Seasons & episodes

S0 · E1Black Canary 1998-12-24 · 89 min＋

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.

S0 · E2Satan's Chimney 2001-12-26 · 119 min＋

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!

S0 · E3The Grinning Man 2009-01-01＋

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...

S0 · E4The Judas Tree 2010-04-04＋

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.

S0 · E5The Clue of the Savant's Thumb 2013-03-31＋

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.

S0 · E6Daemons' Roost 2016-12-28＋

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.

A DVD extra, 25 minute Jonathan Creek documentary which feature interviews with the writer, cast and production team.

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

Video profile of Alan Davis who plays Jonathan Creek. Included as a Season 4 DVD special.

Video profile of Julia Sawalha who plays Carla Borrego. Included as a Season 4 DVD special.

Video profile of David Renwick, the writer of Jonathan Creek. Included as a Season 4 DVD special.

Deleted scenes from episode 4 of Season 4 - "The Seer of the Sands".

"Hot Stuff" featured in episode 2 of Season 4 - "Angel Hair".

S1 · E1The Wrestler's Tomb 1997-05-09 · 89 min＋

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.

S1 · E2Jack in the Box 1997-05-16 · 59 min＋

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?

S1 · E3The Reconstituted Corpse 1997-05-23 · 59 min＋

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...

S1 · E4No Trace of Tracy 1997-05-30 · 59 min＋

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...?

S1 · E5The House of Monkeys 1997-06-06 · 59 min＋

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....!

S2 · E1Danse Macabre 1998-01-24 · 51 min＋

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.

S2 · E2Time Waits for Norman 1998-01-31 · 49 min＋

Creek and Magellan face the intriguing case of a man who appears to have defied the laws of time.

S2 · E3The Scented Room 1998-02-07 · 49 min＋

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!

S2 · E4The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 1) 1998-02-14 · 49 min＋

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..?

S2 · E5The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 2) 1998-02-21 · 50 min＋

Jonathan & Maddy continue to investigate the mystery at Gallow's Gate.

S2 · E6Mother Redcap 1998-02-28 · 50 min＋

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...?