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About Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek is a mystery and comedy TV series that premiered on BBC One on May 9, 1997. It has 5 seasons and 26 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 3 "The Curse of the Bronze Lamp", aired on March 14, 2014.

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.

  • Mystery
  • Comedy
  • Drama

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Episodes

26 episodes · 5 seasons

Series 1

1997 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 29 years ago

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    5. The House of Monkeys

    Finale

    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....!

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    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 walks in. However at four O'clock all Roy saw was a frog enter and then leave...where did Tracy go...?

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    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 no motive at all! But when Zola turns up dead in Maddy's wardrobe, things start to look suspicious...

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    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 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?

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    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 murdered in suspicious circumstances. However the way in which he was murdered doesn't quite add up.

Series 2

1998 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 28 years ago

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    6. Mother Redcap

    Finale

    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 the police and how did he appear to have defied time...?

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    5. The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 2)

    Jonathan & Maddy continue to investigate the mystery at Gallow's Gate.

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    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....But how can a man who apparently committed suicide be seen killing a woman three weeks later..?

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    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 against its owner!

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    2. Time Waits for Norman

    Creek and Magellan face the intriguing case of a man who appears to have defied the laws of time.

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    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 Maddy, she must solve the crime on her own.

Series 3

1999 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 26 years ago

Jonathan and Maddy encounter an alien life-form, an elderly clairvoyant and a man who sold his soul to the devil.

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    6. The Three Gamblers

    Finale

    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, deserted farmhouse to investigate!

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    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 village church in order to seek forgiveness for her past sins, when she is lying in a coma in hospital?...Enter a man in a duffel coat and shaggy hair with the answer....but this time it isn't Jonathan Creek!

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    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 turning into an illusionist...

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    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 military have other plans and take the skeleton - however when they open the case at their military base it's no where to be found...

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    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. And then there is another death which she appears to have had a premonition about. A tin of Goldfish food may hold the key!...

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    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 soul to the Devil leaving his wife Alice, a God-fearing Catholic, terrified of repercussions

Series 4

2003 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 22 years ago

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    6. Gorgons Wood

    Finale

    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 called in to investigate, the trail takes them deep into a mysterious wood, where a gnarled old beech tree holds the key to the puzzle.

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    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 evidence against him?

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    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 occur, how did the body disappear and how did the answers to five spontaneous questions mysteriously appear in a bottle beneath the sand?! All will be revealed...!

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    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 tale of tragic suicide, Groucho Marx and a parrot named Harvey.

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    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 embroiled in the world of a successful composer who has created the perfect pop star.

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    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 really connected to those of a strangler wearing a 'Davey Crockett' cap...?

Series 5

2014 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago

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    3. The Curse of the Bronze Lamp

    Finale

    A wealthy kidnap victim appears to pull off a mind-boggling act of teleportation to alert the police to her whereabouts.

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    2. The Sinner and the Sandman

    A retired local psychic inadvertently makes the most amazing and impossible prediction of his career.

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    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'.

Cast & crew

Created by David Renwick

  • Stuart Milligan

    Stuart Milligan

    Adam Klaus

  • Kika Mirylees

    Kika Mirylees

    Zola Zbzewski

  • John Bluthal

    John Bluthal

    Jack Holiday

  • Charles Kay

    Charles Kay

    Elliot Strange

  • Rae Baker

    Rae Baker

    Yasmin

  • Marcus Gilbert

    Marcus Gilbert

    Jason Tippet

  • Deborah Grant

    Deborah Grant

    Antonia Stangerson

  • Peter Copley

    Peter Copley

    Eric

  • Maxine Peake

    Maxine Peake

    Marion Cretiss

  • Lee Ingleby

    Lee Ingleby

    Derek Spratley

  • Diana Weston

    Delia Masson

  • Michael Brandon

    Michael Brandon

    Captain Frank Candy

  • Dinah Sheridan

    Dinah Sheridan

    Kathleen Gilmore

  • Lysette Anthony

    Lysette Anthony

    Mimi Tranter

  • Trevor Peacock

    Trevor Peacock

    Henry Houseman

  • Jeffrey Segal

    Marco Bergman

Jonathan Creek FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Jonathan Creek?

Jonathan Creek has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 14, 2014.

When did the latest episode of Jonathan Creek come out?

The most recent episode of Jonathan Creek, Season 5 Episode 3 "The Curse of the Bronze Lamp", aired on March 14, 2014.

How many seasons of Jonathan Creek are there?

Jonathan Creek has 5 seasons with 26 episodes in total.

When did Jonathan Creek first air?

Jonathan Creek first aired on BBC One on May 9, 1997.

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