In the novels, Lovejoy was in his twenties. Ian McShane was forty-four when he first played the character, and forty-eight when the series began properly in 1991.
A trademark feature of the show is the way that Lovejoy occasionally addresses the camera (and therefore the viewer) with a cheeky quip or a roguish "well, what would *you* have done?" as he is about to get the better of another character in a crooked antiques deal. This effect is referred to as, "Breaking the fourth wall".
Normally the audience and/or camera can see through the "fourth wall" but the actors act as though they can not. Thus when an actor interactions with the audience in this manner they have, "Broken the fourth wall".
Normally the audience and/or camera can see through the "fourth wall" but the actors act as though they can not. Thus when an actor interactions with the audience in this manner they have, "Broken the fourth wall".
During filming in seasons one to three, several scenes were shot inside the Six Bells pub, Walsham Le Willows. For some strange reason, the films were reversed, and actors and actresses wore their watches on their right wrists, jackets with right-hand breast pockets were made, and there was even a reverse-replica of the pub clock.
Something of a mystery surrounds Lovejoy's daughter. In season two, episode eight, "Sugar & Spice", Lady Jane mentions that Lovejoy has just one daughter. In season one, she was called "Kate", and was played by Charlotte Edwards; in seasons two and three, she was called "Vicky", and was played by Amelia Shankley; in season six her name was spelled "Viki", and she was played by Amelia Curtis. Despite information to the contrary on some websites, Amelia Shankley and Amelia Curtis are not the same actress.
Phyllis Logan (Lady Jane Felsham) and Dudley Sutton (Tinker Dill) worked together on season two, episode three, "The Fifth Woman", of Wallander (2008), as Inga Wallander and Gote Tandvall, respectively.