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Jonathan Creek

1997 Ended 50m episodes

7.6/10 78 votes

MysteryComedyDrama

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.

Created by:: David Renwick
Cast:: Alan Davies, Sarah Alexander
Language:: English
Country:: United Kingdom
Network:: BBC One

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6 available

Series 3

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.0

The Curious Tale of Mr. Spearfish

1999-11-27 · 49m

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

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.0

The Eyes of Tiresias

1999-12-04 · 50m

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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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.6

The Omega Man

1999-12-11 · 51m

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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E04

Episode 4

★ 8.4

Ghost's Forge

1999-12-18 · 50m

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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E05

Episode 5

★ 8.0

Miracle in Crooked Lane

1999-12-28 · 50m

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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E06

Episode 6

★ 7.7

The Three Gamblers

2000-01-02 · 50m

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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