Jonathan Creek (1997)

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Sometimes it's useful to look beyond the obvious

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.

• Released: 1997-05-09
• Genres: Mystery, Comedy, Drama
• Seasons: 5, 26 episodes
• Episode length: 50m
• Network: BBC One
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 78 votes

Created by David Renwick.

Top cast

• Alan Davies as Jonathan Creek
• Sarah Alexander as Polly Creek

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Jonathan Creek

• United States: stream on Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel
• United Kingdom: stream on Sky Go; watch free on BBC iPlayer, Channel 4, UKTV Play; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on BritBox Amazon Channel, BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store

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