Lovejoy is a British TV
comedy-
crime-
drama series based on the
picaresque novels by
John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast by the
BBC 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.