https://thedivvy.co.uk/ Weekly reviews of every episode of Lovejoy, the BBC's finest dodgy-antiques-dealer drama. en-gb Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-8-sugar-and-spice https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-8-sugar-and-spice Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A sixth-former turns up at Lovejoy's barn with a folio of eighteenth-century erotica to sell. Lovejoy is at his daughter's parents' day, six months behind on the fees, and the two problems turn out to be the same problem. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-7-national-wealth https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-7-national-wealth Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A French gang is stripping country houses back to the floorboards. Lovejoy is hired to sell a retired film star's collection and is in bed with the auctioneer when they get to hers. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-6-one-born-every-minute https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-6-one-born-every-minute Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT An itinerant painter works his way round the thatched cottages of Suffolk, two hours a canvas. Lovejoy and Tinker go looking for him, and nobody comes out of it especially well. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-5-who-dares-sings https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-5-who-dares-sings Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tinker's old army mate opens a restaurant with no money in it. A £300 piano, a doctored set of silver, and the whole gang given something to do. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-4-montezumas-revenge https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-4-montezumas-revenge Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A solid gold Colombian king, a heavy metal band called Ded Lizards, and a blowpipe in Suffolk. The silliest hour Lovejoy has produced so far, and all the better for having the whole crew back to enjoy it. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-3-bin-diving https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-3-bin-diving Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT One elderly widow, one pair of Purdeys and Warren Clarke going through the bins. Lovejoy discovers that in Suffolk even the rubbish is antique. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-2-the-italian-venus https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-2-the-italian-venus Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lady Jane drags Lovejoy to drinks with the appalling Carey-Holdens, where a catalogue from the Grand Tour turns up a Florentine bronze worth two million — and the disinherited younger brother turns out to have exactly the skills required to relieve the elder one of a fifth of it. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-1-just-desserts https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-2-episode-1-just-desserts Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lovejoy walks out of an open prison after eight months inside for handling stolen goods, and sets about finding out exactly who put him there. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-9-10-death-in-venice https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-9-10-death-in-venice Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lovejoy trades Suffolk mud for Venetian canals in the series' only feature-length outing — forged Old Masters, identical twins, dubious Australians and a conspiracy so tangled even Lovejoy has to explain it twice. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-8-the-march-of-time https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-8-the-march-of-time Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lovejoy discovers that sometimes the most valuable thing hidden inside an antique isn't gold or jewels, but 170-year-old love letters... and an excuse to impersonate a British Army officer. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-7-the-real-thing https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-7-the-real-thing Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Two cracking stories compete for centre stage in an overstuffed but thoroughly enjoyable return to form. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-6-to-sleep-no-more https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-6-to-sleep-no-more Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A cracking opening, a gloriously daft vicar disguise... and a central mystery that never quite wakes up. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-5-the-judas-pair https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-5-the-judas-pair Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lovejoy goes hunting for a mythical pair of duelling pistols and somehow ends up trapped in a burning cottage with Jane, a crossbow-wielding maniac and the most dangerous screwdriver in East Anglia. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-4-friends-romans-and-enemies https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-4-friends-romans-and-enemies Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A dead master forger sends half the antiques trade on a treasure hunt for Roman coins, while Lovejoy chases clues across the Isle of Man and is repeatedly distracted by a blonde American. Gimbert shoots at his tenant, Dandy survives an attempted murder and somehow Lovejoy still ends up pocketing a few coins for a rainy day. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-3-the-sting https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-3-the-sting Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lovejoy is hired by a reformed junkie to recover statuettes she stole from her dying father. Charlie Gimbert double-crosses him at the auction. The gang reassembles for what is essentially Newman-and-Redford on £8.50. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-2-the-axeman-cometh https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-2-the-axeman-cometh Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Post-pilot shenanigans. Lovejoy buys a battered Welsh oak dresser and discovers a hidden compartment stuffed with treasure and several cultural assumptions that wouldn't survive a modern People Team presentation. https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-1-the-firefly-cage https://thedivvy.co.uk/episodes/series-1-episode-1-the-firefly-cage Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT First dance in Lavenham. Lovejoy gets dragged into murder and theft before anyone explains what a divvy is. Ends with a boozy mop fight on a boat.