Lovejoy episode review – The Judas Pair
If there’s one episode of Lovejoy the ‘casual’ viewer can recall from the mists of 1980’s Sunday TV viewing, this is probably the Judas Pair. It’s up there with the bathtub scene in Last Of the Summer Wine, but doesn’t have the near-universal recognition of Del Boy dropping the chandelier in Only Fools & Horses. …
Lovejoy episode review – Friends, Romans & Enemies
This episode follows a Lovejoy trend of shifting the action from home turf (East Anglia) to a second location (in this case the Isle Of Man), but it’s fair to say this episode is all over the place. Is it a whodunit? Why are characters behaving illogically (and often pathologically)? Why is Charlie Gimbert shooting…
Lovejoy episode review – The Sting
Episode 3 of the first series focuses on cross- and double-cross, the intense rivalry between Lovejoy and Gimbert, and offers up a feast of one-liners and asides to camera as McShane and his cast continue to relax into their characters. This begins with the slow pan across the auction house owned by Charlie, with Lovejoy…
