Jonathan Creek
Sometimes it's useful to look beyond the obvious
Created by David Renwick
On BBC One
A cosy mystery procedural built on intellectual puzzles and charm, where a magician's lateral thinking solves impossible crimes from a windmill home.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Caroline Quentin
Maddy Magellan
Alan Davies
Jonathan Creek
Julia Sawalha
Carla Borrego
Stuart Milligan
Adam Klaus
Sarah Alexander
Polly Creek
Lorelei King
Justine Bailey
Rob Jarvis
Tex
Adrian Edmondson
Brendan Baxter
Jessica Lloyd
Clare Sallinger
Stanley Townsend
Det. Inspector Barrison
Annabel Mullion
Felicity Vale
Alistair Petrie
Duncan Proctor
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