First broadcast 7th March 1986.

A sickly and paraplegic American multimillionaire is obsessed with saving the art treasures of a slowly sinking Venice and hires Lovejoy to help in his enterprise.

Ian McShane ... Lovejoy
Phyllis Logan ... Lady Jane Felsham
Dudley Sutton ... Tinker Dill
Malcolm Tierney ... Charlie Gimbert
Chris Jury ... Eric Catchpole
Alexander Knox ... Pinder
Gwen Humble ... Caterina
Haydn Gwynne ... Cosima
Alibe Parsons ... Nancy
Albert Welling ... Gerry
Steven Pacey ... Keith
Alan Rowe ... Malleson
Ray Mort ... Campie
Jo Ross ... Helen
Jan Wilson ... Mrs. Cameron
Anthony Jackson ... Brian
John Scholes ... Sgt Drabble
Max Latimer ... Tonio
Guido Adorni ... Guiseppe
Lorna Barton ... Miriam
Andrew Darby ... Cesare
Mark McBride ... Vito
Sidney Kean ... Barman