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10 Episodes 1994 - 1994
Episode 1
50 mins
The Tabors, an expatriate Polish couple down on their luck, have a valuable painting to sell but disregard Lovejoy's advice to put it at auction. For reasons of family pride they prefer a private sale to a public auction, and Charlotte buys the painting. The beautiful Mrs. Tabor tries to seduce Lovejoy and later arrives at the already inebriated Lovejoy's lodgings with a fur coat, a bottle of champagne, and nothing else. That same evening a burglar breaks into Charlotte's house, takes the painting and leaves her with a concussion. Looking out the window, she sees Lovejoy's pickup crashing into the fence and speeding away. Lovejoy wakes up to the police in his bedroom and finds the events of the previous evening difficult to remember. They discover a dented fender on his truck and the stolen painting in the house. When Lovejoy gives the sexy Mrs. Tabor as an alibi, she denies everything. The loyal Tinker pawns his Cartier watch for bail and the falsely accused Lovejoy tries to find the real thief.
Episode 2
49 mins
When Max Hunter was an antiques dealer acquaintance of Lovejoy over fifteen years earlier, he became convinced Lovejoy was having an affair with his wife. Even though they were nothing but friends, the pathologically jealous Hunter murders his wife and spends the next fifteen years plotting revenge. A devotee of word games and puzzles, the recently paroled Hunter kidnaps Charlotte and threatens to kill her unless Lovejoy can decipher his carefully composed codes and directions to find their location. As Lovejoy frantically follows the trail of planted clues, he is videotaped by Hunter's confederate.
Episode 3
49 mins
Tinker shows signs of depression, and after Lovejoy bawls him out for an incorrect appraisal, he disappears without a word. Although he finds his caravan empty, Lovejoy discovers a cache of old family photographs and postcards from a vacation resort in Devon. On a hunch he goes there and finds Tinker has sold his trademark checkered three piece suit and black beret and is living in his sister's hotel. After Lovejoy apologizes for his behavior, Tinker reveals that he's not going to leave without trying to help his older sister. she and her wheelchair-bound husband own a beautiful hotel on Burgh Island but are financially strapped and in danger of losing the property to a developer. In its glory days the lodging played host to celebrities like Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Noel Coward, and Agatha Christie, but currently is hosting a convention for model train enthusiasts. The key to saving the hotel and getting Tink back is discovering the location of the legendary treasure trove of a notorious smuggler hidden centuries earlier.
Episode 4
47 mins
Frank Whymark, a shady businessman, sends his goon Jack to coerce Lovejoy into seeing him. Whymark's priceless 18th Century Samurai sword has been stolen, but he does not want to notify the police for personal Because of Lovejoy's contacts in the antiques trade he tasks him with finding the weapon... or else! Lovejoy finds it selling at auction, but doesn't notify the auctioneers. In a playful mood he bids on it against friendly Jim Leonard, and drops off after 15 thousand pounds. Although he easily could warn Leonhard when he takes a beautiful, young prospective buyer to a local watering hall and hotel, Lovejoy keeps silent, clearly relishing the situation. However, the sexy client locks Jim in the bathroom and absconds with his sword, car, and money as the sword disappears again.
Episode 5
48 mins
Master gunsmith George Wilson operates a family-owned shop and has a reputation for high-quality craftsmanship and integrity. Unfortunately Burgess, a local vice lord, has been buying up property in the locale and has turned the site into a red light district. He wants Wilson's property, which was established by his great-grandfather, but he refuses to sell. When Burgess's henchman, Kevin the Ponce, recognizes Lovejoy coming out of Wilson's shop as an ex-con, they decide to frame Lovejoy for armed robbery with Wilson as an accessory. As a sidebar, Lovejoy acts as an agent for pretty Alice Williams, who can forge watercolors like one of the masters..
Episode 6
48 mins
Lord Dunham, a Lovejoy client, has consigned a centuries old Greek Orthodox artophorian for auction. It is part of a priceless communion set from an infamous clergyman who was later excommunicated. When other claimants appear and claim the artophorion as theirs, Charlotte hires Lovejoy to uncover its provenance. Everyone suspects it was stolen from Greece, but no one can prove where it came from including an ouzo-swilling Greek priest, an enigmatic Dutchman, and a ubiquitous Albanian woman who claims to be descended from the Uzkok pirates who terrified the Adriatic centuries before. As a sidebar, Lord Dunham's wife is obsessed with acquiring a full set of sketches of a village near her estate that was covered by the sea years before.
Episode 7
49 mins
D.S. Arnie Pulver, an old Lovejoy nemesis, has become frustrated by his inability to obtain a case against a "likeable" Polish sea captain who has been smuggling art treasures from the churches of Poland. Pulver feels ha needs an antiques expert, so he has Tinker framed on charges of pornography when he lectures a woman's club or erotic art in order to coerce both Lovejoy and Tinker into helping him run a sting on the captain and his British buyer, an upscale pawnbroker.
Episode 8
49 mins
Lovejoy buys a collection of Islamic antiques from retired diplomat Harold Plumb, who warns him that by rights some of the collection should have gone to the Foreign Office. He obtains his purchasing money from loan shark John Hill, putting up his daughter's flat as collateral, only to find the police on his trail and a visit to the Foreign Office discloses the fact that Plumb is a con-man who stole the articles in question. Helped by Charlotte, Lovejoy stages an extremely elaborate charade to get the deeds for the flat back from Hill.
Episode 9
48 mins
Lovejoy buys a tatty kitchen cabinet for a song, knowing that, after restoration, it is a valuable antique dresser but the owners con Beth into parting with it. After her mother hypnotizes her, Beth recalls who took it and the trail leads to shady dealer Oliver Jeffries. By coincidence, Charlotte, who is minding a friend's baby, is accidentally locked in Jeffries' shop overnight. Lovejoy regains his property but is not pleased to receive a visit from the tax man.
Episode 10
49 mins
Tink announces his retirement from the antique trade to open up a pub, and advises Lovejoy to marry Charlotte. Lovejoy's imminent eviction from the Felsham barn for non-payment of rent is another reason he decides to pop the question. Charlotte at first hesitates, but finally says 'yes' during an auction in which she is selling a pack of Victorian love letters for him. Complications arise when Jane returns from America and contemplates buying Felsham Hall, and Charlotte's father is attacked by "nighthawks" who pillage archaeological digs.