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

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

10 May 1997 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | 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:

Murder | Illusion | Character Name In Title

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Alan Davies	...	Jonathan Creek (26 episodes, 1997-2009)
Caroline Quentin	...	Maddy Magellan / ... (18 episodes, 1997-2000)
Stuart Milligan	...	Adam Klaus (14 episodes, 1998-2009)

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Series Directed by
Sandy Johnson		(8 episodes, 1997-2004)
Keith Washington		(6 episodes, 1998-1999)
Marcus Mortimer		(3 episodes, 1997)
Richard Holthouse		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Christine Gernon		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Writing credits
David Renwick		(26 episodes, 1997-2009)

Series Produced by
Verity Lambert	....	producer (20 episodes, 1998-2004)
David Renwick	....	executive producer (16 episodes, 1997-2004)
Jonathan Paul Llewellyn	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Susan Belbin	....	producer (5 episodes, 1997)
Matthew Hamilton	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Julian Stewart Lindsay		(10 episodes, 1997-2001)

Series Cinematography by
Geoff Harrison		(5 episodes, 1998-2009)
Simon Maggs		(4 episodes, 1997)
Peter Jackson		(3 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		(3 episodes, 1998)
Chris Hainstock		(1 episode, 1997)

Series Production Design by
John Asbridge		(11 episodes, 1997-2009)
Jonathan Taylor		(1 episode, 1997)

Series Art Direction by
Clara Zita		(9 episodes, 1997-1998)
Antony Cartlidge		(6 episodes, 1998-2009)
Steve Wright		(6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Sara Hawden		(3 episodes, 1998)
Linda Conoboy		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Costume Design by
Richard Winter		(6 episodes, 1998)

Series Makeup Department
Vanessa White	....	makeup designer (7 episodes, 1998-2001)
Vivien Riley	....	makeup designer (3 episodes, 1997)
Elaine Nicholas	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1998)
Martine Randall	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1998)
Nicola Frost	....	assistant makeup artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Ashley Johnson	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Production Management
Vanessa Lees	....	post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 2001-2009)
Jason Waller	....	unit manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jo Cole	....	second assistant director (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ian Hutchinson	....	third assistant director (6 episodes, 1998)
Brett Fallis	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1997)
Julian Hearne	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1998)
Janice Langley	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1998)
Carrie Rodd	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1998)
Manuel Santa Cruz	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1998)
Katrin Strong	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1998)
Jamie Annett	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1997)
Kas Braganza	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1997)
Ryan Green	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes, 1999)
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Darren Wisker	....	stand-by props (10 episodes, 1997-2001)
Simon Fairclough	....	property master (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
Rob Sellers	....	stand-by props (8 episodes, 1997-2001)
Kevin Hegarty	....	setting crew (7 episodes, 1998-2001)
Dickson Peschek	....	assistant property master / property master (7 episodes, 1998-2001)
Jean Mitchell	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Nick Barnett	....	properties buyer / production buyer (5 episodes, 1998-2009)
Paul Clifton	....	stand-by props (3 episodes, 1997)
Gregory Fangeaux	....	art department assistant (3 episodes, 2004)
Mark Earles	....	stand-by props (2 episodes, 1997)
Verity Woolf	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes, 2002)

Series Sound Department
Luiz Provin	....	dubbing mixer / sound dubbing mixer (10 episodes, 1998-1999)
Terry Elms	....	sound recordist (9 episodes, 1997-2001)
Richard Jupp	....	boom / boom operator (8 episodes, 1998-2009)
Ben Norrington	....	dubbing editor / sound effects editor (7 episodes, 1997-2001)
Jamie Caple	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Laurie Taylor	....	dubbing mixer (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lee Crichlow	....	dubbing editor (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Julian Dodwell	....	dubbing editor (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Craig Irving	....	dubbing mixer (3 episodes, 1997)
Nick Roast	....	dubbing mixer (3 episodes, 1998)
Adam Powell	....	foley editor (3 episodes, 2004)
Mik Gough	....	boom (2 episodes, 1997)
Steve Fish	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 2004)
Richard Manton	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 2004)
Pete Collins	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Chris Lawson	....	special effects / special effects designer (5 episodes, 2001-2009)
Peter Kersey	....	special effects (4 episodes, 2001-2004)
Tony Harding	....	special effects (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Daniel Lawson	....	special effects (2 episodes, 2003)
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects senior technician (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Chris Lawson	....	visual effects designer / visual effects (9 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Stunts
Steve Whyment	....	stunt coordinator (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2003)
Tom Lucy	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Robinson	....	gaffer (10 episodes, 1997-2001)
Billy Byrne	....	best boy (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
Mark Funnell	....	electrician (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Robert Shacklady	....	clapper loader / clapper/loader (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Simon Anderson	....	electrician / generator operator (6 episodes, 1998)
Ian Jackson	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
Andy Kendall	....	grip (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
James Moss	....	focus puller (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
John Cridlin	....	focus puller (3 episodes, 1998)
Darren Harvey	....	electrician (3 episodes, 1998)
Adrian McCarthy	....	grip (3 episodes, 1998)
Clive Pittman	....	clapper loader (3 episodes, 1998)
Richard Terry	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1998)
Bob Brock	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1997)
David Meadows	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 1997)
Noel Probyn	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1997)
John Rake	....	grip (2 episodes, 1997)
Brian Sullivan	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1997)
Marc Ehrenbold	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Russell Diamond	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Camilla Drennan	....	camera trainee / clapper loader: pick-up shots (unknown episodes)
Tim Gee	....	camera trainee (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Tracey Gillham	....	casting / casting advisor (11 episodes, 1997-2009)
Judy Loe	....	casting (3 episodes, 1997)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
James Baylam	....	assistant costume designer (6 episodes, 1998)
Julie Nash	....	dresser (6 episodes, 1998)
Stuart Nuttall	....	dresser (6 episodes, 1998)
Karen Beale	....	dresser / wardrobe assistant (5 episodes, 1997)
Sheena Gunn	....	assistant costume designer (3 episodes, 1997)
Riley Clark	....	dresser (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Editorial Department
Vanessa Lees	....	post-production coordinator (6 episodes, 1998)
Trevor Brown	....	telecine / colorist (3 episodes, 1997)
Heather Thompson	....	post-production coordinator (3 episodes, 1997)
Neville Donoghue	....	vt editor (2 episodes, 1997)
Josef d'Bache-Kane	....	assistant on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Mykola Pawluk	....	editor: video tape (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Julian Stewart Lindsay	....	music arranger / arranger: title music (10 episodes, 1997-2009)
Camille Saint-Saëns	....	title music: variations on a theme from 'Danse Macabre' / title music: variations on a theme from "Danse Macabre" (10 episodes, 1997-2009)

Series Other crew
Mark Gladwin	....	assistant location manager / location scout (9 episodes, 1998-2004)
Lisa McArthur	....	location manager (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kim Ahrens	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 1998)
Heather Siverns	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 1998)
Paula Turnbull	....	runner (6 episodes, 1998)
Caroline Sanders	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Claire Stanley	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
Janice Brackenridge	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1998-2009)
Andy Lumsden	....	runner (3 episodes, 1997)
Angus Smith	....	location manager (3 episodes, 1997)
Emily Smith	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 1997)
Charlotte Blair	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1998)
Michael Day	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 1998)
Johnny Ludlow	....	location manager (3 episodes, 1998)
Mike Paterson	....	location manager (3 episodes, 1998)
Jo Randall	....	location manager (3 episodes, 1998)
Rachel Heard	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lorraine Anderson	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1997)
Lesley Hardstaff	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1997)
Maggie Kelleher	....	programme budget assistant (2 episodes, 1997)
Edward Skillbeck	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1997)
Sarah Hitchcock	....	production executive (2 episodes, 2001-2009)
Ali Bongo	....	magic consultant (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

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12

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:

Madeline Magellan: Enough with the pedanticism and let us eat.
Jonathan Creek: The word is pedantry.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Danse Macabre

Don't underestimate American audiences.

For years now, I've heard my friends and relatives in the UK singing the praises of "Jonathan Creek". Unfortunately, I had never gotten the chance to experience the genius that is this show. But thanks to BBC-America, I can savor each and every mystery on Thursday afternoons (we get 2 episodes back-to-back!). I realize that, especially in the past 3 years, American television has consisted of a lot of very bad reality shows, and little else. Anything of substance is quickly taken off the air.. so that two more Real World/Survivor/Bachelor clones can take its place. There are millions of Americans who are starving for intelligent, thought-provoking entertainment. Of course Americans can handle "Jonathan Creek" -- why else would BBC-America continue to air it? This is an amazing show, and I truly wish our television big-wigs would realize that these kinds of shows work. Alan Davies is the ultimate anti-hero. Davies is gorgeous as the shy, rather nerdy, Jonathan. (I've developed a bit of a crush on him, to be honest :D) Maddy, played by the amazing Caroline Quentin, is the kind of role-model American women need: a tough-as-nails every-woman, who looks nothing like the malnourished actresses and models we see every day. The Americans who love this show are intelligent and witty, and we know good television when we see it.. and this is by far the best show I've had the pleasure of watching in a very long time.