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 (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. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, although there was a five-year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by Ian La Frenais.