Lovejoy Season 4

Lovejoy Season 4 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available on and . A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 53 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Ian McShane — stay for everyone else around them. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Lovejoy Season 4 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Lovejoy Season 4 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 4 of Lovejoy includes 13 episodes. It aired from January 1993 to April 1993. 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 1993. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Lovejoy Season 4 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Lovejoy Season 4 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Ian McShane's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

🎬 Lovejoy Season 4 — Episode Guide

The Napoleonic Commode

1993-01-10

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 ...

The Ring

1993-01-17

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...

Second Fiddle

1993-01-24

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.

The Colour of Mary

1993-01-31

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 Fo...

Fly the Flag

1993-02-07

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 i...

Judgment of Solomon

1993-02-14

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.

The Galloping Major

1993-02-21

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.

God Helps Those

1993-02-28

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 f...

They Call Me Midas

1993-03-07

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 sc...

E10

Irish Stew

1993-03-14

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.

E11

Dainty Dish

1993-03-28

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.

E12

Taking the Pledge

1993-04-04

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.....

E13

Lovejoy Loses It

1993-04-11

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 magi...

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