Jonathan Creek (1997)
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John Asbridge — Production Design
Episodes 5
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.
Read MoreJack 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?
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreNo 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...?
Read MoreThe 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 moments later where did they go...? Cue Jonathan Creek and Maddy Magellan....!
Read MoreDanse 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.
Read MoreTime Waits for Norman
Creek and Magellan face the intriguing case of a man who appears to have defied the laws of time.
Read MoreThe 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!
Read MoreThe 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..?
Read MoreThe Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 2)
Jonathan & Maddy continue to investigate the mystery at Gallow's Gate.
Read MoreMother 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 the police and how did he appear to have defied time...?
Read MoreThe 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'.
Read MoreThe Sinner and the Sandman
A retired local psychic inadvertently makes the most amazing and impossible prediction of his career.
Read MoreThe 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.
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