Lovejoy Actually

“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 b...

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 toile...

Back to school everyone, yep we’re back with Series Five (and with 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 tog...

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 wit...

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!

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 a...

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: CO...

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 e...

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...

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 “class...

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. An...

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 fli...

Please consider donating to our friends at Royal Trinity Hospice at this difficult time! 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...

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 di...

… 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 Gimber...

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: Duh a violin. The original Lovejoy episode was written b...

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 b...

A pint of bitter and a pint of gin please, we're back! Yes, it's Pol the cough, Helen the croak and Em the noise (or is it The Thigh?) return for 2020 with SERIES FOUR (what the actual heck!) Lovejoy doesn't have a pot to piss in this week... or does he have Napoleon's? We meet Senor Freddy El Telefono, a très French Napoleon expert and an attractive lady potter in a classic Terry Hoggkinson episo...

Happy Christmas everyone, here’s a little present for you all! We sat down with Chris Jury, the actor who played Em’s beloved Eric, to learn all about his involvement with the show - from mysterious cassette tapes in the post to fantastic memories of wonderful friends. Enjoy!

Lashings of peril in part two of this Christmas special as Hercule Lovejoy and Catchpole (no Mister) descend in Prague during that beautiful window post communism and pre stag dos… it all goes a bit Third Man/James Bond as they try and untangle the mystery of the missing diamonds before a Santa showdown with Father Tinkmas. Listen to find out what we thought of the whole thing!

THE WAR! DIAMONDS! Now it’s CHRISTMAS! Happy December one and all, we’re back with a (slightly dark) Season 4 amuse bouche, as we discuss the 1992 Lovejoy Christmas Special - The Prague Sun. Commie bad guys, pre-lunch drinking and a (not so mysterious, it’s Peter Vaughan) old man all feature as Lovejoy is let down by a lady and Eric is let down by a tramp. This is a feature length episode, so tune...

We’re on a bit of a break now as we get ready for Series 4 - in the meantime enjoy this little chat with Mr Marvin Gore who composed and performed our fantastic closing theme. Includes the entire song! This episode was originally available on Patreon - join us there for more behind the scenes action, including early access and extended versions of other bonus episodes.

It’s a FEATURE LENGTH episode to end Series Three with an added SPECIAL GUEST in the form of Mr. Marvin Gore, creator of the cracking Lovejoy Actually themetune! This week Lovejoy’s been dragged to Scotland by Jane, to help out (who else) an old school friend, but nothing is as it seems - who is the spooOOooky Merida-from-Brave apparition in the woods? What secrets does the misty pigsty hold? What...

Some excellent yet strangely soothing peril this week as we enjoy Lovejoy’s run in with the local golf club. He’s been drafted in to value their prize possession, whilst simultaneously securing an ‘antiquities sporting’ gift for the distinguished Mr. Kashimoto who may or may not be about to become a member. Tinker gets to go to London and get pissed (and thus excellently hungover) and we delight i...

"Lovejoy's the name, sleuthing's the game" NO IT ISN’T (but it sort of is) this week as Lovejoy juggles several important but competing priorities - where is Vicki? Who is faking priceless art? Where can he get a birthday present for Jane’s uncle? We see the return of the annoying but very well dressed Susan, and meet Lady Jane’s new “husband” George. ( George?! ) There’s also a couple of truly aw...