Lovejoy, the lovable rogue antiques dealer whose tales became a staple of Sunday night TV in the late 80s and early 90s, could return to the small screen .
Tony Jordan, writer of popular dramas including Hustle and Life on Mars, has returned to the original source material of Jonathan Gash’s Lovejoy novels – there are 24 – to develop a new script, according to RadioTimes.com. The project is in its “very early days”, according to Jordan’s production company Red Planet Pictures, and so far has no broadcaster attached.
Lovejoy, set in East Anglia, ran on BBC1 for six series between 1986 and 1994, giving Ian McShane his most high profile UK TV role, after an acting career that had already spanned more than 20 years.
He went on to star in HBO’s gritty western Deadwood and enjoyed a late career renaissance in films including Sexy Beast, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Snow White and the Huntsman. He has previously said he is unlikely to return as the mullet-haired hero of the Lovejoy stories.
However, Phyllis Logan, who played Lady Jane Felsham and is now housekeeper Mrs Hughes in Downton Abbey, told RadioTimes.com she would return to the show “in a heartbeat”.
