Lovejoy

The Best Episodes of Lovejoy

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Network:BBC One

Every episode of Lovejoy ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lovejoy!

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...
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  1. 8.4/10(127 votes)

    #1 - The Judas Pair

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    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.

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    Director:Baz Taylor
  2. 8.4/10(68 votes)

    #2 - Taking the Pledge

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    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...

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    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:Alan Clews
  3. 8.3/10(103 votes)

    #3 - The Italian Venus

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    S2:E2

    A mean landowner is reluctant to share an inheritance with his hard-up brother, who is a friend of Jane's. Then Lovejoy intervenes, as a favour to Jane, with a cunning plan which depends on a fake statue.

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    Director:John Woods
    Writer:T.R. Bowen
  4. 8.3/10(75 votes)

    #4 - The Black Virgin of Vladimir

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    S2:E12

    Dealer Harry Catapodis has sold some fakes to Cassandra Lynch, a beautiful American widow Lovejoy knows. Caught out, Harry offers to buy the things back from Cassandra, but he admits he will then sell them on to someone else. With a Japanese business man and others, Lovejoy aims to get back at Harry - and to make some money and seduce Cassandra at the same time.

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  5. 8.3/10(62 votes)

    #5 - They Call Me Midas

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    S4:E9

    Jim Leonard (Lovejoy's antiques mentor) resurfaces, wanting Lovejoy's help with a harmless little scam to catch out a famous dealer. The plot centres on a fake painting by Klimt... Eric plays the role of a rich gentleman farmer, Tinker falls heavily for Jim's wife, and Jane is also drawn into the scheme, but Lovejoy finds out just too late that he too is a victim.

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    Director:John Crome
  6. 8.3/10(65 votes)

    #6 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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    S6:E3

    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.

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    Director:Ian White
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  8. 8.3/10(56 votes)

    #7 - Guns and Roses

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    S6:E5

    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.

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    Director:Ian White
    Writer:John Milne
  9. 8.3/10(65 votes)

    #8 - Last Tango in Lavenham

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    S6:E10

    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?

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    Director:N/A
  10. 8.2/10(96 votes)

    #9 - Just Desserts

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    S2:E1

    At the beginning of series 2, Lovejoy has just come out of prison after serving a sentence for theft. He believes he was set up and returns to Suffolk hoping to find the villain and get even.

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  11. 8.2/10(90 votes)

    #10 - One Born Every Minute

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    S2:E6

    Ashley Wilkes travels around East Anglia painting charming pictures of country cottages and seducing their female inhabitants. An army officer hires Lovejoy to find Wilkes, on the pretext of having a commission for him, but Lovejoy smells a rat. When he finally catches up with the elusive painter, it appears that Wilkes has a terrible secret.

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    Director:Don Leaver
  12. 8.2/10(81 votes)

    #11 - Riding in Rollers

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    S2:E11

    Dealer Harry Catapodis has sold some fakes to Cassandra Lynch, a beautiful American widow Lovejoy knows. Caught out, Harry offers to buy the things back from Cassandra, but he admits he will then sell them on to someone else. With a Japanese business man and others, Lovejoy aims to get back at Harry - and to make some money and seduce Cassandra at the same time.

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  13. 8.2/10(63 votes)

    #12 - The Galloping Major

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    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.

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  14. 8.2/10(69 votes)

    #13 - Dainty Dish

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    S4:E11

    The Lovejoy Antiques team is in Brighton, scouring the town for a really grand set of old china. Charlie Gimbert (as ever) causes some havoc, and then there's the story of the antique chairs...While on the china trail, Lovejoy chances on a stunning rip-off with hundreds of porcelain plates.

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    Director:John Woods
  15. 8.2/10(51 votes)

    #14 - Fruit of the Dessert

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    S6:E8

    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...""

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  16. 8.1/10(109 votes)

    #15 - To Sleep No More

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    S1:E6

    Sam Wendell, an old forger, dies of a heart attack while being pursued by a mysterious priest, leaving behind one of his small forgeries. Sam had told his wife it was the key to a fortune, and the priest soon tries to break into the Wendell house. Lovejoy aims to unravel the puzzle, by way of helping Sam's widow (who's left with very little) to recover anything of value. Along the way, Lovejoy dresses up as a priest.

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  17. 8.1/10(103 votes)

    #16 - The Real Thing

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    S1:E7

    Needing a break from Charlie, Lovejoy takes a job for a few days at a new antiques market in Norwich owned by a client of Jane's. He soon realizes the boss is a con-man and sets out to expose him. Along the way, he also tries to trap a second crook who is selling fake paintings.

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  18. 8.1/10(97 votes)

    #17 - Bin Diving

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    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.

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  19. 8.1/10(69 votes)

    #18 - Smoke Your Nose

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    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...

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  20. 8.1/10(72 votes)

    #19 - Members Only

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    S3:E11

    Mr Kashimoto is trying without success to join an exclusive local golf club. The club asks Lovejoy to value its finest silver trophy, but he recognizes it as a fake. Eric then accidentally shoots a hole in Lovejoy's ceiling, and in the loft above a very similar trophy is discovered... Lovejoy sets out to solve the mystery.

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    Director:John Crome
  21. 8.1/10(58 votes)

    #20 - The Price of Fish

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    S5:E13

    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.

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    Director:Jim Hill
  22. 8.1/10(63 votes)

    #21 - Double Edged Sword

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    S6:E4

    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.

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    Director:Alex Kirby
  23. 8.1/10(52 votes)

    #22 - Holding the Baby

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    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.

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    Director:Baz Taylor
  24. 8.0/10(116 votes)

    #23 - The Sting

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    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.

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    Director:Baz Taylor
  25. 8.0/10(113 votes)

    #24 - The March of Time

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    S1:E8

    Lovejoy finds a bundle of old love letters hidden in the back of an antique clock. He quickly falls for the owner, but are the letters genuine? Under the name of 'Captain Lovejoy', he sets out to find the answer.

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    Director:Ken Hannam
  26. 8.0/10(80 votes)

    #25 - Who Dares, Sings

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    S2:E5

    Lovejoy and Jane have the job of fitting out a smart new restaurant being opened by Major Linden Walker, an old army friend of Tinker's. With the help of a former prison officer (one he knew on the inside) Lovejoy delivers the goods, only to find he has been gulled. Linden and Tinker's cabaret act Crime and Punishment makes its first and last appearance.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Judas Pair" is the best rated episode of "Lovejoy". It scored 8.4/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by Baz Taylor and written by Ian La Frenais, it aired on 2/7/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Taking the Pledge".