<sod>'''''Lovejoy''''' is a British TV [[comedy]]-[[crime]]-[[drama]] series based on the [[picaresque novel]]s by  [[John Grant (Lovejoy)|John Grant]] under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast by the [[BBC]] between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, although there was a five-year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by [[Ian La Frenais]].<eod>
<sod>'''''Lovejoy''''' is a British TV [[comedy]] [[drama]] series based on the [[picaresque novel]]s by  [[John Grant (Lovejoy)|John Grant]] under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast by the [[BBC]] between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, although there was a five year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by [[Ian La Frenais]].<eod>