8. The Look of Love...joy (The March Of Time)

Swearing, spoilers and cocaine this week as Lovejoy's spidey senses tingle enough to pick up a cheapy antique clock with some not-so-cheapy love letters stuffed inside. This episode sees him haring around the countryside "doing the eyes" at anyone who gets in his way, data protection rules be damned. "Borrowing" artefacts from a military museum, squeezing info out of solicitors and gaining entry to university research laboratories - nothing is too difficult if you can do those eyes. We discuss the dangers of the 1980s (just say no kids), the correct etiquette for having a wee in a pub and who (or what) Richard Parker is. The original Lovejoy episode was written by Murray Smith and directed by Ken Hannam. Antique of the Week: The handwritten word.