Kevin Whately was back for his third series of Lewis on 22nd March 2009 along with Laurence Fox as DS Hathaway and Laurence's dad playing the pompous university professor, Norman Deering.
The series does seem to be settling into a set of clichéd representations of Oxford University and the innocent police superintendent but it was pleasant enough. This time Superintendent Innocent tries to hitch Robbie Lewis up with the murderer, who has difficulty getting the tribute to Lewis Carroll's Alice through The Looking Glass right. It's lucky that Lewis doesn't spend too much time with her.
Colin Dexter makes his routine appearance this time walking out of the Randolph. And the cast have some difficulty pronouncing the name of an Argentinian writer, presumably written into the script for just that purpose.
6.8 million watched the episode.
Director: Bill Anderson (II)
Clare Holman - Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front - Superintendent Innocent
Laurence Fox - DS Hathaway
Kevin Whately - DI Lewis
Cara Horgan - Alice Wishart
Adrian Lukis - Jem Wishart
Olly Alexander - Hayden Wishart
Anastasia Hille - Ginny Harris
Tom Mison - Dorian Crane
Art Malik - Professor Hamid Jassim
James Fox - Professor Norman Deering
Louise Dylan - Melanie Harding
Katia Winter - Marina Hartner
Farzana Dua Elahe - Leyla Adam
Claire Brown - Kelly Bedford
Allegory of Love was repeated on ITV1 on 4th July 2010.