A shock exit (rather more whimper than bang, if we’re honest) and an improbably large sideboard this week as Tink and Eric try to go on holiday, while DCI Sharp (ANTIQUES SQUAD) is determined to nick Lovejoy for reasons known only to himself and his dot matrix printer.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by John Milne and directed by Jim Hill.
Antique of the Week: Snakey and Black and ringing your friends from the pub (probably cos you’ve had too much snakey n black…)
54. Un Podcast Petit (3 Men & A Brittle Lady)
Helen brings us up to speed with our French grammar this episode as we learn how much Charlie loves porcelain, how much we love Percy the Porcelain and just exactly what is a market ouvert.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Douglas Watkinson and directed by Nicholas Laughland.
Antiques of the Week: a lovely teapot and a trunk stuffed full with the detritus of relationships past.
53. Tink Finds A Tiger (The Kakiemon Tiger)
Another cracking episode as we discuss the size of horses, (Julie) fruit baskets, “Rose Bum Man” and the finest French paperweights in East Anglia… and of course, this is the one where we meet the fantastic Beth (and her Docs)!!
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Roger Marshall and directed by Nicholas Laughland.
52. Nipple Ring Diversion (A Going Concern)
“Don’t forget me, love… Dave?!”
A bit of a tearjerker this week, as we meet Charlotte Cavendish and come to terms with Jane really being gone for good! In amongst all that we also find time to discuss flashbacks, Look Back in Anger for five year olds and whether or not you should put a stretch on LinkedIn.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Steve Coombes & Dave Robinson and directed by Ian McShane.
Antique of the Week: The Natural Law Party
51. The Last Generation To Be Scared By Mirrors (Who Is The Fairest?)
An almost feature length episode as we say goodbye to a favourite character (and can't bring ourselves to talk about it!) It's a very "omnious" episode with a spooky mirror, a dingy dockyard and even a little bit of bin juice.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Jeremy Paul and directed by Baz Taylor.
Antique of the Week: gap years, country houses, and of course - potentially haunted toilet mirrors.
50. One To Remember! (Pig in a Poke)
Back to school everyone, yep we’re back with Series Five (and Helen!) Another weird birthday present kicks off the plot this episode as we learn there’s no such thing as a micropig, why you can’t hide a wrapped-in-a-bin-bag-bronze forever and wonder if Helen used her time off to create the Wikipedia entry on The History of Telephone Numbers in the United Kingdom…
Antique of the Week: (all together now) Oh eight one, eight one one, eight one, EIGHT ONE!
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Terry Hodgkinson and directed by Baz Taylor.
49. Bonus! Blooper Reel
We’re still on our holidays, but here’s a tiny taster of the much longer blooper reel we dropped for our Patrons last week.
You can join us from as little as $2 a month for access to full length bonus episodes, videos, shout outs and more. We don’t carry adverts, so this is how we keep the podcast going! If you are already a Patron, watch out for a new full length Q&A soon before we return with Series 5 in September!
48. BONUS! Lovejoy Actually Q & A
You asked, we answered! This is the shorter audio version of the full length q&a video available on our Patreon.
We discuss country houses, regional accents, our favourite old TV shows, how it feels to hear your voice on tape and - of course - Lovejoy: The Movie!
47. Premature Champagne (Lovejoy Loses It)
Lovejoy is on Eastward Ho (or is it Pebble Mill?) playing down his spookiness with the beautiful Moira - who isn’t averse to showing a bit of leg.
We meet the inimitable Mr. Goat (WILL NOBODY ANSWER EM ABOUT THE TEETH?!) and of course, more toffs on their uppers as a vulnerable Lovejoy searches for a jardiniere that isn’t and begins to worry that he’s losing his touch with women… and worse, with antiques! Can Harold Richards get him back on track?
Join us as we discuss striking the balance between love and money, not to mention Charlie’s lovely coat, in the final episode of Series 4! See you again in September!
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Andrew Payne and directed by Baz Taylor.
Antique of the Week: Stonewash Levis
46. Mrs Cresswell's Miniature Schnauzer
It’s another lockdown episode, this time with special guest Marvin Gore who was frankly delighted by the whole thing - not least that he got an episode featuring plenty of Gimbert!
Enjoy our Northern trot through a Lovejoy episode which saw him helping out a rather fragrant Gentleman of the Road, battling with Billy from Eastenders and consoling Jane after her run-in with Rick Ghastly. WARNING: CONTAINS (more) SWEARS (than usual.)
Antique of the Week: random statue nobody noticed but Em.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Alan Clews and directed by Baz Taylor.
Find out more about the exciting #Lovejoylockdown auction at the end of June here!
45. MIVVY (Dainty Dish)
This week Lovejoy takes a trip to South South London to judge a horrible dresser and collect an entire crockery set ‘by montage.’
Join us and our very special guest Kym as we enjoy a cameo from Don Warrington, memories of Mr. Whippy and practically the whole cast of Coronation Street.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Jeremy Paul and directed by John Woods.
Antique of the Week: Olwen’s earrings and a strawberry mivvy.
Please support Royal Trinity Hospice if you can! You can still playalong with the #LovejoyLockdown quiz on Polly’s Youtube channel here.
44. A Finite Number of Castles (Irish Stew)
Special guest! Special guest! One of our fantastic Patrons, Kevin, provides maternity cover for Helen this episode, as we get to grips with recording remotely - excuse the sound quality and enjoy a beautiful folk song from Pol to make up for it.
We discuss McShane’s work on Shrek, Em’s (now cancelled) upcoming trip to Dublin and Sylvia Plath’s beekeeping career as we review a Lovejoy episode with some terrifying hair, some full on cavorting and Not Rula Lenska (playing the female Olivier no less!) Mind out for the black wigglies!
The original Lovejoy episode was written by TR Bowen and directed by John Crome
Antique of the Week: 2019 apparently. Pubs. Em going on holidays.
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43. My Kinda M'bilia (They Call Me Midas)
A bittersweet celebration as it’s Helen's last podcast for a while - and the last one we recorded before lockdown - but lots to enjoy, from the pronounciation of Van Geurgh, to the benefits of pleather as Lovejoy is reunited with Lovejoy 1.0. Tinker (and Polly) go off on one about cricket and Eric pontificates about meat (and George Harrison’s toast) whilst the gang attempt to pull off your “classic country house con” (whatever one of those is…) with a very tense switcheroo.
The only question that remains is - what’s your kinda m’bilia?
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Roger Marshall and directed by John Crome
Antique of the Week:
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42. Twiglets At A Buffet (God Helps Those)
The always delightful Liz Smith and a super hot Jason Flemyng feature in this week’s episode as well as a very heroic Eric, the voice of Aslan, Gimbert in all his sleamy glory and some very dodgy blokes engaged in raiding (by ramming.)
Hunker down and listen in as we discuss the inherent terror of china dolls, whether or not Lovejoy is being an exploitative git and what exactly a flag hoist is.
Antique of the Week: Childhood toys or maybe Gimbert's house or perhaps Twiglets at a buffet.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Tony Marchant and directed by John Woods.
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41. Cannon(s) Through The Ages (The Galloping Major)
We open this week after a very exciting trip to Taco Bell (the official restaurant of podcasts, according to Em at least) and a question around the plural of cannon. Or is it cannons? We're discussing an absolutely delightful episode, starring Leslie Philips (ding dong!) as a flaky arms dealer and Harry Landis as an argumentative yet apologetic old gent, as we see an Anxious Tinker and Lovejoy flirts with a magnificent lady mullet. Grab a cup of tea, or a glass of wine, and settle down with us to learn all about the 17th century equivalent of those magic eye pictures from the 90s, the point of paperweights and just what the difference is between bricks and cats. The original Lovejoy episode was written by Terry Hodgkinson and directed by Baz Taylor. Antique of the Week: Anamorphic pictures and a mummified rat.
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You can find the Folklore Podcast episode Em mentions, here.
40. The Lonely Desert of Human Experience (The Judgement of Solomon)
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More fever dreams from Lovejoy this episode as we enjoy the word Judaica, boo a thoroughly horrid Gimbert and worry for the traumatised - yet heroic- Eric.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Tom Kempinski and directed by Rob Walker.
Antique of the Week: Jewish Silver (not to be confused with excellent alt.country band, The Silver Jews.)
39. Bourgeois Birdbox (Fly The Flag)
Whose Flag Is It Anyway? this week with a randy Beau, a well meaning Auntie and a surprising vicar. Lovejoy and Jane help out Michael Horden (PADDINGTON!) and The Witch from Simon and the Witch as we enjoy a lovely episode with some fabulous dialogue, finding us thoroughly agreeing with Tinker: “You’re never too old to be young…”
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Douglas Watkinson and directed by Rob Walker.
38. (The Colour of Mary) The Billiard Table Said Nothing...
… but louder this time.
Yes, the hen do is back - displaying our terrible cinematic ignorance, reliving our Watership Down childhood traumas and possibly slandering some snooker players along the way.
We enjoy a wonderfully dramatic Lady Jane and a very sexy Lovejoy (complete with Man U mug!) in this episode, which also sees the return of everyone’s favourite insufferable vulgarian: Charlie Gimbert!
In the words of Mr Helen "Is it always like this?"
Antique of the Week: Em will take the Ugly Sister hatstand (because we can't have crisp packets AGAIN) and Pol will have… well I’d rather not say.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Steve Coombes and Dave Robinson. It was directed by Ian McShane.
37. STRADZ (Second Fiddle)
Lovejoy and Jane have made up, just in time for a beautiful violin concert from a man with Very Nineties Hair. Such a nineties episode we think Samantha Janus* has arrived at one point but we quickly rally to enjoy picking up photos from the chemsit, the etymology of avocado (and ocado...) and doing our Very Best Scouse.
Antique of the week: D’uh: a violin?
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Chris Kelly and Iain Roy and directed by John Crome.
36. Particularly Maverick (The Ring)
We're reminded of Tom Wilkinson in a baseball cap in another episode featuring cottage garden paintings, but this time it's Lovejoy who's gone AWOL (don't worry listener, he is FINE.)
We discuss the merits of smoked salmon in hot tubs, Ye Olde (possibly made up) Wyrd British Traditions and some lush looking chips as a slightly seedy gang get together for some nefarious activity as it all takes a bit of a dark turn. Jane's was having none of it, and neither it seems were we!
Antique of the Week: Retro spiral brooch and earrings set.
The original Lovejoy episode was written by Roger Marshall and directed by John Crome.