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

User Rating:

8.9/10   

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		(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 (23 episodes, 1997-2004)
Verity Lambert	....	producer (20 episodes, 1998-2004)
Jonathan Paul Llewellyn	....	associate producer (14 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		(17 episodes, 1997-2001)
Rick Wentworth		(7 episodes, 2003-2009)

Series Cinematography by
Geoff Harrison		(17 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		(21 episodes, 1997-2009)
Paul Munting		(3 episodes, 2004)
Jonathan Taylor		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Art Direction by
Antony Cartlidge		(13 episodes, 1998-2009)
Clara Zita		(10 episodes, 1997-1998)
Teresa Lawler		(4 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		(10 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 (12 episodes, 1998-2001)
Martine Randall	....	makeup artist (8 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)
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)
Diane Ensor	....	hair artist / makeup artist (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Production Management
Vanessa Lees	....	post supervisor / post-production supervisor (8 episodes, 2001-2009)
Vicky Misson	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2003)
Jason Waller	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2004)
Gabrielle Lindemann	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1999)

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)
Mel Nortcliffe	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2003)
Aden Turner	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 2003)
Julian Holmes	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1997)
Fiona Black	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1999)
Fiona Gosden	....	third assistant director (2 episodes, 1999)
Radford Neville	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Art Department
Darren Wisker	....	stand-by props (20 episodes, 1997-2003)
Rob Sellers	....	stand-by props (18 episodes, 1997-2003)
Dickson Peschek	....	property master / assistant property master (16 episodes, 1998-2003)
Kevin Hegarty	....	setting crew (13 episodes, 1998-2001)
Nick Barnett	....	properties buyer / production buyer (11 episodes, 1998-2009)
Jean Mitchell	....	properties buyer (10 episodes, 1997-1999)
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 (19 episodes, 1997-2004)
Richard Jupp	....	boom / boom operator (17 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)
Laurie Taylor	....	dubbing mixer (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
Julian Dodwell	....	dubbing editor (4 episodes, 1997-2000)
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 (16 episodes, 1997-2000)
Dave Chapman	....	video effects designer / digital effects designer (10 episodes, 1998-2003)
Peter Kersey	....	visual effects designer / visual effects (8 episodes, 1997-2000)
Ian Simpson	....	digital effects (3 episodes, 2004)

Series Stunts
Steve Whyment	....	stunt coordinator (15 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 (20 episodes, 1997-2003)
Ian Jackson	....	camera operator (14 episodes, 1997-2003)
Simon Anderson	....	best boy / electrician / ... (14 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)
Andy Kendall	....	grip (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Stuart Barell	....	clapper loader (6 episodes, 1998-2000)
Giles Christopher	....	focus puller (6 episodes, 1998-2000)
James Moss	....	focus puller (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
Neil Blackman	....	electrician (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
William Nolan	....	rigger (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
John Powell	....	electrician (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Malcolm Sheehan	....	grip (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Dennis Holliday	....	electrician (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
Joe Spence	....	gaffer (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
John Fell	....	rigger (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
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 (24 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 Beale	....	dresser / wardrobe assistant (5 episodes, 1997)
Karen Bevins	....	costume assistant (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Evan Scott-Batey	....	dresser (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Kate Towns	....	dresser (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
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 (11 episodes, 1998-2000)
Chris Packman	....	telecine / colourist / ... (10 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 / ... (24 episodes, 1997-2009)
Camille Saint-Saëns	....	title music: variations on a theme from "Danse Macabre" / title music: variations on a theme from 'Danse Macabre' (24 episodes, 1997-2009)
Rick Wentworth	....	music arranger / arranger (7 episodes, 2003-2009)

Series Other crew
Kim Ahrens	....	production accountant (12 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 (6 episodes, 1998-2000)
Heather Siverns	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 1998)
Paula Turnbull	....	runner (6 episodes, 1998)
Caroline Thomas	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1999-2001)
Claire Stanley	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 1997-1998)
Iain Atkinson	....	runner (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Bernadette Lovett	....	production secretary (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Malcolm Treen	....	location manager (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)
Sanchita Saha	....	assistant finance associate (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
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)
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)
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)
David Kellick	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1999)
Sam Jaswal	....	assistant production accountant (2 episodes, 2004)
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:

[to Carla Borrega, having learned that her husband used to be married to a man]
Jonathan Creek: I was just wondering what the technical term for that was - not so much "bigamy" as "bugger-me".

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Danse Macabre

Absolutely Brilliant.

Barring two or three sitcoms it is the best show ever made in the UK.

Words can't really describe how good this show is. In fact it is the only show made in the last ten years in England that would make you give up an entire Saturday night out for. Staying in to watch it would make it worthwhile.

It keeps you on the edge of your seat from the start, continually guessing and playing detective and how Renwick comes up with the a different storyline each week is as incredible as his talent to do the same with One Foot In The Grave.

To the people who were gripped by Sixth Sense and failed to guess the ending. Watch this and you'll see proper suspense. If you don't enjoy Jonathan Creek I really don't know what you expect from a TV programme. This show covers so many genres.