Jonathan Creek

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British television series mystery television series

Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series centered on a creative consultant to a magician who uses his expertise in illusions and lateral thinking to solve seemingly impossible crimes.

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instanceOf British television series ⓘ
mystery television series ⓘ
broadcastOn television ⓘ
characterName Jonathan Creek self-link ⓘ
characterOccupation creative consultant to a magician ⓘ
characterSkill expertise in stage illusions ⓘ
lateral thinking ⓘ
companionCharacterPortrayedBy Caroline Quentin ⓘ
Julia Sawalha ⓘ
Sheridan Smith ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator David Renwick ⓘ
distributor BBC ⓘ
filmingLocationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
firstAired 1997 ⓘ
firstAiredOnChannel BBC One ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasCompanionCharacter Carla Borrego ⓘ
Joey Ross ⓘ
Maddy Magellan ⓘ
hasFormat television series ⓘ
hasProtagonist Jonathan Creek self-link ⓘ
hasSpecials yes ⓘ
hasSubgenre impossible crime fiction ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ
laterSpecialsAired after 2004 ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Alan Davies ⓘ
mainCharacterProfessionInSeries designer of magic tricks ⓘ
notableElement locked-room mysteries ⓘ
use of stage magic principles in crime solving ⓘ
numberOfSeries 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
originalRunEndYear 2004 ⓘ
originalRunStartYear 1997 ⓘ
plotFocus solving seemingly impossible crimes ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
protagonistTrait highly analytical ⓘ
socially awkward ⓘ
settingCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
starring Alan Davies ⓘ
Caroline Quentin ⓘ
Julia Sawalha ⓘ
Sheridan Smith ⓘ
targetAudience adult viewers ⓘ
typicalEpisodeStructure presentation and rational explanation of an apparently impossible crime ⓘ
usesNarrativeDevice puzzle-based mysteries ⓘ

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Julia Sawalha → appearedIn → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Sarah Alexander → notableWork → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Sarah Alexander → appearedIn → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Jonathan Creek → characterName → Jonathan Creek self-link ⓘ
Jonathan Creek → hasProtagonist → Jonathan Creek self-link ⓘ
Turville → usedAsFilmLocationFor → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Turville Windmill → featuredIn → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Verity Lambert → notableWork → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Daniel Stewart → notableWork → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Colin Baker → televisionSeries → Jonathan Creek ⓘ
Emma Kennedy → notableWork → Jonathan Creek ⓘ