Talk:Lovejoy

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Contents 1 The Five Year Hiatus 2 Malcolm? 3 talking to the audience 4 New note 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Lovejoy-box.png 6 U.S. VHS Release

[edit] The Five Year Hiatus

At least part of the reason for the time gap before the shows return was Ian McShane's being given a recurring role in the American primetime soap opera Dallas. I don't have an exact source that I can give (though I remember reading it in TV Guide at the time) so I will only note it here for anyone that is interested.User:MarnetteD | Talk 01:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I think there's more to it that, but unfortunately I don't remember the details, just an interview with McShane wherein he stated that "he wanted to do a second series, the TV company wanted to do a second series, but due to a misunderstanding somewhere down the line, it just didn't happen".

71.223.190.5 01:57, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Malcolm?

In the first part of Highland Fling the dotty Lady of the Manor refers to Lovejoy as Malcolm. However, earlier in the episode the Lady comments that Lovejoy reminds her of Malcolm. Lovejoy asks who Malcolm is and is told that he is a local, toothless poacher. Therefore the assertion that Lovejoy's first name is Malcolm is not tenable.

Dazbo

194.73.102.252 10:27, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Their are references to the name Malcolm through out all 6 series, that is just one example Krawhitham 06:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] talking to the audience

I have been recently rewatching this show and felt the "asides" (as the plot device is called), where Lovejoy talks briefly to the camera (audience) to illuminate a paticular point of the story should be mentoined somewhere in the description of this seriies. The aside is used in almost (if not all) all episodes. I think that this is a signifigant enough part of the show to be mentioned. 24.17.152.137 11:57, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

He actually didn't do this in the first series, it was introduced when the programme returned after that long break. --88.111.189.102 17:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

He does in fact do this in the first season. See S1E1 at about 4:21, S1E2 at about 5:20 (et al.) for examples

As noted by the unsigned edit above and in my edit summary of today he does it fairly quickly after the opening credits of the first episode of the first season and in almost each of the episodes that follow. MarnetteD | Talk 19:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New note

opening credits if anyone cares http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQP7NuYkuwE

It should be noted that the opening credits listed above are for season 1. The same credits, with out the auctioneer's voice, are used for S2 -S4 (or maybe to S5). Also, the picture of Lovejoy shown when the title comes up has been updated. A third intro, basically the same, but the picture of Lovejoy shown is a painting, instead of a photograph, was introduced in S5 ( or maybe S6).

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lovejoy-box.png

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[edit] U.S. VHS Release

As the rest of the opening paragraph is solely about the books, I've moved this fact into the Television section. Rojomoke 18:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)