7.7/1067 votes#1 - The Napoleonic Commode
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1993
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
Writer: Terry Hodgkinson
7.8/1067 votes#2 - The Ring
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/1993
With the naive help of Jane, Lovejoy sets up an unusual form of dealers' ring to bump up the price of a painting he has entered in an auction. Three old friends (Matron, Gideon and Henry the Hearse) rally round, but nothing seems to go according to plan...
Director: John Crome
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.6/1065 votes#3 - Second Fiddle
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/1993
Lindsey Parry-Davies, a leading violinist, wants Lovejoy to arrange for his Stradivarius to be touched up so that it will pass as a fake. The Lovejoy Antiques team is puzzled, but they call in the expert advice of Tommy Norris - king of the violin fakers.
Director: John Crome
Writer: Chris Kelly, Iain Roy
7.6/1061 votes#4 - The Colour of Mary
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/1993
Charlie Gimbert returns home from overseas, popping up again in a new and unlikely role as manager to Murray McNally, a famous but disgraced snooker player. Murray wants Lovejoy to find him the billiards table which belonged to Mary Queen of Scots, and it seems that money is no object. A visit to Fotheringhay Castle leads on to a descendant of Mary's jailer, and then to an exhibition snooker match starring the real world snooker champion, Dennis Taylor.
Director: Ian McShane
Writer: Steve Coombes, Dave Robinson
7.7/1054 votes#5 - Fly the Flag
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/1993
A family struggling to pay death duties needs Lovejoy's help to raise the wind. Meanwhile, Beau Whittaker, working in a local parish church, finds a valuable old flag dating from the American War of Independence hidden behind a monument. A fierce battle quickly breaks out over the question of who is now the flag's true owner.
Director: Rob Walker
Writer: Douglas Watkinson
7.5/1055 votes#6 - Judgment of Solomon
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/1993
A retired senior Air Force officer wants Lovejoy to sell his large and remarkable collection of Jewish antiques, but Lovejoy's contacts the Solomons are suspicious about the provenance of the items. Meanwhile, Eric is arrested for theft while driving Jane's Range Rover.
Director: Rob Walker
Writer: Tom Kempinski
8.2/1062 votes#7 - The Galloping Major
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1993
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: Terry Hodgkinson
7.9/1056 votes#8 - God Helps Those
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1993
In the latest of a series of antique shop 'ram-raids', a table Lovejoy has left with another dealer is smashed, and he uncovers a plan to steal a friend's silver. Meanwhile, Jane befriends a young man while doing some charitable work on behalf of the local hospital, and Charlie Gimbert is asked to find a rather special clock for a customer.
Director: John Woods
Writer: Tony Marchant
8.2/1060 votes#9 - They Call Me Midas
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1993
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.
Director: John Crome
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.7/1059 votes#10 - Irish Stew
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1993
The Lovejoy Antiques team is in Ireland looking for new stock (and also hoping to find a painting by Jack Butler Yeats, for Jane to give her uncle). A bungled robbery leaves them in possession of a page from a rare ancient book, and the search is on for an expert - Brendan Hennessey.
Director: John Crome
Writer: T.R. Bowen
8.2/1068 votes#11 - Dainty Dish
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/28/1993
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.
Director: John Woods
Writer: Jeremy Paul
8.4/1065 votes#12 - Taking the Pledge
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/4/1993
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
Writer: Alan Clews
7.4/1061 votes#13 - Lovejoy Loses It
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/1993
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
Writer: Andrew Payne
The Best Episodes of Lovejoy Season 4
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Napoleonic Commode" is the best rated episode of "Lovejoy" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by Baz Taylor and written by Terry Hodgkinson, it aired on 1/10/1993. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Ring".