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Lovejoy: Christmas Specials
Starring: Ian McShane , Dudley Sutton
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Produced by: Emma Hayter
Written by: Dick Clement , Ian La Frenais
What better way to spend the holidays than with Lovejoy! This collection includes two feature-length mysteries, as seen on A & E, starring Ian McShane as the dashing crime-solving antiques dealer with an eye for beauty and a knack for finding trouble.
Item Number: 14721
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 3 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Special Features:
Subtitled in English for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
What better way to spend the holidays than with Lovejoy! This collection includes two feature-length mysteries, as seen on A & E, starring Ian McShane (Disraeli) as the dashing crime-solving antiques dealer with an eye for beauty and a knack for finding trouble. In The Prague Sun, Lovejoy must sort out a mystery involving diamonds and a religious artifact. And in The Lost Colony, he combines a search for stolen goods with a trip to America.
The Prague Sun - Lovejoy is likely to be on his own for Christmas. However, a violent attack on an old Czech fighter pilot leads Lovejoy and Eric to Prague on a treasure hunt. Jane, who was on holiday with friends in Austria, joins Lovejoy in Prague to help solve a mystery of missing diamonds.
Tinker is left to mind the shop and make preparations for Christmas.
The Lost Colony - Lovejoy meets distant cousins from America, who are visiting England.
As well as a female ghost, old Lord Wakering has treasures which once belonged to Sir Walter Raleigh, and both Lovejoy and Mary-John Lovejoy, his American cousin, want them. Some of Lord Wakering's things are stolen, and Lovejoy travels in hot pursuit to the
The Prague Sun
| Lovejoy | --- | Ian McShane |
| Tinker Dill | --- | Dudley Sutton |
| Lady Jane Felsham | --- | Phyllis Logan |
| Eric Catchpole | --- | Chris Jury |
| Karel Redl | --- | Donald Pleasence |
| Marek | --- | Peter Vaughan |
| Dotty Mayhew | --- | Dinah Sheridan |
| Marina | --- | Leonie Mellinger |
| Aneska | --- | Malgoscha Gebel |
| Franz | --- | Brian McGrath |
| Sebastian Braikes | --- | William Chubb |
| Lila | --- | Irene Prador |
| Axel | --- | Stanislav Zindulka |
| Jan Funke | --- | Rudolf Jelinek |
| Policeman | --- | Lloyd McGuire |
| Hospital Sister | --- | Miranda Forbes |
| Tour Guide | --- | Katerina Bittmanova |
| Browser | --- | Sona Vesela |
Written by Dick Clement, Iain La Frenais
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Produced by Emma Hayter
Original Music by Denis King
Cinematography by Jim Fyans
Film Editing by Stan Pow
Costume Design by Dorinda Rea
The Lost Colony
| Lovejoy | --- | Ian McShane |
| Tinker Dill | --- | Dudley Sutton |
| Charlotte Cavendish | --- | Caroline Langrishe |
| Beth Taylor | --- | Diane Parish |
| Charlie Gimbert | --- | Malcolm Tierney |
| Miss Lillian | --- | Barbara Barrie |
| Lord Wakering | --- | John Gielgud |
| Rutherford Lovejoy | --- | Ken Kercheval |
| Mary-John Lovejoy | --- | Kate Vernon |
| Officer Lemmon | --- | Alex Van |
| Bo Lovejoy | --- | Danny Green |
| Professor Benedict Beale | --- | Rick Warner |
| Mrs. Greenlands | --- | Hilary Mason |
| Belinda Stroud | --- | Barbara Young |
| Peter Stroud | --- | Arthur Cox |
| Kate Henshaw | --- | Maggie Ollerenshaw |
| Alwyn | --- | Richard Syms |
| Bill Cavendish Porter | --- | David Arlen |
| Keech | --- | Philip Loch |
Written by Dick Clement, Iain La Frenais
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Produced by Richard Everitt, Colin Schindler