"""Lovejoy"". From 1986 to 1994 a television adaptation of the books starring Ian McShane was produced airing 73 episodes in total. The first series, aired in 1986, adapted many plots and characters from the books, while new material created for the TV show was added from the second series onwards. Lovejoy (novel series) Lovejoy is a series of picaresque novels by John Grant (under the pen name Jonathan Gash) about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia. A less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue, Lovejoy has a reputation in the antiques trade as"
"Other novels written as Jonathan Gash include: John Grant (novelist) John Grant (born 1933) is a British doctor and writer, best known as the author of the Lovejoy series of novels using the pen name Jonathan Gash. He has also written under the name of Graham Gaunt. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Grant was educated at St Peter and St Paul's Primary School, then Thornleigh College, before studying medicine and qualifying as a doctor. He served in the British Army, attaining the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and has also worked as a general practitioner and as"
"John Grant (novelist) John Grant (born 1933) is a British doctor and writer, best known as the author of the Lovejoy series of novels using the pen name Jonathan Gash. He has also written under the name of Graham Gaunt. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Grant was educated at St Peter and St Paul's Primary School, then Thornleigh College, before studying medicine and qualifying as a doctor. He served in the British Army, attaining the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and has also worked as a general practitioner and as a pathologist. Between 1971 and 1988 he"
"was director of bacteriology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the University of London. Grant won the John Creasey Award in 1977 for his first Lovejoy novel, ""The Judas Pair"". He is also the author of a series of medical thrillers featuring the character Dr Clare Burtonall, and a novel, ""The Incomer"", as Graham Gaunt. He has also published work in the periodical ""Postscripts"". Grant lives near Colchester in Essex, the setting for many of his novels. His Lovejoy novels, written as Jonathan Gash, include: His Dr. Clare Burtonall series, also written as Jonathan Gash, includes:"
"the opening and end credits, as well as the incidental music for each episode, was composed by Denis King. The series was first aired in the United States on the A&E Network. It was marketed as ""The Lovejoy Mysteries"" on VHS in the United States. The DVD release of the entire series has returned to the title of ""Lovejoy"". Lovejoy Lovejoy is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the picaresque novels by John Grant, under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January"
"Lady Jane Felsham Lady Jane Felsham is a character in the British television series ""Lovejoy"", adapted from the novels by Jonathan Gash. She was played by the Scottish actress Phyllis Logan. When Lovejoy first meets her, Jane is married to Alexander, Lord Felsham, and is living at Felsham Hall, near the town of Lavenham in Suffolk. She quickly strikes up a friendship with Lovejoy, often helping him with his deals, and at one point goes into business with him. At various times during their acquaintance she has to help Lovejoy out of scrapes by providing money. After her husband moves"
"Vernon Grant Vernon Ethelbert Grant (February 14, 1935 – July 23, 2006) was a cartoonist who did graphic novels, and is also known for his digest-sized comic book series, ""The Love Rangers"". Usually referred to as Vern Grant, he is often credited as the person who first introduced the visual approach and concepts of Japanese manga into English-language cartooning. As a child, Grant began earning money by drawing cartoons for birthday cards. After graduating from Rindge Technical High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied for one year in Boston at the Vesper George School of Art and then joined the"
"Eric Catchpole Eric Catchpole is a character in the British television series ""Lovejoy"" adapted from the novels by Jonathan Gash. He was played by actor Chris Jury. The son of a local butcher and initially Lovejoy's paying trainee, he quickly becomes Lovejoy's younger, enthusiastic but ever so slightly dim assistant often acting as a general dogsbody. He rides a motorbike, wears a creole earring in his left ear and listens to heavy metal music and has a Suffolk accent. In the episode entitled Montezuma's Revenge his earring appeared briefly in his right ear. Eric is particularly proud of his working"
"is married to Susan Grant. Alan Grant received an Inkpot Award in 1992. Alan Grant (writer) Alan Grant (born 1949) is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing ""Judge Dredd"" in ""2000 AD"" as well as various ""Batman"" titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He is the creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist. Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines. After going back to college and"
"It was like owning half of Australia, it was so secluded. In the fictionalized 'autobiography' of a former serving officer of Her Majesty's Intelligence Service, ""Friends"" Secret Intelligence Service MI6, the novelist, convicted fraudster and Zionist agent, Michael John O'Hara (aka Zeev Gideon Korwan), wrote """"Julius Grant to me and indeed to many law enforcement officers worldwide was arguably the world's most respected forensic scientist in his particular area of expertise. I liked the man personally and he I"""". Julius Grant Dr. Julius Grant (October 19, 1901 – July 5, 1991) was a British forensic scientist and intelligence officer. He"
"of strokes since the 1990s. He is survived by wife Lori and son Alec. In 2001, Lori Granger gave the DePaul University Special Collections and Archives a collection of documents and correspondence, including personal documents, photographs, and childhood items, related to her husband's career as a journalist and novelist. Bill Granger (author) Bill Granger (June 1, 1941 – April 22, 2012) was an American novelist from Chicago specializing in political thrillers. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Joe Gash and Bill Griffith. He worked at the ""Chicago Tribune"" and other Illinois newspapers. Some of his thrillers are ""Public Murders"" (1981),"
"Rob Grant Robert Grant is an English comedy writer, television producer and co-creator of ""Red Dwarf"". Since ""Red Dwarf"", Grant has written two television series, ""The Strangerers"" and ""Dark Ages"", and four solo novels, his most recent being ""Fat"". Grant was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years. In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer Doug Naylor on radio programmes such as ""Cliché"" and its sequel ""Son Of Cliché"", ""Wrinkles"" for Radio 4 and television programmes such as ""Spitting Image"", ""The 10 Percenters"", and various projects for Jasper Carrott. The 'Grant Naylor' collaboration, as it"
"He praised some of the book's wit and entertainment value, but still found that its prose and characters fell short of what he considered literary fiction. Jones is married, with one daughter, and lives in London. Jonathan Jones (journalist) Jonathan Jones is a British art critic who has written for ""The Guardian"" since 1999. He has appeared in the BBC television series ""Private Life of a Masterpiece"" and in 2009 was a judge for the Turner Prize. He has also been a judge for the BP Portrait Award. Jones was born in Wales, and brought up in North Wales. Both"
"first wife is Debbie Voss, with whom he had two children, Ian Matthew and Emily Kathryn. Ian has two sons Payton and Logan; Emily has a son, Aaron, and a daughter, Ella. In February, 1982, Grant married writer and editor Kathryn Ptacek. Also notable is Grant’s close friend and fellow writer, Thomas L. McDonald. Suffering ill health in his later years, Grant died on September 15, 2006 from a heart attack. Charles L. Grant Charles Lewis Grant (September 12, 1942 – September 15, 2006) was an American novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called ""dark fantasy"" and"
"Joan Grant Joan Marshall Grant Kelsey (London, 12 April 1907 – 3 February 1989) was an English author of historical novels and a reincarnationist. Joan Marshall was born 12 April 1907, at London, England, daughter of John Frederick Marshall and Blanche Emily Hughes. Joan Marshall's father, a wealthy man, was of dual US-British nationality—a prizewinning tennis player who at one point won his place in the semi-finals of the World Championship for each country, and thus needed to play against himself. A serious amateur entomologist, he also carried out at his own expense valuable pioneering work on the Anopheles mosquito"
"Jonathan Jones (journalist) Jonathan Jones is a British art critic who has written for ""The Guardian"" since 1999. He has appeared in the BBC television series ""Private Life of a Masterpiece"" and in 2009 was a judge for the Turner Prize. He has also been a judge for the BP Portrait Award. Jones was born in Wales, and brought up in North Wales. Both his parents were school teachers and the family visited Italy in the summer holidays which kindled his interest in art. He studied history at the University of Cambridge and, at one time, wanted to be a"
"the home of the title character in the BBC's long-running television series ""Lovejoy"", starring Ian McShane. Marriott became well-known locally, often popping into the pub opposite his home to buy bottles of brandy and borrowing glasses. He once turned up wearing trainers and a dressing gown and became something of an eccentric figure, playing pranks, particularly on the owner of the pub. Due to past experiences, in later years Marriott became wary of success and fame as well as involvement with big record companies, and turned down lucrative concert and recording deals with names such as EMI. Because of this"
"class status. Eric is down to earth, quick witted and cynical. In the sixth episode of series five, he leaves to live in Essex to run his Uncle Jack's pub but returns for the final episode ""Last Tango in Lavenham"". He also played left half for Brentford.(Going straight 1978) Eric Catchpole Eric Catchpole is a character in the British television series ""Lovejoy"" adapted from the novels by Jonathan Gash. He was played by actor Chris Jury. The son of a local butcher and initially Lovejoy's paying trainee, he quickly becomes Lovejoy's younger, enthusiastic but ever so slightly dim assistant often"
"Charles L. Grant Charles Lewis Grant (September 12, 1942 – September 15, 2006) was an American novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called ""dark fantasy"" and ""quiet horror."" He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis. Charles L. Grant was born in Newark, New Jersey. He received a B.A. from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1964 and taught for four years. Then, from 1968 to 1970, Grant served in the U.S. Army military police in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star. From 1973 to 1977, Grant"
"Jonathan Creek and (in the first three series) Maddy Magellan, a pushy investigative journalist, as they work together to solve crimes where others have failed. Creek is a somewhat cynical designer of illusions for stage magician Adam Klaus. He originally lived in a windmill in Sussex. His ingenuity and lateral thinking usually, if not immediately, lead to an unveiling of the intricacies of the crime. Magellan is a plausible liar who never seems to have trouble sneaking into closed crime scenes, and Klaus is a flamboyant performer with a sinister stage persona who is really a dull-witted, insensitive womaniser. In"
"in the 1960s. In 1977, he began a relationship with Sylvia Kristel after meeting her on the set of ""The Fifth Musketeer"". The affair ended his marriage to his second wife, model Ruth Post, with whom he had two children, Kate and Morgan. Through his daughter Kate, McShane has three grandchildren. On 30 August 1980, McShane married actress Gwen Humble (born 4 December 1953). They live in Venice, California. Ian McShane Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. He is known for his television performances, particularly the title role in the BBC series ""Lovejoy"" (1986–1994), and"
"with his partner Doug Beaumont, who is also his manager, for 40 years. Russell Grant Russell John Dammerall Grant (born 5 February 1951) is a British astrologer and media personality. He has written several books on astrology, provides syndicated newspaper horoscopes and operates premium rate astrology phone lines. In March 2010, he began offering a ""Pet Psychic"" service. He is also the author of ""The Real Counties of Britain"", and founded the Association of British Counties in 1989. In recent years, Grant has participated in the ninth series of ""Strictly Come Dancing"" in 2011 and ""Celebrity MasterChef"" in 2014. Grant"
"Peter Grant (book series) The Peter Grant series (alternatively, the Rivers of London series or the PC Grant series) is a series of urban fantasy novels by English author Ben Aaronovitch, and comics/graphic novels by Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, illustrated by Lee Sullivan. The novel centres around the adventures of Peter Grant, a young officer in the Metropolitan Police; who, following an unexpected encounter with a ghost, is recruited into the small branch of the Met that deals with magic and the supernatural. Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in over seventy years, must immediately deal with"
"Walking"". In 2012 Jones wrote the second episode of the BBC Four TV series ""Dirk Gently"" based on the novels by Douglas Adams. in 2017, he contributed episodes to ""Stan Lee's Lucky Man"" Matt Jones (writer) Matthew David Jones (born 5 August 1968) is a British television screenwriter and television producer, who has worked on a variety of popular drama programmes for several television networks in the UK. Matt Jones began his writing career as a columnist for ""Doctor Who Magazine"" in 1995, before the following year having a novel, ""Bad Therapy"", printed in Virgin Publishing's range of licensed ""Doctor"
"John Grant (children's author) John Grant (22 May 1930 - 23 February 2014) was a Scottish author and illustrator, possibly best known as the author of the ""Littlenose"" series of children's stories, which he read on the BBC's ""Jackanory"" in 55 programmes from 1968 to 1986. Grant was born in Edinburgh on 22 May 1930. As a student, he earned extra cash illustrating learned academic papers and designing menus, toast lists and illuminated addresses, and during National Service he drew cartoons for the official army magazine ""Soldier"". He originally invented ""Littlenose"" to entertain his children, but failed to find a"
"his wide-ranging intellect. He loved English literature, theater, and symphonies. He loved to wander the streets and the museums of the great cities of the world, particularly, Paris, New York, and London, and frequently visited overseas following his retirement. Moreover, he remained close to his family; the four brothers, living in different parts of the country, never failed to meet for annual reunions. Maclyn McCarty Maclyn McCarty (June 9, 1911 – January 2, 2005) was an American geneticist. Maclyn McCarty, who devoted his life as a physician-scientist to studying infectious disease organisms, was best known for his part in the"
"Julius Grant Dr. Julius Grant (October 19, 1901 – July 5, 1991) was a British forensic scientist and intelligence officer. He was born Julius Gottheimer in Dalston, London, Middlesex, England UK, the son of David Gottheimer and Minnie Mikah Gottheimer, and brother to Solomon Gottheimer. In 1926, he married ""Lena"" Levy (dec. 1956), raising a son and a daughter, followed later by a second marriage. Grant made a career exposing forgeries on the basis of chemical analysis of paper, ink and other characteristics of written documents. Much of his work was for British Intelligence as illustrated in the Colin Wallace"
"""Billboard"" said that summer's first episode ""was written with punch and verve and brought [to] life by excellent characterizations ..."" Grant was portrayed by Joseph Julian (1947) and George Petrie (1948-1949). Libby Tyler, a criminal psychologist and Grant's girlfriend, was played by Joan Tompkins (1947) and Amzie Strickland (1948-1949). Sergeant Maggio, Grant's assistant, was played by Robert Dryden. Actors frequently heard in supporting roles included Ed Jerome, Mandel Kramer, George Matthews, Bill Smith, and Alice Reinheart. The announcers were Jay Sims (1947) and Hugh James (1948-1949). John Cole produced and directed the program. Writers were Peter Barry, Frank Lane, and"
"vulnerability. In 2009, a poll by magazine ""Inside Soap"" named Grant as the UK's favourite leading male character in a soap opera. Although popular with many viewers, the character has garnered criticism, mainly regarding the way his anti-social behaviour is sensationalised by the programme makers. In November 2005 the character was blamed for turning children into playground bullies by Dr. Sally Henry, who claimed that impressionable children look to male soap characters as role models and subsequently copy their violent behaviour. In addition, the character's predisposition to violence has allegedly been criticised by actor Ross Kemp. In 1998, press reports"
"script writer for several BBC series, most notably ""Z-Cars"", ""Howard's Way"" and ""The Brothers"". His favourite work has been ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Boon"" (for which he wrote the establishing episode), ""Lovejoy"", ""Forever Green"" and ""Maybury"" (which was Kenneth Branagh's first on-screen appearance). Douglas Watkinson Douglas Arthur Watkinson (born 5 July 1945) is an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter, specializing in crime and mystery. His books feature the hard-bitten, soft-centred Nathan Hawk, a police officer who was 'required to retire' and now works as a private detective. Known for his wit and fiery temper, Hawk is on his fifth case. The first"
"a programmer and lecturer. Jan Jones (novelist) Janice Rosemary Jones (known as Jan Jones) (born 24 December 1955) is a British former software engineer, now a writer of romantic fiction and short stories. Her debut novel, ""Stage By Stage"", was published in July 2005 and won the Romantic Novelists' Association Joan Hessayon Award the same year. In her first career as software engineer, she was the architect of the SuperBASIC programming language for the Sinclair QL personal computer while working at Sinclair Research in the early 1980s. Before joining Sinclair Research, she has worked at British Gas and the Royal"
"Jonathan Shay Jonathan Shay (born 1941) is a doctor and clinical psychiatrist. He holds a B.A from Harvard (1963) and an M.D. (1971) and a Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his publications comparing the experiences of Vietnam veterans with the descriptions of war and homecoming in Homer's ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"". Shay's early medical work was laboratory research on how central nervous system cells are affected by strokes, but after suffering a stroke himself, he went to work for the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs outpatient clinic in Boston. While working there, in"
"based projects in Los Angeles and with his own publishing company Plunksongs (www.Plunksongs.com). Steve Lynch – The original lead guitarist has been a guitar teacher for several years, schooling students in his virtuosic signature 8-finger ""hammer-on"" guitar technique. He has also published several books on his guitar styles as well as an instructional video that has been a top seller worldwide. He has conducted 325 'guitar clinics' in 18 countries. He eventually formed another band named Network 23 and the album by the same name was released in 2004, has been re-mastered, and is now available online at several sites,"