First broadcast 14th March 1986.

Lovejoy finds it has not the beautiful Caterina he has been seeing in Venice but her greedy sister Lavinia, who is not in saving art for posterity, but herself.

Ian McShane ... Lovejoy
Phyllis Logan ... Lady Jane Felsham
Dudley Sutton ... Tinker Dill
Malcolm Tierney ... Charlie Gimbert
Chris Jury ... Eric Catchpole
Fulton Mackay ... Luciano
Alexander Knox ... Pinder
Gwen Humble ... Caterina / Lavinia
Haydn Gwynne ... Cosima
Alibe Parsons ... Nancy
Albert Welling ... Gerry
Steven Pacey ... Keith
Pavel Douglas ... Lord Alexander Felsham
Max Latimer ... Tonio
Andrew Darby ... Cesare
Guido Adorni ... Guiseppe
Mark McBride ... Vito
Jacob Witkin ... Carlo
Sidney Kean ... Barman
Alan Rowe ... Malleson
Ray Mort ... Campie
Jo Ross ... Helen