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Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

1997Ended5 Seasons26 Episodes7.5TMDB
BBC One

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

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Episode 1: Black Canary

Dec 24, 1998 · 1h 29m

Creek & Magellan investigate the apparently impossible suicide of a female illusionist, who daughter happens to be a former flame of Creek's, and whose twin sister was killed fifteen years previously. But there is another lateral mind at work this time, in the form of swashbuckling Det Insp Gideon Pryke.

Episode 2: Satan's Chimney

Dec 26, 2001 · 1h 59m

How can a gun be fired through a glass window without breaking the glass? How do bodies disappear and turn to dust within stone castle walls? Jonathan must once again put his thinking cap on to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of an actress, this time without the help of Maddy!

Episode 3: The Grinning Man

Jan 1, 2009

At midnight on Midsummer's Day 1938, a famous Harvard geneticist, Eli Mencken, accepts a challenge to spend the night inside a gloomy old attic room... where the ghost of a madman is said to prey upon human flesh. Next morning, he has impossibly vanished from the hermetically sealed chamber. The only clue to his disappearance is traces of grisly ectoplasm on the bed. Seventy years on, the vast Gothic house known as Metropolis has passed into the hands of the original owner's daughter and her son, but the strange, unexplained events in "The Nightmare Room" continue...

Episode 4: The Judas Tree

Apr 4, 2010

A housekeeper's assistant working for a celebrated crime writer becomes convinced she is losing her mind following a series of bizarre occurrences in his house. As master of illusion Jonathan and his intrepid sidekick Joey Ross puzzle over the strange events, they realise the mysterious death of a former resident in 1889, who apparently fell victim to the supernatural powers of his Egyptian employee, could hold the key.

Episode 5: The Clue of the Savant's Thumb

Mar 31, 2013

Joey Ross draws Jonathan into a complex case involving a secret society, seemingly supernatural events at a girls' boarding school, and the miraculous disappearance of a body.

Episode 6: Daemons' Roost

Dec 28, 2016

The stepdaughter of horror film director Nathan Clore contacts Jonathan to help her find the answer to the mysterious deaths of her mother and two sisters years earlier. Her stepfather was going to reveal the secret to her, but suffered a stroke and is unable to communicate. She believes the answer lies within Daemons' Roost, her stepfather's mansion, formerly owned by notorious 19th century sorcerer Jacob Surtees. As Jonathan and Polly investigate, the sorcerer apparently returns from the grave and kills the woman's husband. With help from the local vicar, together they uncover a tale of murderous revenge. Meanwhile Jonathan is stalked by an adversary from a previous case who also has revenge on his mind.

Episode 8: Screen Tests

TBA · 13m

VHS screentest featuring Alan Davis (Jonathan Creek) and Caroline Quentin (Maddy Magellan).

Season 0 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did Jonathan Creek Season 0 premiere?

Jonathan Creek Season 0 premiered on December 24, 1998.

How many episodes are in Jonathan Creek Season 0?

Jonathan Creek Season 0 has 13 episodes.

What is the first episode of Jonathan Creek Season 0?

The season opens with Season 0 Episode 1, "Black Canary". It aired on December 24, 1998.

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