Lovejoy Season 1

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Lovejoy Season 1 is available on and right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 53 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Ian McShane sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Lovejoy Season 1 is worth clearing space for. The jokes in Lovejoy Season 1 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 1 of Lovejoy includes 10 episodes. It aired from January 1986 to March 1986. This season stars Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton and Chris Jury. Ian McShane and Dudley Sutton lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1986. Lovejoy Season 1 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Lovejoy Season 1 respects your intelligence. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Ian McShane anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

🎬 Lovejoy Season 1 — Episode Guide

The Firefly Cage

1986-01-10

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), w...

The Axeman Cometh

1986-01-17

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...

The Sting

1986-01-20

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.

Friends, Romans and Enemies

1986-01-31

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.

The Judas Pair

1986-02-07

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.

To Sleep No More

1986-02-14

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 helpin...

The Real Thing

1986-02-21

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.

The March of Time

1986-02-28

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.

Death and Venice (1)

1986-03-07

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.

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Death and Venice (2)

1986-03-14

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.

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