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The Best Episodes of Lovejoy Season 1

Every episode of Lovejoy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Lovejoy Season 1!

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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 “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 5 - The Judas Pair
    8.4/10(142 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:Ian La Frenais

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  2. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 6 - To Sleep No More
    8.1/10(123 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writer:David G.B. Brown

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  3. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 3 - The Sting
    8.0/10(132 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
    Writer:Ian La Frenais

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  4. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 8 - The March of Time
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writer:Murray Smith

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  5. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 7 - The Real Thing
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    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.

    Director:Roger Tucker
    Writer:Francis Megahy

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  6. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 1 - The Firefly Cage
    7.8/10(202 votes)

    S1:E1

    Having hired Eric Catchpole as an apprentice, Lovejoy sets out to unravel the meaning of a Japanese firefly cage.As Lovejoy and Eric are in hot pursuit (on Eric's motorbike) of a lovely lady with something they want, they hit a pool of water in the road and give a drenching to Jane (Lady Felsham), who is busy unveiling a plaque. When, later, Lovejoy rings the doorbell at Felsham Hall, complex chemistry begins, and Jane is soon showing Lovejoy around her attic...

    Director:David Reynolds
    Writer:Ian La Frenais

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  7. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 2 - The Axeman Cometh
    7.7/10(150 votes)

    S1:E2

    Lovejoy buys a Welsh dresser at Charlie Gimbert's auction, and hidden inside it he finds a rich Arab head-dress, festooned with gold ducats. Catesby, recently out of prison and the son of the dead man whose property was being sold at Gimbert's, says he was promised the dresser. Lovejoy sells it back to him, but without the head-dress. Catesby is soon looking for Lovejoy armed with an axe. He is in good company, as one of Her Majesty's Inland Revenue officers is also after Lovejoy.

    Director:Roger Tucker
    Writer:Terry Hodgkinson

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  8. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 4 - Friends, Romans and Enemies
    7.7/10(127 votes)

    S1:E4

    A robbery at the local museum seems to be connected with the death of a local forger, and Lovejoy goes on the trail of a hoard of Roman coins in the Isle of Man. Two Americans are also after the coins.

    Director:Ken Hannam
    Writer:Ian La Frenais

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  9. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 9 - Death and Venice (1)
    7.4/10(114 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:Ian La Frenais

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  10. Lovejoy Season 1 Episode 10 - Death and Venice (2)
    7.1/10(120 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
    Writer:Ian La Frenais

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Judas Pair" is the best rated episode of "Lovejoy" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 142 votes. Directed by Baz Taylor and written by Ian La Frenais, it aired on 2/7/1986. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "To Sleep No More".