Jonathan Creek (1997)

Name: Jonathan Creek
Rating: 7.6

Rating: 7.6

Synopsis

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.

First Air Date: 1997-05-09

Last Air Date: 2014-03-14

Number of Seasons: 5

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: David Renwick

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Alan Davies as Jonathan Creek
Caroline Quentin as Maddy Magellan
Stuart Milligan as Adam Klaus
Julia Sawalha as Carla Borrego
Adrian Edmondson as Brendan Baxter
Geoffrey McGivern as Barry Opper
Sarah Alexander as Polly Creek
Rob Jarvis as Tex
John Bird as Horace Greeley
Lorelei King as Justine Bailey

Seasons

Series 1 (1997)

Series 2 (1998)

Series 3 (1999)

Series 4 (2003)

Series 5 (2014)

Series 1 (1997)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Wrestler's Tomb (1997-05-09)

Feature length pilot episode. Investigative crime writer Maddy Magellan joins forces with quirky magic expert Jonathan Creek to investigate when a painter, called Hedley Shale, is murdered in suspicious circumstances. However the way in which he was murdered doesn't quite add up.
Ep. 2: Jack in the Box (1997-05-16)

When veteran comedian Jack Holiday is found dead in a locked nuclear bunker inside a cliff, it looks like an open and shut case of suicide. However, Jack had crippling arthritis and couldn't even peel a banana himself let alone hold a gun to his head! But if it was murder....how did the murderer escape?
Ep. 3: The Reconstituted Corpse (1997-05-23)

Zola Zbzewski's plastic surgeon is found shot to death in his home, and she claims she knows nothing about it. The fact he would have ruined the launch of her new book gives her no motive at all! But when Zola turns up dead in Maddy's wardrobe, things start to look suspicious...
Ep. 4: No Trace of Tracy (1997-05-30)

Roy Pilgrim an old rocker from the 60's comes home from his run only to be knocked out and chained to his radiator. Meanwhile at four O'clock a fan of his arrives at his house and walks in. However at four O'clock all Roy saw was a frog enter and then leave...where did Tracy go...?
Ep. 5: The House of Monkeys (1997-06-06)

Elliot Strange is found murdered in a locked room, which has bars on the windows. As there was no way of the killer leaving without being seen, as his wife knocked on the door moments later where did they go...? Cue Jonathan Creek and Maddy Magellan....!