How Lovejoy put Norfolk villages on the map

It's 40 years since a charming yet slightly rogue antiques dealer played by Ian McShane appeared on our TV screens.

Lovejoy was originally a series of detective novels by author Jonathan Gash, first published in 1977, and now the much-loved series is going to be remade.

Seventy-one episodes of were broadcast between 1986 and 1994, with scenes filmed across many locations in Norfolk, from Thetford to one of the most famous streets in Norwich.

Mark Hardie takes up the story.

(Picture: Chris Jury, Ian McShane and Dudley Sutton. Credit: BBC).
(Archive: Bookshelf (BBC Radio 4 - 22.03.1985).