Lovejoy

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Lovejoy
The main cast from the series 1 to 5 (from left), Dudley Sutton, Ian McShane, Chris Jury and Phyllis Logan.
Genre	Comedy drama, mystery
Created by	John Grant Ian La Frenais[1]
Starring	Ian McShane Chris Jury Phyllis Logan Dudley Sutton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	71[2] (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	BBC Tamariska Productions WitzEnd Productions
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	10 January 1986 (1986-01-10) – 4 December 1994 (1994-12-04)
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Lovejoy is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash.^[3] The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, though there was a five-year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by Ian La Frenais.