Product Details

• Actors: Ian McShane
• Directors: Ian McShane, Peter Barber-Fleming, William Brayne, John Crome, Gordon Flemyng
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A & E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 25, 1995
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303522386
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,284 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Young women in strict Muslim households used to send their pledges of love to young men through messages woven through the knots of a carpet in an Arab tradition that continues to this day, explains a dryly intoning narrator. "What, you may ask, has this to do with Lovejoy?" Plenty, as it turns out, when he agrees to sell an Anatolian carpet for Lady Jane and winds up sniffing out a plot when the bidding war over a seemingly ordinary Berber rug is followed by that carpet's theft. Lovejoy shows that for a rascal he too has a heart. While he seems to lose money every time he turns around in this episode, he becomes Cupid to one young lover, a guardian angel to a high-spirited eccentric with a house full of antique treasures, and an uncharacteristically sensitive friend to Lady Jane when her rocky marriage is suddenly put on the line. Not bad for Britain's most notorious, trouble-prone antique hunter. --Sean Axmaker

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD' s please, July 20, 2004

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Nate "BookBuyer" (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Lovejoy Mysteries - Loveknots [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The seasons of Lovejoy need to be in DVD format. I can't bring myself to buy a VHS tape

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another Lovejoy treasure!, January 5, 2004

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Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Lovejoy Mysteries - Loveknots [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's musical chairs with rugs for Lovejoy, Tink and Eric.

It starts with Lady Jane buying an expensive Anatolian carpet she really loved her bedroom. Her husband blows his stack, but we soon see the is only the "excuse" for the real problems in their marriage. Rug #1

Rug number #2 comes into play when an elderly lady buys a carpet for her dog, unaware that particular carpet held a special meaning for a lovesick lad. When it is stolen, Lovejoy, Tink and Eric have to suss out why an ordinary Berber carpet is causing such a flack.

Lovejoy must solve the riddle, sell Lady Jane's carpet and find a replacement for everyone. So, not only is Lovejoy a divee, an antique dealer like none other, but he is forced into being Sherlock Holmes, Dear Abby, Cupid and a Guardian Angel to a dear old lady and her dog. A man of many hats!

Charmingly directed, acted and written. JUST PLEASE PUT THEM ON DVD!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovejoy is a Joy!, November 17, 1999

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AstroNerdBoy "AstroNerdBoy" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Lovejoy Mysteries - Loveknots [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Lovejoy mysteries deal strictly with the world of antiques. There is plenty of British humor here as well as adventure and mystery. This episode is typical of Lovejoy finding his way into things to make a lot of cash only to blow it to satisfy curiosity and to help a friend in need (Lady Jane). This episode sees the end of Lady Jane's marriage which is unfortunate but not unexpected.