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Jonathan Creek

  • 1997–2014
  • 5 seasons
  • Mystery, Comedy
  • 7.6

Sometimes it's useful to look beyond the obvious

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.

Episodes

6 episodes
  1. 1The Coonskin Cap

    59 minMar 1, 20036.0

    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...?

  2. 2Angel Hair

    60 minMar 8, 2003

    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.

  3. 3The Tailor's Dummy

    60 minMar 15, 2003

    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.

  4. 4The Seer Of The Sands

    60 minFeb 14, 2004

    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...!

  5. 5The Chequered Box

    60 minFeb 21, 20047.7

    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?

  6. 6Gorgons Wood

    61 minFeb 28, 2004

    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.

Where to watch Jonathan Creek

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Series cast

Alan DaviesJonathan Creek26 episodes
Caroline QuentinMaddy Magellan17 episodes
Stuart MilliganAdam Klaus11 episodes
Julia SawalhaCarla Borrego6 episodes
Adrian EdmondsonBrendan Baxter5 episodes
Geoffrey McGivernBarry Opper4 episodes
Sarah AlexanderPolly Creek3 episodes
Rob JarvisTex3 episodes
John BirdHorace Greeley3 episodes
Lorelei KingJustine Bailey2 episodes
Jessica LloydClare Sallinger2 episodes
Stanley TownsendDet. Inspector Barrison2 episodes
Annabel MullionFelicity Vale2 episodes
Alistair PetrieDuncan Proctor2 episodes
Stephen BillingtonNeville Bruce2 episodes
Calum MacPhersonBuster2 episodes
Andrew BarrowBen2 episodes
Akemi OtaniKiko2 episodes

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