TV Guide Drama Saturday

Nora gets her hands on Compo, with surprisingly therapeutic results, inspiring Truly and Clegg to lead him off the straight and narrow. Classic comedy, starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Kathy Staff and Frank Thornton

Chris comes up with a surprise, while Sharon's contentment is shattered by the medical advice all women dread - she has got to lose weight

Tracey receives the payout from Garth's endowment policy in the post, and finds herself facing a dilemma - whether to hand the money over or take Sharon's advice and squander it on herself. Comedy, starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph

Sharon and Tracey think supernatural forces could be at work when the video recorder begins to act rather strangely. Comedy, starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph

Lady Jane teams up with an entrepreneur named Palmer to convert a warehouse into an Art Nouveau antiques centre. However, Lovejoy suspects he is a conman, so muscles in as an adviser on the project. Ian McShane and Phyllis Logan star

The antiques dealer acquires a broken clock that holds the key to the honour of a family and a regiment thanks to some love letters from the Napoleonic era discovered inside. Ian McShane stars

Part one of two. An ailing American millionaire becomes obsessed with saving the art treasures of a slowly sinking Venice and his granddaughter hires Lovejoy to help in the quest. However, as soon as the roguish dealer arrives, he becomes embroiled in a murder. Drama, starring Ian McShane and Dudley Sutton

Gerry and the team agree to help a man who believes his wife is still alive, even though she apparently died 18 months earlier in a car accident. They decide the best way to convince him is to have her exhumed - only to be faced with more questions than answers when it turns out the body is not hers after all. Meanwhile, Brian needs to find a handyman when Esther bans him from his latest DIY project. Hugh Dennis and Samuel West guest star, with Amanda Redman

The squad reopens the investigation into an actress's disappearance when clips of her being assaulted in a 1990 movie are posted on the internet. Director Don Maddox features in the footage, but when questioned, he appears to have problems distinguishing fact from fiction. A potential witness is then found dead, and Brian and Jack are seconded to the unit handling the case, only to find Emily Driscoll (Dennis Waterman's daughter Hannah) is heading the operation. Imogen Stubbs and Sandra Dickinson also guest star

An eminent scientist on the brink of a major breakthrough in cancer research is found impaled on a razor-sharp samurai sword in his locked study. Jonathan and Maddie are called in to find out if this is a case of murder or an extremely elaborate suicide. Guest starring Annette Crosbie, with Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin

Sharon and Tracey think supernatural forces could be at work when the video recorder begins to act rather strangely. Comedy, starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph

Feature-length episode. Lynley returns to his ancestral home to celebrate his engagement, but 20 years of anger over his mother's indiscretion with a doctor makes the occasion unpleasant. A murder in a nearby village provides him with a temporary distraction - until mounting evidence appears to suggest his brother is implicated. Mystery drama, starring Nathaniel Parker

Gerry and the team agree to help a man who believes his wife is still alive, even though she apparently died 18 months earlier in a car accident. They decide the best way to convince him is to have her exhumed - only to be faced with more questions than answers when it turns out the body is not hers after all. Meanwhile, Brian needs to find a handyman when Esther bans him from his latest DIY project. Hugh Dennis and Samuel West guest star, with Amanda Redman