Lovejoy Actually

We're taking a break between series, so enjoy these scraps from the cutting room floor while you wait for Series Three - there's a longer version on Patreon, which is also the first place we'll be posting our meeting with Kym before a shorter verison airs here on May 1st.

We'll be back for the first episode of Series Three on May 15th - mark your calendars now!

This episode of the podcast was edited by Em Fleming. The Lovejoy Actually themetune was written and performed by Marvin Gore.

BRI-AN BLESS-ED joins the cast this week and we’re here for it listener, we are here for it. We’ve also got our first podcast coup with an amazing Behind The Scenes email from Terry H himself!

This extra long episode takes in both parts of the Series Two finale, and we’re delighted to see the return of an old chum from the very first series - Mr. Frobel (complete with bacon sandwich.) Lovejoy’s put his scarf back on as he searches out some Lalique for a lovely lady and gets caught up in yet another mad scam in international waters. Well, the Solent.

Settle in as we discuss Abraham's Saucepan, buying shoes (or not) in Elephant and Castle, an unexpected Donald Trump reference and that well known Russian triumvirate of borscht, vodka and… mouse wee?

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Terry Hodgkinson and directed by Francis Megahy.

“Deck it out with antiques - they don’t have to be new ones!” None of us can make head nor tail of what’s happening this episode as we don’t know if Lovejoy knows what the others think that he knows even though they don’t know if he knows that they know he knows. You see what we mean? By the end of it we weren’t even sure if jewellery is a real thing any more. Helen can blame the Lemsip and Pol the codeine but Em has no excuse!

Still, we enjoy finding out when Pol lost her avocado virginity, all about the great Crisps Conspiracy and why Lovejoy is to blame for the lack of East Anglian theme parks. We’re drawing up a LovejoyLand proof of concept as we speak, and want you to tell us what squares you would have on a Lovejoy Bingo sheet - helpless widows? Embarrassed Poshos? Eric’s lying? Or something else?

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Roger Marshall and directed by Bill Hays.

Antique of the Week: the original Walkers crisp packets.

As Tinker observes “the best of us can fall prey to alcoholic fantasy” but is this really what’s happened to Lovejoy in the case of the disappearing body? Join us for another farcical (and slightly sweary) romp through Lovejoyland as Pol delights in a diminutive ninja, Em has an unsettling Bed knobs & Broomsticks flashback and Helen stubbornly refuses to suspend her disbelief. We learn about Danegeld, nominative determinism and the Detroit Tigers baseball team whilst admiring another canine addition to the cast - the lovely Lassy!

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Douglas Watkinson and directed by Bill Hays.

Antique of the Week: Terrifying Military Mask

It’s a real trip down Memory Lane (via Ambleside Avenue) this week for the intrepid hens, as they manfully untangle another Lovejoy mystery plot with only the aid of alcohol free beer. Well, it was January. And somehow it STILL manages to sound like a hen do as we discuss the fine line between Art and filth, our mad teenage obsessions and that time Pol made tea for James Bond.

This episode we meet Kate sorry: VICKY and Jane sorry: SUSAN and a whole host of rather dodgy characters as a set of erotic drawings are hawked around by a sixth former desperate to protect her sister.

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Steve Coombs and Dave Robinson. It was directed by Baz Taylor.

Antique of the Week: Erm, well have a listen, I’m too embarrassed to type it.

More embarrassed aristocracy (well, film aristocracy - Jean Kent!) this week as Lovejoy leaps to Madeleine Gilbert’s rescue when she falls foul of chimpanzee death duties. Yes, really.

Lots of lovely peril for us to enjoy in this high scoring episode as Eric panic hires a boat, Tinker leaves a message in a bottle (which he had to drink, obviously) and Lovejoy’s shirt battles with his voice for which can be lower.

We also have behind the scences info on last week’s Groaning Board from Kevin Lawes aka @PCKevster on Twitter AND an amazing brand new song to play us out from long time friend of the podcast Mr. Marvin Gore.

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Geoff Lowe and directed by William Brayne.

Antique of the Week: Tinker’s chivalry; John Joseph The Chimp; Britain’s relationship with the European Union and, okay, a nice candelabra.

Buckle in snowflakes! We’ve some original 90s attitudes to unpick this episode, as we swallow a few spoonfuls of misogyny and get vaguely uncomfortable at people putting on accents.

Lovejoy is inexplicably skint once again, despite flogging that Chaucer - perhaps because he’s finally paying Eric. Some shadowy men in suits offer him some mch needed cash to track down a mystery artist who is not as hard to find as everyone seems to think (it’s just Tom Wilkinson in a baseball cap.) Laugh along with us as Lovejoy alleges he ISN’T Sherlock Holmes despite spending the last 14 episodes sleuthing - and accepting the job.

This week Pol has a nasty shock at Lovejoy’s approach to Earl Grey, Helen rails against the plot and Em defends sad, horny artists everywhere.

Antique of the Week: Hormone Replacement Therapy; 90s fashion (again?)
Misogyny of the week: The Plot.

Happy New Year everyone, we’re back from the pub!

In this episode we enjoy some absolutely cracking writing, as Lady Jane and Lovejoy work together to open what appears to be Britain’s first gastropub with an old army pal of Tinker’s. Dictator dress-up, shellfish metaphors and a teacake controversy all feature this week, as Polly struggles through a hangover and Helen struggles through the plot.

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Douglas Watkinson and directed by John Woods.

Antique of the Week: The Canterbury Tales and Jane’s rather beautiful jacquard mallard jumper.

Enjoy a Christmas bonus episode all about the Lovejoy novels by Jonathan Gash. Recorded in the field (aka the pub) listening to this one with headphones is highly recommended!

We discuss the novels and the TV series with Em's mate Andrew who (for some reason) has read almost all of Jonathan Gash's output.

We discuss Death in Venice, the Judas Pair and Gold from Gemini as we get progressively drunker and the room gets progressively noisier! This is an abridged version of a longer episode available to our $5 and above Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/lovejoyactually - come and join the fun for 2019!

Pulling cardigans at the ready, it’s another episode of Lovejoy Actually! This week Pol loses the plot, Em raises her concerns for the academic community (careful Prof!) and we discover yet another language Helen can speak all whilst enjoying a suit made of exciting thread, arguing about egg spoons and being delighted by a cameo from Mickey La Souris (who now seems to be living in Friar Park… we think.)

Furious squirrels, safe caravans and dea- sorry, DED Lizards all feature in this return to Lovejoy peril, and frankly, we’re delighted!Antique(s) of the Week: Tinker’s suit, Jane’s cardi and a possibly cursed Colombian funerary raft made of gold.

The original Lovejoy episode was written by Alan Clews and directed by William Brayne.