friend of Lovejoy's, turns up on his doorstep needing help with an urgent problem. He can't afford to retrieve a wonderful painting from a pawnbroker, and there are only a few hours to go. Lovejoy agrees to help Jamie raise the cash - but Jamie's estranged wife is also on the warpath...

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - The Sting
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E3

    Lovejoy sets out to help a young woman to trace a pair of Meissen figures which she sold to raise cash for a drug habit. When he comes across evidence of a double-cross by Charlie Gimbert, he decides to get even.

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Death and Venice (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E9

    Lovejoy travels to Venice to investigate the murder of a friend. The dead friend had bought a painting Lovejoy believed was a fake. In Venice, he is drawn into an ambitious art swindle, and identical twins Caterina and Lavinia are behind the scam.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Bin Diving
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E3

    Lovejoy values the house contents of an elderly widow, an old friend of Jane's, who is burgled soon afterwards. Finding he is the local police's prime suspect, Lovejoy decides to work out for himself (with the help of Brian Nunn, a remarkable bin man) who was behind the burglary. Matters are complicated by Eric's 'bin diving' habit.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - The Napoleonic Commode
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E1

    Lovejoy is evicted from his rented cottage, as Freddy the Phone, his landlord (also known as Frederick Arthur Haig Montgomery Wavell Reeve) owes back taxes on it. So Lovejoy takes to the road and acquires a commode said to have belonged to the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte... and the next thing is to hunt down a continental expert to authenticate it. Did 'Boney' really sit here?

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  8. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Who is the Fairest of Them All?
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E2

    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.

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Sugar and Spice
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E8

    Lovejoy is in hot water for not paying the school fees of his teenage daughter, Vicky. Meanwhile (and much to Eric's disgust) another schoolgirl asks the firm to sell some erotic drawings for her. When Lovejoy sees the same girl being threatened by a man at the school, he decides there's more to the story than meets the eye. He also manages to vex Susan, his former wife, as they try to cope with their daughter's problems.

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - Angel Trousers
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E4

    Lovejoy gets dragged into a sinister plot concerning Mussolini's nose and the burial at sea of Captain Bucknall (Jane's old house-keeper's brother). He is given the job of selling the late Captain's medals, and there is a smart fashion photographer who wants them, but then some drunken sailors come into the picture and he has to deal with the gun-toting Angelo Pantaloni...

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Scotch on the Rocks
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E7

    Vicky finds an old claymore (a Scottish sword) in her attic. Lovejoy buys it at auction and is offered much more than it's worth for it. Puzzled, he investigates and finds the claymore is a map to buried treasure. Someone tries to steal it, so Lovejoy is not the only one hot on the trail. But the treasure is elusive - a supermarket has been built on top of it.

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Loveknots
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E8

    Jane decides to sell an Anatolian rug. When it comes up for auction, an old lady at the sale, Harriet Fisher, buys a Berber rug for her dog, but a young Arab who also wanted it promptly steals it from Harriet. Lovejoy is curious and decides to investigate... Meanwhile, Alexander and Jane are quarrelling badly, and they decide to split up.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Smoke Your Nose
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E9

    The Reverend Harry Nettles claims there is a mosaic floor belonging to a Roman villa in the field next to his church, which is about to be built on. Nobody believes him, and the county archaeologist has agreed to the plans, so Lovejoy races to thwart the developer. He also has a dance with Jane, newly separated from Alexander...

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Lovejoy Loses It
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E13

    Lovejoy makes an exhibition of his 'sixth sense' for antiques on a television programme. Later, working on a house clearance, he overlooks an important item and starts to think he may be abusing and losing his talent. After he gets a letter, Lovejoy goes to see another 'divvie' who has lost the magic touch.

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  15. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Pig in a Poke
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E1

    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...

    Director:Baz Taylor
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  16. undefined Season 6 Episode 9 - Holding the Baby
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E9

    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.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Death in Disguise
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    S1:E5

    At a local New Age commune (fancifully called the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse) William Carter is found dead with a broken neck, lying at the bottom of a staircase. Barnaby and Troy have to decide whether the death was an accident or murder.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Faithful Unto Death
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    S1:E4

    A craft centre in the old mill at Morton Fendle is losing money. Several locals have invested in the business and believe they have been swindled by Alan Hollingsworth, the man behind it. When Hollingsworth's glamorous wife Simone goes missing, Barnaby believes she has been kidnapped and puts Hollingsworth under observation. However, Hollingsworth evades the police, carrying a bundle of cash, and a woman neighbour who follows him to his rendez-vous is killed in a bizarre road accident. Then Hollingsworth is found dead, and Simone turns up alive. Barnaby guesses she and a friend faked the kidnapping, but he can't prove it.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Death and Venice (2)
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E10

    In Venice, Lovejoy gets a job working for Caterina and Lavinia, with a view to busting their scam, and meets a Scottish forger called 'Lucky' Luciano. Lovejoy and Lucky together unravel the mystery of the Island of Rats.

    Director:Baz Taylor
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Baz Taylor Ratings Summary

"The Judas Pair" is the best rated episode directed by Baz Taylor. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/7/1986 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Galloping Major".