Ian La Frenais
Director
Lovejoy (1986)
Season 6
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 exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Released Jan. 10, 1986
Episode 51 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Watch Providers: BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Britbox Apple TV Channel + 3 more, KQED, Thirteen, WETA+
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Fair Exchange
Charlotte buys a painting from a hard-up couple, the Tabors, but finds she has been conned. Lovejoy decides to set matters straight.
Oct. 2, 1994, midnight
S6E2 - Day of Reckoning
A former friend, Max Hunter, who believes Lovejoy had an affair with his wife, kidnaps Charlotte and plans to kill her. But he gives Lovejoy a sporting chance to find him by leaving a series of clues.
Oct. 9, 1994, midnight
S6E3 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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.
Oct. 16, 1994, midnight
S6E4 - Double Edged Sword
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.
Oct. 23, 1994, midnight
S6E5 - Guns and Roses
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.
Oct. 30, 1994, midnight
S6E6 - The Last of the Uzkoks
Lovejoy is called in by Lord Dunwich to value a silver communion set, and Lady Dunwich wants him to find her some antique prints of the lost town of Dunwich-by-the-Sea (which is now under the sea). Charlie has done a moonlight flit, leaving his old dad in charge of Felsham Hall, and there are some unlikely characters around - a mad Greek priest, a Dutch civil servant, and a strange woman...
Nov. 6, 1994, midnight
S6E7 - Breaking the Broker
The police set up Tinker, so that they can get a favour from Lovejoy. They want him to check out an up-market pawnbroker who is suspected of receiving antiques stolen overseas.
Nov. 13, 1994, midnight
S6E8 - Fruit of the Dessert
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...""
Nov. 20, 1994, midnight
S6E9 - Holding the Baby
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.
Nov. 27, 1994, midnight
S6E10 - Last Tango in Lavenham
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?
Dec. 4, 1994, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 51 min.
Season Runtime: 3782 min.
Released: Jan. 10, 1986
Last Air Date: Dec. 4, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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