Riding in Rollers (1 of 2) (17 May 1991)

After Lovejoy meets Harry Catopodis at a party thrown by a rich American widow, he discovers that the Emporer Hirohito teabowl he is selling is a fake.

Director:

Francis Megahy

Writers:

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

Stars:

Ian McShane, Chris Jury, Dudley Sutton

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Ian McShane	...	Lovejoy
Chris Jury	...	Eric Catchpole
Dudley Sutton	...	Tinker Dill
Linda Gray	...	Cassandra Lynch
Brian Blessed	...	Harry Catapodis
Mako	...	Toshiro Tanaka
Eiji Kusuhara	...	Miki Watanabe
Frank Duncan	...	Winkley
Hepburn Graham	...	Simon
John Horsley	...	Farley
Paddy Joyce	...	Miles
David Gooderson	...	Cyril Catchpole
Auriol Goldingham	...	Debbie
Rie Yanagisawa	...	Japanese Waitress

Storyline

Lovejoy meets another antique dealer, the affable Harry Catapolis at a dinner party hosted by a rich, beautiful American widow, Cassandra Lynch. Catapolis is in the process of selling a rich Japanese businessman the tea bowl used by the Emporer Hirohito just before resigning his divinity at the end of World War ii. Lovejoy proves the bowl to be a fake and points out to Cassandra that many of the objets d'art sold by Catapolis to her are forgeries. They all vow to revenge themselves on Catapolis using a priceless 9 million dollar icon once owned by Catherine the Great as bait.

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Plot Keywords:

antique dealer | revenge | icon | tea bowl | antique | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

17 May 1991 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Productions, Witzend Productions, Tamariska Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode and the following one, Lovejoy: The Black Virgin of Vladimir (2 of 2), are sometimes shown as a single 105-minute episode Black Virgin of Vladimir.

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Quotes

Lovejoy: Have I ever let you down before?
Cyril Catchpole: Yes!
Lovejoy: That was then. This is now!

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