Lovejoy is one of those telly programmes, that appeared to have been around, for yonks when it seemingly perpetually, turned up on the box such that, I could never be asked to actually watch it.
This was the first show that I had ever, heard of that show cased Ian McShane, now he has made a name for himself, the other side of the pond he appears, to pop up all over the place.
Now I have finally seen more than a few, of the episodes I can more than likely, ascertain what people may possibly see in it.
It certainly gets off to a good start, with the writer being non other than, one half of a legendary writing team, being non other Ian La Frenais, his other half of said team being Dick Clement.
Having now seen him in this show, I can say that Ian McShane, is virtually tailor made for Lovejoy, whether he was the first choice or not, I have not the faintest notion but that doesn't matter.
Another virtual shoe in has to be Dudley Sutton, as Lovejoy's trusted Barker Tinker Dill, I do know of him having seen him, in several television favourites of mine.
A face that I don't know is Malcolm Tierney, but he certainly appears to be, tailor made to the truly execrable nemesis, of Lovejoy one Charlie Gimbert.
Another unfamiliar visage is that of Chris Jury, as the redoubtable Eric Catchpole, Lovejoy's trusted gopher and gobetween.
Of course as I have never read anything, by John Grant the author of the, Lovejoy novels that inspired the show, I have absolutely no notion of, just how much the television programme, bears any relationship to the novels.
All in all Lovejoy is not half bad, and I can't honestly say why, I steered clear of it for so long, it's an amiable light hearted show, with an endearing ensemble of characters.
In rating a show I find myself wishing, that IMDb enabled marks such as, a half to give more precise marking, I tend to be somewhat conservative, in my scoring with a lower number, meaning rather more than it may seam. Trying to rate Lovejoy is therefore, not that straightforward particularly, as I don't want to go overboard, so the rating for this is a compromise.
This was the first show that I had ever, heard of that show cased Ian McShane, now he has made a name for himself, the other side of the pond he appears, to pop up all over the place.
Now I have finally seen more than a few, of the episodes I can more than likely, ascertain what people may possibly see in it.
It certainly gets off to a good start, with the writer being non other than, one half of a legendary writing team, being non other Ian La Frenais, his other half of said team being Dick Clement.
Having now seen him in this show, I can say that Ian McShane, is virtually tailor made for Lovejoy, whether he was the first choice or not, I have not the faintest notion but that doesn't matter.
Another virtual shoe in has to be Dudley Sutton, as Lovejoy's trusted Barker Tinker Dill, I do know of him having seen him, in several television favourites of mine.
A face that I don't know is Malcolm Tierney, but he certainly appears to be, tailor made to the truly execrable nemesis, of Lovejoy one Charlie Gimbert.
Another unfamiliar visage is that of Chris Jury, as the redoubtable Eric Catchpole, Lovejoy's trusted gopher and gobetween.
Of course as I have never read anything, by John Grant the author of the, Lovejoy novels that inspired the show, I have absolutely no notion of, just how much the television programme, bears any relationship to the novels.
All in all Lovejoy is not half bad, and I can't honestly say why, I steered clear of it for so long, it's an amiable light hearted show, with an endearing ensemble of characters.
In rating a show I find myself wishing, that IMDb enabled marks such as, a half to give more precise marking, I tend to be somewhat conservative, in my scoring with a lower number, meaning rather more than it may seam. Trying to rate Lovejoy is therefore, not that straightforward particularly, as I don't want to go overboard, so the rating for this is a compromise.