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

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)

Series Directed by
Sandy Johnson		(9 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
David Renwick	....	executive producer (24 episodes, 1997-2004)
Verity Lambert	....	producer (20 episodes, 1998-2004)
Jonathan Paul Llewellyn	....	associate producer (15 episodes, 1997-2000)
Susan Belbin	....	producer (5 episodes, 1997)
Peter Richardson	....	line producer (3 episodes, 2003)
Christopher Moss	....	line producer (3 episodes, 2004)
Janet Wray	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1997)
Matthew Hamilton	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Julian Stewart Lindsay		(18 episodes, 1997-2001)
Rick Wentworth		(7 episodes, 2003-2009)

Series Cinematography by
Geoff Harrison		(18 episodes, 1998-2009)
Simon Maggs		(5 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		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Production Design by
John Asbridge		(22 episodes, 1997-2009)
Paul Munting		(3 episodes, 2004)
Jonathan Taylor		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Art Direction by
Antony Cartlidge		(14 episodes, 1998-2009)
Clara Zita		(10 episodes, 1997-1998)
Teresa Lawler		(5 episodes, 1998-2001)
Sara Hawden		(3 episodes, 1998)
Lucy Nias		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Steve Wright		(3 episodes, 2004)
Linda Conoboy		(2 episodes, 1997)
Emma McGraffin		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Costume Design by
James Baylam		(11 episodes, 1998-2003)
Richard Winter		(6 episodes, 1998)
Annie Hardinge		(4 episodes, 1997)
Mary-Jane Reyner		(3 episodes, 2004)

Series Makeup Department
Vanessa White	....	makeup designer (13 episodes, 1998-2001)
Martine Randall	....	makeup artist (9 episodes, 1998-2000)
Vivien Riley	....	makeup designer (4 episodes, 1997)
Elaine Nicholas	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1998)
Joe Hopker	....	hair artist / makeup artist (3 episodes, 2003)
Kerry Hormbrey	....	trainee hair / trainee make-up / ... (3 episodes, 2003)
Fran Needham	....	hair designer / makeup designer (3 episodes, 2003)
Diane Ensor	....	hair artist / makeup artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Nicola Frost	....	trainee make-up & hair (3 episodes, 2004)
Tory Wright	....	hair designer / makeup designer (3 episodes, 2004)
Ashley Johnson	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1997)
Catherine Wilkins	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Production Management
Vanessa Lees	....	post supervisor / post-production supervisor (8 episodes, 2001-2009)
Gabrielle Lindemann	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 1999)
Vicky Misson	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2003)
Jason Waller	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2004)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jo Cole	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ian Hutchinson	....	third assistant director / second assistant director (7 episodes, 1998)
Guy de Glanville	....	third assistant director / first assistant director (7 episodes, 2003-2009)
Jamie Annett	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1997)
Julian Hearne	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1998)
Bart Bailey	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 2001-2004)
Lee Trevor	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2001-2004)
Brett Fallis	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1997)
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)
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Ian Ferguson	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Ryan Green	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Fiona Black	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1999)
Fiona Gosden	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 1999)
Radford Neville	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1999)
Mel Nortcliffe	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2003)
Aden Turner	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 2003)
Julian Holmes	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Art Department
Darren Wisker	....	stand-by props (21 episodes, 1997-2003)
Rob Sellers	....	stand-by props (19 episodes, 1997-2003)
Dickson Peschek	....	property master / assistant property master (17 episodes, 1998-2003)
Kevin Hegarty	....	setting crew (14 episodes, 1998-2001)
Jean Mitchell	....	properties buyer (11 episodes, 1997-1999)
Nick Barnett	....	properties buyer / production buyer (11 episodes, 1998-2009)
Simon Fairclough	....	property master (10 episodes, 1997-1998)
Malcolm Elliott	....	stand-by carpenter (7 episodes, 2001-2004)
David Gray	....	construction manager (7 episodes, 2001-2004)
Paul Clifton	....	stand-by props (4 episodes, 1997)
David Brock	....	setting crew (4 episodes, 2001-2003)
John Clarke	....	stand-by painter (4 episodes, 2001-2003)
Katie Buckley	....	stand-by art director (3 episodes, 2003)
Mark Goldeman	....	stand-by rigger (3 episodes, 2003)
Colin McKenzie	....	setting crew (3 episodes, 2003)
Mark Burgess	....	stand-by props (3 episodes, 2004)
Max De Nett	....	stand-by props (3 episodes, 2004)
Gregory Fangeaux	....	art department trainee (3 episodes, 2004)
Laurie Miller	....	property master (3 episodes, 2004)
Paul Pitts	....	setting crew (3 episodes, 2004)
Mel Thompson	....	stand-by art director (3 episodes, 2004)
Trevor Tilney	....	setting crew (3 episodes, 2004)
Janet Willmott	....	production buyer (3 episodes, 2004)
Mark Earles	....	stand-by props (2 episodes, 1997)
Verity Woolf	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes, 2002)

Series Sound Department
Terry Elms	....	sound recordist / sound: second unit (20 episodes, 1997-2004)
Richard Jupp	....	boom / boom operator (18 episodes, 1998-2009)
Luiz Provin	....	dubbing mixer (13 episodes, 1998-2000)
Ben Norrington	....	dubbing editor / sound effects editor (10 episodes, 1997-2001)
Marc Lawes	....	effects editor (7 episodes, 2003-2009)
Billy Mahoney	....	dubbing mixer (7 episodes, 2003-2009)
Jamie Caple	....	sound editor / dialogue editor (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Julian Dodwell	....	dubbing editor (5 episodes, 1997-2000)
Laurie Taylor	....	dubbing mixer (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
Craig Irving	....	dubbing mixer (4 episodes, 1997)
Lee Crichlow	....	dubbing editor (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Nick Roast	....	dubbing mixer (3 episodes, 1998)
Adrian Jacques	....	boom operator (3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Richard Dunford	....	dialogue editor (3 episodes, 2003)
Steve Fish	....	boom operator / sound maintenance engineer (3 episodes, 2004)
Richard Manton	....	production sound mixer (3 episodes, 2004)
Adam Powell	....	foley editor (3 episodes, 2004)
Mik Gough	....	boom (2 episodes, 1997)
Maurice Hillier	....	sound recordist (2 episodes, 1997)
Liam Ryan	....	boom (2 episodes, 1997)
Pauline Gardener	....	dubbing editor (2 episodes, 1999)
Nigel Squibbs	....	assistant dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Steve Phillips	....	sound: second unit (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Special Effects by
Chris Lawson	....	special effects / special effects designer (8 episodes, 2001-2009)
Peter Kersey	....	special effects (7 episodes, 2001-2004)
Tony Harding	....	special effects (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Daniel Lawson	....	special effects (3 episodes, 2003)
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects senior technician (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Chris Lawson	....	visual effects designer / visual effects (17 episodes, 1997-2000)
Dave Chapman	....	video effects designer / digital effects designer (11 episodes, 1998-2003)
Peter Kersey	....	visual effects designer / visual effects (9 episodes, 1997-2000)
Ian Simpson	....	digital effects (3 episodes, 2004)

Series Stunts
Steve Whyment	....	stunt coordinator (16 episodes, 1997-2000)
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2003)
Tom Lucy	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2004)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Robinson	....	gaffer (21 episodes, 1997-2003)
Ian Jackson	....	camera operator (15 episodes, 1997-2003)
Simon Anderson	....	best boy / electrician / ... (15 episodes, 1998-2003)
Billy Byrne	....	best boy (11 episodes, 1997-1998)
Mark Funnell	....	electrician (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Robert Shacklady	....	clapper/loader / clapper loader (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Stuart Barell	....	clapper loader (7 episodes, 1998-2000)
Giles Christopher	....	focus puller (7 episodes, 1998-2000)
Andy Kendall	....	grip (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Neil Blackman	....	electrician (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
William Nolan	....	rigger (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
John Powell	....	electrician (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Malcolm Sheehan	....	grip (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
James Moss	....	focus puller (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
John Fell	....	rigger (4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Dennis Holliday	....	electrician (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
Joe Spence	....	gaffer (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
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)
John Adefarasin	....	clapper loader (3 episodes, 2003)
Russell Diamond	....	grip (3 episodes, 2003)
Duncan Fowlie	....	camera trainee (3 episodes, 2003)
Paul Holley	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2003)
Barry McCullagh	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2003)
Jason Wrenn	....	focus puller (3 episodes, 2003)
Rob Andrews	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2004)
Richard Brierley	....	focus puller (3 episodes, 2004)
Jeremy Gee	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2004)
Tim Gee	....	camera trainee (3 episodes, 2004)
Paul Hatchman	....	grip (3 episodes, 2004)
Penny Shipton	....	clapper loader (3 episodes, 2004)
Gordon Waters	....	best boy (3 episodes, 2004)
Bob Brock	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1997)
Ian Franklin	....	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)
David Wall	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1997)
Marc Ehrenbold	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Rob Gilman	....	grip: second unit (2 episodes, 2004)
Toby Moore	....	director of photography: second unit (2 episodes, 2004)
Ian Moss	....	video cameraman: second unit (2 episodes, 2004)
Jon Stephen	....	focus puller: second unit (2 episodes, 2004)
Peter Thornton	....	director of photography: second unit (2 episodes, 2004)
Camilla Drennan	....	camera trainee / clapper loader: pick-up shots (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Tracey Gillham	....	casting advisor / casting (25 episodes, 1997-2009)
Sarah Hughes	....	casting advisor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Judy Loe	....	casting (4 episodes, 1997)
Siobhan Rhodes-Johnson	....	assistant casting advisor / casting assistant (4 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stuart Nuttall	....	dresser (7 episodes, 1998)
James Baylam	....	assistant costume designer (6 episodes, 1998)
Julie Nash	....	dresser (6 episodes, 1998)
Karen Bevins	....	costume assistant (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Evan Scott-Batey	....	dresser (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Kate Towns	....	dresser (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Karen Beale	....	dresser / wardrobe assistant (5 episodes, 1997)
Sheena Gunn	....	assistant costume designer (4 episodes, 1997)
Clarissa Bromelle	....	costume supervisor (4 episodes, 2001-2003)
Pamela Stewart	....	costume assistant (4 episodes, 2001-2003)
Pat Williamson	....	costume supervisor (3 episodes, 2004)
Jo Wright	....	assistant costume designer (3 episodes, 2004)
Riley Clark	....	dresser (2 episodes, 1997)
Ray Greenhill	....	dresser (2 episodes, 1997)

Series Editorial Department
Vanessa Lees	....	post-production coordinator (12 episodes, 1998-2000)
Chris Packman	....	telecine / colourist / ... (11 episodes, 1998-2003)
Heather Thompson	....	post-production coordinator (4 episodes, 1997)
Trevor Brown	....	telecine / colorist (3 episodes, 1997)
Vincent Narduzzo	....	colourist (3 episodes, 2004)
Neville Donoghue	....	vt editor (2 episodes, 1997)
Dave Hawley	....	telecine post production (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 / title music arranger / ... (25 episodes, 1997-2009)
Camille Saint-Saëns	....	title music: variations on a theme from "Danse Macabre" / title music: variations on a theme from 'Danse Macabre' (25 episodes, 1997-2009)
Rick Wentworth	....	music arranger / arranger (7 episodes, 2003-2009)

Series Other crew
Kim Ahrens	....	production accountant (13 episodes, 1998-2000)
Janice Brackenridge	....	script supervisor (11 episodes, 1998-2009)
Sarah Hitchcock	....	production executive (10 episodes, 1997-2009)
Mark Gladwin	....	assistant location manager / location scout (9 episodes, 1998-2004)
Lisa McArthur	....	location manager (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Abigail Cockroft	....	production coordinator (7 episodes, 1998-2000)
Caroline Thomas	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1999-2001)
Heather Siverns	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 1998)
Paula Turnbull	....	runner (6 episodes, 1998)
Iain Atkinson	....	runner (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Bernadette Lovett	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Malcolm Treen	....	location manager (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Claire Stanley	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
Sanchita Saha	....	assistant finance associate (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
David Boardman	....	location manager (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Caroline Sanders	....	production accountant (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Andy Lumsden	....	runner (4 episodes, 1997)
Angus Smith	....	location manager (4 episodes, 1997)
Emily Smith	....	production secretary (4 episodes, 1997)
Hans Van Der Werf	....	location manager (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
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)
David Kellick	....	location manager (3 episodes, 1999)
Jo Beckett	....	location scout (3 episodes, 2003)
Nadia Dunn	....	floor runner (3 episodes, 2003)
Kate Fletcher	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2003)
Pamela Joyce	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2003)
Amy McCombe	....	assistant location manager (3 episodes, 2003)
Jackie O'Sullivan	....	accounting assistant / accounts assistant (3 episodes, 2003)
James Twyford	....	production runner (3 episodes, 2003)
Joseba Arruabarrena	....	production accountant (3 episodes, 2004)
Katie Harris	....	production runner (3 episodes, 2004)
Rachel Heard	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2004)
Vikki Hogarth	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2004)
Jen Jarvis	....	floor runner (3 episodes, 2004)
Sam Jaswal	....	assistant production accountant (3 episodes, 2004)
Lorraine Anderson	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1997)
Lesley Hardstaff	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1997)
Maggie Kelleher	....	programme budget assistant (2 episodes, 1997)
David Leach	....	programme budget assistant (2 episodes, 1997)
June McDonald	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1997)
Jenny Penrose	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1997)
Edward Skillbeck	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1997)
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:

Adam Klaus was originally to have been called Adam Faust, but this had to be changed when checks by the BBC's Legal Department revealed that there was a real-life magician with this name.

Quotes:

Jonathan Creek: [about Carla's Father] I just remember saying that I thought he was a bit of a prick... ly sort of gentleman.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "QI: Flotsam & Jetsam (#6.3)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Danse Macabre

IMAGINATIVE,GRIPPING WELL ACTED AND WELL WRITTEN!

This has to be the best series made by the BBC for many years. The stories are well written, the acting by Alan Davies is great considering he's a comedian rather than a proper actor. The stories keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing till the very end.

The earlier episodes are the best with Caroline Quentin as his tough as nails sidekick. The more recent episodes with Julia Sawalha from ab-fab fame are still good but they have become more predictable and silly at times - with the writers seeming to run out of ideas and Davies seems to be getting bored with it all, which is a shame because theseries is one of the most watched shows in Britain and is a change from the usual mind-numbing Saturday night crap:Pop idol, Blind date, Lotto show, casualty and many others.

Please let this show continue for many years to come!

My rating for earlier episodes 1997-2000:-10/10

MY rating for recent episodes 2001-present :- 8.5/10

Overall 9/10