
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1997 - 2016
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 32 (5 series)
- Creator
- David Renwick
- Starring
- Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha, Adrian Edmondson, Sarah Alexander and John Bird
- Writer
- David Renwick
- Directors
- Marcus Mortimer, Sandy Johnson, Keith Washington, Richard Holthouse, Christine Gernon and David Sant
- Producers
- Susan Belbin, Verity Lambert and Rosemary McGowan
Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) works with the amoral magician Adam Klaus (Stuart Milligan), creating a range of various magic tricks and illusions for him.
When he bumps into investigative journalist Maddy Magellan (Caroline Quentin), Jonathan suddenly finds himself reluctantly trying to solve crimes, which on the surface appear to be impossible to crack. However, Creek's superb lateral-thinking always manages to figure out what is going on.
In later series, Maddy is replaced by different assistants. In the 2014 series, Creek is now a happily married man and is helped by his wife Polly (Sarah Alexander).
- Tagline
- It's not who, it's how.
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- The theme tune is Variations on a Theme from Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saƫns, arranged by Julian Stewart Lindsay.
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 10th May 1997 on BBC One at 8:10pm
- Last new broadcast
- Wednesday 28th December 2016 on BBC One at 9pm
- Last repeat
- Monday 6th May 2019 at 9:00pm on Drama
Website links
- The Jonathan Creek Homepage
A fansite dedicated to the series. - BBC Homepage
The official BBC homepage to the series. - BFI Screenonline
An article on Jonathan Creek provided by the British Film Institute. - IMDb
- Wikipedia

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