"Jonathan Creek" (1997)TV series 1997-2004

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

10 May 1997 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

It's not who, it's how.

Plot:

Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist, is the kind of journalist that generally sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted...

Plot Keywords:

Illusion | Murder | Character Name In Title

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Alan Davies	...	Jonathan Creek (25 episodes, 1997-2004)
Caroline Quentin	...	Maddy Magellan / ... (18 episodes, 1997-2000)
Stuart Milligan	...	Adam Klaus (13 episodes, 1998-2004)

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Series Directed by
Sandy Johnson		(5 episodes, 1998-2004)
Keith Washington		(5 episodes, 1998-1999)
Marcus Mortimer		(3 episodes, 1997)
Richard Holthouse		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Christine Gernon		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Writing credits
David Renwick		(25 episodes, 1997-2004)

Series Produced by
Verity Lambert	....	producer (20 episodes, 1998-2004)
Jonathan Paul Llewellyn	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1998)
David Renwick	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1998)
Susan Belbin	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Matthew Hamilton	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Julian Stewart Lindsay		(1 episode, 1998)

Series Cinematography by
Simon Maggs		(3 episodes, 1997)
Geoff Harrison		(3 episodes, 1998)
Peter Jackson		(2 episodes, 1998)
Toby Moore		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
John MacDonnell		(11 episodes, 1998-2004)
Joe Walker		(6 episodes, 1998-1999)
Paul Garrick		(3 episodes, 1997)
Mark Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1998)
Chris Hainstock		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Tracey Gillham		(1 episode, 1998)

Series Production Design by
John Asbridge		(2 episodes, 1998-2001)
Jonathan Taylor		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Steve Wright		(6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Antony Cartlidge		(2 episodes, 2003)

Series Costume Design by
Richard Winter		(1 episode, 1998)

Series Makeup Department
Nicola Frost	....	assistant makeup artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Vanessa White	....	makeup designer (1 episode, 1998)
Vivien Riley	....	makeup designer (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Jason Waller	....	unit manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brett Fallis	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1997)
Kas Braganza	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1997)
Lee Trevor	....	first assistant director (1 episode, 2001)
Ryan Green	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes, 1999)
Bart Bailey	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Guy de Glanville	....	first assistant director: second unit / third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Julian Hearne	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Gregory Fangeaux	....	art department assistant (3 episodes, 2004)
Dickson Peschek	....	assistant property master (1 episode, 1998)
Rob Sellers	....	stand-by props (1 episode, 1998)
Darren Wisker	....	stand-by props (1 episode, 1998)
Verity Woolf	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes, 2002)
Nick Barnett	....	production buyer (unknown episodes)
Malcolm Elliott	....	stand-by carpenter (unknown episodes)
David Gray	....	construction manager (unknown episodes)
Eddie Pearce	....	stand-by rigger (unknown episodes)
Steve Wright	....	construction art director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Jamie Caple	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Ben Norrington	....	sound editor / dubbing editor (3 episodes, 1997-2001)
Luiz Provin	....	sound dubbing mixer / dubbing mixer (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
Adam Powell	....	foley editor (3 episodes, 2004)
Steve Fish	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 2004)
Richard Manton	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 2004)
Pete Collins	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Tony Harding	....	special effects (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Peter Kersey	....	special effects (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chris Lawson	....	special effects (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Daniel Lawson	....	special effects (2 episodes, 2003)
Ralph Edwards	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects senior technician (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Chris Lawson	....	visual effects designer (1 episode, 1998)

Series Stunts
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2003)
Tom Lucy	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2004)
Andreas Petrides	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Ehrenbold	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
James Moss	....	focus puller (1 episode, 1998)
Robert Shacklady	....	clapper loader (1 episode, 1998)
Russell Diamond	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Camilla Drennan	....	camera trainee / clapper loader: pick-up shots (unknown episodes)
Tim Gee	....	camera trainee (unknown episodes)
David Holliday	....	grip (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Beale	....	wardrobe assistant (5 episodes, 1997)

Series Editorial Department
Vanessa Lees	....	post-production coordinator (1 episode, 1998)
Josef d'Bache-Kane	....	assistant on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Mykola Pawluk	....	editor: video tape (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Caroline Sanders	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rachel Heard	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Ali Bongo	....	magic consultant (unknown episodes)
Steven Edwicker	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• JAM Location Services  location assistance
• JAM Location Services  security
• JAM Location Services  unit management
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Wood Hall Catering  catering

Runtime:

60 min (25 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Rinsey Head, Rinsey, Cornwall, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The windmill that Jonathan Creek lives in, is open to the public. It's in the town of Shipley, West Sussex, around 6 or 7 miles South of Horsham, England.

Quotes:

Carla Borrego: [approaching Castle] Have you ever slept in a castle with a moat before?
Jonathan Creek: I once passed out in front of a blocked urinal.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Danse Macabre

Superb

A very rare type of show, in that it is as funny as it is clever, and as entertaining as it is intelligent. The brilliance of Jonathon Creek, as is true of most Renwick productions, it seems, is it's ability to blend mind-bending wackiness with realistic and interesting characters. Surely one of the greatest shows currently being made, and I look forward to it's long run.