The Best Episodes Written By Ian La Frenais
Every TV Episode Written by Ian La Frenais Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Ian La Frenais Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Ian La Frenais is "A Night In", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Sydney Lotterby". "A Night In" aired on 9/19/1974 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Men Without Women".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - A Night In
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1974
Fletch explains to Godber that the best way to cope with his first night in prison, is to see it as just a "quiet night in". Trouble is, Godber's got another 698 to go.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Men Without Women
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1974
Fletch fancies himself as a bit of an agony aunt and is called upon by his fellow inmates to help out with affairs of the heart.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
8.0/10 1 votes#3 - New Faces, Old Hands
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1974
“Twenty-three and you want to go straight? What kind of talk is that? You've got your whole life in front of you!” It's Godber's first time in prison, and Fletch is going to teach him the ways.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
8.0/10 1 votes#4 - The Hustler
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1974
Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor had triplets, he'd have been the one in the middle. But there's no way he's going to be left out of Fletch's gambling enterprise.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - A Day Out
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1974
The rest of the working party are thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Ways and Means
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1974
Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
7.3/10 3 votes#7 - The Firefly Cage
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1986
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
2.0/10 2 votes#8 - The Lost Colony
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1993
Lovejoy meets distant cousins from America, who are visiting England. As well as a female ghost, old Lord Wakering has treasures which once belonged to Sir Walter Raleigh, and both Lovejoy and Mary-John Lovejoy, his American cousin, want them. Some of Lord Wakering's things are stolen, and Lovejoy travels in hot pursuit to the Carolinas, where he is not made welcome. Charlotte has to fly over to get him out of trouble.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Ian La Frenais
1.0/10 1 votes#9 - Heartbreak Hotel
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1975
Godber gets bad news from his girlfriend. Fletcher tries to provide help and advice, but perhaps daughter Ingrid might provide a more suitable solution to Godber's problems
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Ian La Frenais
1.0/10 1 votes#10 - Friends, Romans and Enemies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/1986
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
1.0/10 1 votes#11 - Death and Venice (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1986
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