I, Lovett

British television series

I, Lovett

Genre| Sitcom
Written by| Norman Lovett
Ian Pattison
Directed by| Ron Bain
Starring| Norman Lovett
Dicken Ashworth
Sara Cooper
Voices of| Mary Riggans
Leon Sinden
Geoffrey Hughes
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 7
Production
Producer| Colin Gilbert
Original release
Network| BBC2
Release| 9 June 1989 (1989-06-09) –
28 April 1993 (1993-04-28)

I, Lovett is a BBC television sitcom written by Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison. Seven episodes were broadcast, a pilot in 1989 and a six-episode series in 1993.[1][2]

## Plot

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The series stars Norman Lovett playing a version of himself who is an inventor living in a world of surrealism with his talking dog, voiced by Geoffrey Hughes; a spider, voiced by Mary Riggans; and inanimate objects.[2]

## Production

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In 1989 a one-off pilot episode[1] was made for the anthology series Comic Asides, the BBC commissioned a full series which was broadcast four years later in 1993.[2] In total seven episodes were made each one was shown on BBC2, directed by Ron Bain and produced by Colin Gilbert.[3]

## Episode list

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No.
overall| No. in
series| Title| Directed by| Written by| Original air date

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1| —| "Pilot"| Colin Gilbert| Norman Lovett| 9 June 1989 (1989-06-09)
2| 1| "The Snowman"| Ron Bain| Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison| 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
3| 2| "Crime & Punishment"| Ron Bain| Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison| 31 March 1993 (1993-03-31)
4| 3| "Baldy"| Ron Bain| Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison| 7 April 1993 (1993-04-07)
5| 4| "Romance"| Ron Bain| Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison| 14 April 1993 (1993-04-14)
6| 5| "Imagine"| Ron Bain| Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison| 21 April 1993 (1993-04-21)
7| 6| "The Marrow"| Ron Bain| Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison| 28 April 1993 (1993-04-28)

## References

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1. ^ a b Mabbot, Alistair (2 June 1989). "Last of the Red Hot Lovetts". The List. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
2. ^ a b c Whyte, Sean. "I, Lovett". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
3. ^ "I, Lovett: Production". Phill.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

## External links

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* I, Lovett at epguides.com
* I, Lovett at British Comedy Guide
* I, Lovett at IMDb

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