Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek78%

TV 1997-05-09 50m Mystery Comedy Drama MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 1 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 1
★ 7.6 / 10 · 77 votes
Ratings
Combined
77.5 %
4 sources
IMDb
8.1 /10
10,148 votes
Trakt
75 %
269 votes
TMDB
75 %
77 votes
Metacritic Users
7.6 /10
9 votes

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.

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Status
Ended
Runtime
50m
Seasons
5
Episodes
26
Studio
BBC Studios
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

  • 2006 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Nominated

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 1 won

Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film 1 won

  • 2006 Best Science Fiction Film Won

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Created by
David Renwick
Cast
Alan Davies Alan Davies Jonathan Creek Caroline Quentin Caroline Quentin Maddy Magellan Stuart Milligan Stuart Milligan Adam Klaus Julia Sawalha Julia Sawalha Carla Borrego Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson Brendan Baxter Geoffrey McGivern Geoffrey McGivern Barry Opper Sarah Alexander Sarah Alexander Polly Creek Rob Jarvis Rob Jarvis Wino John Bird John Bird Horace Greeley Lorelei King Lorelei King Justine Bailey Jessica Lloyd Jessica Lloyd Clare Sallinger Stanley Townsend Stanley Townsend Det. Inspector Barrison
Series 1 1997 · 5 eps
  1. 1 The Wrestler's Tomb 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… May 9, 1997 89m
  2. 2 Jack in the Box 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 a… May 16, 1997 59m
  3. 3 The Reconstituted Corpse 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 n… May 23, 1997 59m
  4. 4 No Trace of Tracy 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… May 30, 1997 59m
  5. 5 The House of Monkeys 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 mom… Jun 6, 1997 59m
Series 2 1998 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Danse Macabre A best selling author is shot in the heart in her daughter's home on Halloween. The killer appears to have vanished in a puff of smoke, but with Jonathan Creek too busy to help Ma… Jan 24, 1998 51m
  2. 2 Time Waits for Norman Creek and Magellan face the intriguing case of a man who appears to have defied the laws of time. Jan 31, 1998 49m
  3. 3 The Scented Room Although Jonathan Creek knows how a painting, worth a million pounds, was apparently stolen by an invisible thief, he refuses to tell anyone because he has a personal vendetta aga… Feb 7, 1998 49m
  4. 4 The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 1) Jonathan is lumbered with baby-sitting Adam's sister Kitty, and ends up taking her to a badger watch with Maddy. But Kitty ends up seeing more than just badgers in the woods....Bu… Feb 14, 1998 49m
  5. 5 The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 2) Jonathan & Maddy continue to investigate the mystery at Gallow's Gate. Feb 21, 1998 50m
  6. 6 Mother Redcap When a judge receives a death threat due to a high profile case he receives round the clock protection. Despite this he is still killed, but how did the killer manage to get past … Feb 28, 1998 50m
Series 3 1999 · 6 eps
  1. 1 The Curious Tale of Mr. Spearfish Lenny Spearfish's fortunes take a sudden turn for the better and the money suddenly starts pouring in and to top that he becomes seemingly invincible. He claims to have sold his s… Nov 27, 1999 49m
  2. 2 The Eyes of Tiresias Audrey Panguitch, a 73 year-old widow, appears to be able to predict death through her vivid dreams, when an international businessman is murdered in a way in which she foresaw. A… Dec 4, 1999 50m
  3. 3 The Omega Man Professor Lance Graumann - a leading authority on extra terrestrial phenomena invites Maddy to see his latest discovery -a perfectly preserved alien skeleton. However the American… Dec 11, 1999 51m
  4. 4 Ghost's Forge When Maddy's glamorous former colleague Mimi Trantor turns up with a mystery in an old house in Norfolk, it's all change. Jonathan turns investigator, as Maddy finds herself turni… Dec 18, 1999 50m
  5. 5 Miracle in Crooked Lane A young woman, who has led a scandalous life that has shocked the local village community, suffers severe burns in an appalling accident. But how can she have returned to her vill… Dec 28, 1999 50m
  6. 6 The Three Gamblers A man of pure evil is "disposed" of with the help of six bullets to the head - but has his corpse come back to life with revenge on its mind? Maddy and Jonathan visit a damp, dese… Jan 2, 2000 50m
Series 4 2003 · 6 eps
  1. 1 The Coonskin Cap Jonathan and Carla, who is now a television presenter, are called in to discover how a WPC's murderer can escape a locked gymnasium surrounded by police officers. Is her murder re… Mar 1, 2003 59m
  2. 2 Angel Hair Jonathan is called in to investigate the mystery of a girl whose shoulder-length hair has miraculously grown back just 48 hours after a kidnapper cut it all off. He finds himself … Mar 8, 2003 60m
  3. 3 The Tailor's Dummy Jonathan is hired to shed light on the mystery of how a man can physically transform himself into another person, in front of a witness's eyes. His investigations lead him into a … Mar 15, 2003 60m
  4. 4 The Seer Of The Sands When a ghost hunter dedicated to exposing fraud in all it's forms dies in a tragic accident, Jonathan and Carla investigate whether his spirit lives on. Why did the boat crash occ… Feb 14, 2004 60m
  5. 5 The Chequered Box A top policeman is seen smirking at the scene of a hanging - can Jonathan and Carla help him prove that he has nothing to do with it, especially since there is photographical evid… Feb 21, 2004 60m
  6. 6 Gorgons Wood A priceless porcelain figure of the mystic monk Sikoto-no disappears from a small town museum, setting off a train of tragic events. When Jonathan Creek and Carla Borrego are call… Feb 28, 2004 61m
Series 5 2014 · 3 eps
  1. 1 The Letters of Septimus Noone When a classic locked room novel is turned into a West End musical, one of its stars falls victim to a real-life 'impossible crime'. Feb 28, 2014 59m
  2. 2 The Sinner and the Sandman A retired local psychic inadvertently makes the most amazing and impossible prediction of his career. Mar 7, 2014 58m
  3. 3 The Curse of the Bronze Lamp A wealthy kidnap victim appears to pull off a mind-boggling act of teleportation to alert the police to her whereabouts. Mar 14, 2014 58m
Specials 1998 · 13 eps
  1. 1 Black Canary Creek & Magellan investigate the apparently impossible suicide of a female illusionist, who daughter happens to be a former flame of Creek's, and whose twin sister was killed fift… Dec 24, 1998 89m
  2. 2 Satan's Chimney How can a gun be fired through a glass window without breaking the glass? How do bodies disappear and turn to dust within stone castle walls? Jonathan must once again put his thin… Dec 26, 2001 119m
  3. 3 The Grinning Man At midnight on Midsummer's Day 1938, a famous Harvard geneticist, Eli Mencken, accepts a challenge to spend the night inside a gloomy old attic room... where the ghost of a madman… Jan 1, 2009
  4. 4 The Judas Tree A housekeeper's assistant working for a celebrated crime writer becomes convinced she is losing her mind following a series of bizarre occurrences in his house. As master of illus… Apr 4, 2010
  5. 5 The Clue of the Savant's Thumb Joey Ross draws Jonathan into a complex case involving a secret society, seemingly supernatural events at a girls' boarding school, and the miraculous disappearance of a body. Mar 31, 2013
  6. 6 Daemons' Roost The stepdaughter of horror film director Nathan Clore contacts Jonathan to help her find the answer to the mysterious deaths of her mother and two sisters years earlier. Her stepf… Dec 28, 2016
  7. 7 Long Hair and Duffel Coat A DVD extra, 25 minute Jonathan Creek documentary which feature interviews with the writer, cast and production team. 25m
  8. 8 Screen Tests VHS screentest featuring Alan Davis (Jonathan Creek) and Caroline Quentin (Maddy Magellan). 13m
  9. 9 Video Profile: Alan Davis Video profile of Alan Davis who plays Jonathan Creek. Included as a Season 4 DVD special. 4m
  10. 10 Video Profile: Julia Sawalha Video profile of Julia Sawalha who plays Carla Borrego. Included as a Season 4 DVD special. 6m
  11. 11 Video Profile: David Renwick Video profile of David Renwick, the writer of Jonathan Creek. Included as a Season 4 DVD special. 5m
  12. 12 The Seer of the Sands Deleted Scenes (S4) Deleted scenes from episode 4 of Season 4 - "The Seer of the Sands". 8m
  13. 13 "Hot Stuff" Music Video "Hot Stuff" featured in episode 2 of Season 4 - "Angel Hair". 3m
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