Lovejoy - Season 4 (2009) Review

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(More customer reviews)Please don't mistake this as a criticism of the program it is only an opinion on the lack of quality product one gets for ones hard earned quid.
I and the family have loved this program since it was first broadcast on the BBC back in the early 1990's. The cast of characters and the scenic beauty of East Anglia are terrific. The TV production is almost as good as the books. This is possibly the best season of the series. The rough edges are polished and the interaction of the actors is superb and the writing is at its peak.
The only reason I cannot rate this 5 stars is due to the lack of re-mastering. For $51.99 plus S+H, one would think this wonderful program would have been restored. Instead it's like watching BBC Gold re-runs on the telle on a stormy East Anglia night. Scratchy picture, hissing sound track, and faded colour. Come on, with today's technology there is no reason for this program to be presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 mono and a faded image cut to fit the TV screen. For $52.00 I should get something fully restored to its original glory presented in Dolby Digital 5.0 at a minimum.
I will buy this regardless of its lack of quality and cherish the entertainment value as I eagerly await the release of season 5.


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Lovejoy: The Complete Season Six (2009) Review

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(More customer reviews)By the time of this series, my two favorite characters (Lady Felsham and Eric) had left the series. That reduce the entertainment level for me by at least 1/2.

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Lovejoy: The Complete Season Five (2009) Review

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(More customer reviews)We are at Series 5 of 6 with our favorite antiques dealer. Ian McShane's Lovejoy is one of the richest characters in television. He is always looking for the next score with the help of his two side kicks Tink and Eric. And this season he has a new love interest.
Series 5 has the following 14 eisodes:
Pig in a Poke - Lovejoy buys a set of James Gillray prints only to find out they are copies. Eric finds a stolen statue at a house of Lady Jane's friend. (Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell guests)
Who's the Fairest of them All - Lady Jane asks Lovejoy to help her old dance teacher to sell a mirror. Then she drops a bombshell - Lord Feldsham is bankrupt and they are selling the Hall. And she is leaving.
A Going Concern - Lovejoy minds Feldsham Hall until it is sold. But seeing an oportunity, he uses the Hall as a showroom. Enter new love interest Charolette Cavandish of Cavandish Auction house.
The Kakiemon Tiger - Lovejoy is once again in financial trouble so he takes on a new apprentice - Beth. (James Nesbitt and Colin Salmon guest)
Three Men and a Brittle Lady - Charlie Gimbert buys a fake porcelain statue and Lovejoy catchs up with the forger. Charolette's former boyfriend arrives from NY and asks her to move to Paris.
Ducking and Diving - Eric and Tink take a holiday at Eric uncle's pub. Lovejoy shows a pair of tourists around the antique stores but he also has an Welsh dresser to sell. Eric decides to leave the business.
Stones of Destiny - When a Celtic cross is stolen from Charolette's auction house, Charolette and Lovejoy chase after the theif. Lovejoy makes his first overture to Charolette.
Poetic License - Charolette is asked to sell some items for a friend and she asks Lovejoy to value the items. While at the nursing home, attempts on Lovejoys life are made. (Susan Fleetwood guests)
The Peking Gun - Lovejoy is asked to value some posessions of a colonial widow. Lovejoy discovers a chinese cannon but it has significance with a chinese tong. (Burt Kwouk guests)
Goose Bumps - Charlie tries to aspire to higher levels and hosts a Dog Show and Wildlife Auction at Felsham Hall. He asks Carolette to act as hostess. But it is Lovejoy who winds up invited to dinner. (Pete Postlethwaite and Freddie Jones guest.)
Swings and Roundabouts - A friend of Lovejoy's asks him to sell a pair of candlesticks. But they turn out to be stolen. Meanwhile a friend of Charolette's wants the travelling fair's carousel. (Guest James Carroll Jordan)
Never Judge a Book by its Cover - Lovejoy discovers a rare bible but when the owner's brother opposes the sale, Lovejoy suspects something is afoot. (Richard Briers guests)
The Lost Colony - Lovejoy travels to the Carolinas to meet up with some American relatives and recover some lost properties. (Barbara Barrie, Ken Kerchival and John Gielguld guest)
The Price of Fish - Lovejoy and Charolette are invited away for the weekend - of course to value something. Tink and Beth battle Charlie Gimbert.
This was another great season of Lovejoy -- even with the cast changes.

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Lovejoy: Christmas Specials (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have enjoyed the Lovejoy series since it originally aired in the early 90's. I and the family were stationed in East Anglia in England where most of the Lovejoy episodes were filmed; it was fun to watch the show on BBC then to spend the weekends visiting the historic villages and other places we had seen on Lovejoy. So as a Lovejoy fan and being homesick for the beauties and wonders of East Anglia the Lovejoy DVD's are a treat loved by the entire family.
Now for the Cons: (Not criticizing the series just the quality and manner it is being released.)
The DVD is not worth the $17.00 + S&H. Come on... It should not have been released as a standalone DVD? The two special episodes should have been left as part of the normal DVD series box sets. It makes no sense to break the timeline of the series in this way.
Now I find that the Complete Season 4 DVD is set to release 4 months from now. Why so long? The Lovejoy series ended over 10 years ago. The entire series has been available for sale in the UK for years. Why stretch out the US release dates to over two years? Is it a marketing ploy to test the waters? If season 3 doesn't sell well will season 4 never be released? And another thing, for the price of each season ($50.00 +) the sound and video should have been re-mastered to modern standards. The people releasing the DVD's are Visigoths with no feel for a classic bit of BBC television.


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