Pig in a Poke (5 Sep. 1993)

Bill Brodie, one of the country's biggest pork farmers, is expecting a royal visit and is desperate to rid himself of a hot property, A Venetian bronze stolen from the Palace.

Director:

Baz Taylor

Writers:

Ian La Frenais (series created by), Jonathan Gash (from the books by),

Stars:

Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ian McShane	...	Lovejoy
Phyllis Logan	...	Lady Jane
Dudley Sutton	...	Tinker
Chris Jury	...	Eric
Diane Bull	...	Annie Brodie
John Bowe	...	Bill Brodie
Tony Rohr	...	Rollo
Gabrielle Cowburn	...	Det. Insp. McDonald
Jake D'Arcy	...	Murphy
Hugh Simon	...	Howard Liddy
Peter McMichael	...	Algie
John Dallimore	...	Peter
Paul Mark Elliott	...	Bernie (as Paul-Mark Elliott)
Toby Jones	...	Sgt. Protheroe
John Moreno	...	Duty Sergeant

Storyline

Lovejoy has sold many antiques to Annie Brodie, wife to one of the great pork farmers in Britain. She falls in love with a set of five satirical watercolor lithos from the 18th Century including one they both particularly like showing a sow and her piglets. Characteristically Eric clumsily drops and breaks one the paintings. While cleaning it up the mess, he discovers a beautiful Venetian bronze hidden under the couch, a statue that has been notoriously stolen from the Queen. To the Brodies, a highly anticipated royal visit from the Queen Elizabeth to their farm is worth much more to them than the beautiful statue, so they assign Eric to mailing it back to the palace. After hamhandedly getting D.I. Maggie MacDonald involved in the case and incriminating Lovejoy as a prime suspect, Eric carelessly allows his Harley to be stolen while looking for a post office along with the bronze in its saddlebag.

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Plot Keywords:

royal visit | watercolor | detective inspector | satirist | detective series | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 September 1993 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), WitzEnd Productions, McShane Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lovejoy: [to Dill and Eric] I declare this 'think tank' open.

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Connections

References Gojira (1954)

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