Box set: Jonathan Creek Series 1-4

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Jonathan Creek: Season 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1997)

Crime, Drama, Mystery
 /   / Color / 324 mins
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Jonathan Creek follows the story of Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist. Like most journalist she sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted, but this is what makes her such a great journalist! While writing a piece about the death ... of a prominent artist, she happens across a man named Jonathan Creek. Jonathan makes a living inventing magical tricks for magician Adam Klaus, and has a brilliantly lateral mind. Starring Caroline Quentin as Madeline Magellan and Alan Davies as Jonathan Creek, the show has quickly become a hit in the UK and around the world.

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Caroline Quentin Maddy Magellan
Alan Davies Jonathan Creek
Anthony Head Adam Klaus
Geoffrey McGivern Barry Opper
John Bluthal Jack Holiday
Sheila Gish Serena Shale
Mem Ferda Drunk
Saskia Mulder Francesca Boutron
Rebecca Charles Joy
Colin Baker Hedley Shale
Alistair McGowan Trevor
Lloyd McGuire D.S. Owen Davey
Alan Thompson Mr Winstanley
John Marquez Supermarket Manager
Jane Hazlegrove Katrina Toplis

Episodes

Disc 01

1
The Wrestler's Tomb (Pilot)
50 mins  10/05/1997
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.

Director:  Marcus Mortimer 

Writer:  David Renwick 

Guest starring:  Sheila Gish,  Saskia Mulder,  Anthony Head,  Colin Baker,  Alistair McGowan

2
Jack in the Box
50 mins  17/05/1997
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?

Director:  Marcus Mortimer 

Writer:  David Renwick 

Guest starring:  John Bluthal, Bernard Kay, Maureen O'Brien,  Robin Soans

3
The Reconstituted Corpse
50 mins  24/05/1997
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...

Director:  Marcus Mortimer 

Writer:  David Renwick 

Guest starring:  Nigel Planer,  Kika Mirylees, Philip McGough, Ron Berglas, Hilary Lyon

4
No Trace of Tracy
50 mins  31/05/1997
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...?

Director:  Sandy Johnson 

Writer:  David Renwick 

Guest starring:  Ralph Brown, Heather-Jay Jones, Geraldine Alexander

5
The House of Monkeys
50 mins  07/06/1997
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....!

Director:  Sandy Johnson 

Writer:  David Renwick 

Guest starring:  Charles Kay,  Annette Crosbie, Sara Markland, Simon Day, Selina Cadell, Barnaby Kay

Edition Details

Series Jonathan Creek
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

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