Jonathan Creek (1997 - )

Country of Origin: UK
Date of Original Broadcast: 10 May 1997 - ongoing
Number of Seasons: 5 (plus 2 specials) - ongoing
Total Number of Episodes: 25 - ongoing
Average Episode Running Times: 60 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

see individual episodes for credits

PLOT SUMMARY

Jonathan Creek makes a living designing and creating illusions fot stage magicians, chiefly Adam Klaus. His life gets turned upside down when he meets investigative journalist Maddy Magellan who gets him involved in a series of increasingly strange and sinister mysteries which can only be solved by Jonathan's skills as an illusionist and his strange way of looking at the world.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Although it tended to drift too far into the realms of the silly and the implausible in later series, Jonathan Creek is a good old-fashioned mystery show with lashing of horror and fantasy elements stirred in for good measure. Likeable leads, witty, clever scripts and an unusual premise make it one of the best of the BBC's comedy dramas from the 1990s which had plenty to offer even when it did get rather daft later on.

EPISODES

SEASON 1
The Wrestler's Tomb (10 May 1997)
Jack in the Box (17 May 1997)
The Reconstituted Corpse (24 May 1997)
No Trace of Tracy (31 May 1997)
The House of Monkeys (7 June 1997)

SEASON 2
Danse Macabre (24 January 1998)
Time Waits for Norman (31 January 1998)
The Scented Room (7 February 1998)
The Problems at Gallows Gate - Part I (14 February 1998)
The Problems at Gallows Gate - Part II (21 February 1998)
Mother Redcap (28 February 1998)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Black Canary (24 December 1998)

SEASON 3
The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish (27 November 1999)
The Eyes of Tiresias (4 December 1999)
The Omega Man (11 December 1999)
Ghost's Forge (18 December 1999)
Miracle in Crooked Lane (28 December 1999)
The Three Gamblers (2 January 2000)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Satan's Chimney (26 December 2001)

SEASON 4
The Coonskin Cap (1 March 2003)
Angel Hair (8 March 2003)
The Tailor's Dummy (15 March 2003)

SEASON 5
The Seer of the Sands (14 February 2004)
The Chequered Box (21 February 2004)
Gorgons Wood (28 February 2004)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: BBC
Video Distributors: BBC
DVD Distributors: BBC

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Jonathan Creek - illuusioiden mestari - Finnish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Ace of Wands (1970 - 1972)

KEYWORDS

illusionists, magicians

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009