{{Short description|British television series}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = I Lovett.png | caption = | genre = [[Sitcom]] | creator = | developer = | writer = [[Norman Lovett]]<br />[[Ian Pattison]] | director = [[Ron Bain]] | creative_director = | starring = Norman Lovett<br />[[Dicken Ashworth]]<br />Sara Cooper | voices = [[Mary Riggans]]<br />Leon Sinden<br />[[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]] | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 7 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = [[Colin Gilbert]] | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | channel = [[BBC Two|BBC2]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1989|06|09|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1993|04|28|df=y}} | related = }} '''''I, Lovett''''' is a [[BBC]] television [[sitcom]] written by [[Norman Lovett]] and [[Ian Pattison]]. Seven episodes were broadcast, a [[Television pilot|pilot]] on 9 June 1989 and a six-episode series between 24 March and 28 April 1993.<ref name="TheList">{{cite web |last1=Mabbot |first1=Alistair |title=Last of the Red Hot Lovetts |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1989-06-02/7/ |publisher=The List |accessdate=2019-06-22 |date=1989-06-02}}</ref><ref name="BSG">{{cite web |url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/sitcoms/i_lovett.shtml |title=I, Lovett |last=Whyte |first=Sean |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=2 February 2011 |archive-date=31 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531075108/http://www.sitcom.co.uk/sitcoms/i_lovett.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Plot== 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 (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]]; a spider, voiced by [[Mary Riggans]]; and inanimate objects.<ref name="BSG"/>
==Production== In 1989 a one-off pilot episode<ref name="TheList" /> was made for the [[anthology series]] ''Comic Asides'', the BBC commissioned a full series which was broadcast four years later in 1993.<ref name="BSG"/> In total of seven episodes were made each one was shown on [[BBC Two|BBC2]], directed by [[Ron Bain]] and produced by [[Colin Gilbert]].<ref name="production">{{cite web |url=http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/lovett/prod.html |title=I, Lovett: Production |publisher=Phill.co.uk |accessdate=2 February 2011}}</ref>
==Episode list== {{Episode table |total_width=auto |background= |overall= |series= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = — | Title = Pilot | DirectedBy = Colin Gilbert | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|6|9|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Snowman | DirectedBy = Ron Bain | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|3|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Crime & Punishment | DirectedBy = Ron Bain | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|3|31|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Baldy | DirectedBy = Ron Bain | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|4|7|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Romance | DirectedBy = Ron Bain | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|4|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Imagine | DirectedBy = Ron Bain | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|4|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Marrow | DirectedBy = Ron Bain | WrittenBy = Norman Lovett and Ian Pattison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|4|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Epguides|ILovett}} *{{British Comedy Guide|tv|i_lovett}} *{{IMDb title|0096616}}
[[Category:1989 British television series debuts]] [[Category:1993 British television series endings]] [[Category:1980s British sitcoms]] [[Category:1990s British sitcoms]] [[Category:BBC television sitcoms]] [[Category:English-language British television shows]]