# I, Lovett

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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](/source/BBC) television [sitcom](/source/Sitcom) written by [Norman Lovett](/source/Norman_Lovett) and [Ian Pattison](/source/Ian_Pattison). Seven episodes were broadcast, a [pilot](/source/Television_pilot) on 9 June 1989 and a six-episode series between 24 March and 28 April 1993.[1][2]

## Plot

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

## Production

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

## Episode list

No. overall No. in series Title Directed by Written by Original release date 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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TheList_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TheList_1-1) Mabbot, Alistair (2 June 1989). ["Last of the Red Hot Lovetts"](https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1989-06-02/7/). The List. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BSG_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BSG_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-BSG_2-2) Whyte, Sean. ["I, Lovett"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120531075108/http://www.sitcom.co.uk/sitcoms/i_lovett.shtml). [British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide). Archived from [the original](http://www.sitcom.co.uk/sitcoms/i_lovett.shtml) on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-production_3-0)** ["I, Lovett: Production"](http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/lovett/prod.html). Phill.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

## External links

- [*I, Lovett*](https://epguides.com/ILovett/) at [epguides.com](/source/Epguides)

- [*I, Lovett*](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/i_lovett/) at [British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide)

- [*I, Lovett*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096616/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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