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''Lovejoy'' is a British TV comedy/drama series based on the books by Jonathan Gash, about an antiques dealer in East Anglia in the UK. Lovejoy (played by Creator/IanMcShane) is a "divvy" -- a person with a sixth sense which enables him to tell real antiques from fakes and accurately determine their worth. In addition, he's very knowledgeable about antiques in the mundane sense, yet he's routinely broke and staying a step ahead of the law.
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''Lovejoy'' is a British TV comedy/drama series based on the books by Jonathan Gash, about an antiques dealer in East Anglia UsefulNotes/EastAnglia in the UK. Lovejoy (played by Creator/IanMcShane) is a "divvy" -- a person with a sixth sense which enables him to tell real antiques from fakes and accurately determine their worth. In addition, he's very knowledgeable about antiques in the mundane sense, yet he's routinely broke and staying a step ahead of the law.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Tinker and Eric respectively.
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* ReplacementLoveInterest: Lady Jane leaves the country, and her house hasn't even been sold yet when a new woman walks into Lovejoy's life: Charlotte Cavendish, an auctioneer who has just moved back to town to take over her elderly father's business and give Lovejoy a new challenge.
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* ReplacementLoveInterest: ReplacementGoldfish: Lady Jane leaves the country, and her house hasn't even been sold yet when a new woman walks into Lovejoy's life: Charlotte Cavendish, an auctioneer who has just moved back to town to take over her elderly father's business and give Lovejoy a new challenge.
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* FrameUp / FramingTheGuiltyParty: Lovejoy himself in "Just Desserts", he's framed and convicted for a crime as part of an antiques scam by another dealer. {{Lampshaded}} by Lovejoy in one of his asides that even though he was innocent of this one, he had done a lot of shady things that he'd skated on and many would say it was just karma catching up to him.
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* FrameUp / FramingTheGuiltyParty: FrameUp: Lovejoy himself in "Just Desserts", he's framed and convicted for a crime as part of an antiques scam by another dealer. {{Lampshaded}} by Lovejoy in one of his asides that even though he was innocent of this one, he had done a lot of shady things that he'd skated on and many would say it was just [[FramingTheGuiltyParty karma catching up to him.him]].
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* MasterForger: As the series is based on wacky schemes involving antiques, it has featured several master forgers, including Lovejoy himself; both good and villainous forgers. One particularly ingenious forger had to be tracked down in Italy where he was turning out brand new genuine old Italian paintings.
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* ButtMonkey: Usually Eric. Lovejoy sticks him with the unpleasant jobs and grunt work, especially at the beginning. He gets better as he learns the trade, but he continues to be clumsy and clueless enough to bring this trope on himself regularly.
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** Usually Eric. Lovejoy sticks him with the unpleasant jobs and grunt work, especially at the beginning. He gets better as he learns the trade, but he continues to be clumsy and clueless enough to bring this trope on himself regularly.
** Usually Eric. Lovejoy sticks him with the unpleasant jobs and grunt work, especially at the beginning. He gets better as he learns the trade, but he continues to be clumsy and clueless enough to bring this trope on himself regularly.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
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** In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
** In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
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* AdaptationDistillation: In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
** Eric, and later Beth, are composites of a large number of varying apprentices Lovejoy takes on throughout the books.
** Eric, and later Beth, are composites of a large number of varying apprentices Lovejoy takes on throughout the books.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Charlie Gimbert
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* UptownGirl: Both of Lovejoy's major love interests, Lady Jane and Charlotte.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Dr Legrange]] in "The Judas Pair"
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* CuttingTheElectronicLeash: In one episode an elderly naval veteran (Russell Hunter) deals with an annoying antiques dealer who has been pursuing him and his friends trying to buy his medals by asking to speak to her buyer, borrowing her cellphone, shouting "Goodbye!" and throwing it into the sea.
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** In one two-parter, BrianBlessed plays a dealer who scams two acquaintances of Lovejoy's, so he helps them get revenge. His BatmanGambit requires the mark to take the bait in a very short timeframe, and for Lovejoy to have the right evidence prepared in advance for the tests the mark will think of to prove authenticity.
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** In one two-parter, BrianBlessed Creator/BrianBlessed plays a dealer who scams two acquaintances of Lovejoy's, so he helps them get revenge. His BatmanGambit requires the mark to take the bait in a very short timeframe, and for Lovejoy to have the right evidence prepared in advance for the tests the mark will think of to prove authenticity.
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* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early-Instalment Weirdness]]: The first series theme music has a voice-over of an auctioneer accompanying the music. The music is redone for subsequent series, and the voice-over has been removed.
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* GeorgeWashingtonSleptHere: A chair bearing a special mark that (allegedly) meant that UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte sat on it was a plot point in an episode; the eponymous antiques dealer was quick to point out that half the antique furniture in France had said mark on it somewhere, including a few items made after the man was dead.
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* BackwardsFiringGun: "The Judas Pair" features a pair of dueling pistols which are rigged to fir backwards.
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* HeroicBSOD: During the episode "Lovejoy Loses It", having (temporarily) lost his mystical "divvy" ability, Lovejoy has a minor breakdown which give him a TenMinuteRetirement.
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* HeroicBSOD: During the episode "Lovejoy Loses It", having (temporarily) lose his mystical "divvy" ability, Lovejoy has a minor breakdown which give him a TenMinuteRetirement.
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* BroughtDownToNormal: The episode "Lovejoy Loses It" has his "divvy" talent desert him.
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** In one episode called "Lovejoy Loses It", it is indicated that his "divvy" talent would fail him if he were to abuse it.
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* ThisIsReality: Having established that there is a secret exit from a room whose only remarkable feature is a bookcase, Lovejoy starts looking for a switch disguised as a book, until Eric chides him and pushes the bookcase aside.
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** Lovejoy was also the target of someone else's Batman Gambit when he was framed for an antiques theft, the whole thing hinging on Lovejoy not inspecting a cheque as it was written because he'd been persuaded to trust the DamselInDistress. It actually worked and Lovejoy was sent to gaol over it.
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* FrameUp / FramingTheGuiltyParty: Lovejoy himself in "Just Desserts", he's framed and convicted for a crime as part of an antiques scam by another dealer. {{Lampshaded}} by Lovejoy in one of his asides that even though he was innocent of this one, he had done a lot of shady things that he'd skated on and many would say it was just karma catching up to him.
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* UsefulNotes/CultureOfItaly: One episode had Lovejoy decamp to Venice to deal with an art forging ring. As expected there was much comment past on various aspects of Italian culture and art history.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In one episode a Scottish forger living in Italy (in the 1980s) gives his reasons for not wanting to return to the UK as : "Strikes, recession, and [[UsefulNotes/BritishFootyTeams Partick Thistle]] never making the grade".
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* ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: Turns up in the episode "The Axeman Cometh"; possibly the french loaf sticking out of the bag was to hammer home to the audience that the character holding it was meant to be French.
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* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Lovejoy and Lady Jane, business partners brought together by a love of antiques, teetered on the brink for a long, long, time but never really got there - they just about kept it platonic. Her successor in the role, Charlotte, did succumb, though.
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** Lampshaded in one episode when he makes several thousand dollars in an afternoon just by criss-crossing town from one antique shop to another, buying and reselling items, increasing his profit quickly at every stop.
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* GrailInTheGarbage: Several. In one example, a church was facing serious financial difficulties until the owner interrupted Lovejoy's advice to feed his dogs. The dog bowl was the most valuable thing in the building.
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* BrilliantButLazy: See PerpetualPoverty below. Lovejoy's talents could make him millions, but he'd rather dabble at whatever interests him than treat it as a job and focus on what's profitable.
* DuelToTheDeath: A collector who murdered a man over a priceless set of dueling pistols challenges Lovejoy to one of these. [[spoiler: Averted because Lovejoy discovers that the pistols were designed to shoot backwards at the person holding them.]]
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: There is UnresolvedSexualTension between Lovejoy and Lady Jane from the start, but it doesn't escalate until her husband leaves the picture.
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* ZanyScheme: A collector who believes that Venice will someday sink underwater has a plan to steal all of the city's treasures and replace them with fakes.
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-> '''Lovejoy''': [Aside to camera] If home is where the heart is, then this is home to me: an auction room, an auction day when the old ticker beats faster with the slender possibility that somewhere, just somewhere among the birdcages, silver spoons, commemorative medals, roll top desks and castoffs from Granny's attic, somewhere amongst that lot, a genuine authentic antique will appear shining with all the love that made it.
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''Lovejoy'' is a British TV comedy/drama series based on the books by Jonathan Gash, about an antiques dealer in East Anglia in the UK. Lovejoy (played by Creator/IanMcShane) is a "divvy" -- a person with a sixth sense which enables him to tell real antiques from fakes and accurately determine their worth. In addition, he's very knowledgeable about antiques in the mundane sense, yet he's routinely broke and staying a step ahead of the law.
Lovejoy is assisted in his work and schemes by Tinker Dill, a gregarious drunkard whose knowledge of antiques rivals Lovejoy's; Eric Catchpole, a young man whose father pays Lovejoy to teach Eric the trade; and Lady Jane Felsham, a married aristocrat whose dabbling at interior design brings her into regular contact with Lovejoy. Charlie Gimbert, a much more successful, but less popular, antiques dealer in town, provides Lovejoy with a foil, though as the series goes on they find themselves cooperating against their will more often.
The show was filmed for six seasons, all of which have been released on [=DVD=]. No relation to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Reverend Lovejoy]].
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* AccidentalBid: Eric accidentally buys a small statue of a naked man for 50 pounds and is embarrassed to collect it.
* AdaptationDistillation: In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
* Series/AntiquesRoadshow: Lovejoy does a local, one-man version of this a few times, hoping that a particular antique or dealer will show up.
* {{Auction}}: Lovejoy and crew attend many of these in the search for antiques.
* BatmanGambit: Many of these, since the plots often revolve around Lovejoy out-gambitting a crook of some sort.
** In one two-parter, BrianBlessed plays a dealer who scams two acquaintances of Lovejoy's, so he helps them get revenge. His BatmanGambit requires the mark to take the bait in a very short timeframe, and for Lovejoy to have the right evidence prepared in advance for the tests the mark will think of to prove authenticity.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The books were much, much darker, involving more serious crimes including murders, and a Lovejoy who is not terribly likable and almost completely amoral about anything but antiques.
** As mentioned above, Lovejoy's ''modus operandi'' in the books is to visit a neighbor's wife, sleep with her, borrow her car and whatever cash she has on hand, and then forget about her as he goes off to pursue his antiques schemes. Only the money-borrowing part remains in the TV show, and Lovejoy is much more of a conventional hero who always tries to do the right thing.
** Tinker still drinks constantly, but never seems all that drunk, and is a much happier, more pleasant character than in the books.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Most episodes open with Lovejoy doing this to set up the plot and sometimes do some {{Foreshadowing}}. Occasionally he will do this later in the episode as well, but none of the other characters ever notice.
* ButtMonkey: Usually Eric. Lovejoy sticks him with the unpleasant jobs and grunt work, especially at the beginning. He gets better as he learns the trade, but he continues to be clumsy and clueless enough to bring this trope on himself regularly.
** Lovejoy himself is this sometimes, when his schemes fall apart and leave him with nothing, even when they often help out everyone around him.
* ChristmasEpisode: Two 90-minute specials.
* EarWorm: The theme song, which is used for the opening and closing credits as well as underlaying some scenes of the show, becomes hard to shake after you've watched a few episodes.
* OnlyOneName: Not only does Lovejoy never reveal a first name, but he insists on no honorific:
--> '''Anyone''': Mr. Lovejoy?
--> '''Lovejoy''': "Lovejoy." Just "Lovejoy."
* PlanetOfHats: East Anglia might be called a Planet of Antiques. Every home seems to have an umbrella stand or dish or piece of furniture that turns out to be worth thousands of pounds. There appear to be antique stores on every corner, and the residents are very GenreSavvy about antiques and fakes.
* PerpetualPoverty: Lovejoy's "divvy" (diviner) talent should make him rich, but he's constantly broke, running from the tax collectors and other officials, and borrowing cash from his friends.
** Lampshaded in one episode when he makes several thousand dollars in an afternoon just by criss-crossing town from one antique shop to another, buying and reselling items, increasing his profit quickly at every stop.
** It makes it clear that he could make good money if he focused on it, but he's too busy foiling criminals or avoiding work.
* ReplacementLoveInterest: Lady Jane leaves the country, and her house hasn't even been sold yet when a new woman walks into Lovejoy's life: Charlotte Cavendish, an auctioneer who has just moved back to town to take over her elderly father's business and give Lovejoy a new challenge.
* SeriesHiatus: A five-year break between the first and second seasons.
* SuddenDownerEnding: In the finale, Lovejoy is finally going to marry Charlotte and settle down. [[TheBusCameBack Lady Jane and Eric come back]] for the happy occasion, making it look like a reunion is in the works as well. Then [[spoiler: Lovejoy is kidnapped by one of his enemies, so Charlotte assumes the worst and abandons their wedding plans without waiting for an explanation, and the show ends with everyone in limbo]].
* ViolinScam: Many of these, but one subversion involves an actual violin -- the owner of a genuine Stradivarius wants it "nobbled" to look like a less valuable fake.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: There is UnresolvedSexualTension between Lovejoy and Lady Jane from the start, but it doesn't escalate until her husband leaves the picture.
Lovejoy is assisted in his work and schemes by Tinker Dill, a gregarious drunkard whose knowledge of antiques rivals Lovejoy's; Eric Catchpole, a young man whose father pays Lovejoy to teach Eric the trade; and Lady Jane Felsham, a married aristocrat whose dabbling at interior design brings her into regular contact with Lovejoy. Charlie Gimbert, a much more successful, but less popular, antiques dealer in town, provides Lovejoy with a foil, though as the series goes on they find themselves cooperating against their will more often.
The show was filmed for six seasons, all of which have been released on [=DVD=]. No relation to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Reverend Lovejoy]].
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This show provides examples of:
* AccidentalBid: Eric accidentally buys a small statue of a naked man for 50 pounds and is embarrassed to collect it.
* AdaptationDistillation: In the books, Lovejoy cadges rides, money, and other favors (including sex) from various women in town (many of them married). These were all combined into the character of Lady Jane, and [[{{Bowdlerise}} cleaned up considerably]] for 80s TV.
* Series/AntiquesRoadshow: Lovejoy does a local, one-man version of this a few times, hoping that a particular antique or dealer will show up.
* {{Auction}}: Lovejoy and crew attend many of these in the search for antiques.
* BatmanGambit: Many of these, since the plots often revolve around Lovejoy out-gambitting a crook of some sort.
** In one two-parter, BrianBlessed plays a dealer who scams two acquaintances of Lovejoy's, so he helps them get revenge. His BatmanGambit requires the mark to take the bait in a very short timeframe, and for Lovejoy to have the right evidence prepared in advance for the tests the mark will think of to prove authenticity.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The books were much, much darker, involving more serious crimes including murders, and a Lovejoy who is not terribly likable and almost completely amoral about anything but antiques.
** As mentioned above, Lovejoy's ''modus operandi'' in the books is to visit a neighbor's wife, sleep with her, borrow her car and whatever cash she has on hand, and then forget about her as he goes off to pursue his antiques schemes. Only the money-borrowing part remains in the TV show, and Lovejoy is much more of a conventional hero who always tries to do the right thing.
** Tinker still drinks constantly, but never seems all that drunk, and is a much happier, more pleasant character than in the books.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Most episodes open with Lovejoy doing this to set up the plot and sometimes do some {{Foreshadowing}}. Occasionally he will do this later in the episode as well, but none of the other characters ever notice.
* ButtMonkey: Usually Eric. Lovejoy sticks him with the unpleasant jobs and grunt work, especially at the beginning. He gets better as he learns the trade, but he continues to be clumsy and clueless enough to bring this trope on himself regularly.
** Lovejoy himself is this sometimes, when his schemes fall apart and leave him with nothing, even when they often help out everyone around him.
* ChristmasEpisode: Two 90-minute specials.
* EarWorm: The theme song, which is used for the opening and closing credits as well as underlaying some scenes of the show, becomes hard to shake after you've watched a few episodes.
* OnlyOneName: Not only does Lovejoy never reveal a first name, but he insists on no honorific:
--> '''Anyone''': Mr. Lovejoy?
--> '''Lovejoy''': "Lovejoy." Just "Lovejoy."
* PlanetOfHats: East Anglia might be called a Planet of Antiques. Every home seems to have an umbrella stand or dish or piece of furniture that turns out to be worth thousands of pounds. There appear to be antique stores on every corner, and the residents are very GenreSavvy about antiques and fakes.
* PerpetualPoverty: Lovejoy's "divvy" (diviner) talent should make him rich, but he's constantly broke, running from the tax collectors and other officials, and borrowing cash from his friends.
** Lampshaded in one episode when he makes several thousand dollars in an afternoon just by criss-crossing town from one antique shop to another, buying and reselling items, increasing his profit quickly at every stop.
** It makes it clear that he could make good money if he focused on it, but he's too busy foiling criminals or avoiding work.
* ReplacementLoveInterest: Lady Jane leaves the country, and her house hasn't even been sold yet when a new woman walks into Lovejoy's life: Charlotte Cavendish, an auctioneer who has just moved back to town to take over her elderly father's business and give Lovejoy a new challenge.
* SeriesHiatus: A five-year break between the first and second seasons.
* SuddenDownerEnding: In the finale, Lovejoy is finally going to marry Charlotte and settle down. [[TheBusCameBack Lady Jane and Eric come back]] for the happy occasion, making it look like a reunion is in the works as well. Then [[spoiler: Lovejoy is kidnapped by one of his enemies, so Charlotte assumes the worst and abandons their wedding plans without waiting for an explanation, and the show ends with everyone in limbo]].
* ViolinScam: Many of these, but one subversion involves an actual violin -- the owner of a genuine Stradivarius wants it "nobbled" to look like a less valuable fake.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: There is UnresolvedSexualTension between Lovejoy and Lady Jane from the start, but it doesn't escalate until her husband leaves the picture.
