EDitorial ± 11-Jul-2022
Ipswich on Film: Lovejoy, Breaking The Broker
Shown on BBC1 on Sunday 13th November 1994, it features a number of scenes shot in Ipswich.
See also Requiem Apache and Yesterday's Hero.
— Port of Ipswich —
Episode opens at the Port of Ipswich with a police raid on a Polish boat captained by Sidelski (Struan Rogers); Det Sgt Pulver (Gary Waldhorn) sips tea from a red Thermos.
— Stoke Quay —
We see Lovejoy (Ian McShane, of course) and Tinker (Dudley Sutton) driving a white pick-up along Stoke Quay to park by The Steamboat.
— Steamboat Front Door —
Pausing outside the front door of The Steamboat, Lovejoy questions Tinker's loyalty.
— Steamboat Interior 1 —
Lovejoy plays chess with smuggler Sidelski ("You be Nigel, I'll be Garry") in the rear of The Steamboat.
— Jeff's Cafe, Wherstead Road —
Tea is taken at Jeff's Cafe on Wherstead Road; years later a photo of Ian McShane and Dudley Sutton still graced the wall of the Megabyte Cafe.
— Steamboat Interior 2 —
Dodgy pawnbroker Adam Bailey (Martin Jarvis) searches for Tinker in The Steamboat.
— Felaw Maltings —
Martin Jarvis catches up Tinker outside the scruffy Felaw Maltings.
— Vernon Street / Hawes Street —
Tinker gratefully accepts a lift in Sidelski's bright red Lada near the Vernon Street / Hawes Street roundabout.