The Best Episodes Directed By Sandy Johnson

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Black Canary

   S0:E112/24/1998

   Creek & Magellan investigate the apparently impossible suicide of a female illusionist, who daughter happens to be a former flame of Creek's, and whose twin sister was killed fifteen years previously. But there is another lateral mind at work this time, in the form of swashbuckling Det Insp Gideon Pryke.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Satan's Chimney

   S0:E212/26/2001

   How can a gun be fired through a glass window without breaking the glass? How do bodies disappear and turn to dust within stone castle walls? Jonathan must once again put his thinking cap on to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of an actress, this time without the help of Maddy!

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Time Waits for Norman

   S2:E21/31/1998

   Creek and Magellan face the intriguing case of a man who appears to have defied the laws of time.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #4 - The Seer Of The Sands

   S4:E42/14/2004

   When a ghost hunter dedicated to exposing fraud in all it's forms dies in a tragic accident, Jonathan and Carla investigate whether his spirit lives on. Why did the boat crash occur, how did the body disappear and how did the answers to five spontaneous questions mysteriously appear in a bottle beneath the sand?! All will be revealed...!

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Appendix Man

   S6:E13/7/1999

   Hazel Wallace returns from her training, as the new Detective Sergeant, and is put to work by Supt Mullett sorting out the mess left behind by DI Frost, while he is on extended compassionate leave. Before long she is called upon, when a man is found hanged in his home, and she suspects it was not suicide. Routine investigations show that a fresh set of fingerprints at the scene belong to an unidentified man who had been found drowned a year previously. Frost is summoned back by Supt Mullett to sort things out, and he connects a painting that appears to have been stolen from the hanged man with an art robbery & murder some years before.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - The Scented Room

   S2:E32/7/1998

   Although Jonathan Creek knows how a painting, worth a million pounds, was apparently stolen by an invisible thief, he refuses to tell anyone because he has a personal vendetta against its owner!

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #7 - No Trace of Tracy

   S1:E45/30/1997

   Roy Pilgrim an old rocker from the 60's comes home from his run only to be knocked out and chained to his radiator. Meanwhile at four O'clock a fan of his arrives at his house and walks in. However at four O'clock all Roy saw was a frog enter and then leave...where did Tracy go...?

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   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Driven to Distraction

   S4:E31/17/1990

   The apparently motiveless murder of two young women points to a psychotic killer. Morse's speculations on what they might have in common leads him to a local garage owner, Jeremy Boynton, who knew them both, and who arouses his suspicions and dislike. Convinced that Boynton holds the key to the crime, Morse begins to hound him, despite having no firm evidence. Morse is also faced with the possible oss of his beloved red Mk II Jaguar.

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Episode 4

   S2:E44/12/2024

   When a priest at a Catholic boarding school goes missing, Humphrey’s team explores a connection between his disappearance and an ancient local legend.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Christmas Special 2023

    S0:E112/24/2023

    An eccentric burglar breaks into four homes over a winter's night but steals nothing. In fact, he leaves things behind for the bemused residents to find in the morning.

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    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #11 - The Chequered Box

    S4:E52/21/2004

    A top policeman is seen smirking at the scene of a hanging - can Jonathan and Carla help him prove that he has nothing to do with it, especially since there is photographical evidence against him?

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Gorgons Wood

    S4:E62/28/2004

    A priceless porcelain figure of the mystic monk Sikoto-no disappears from a small town museum, setting off a train of tragic events. When Jonathan Creek and Carla Borrego are called in to investigate, the trail takes them deep into a mysterious wood, where a gnarled old beech tree holds the key to the puzzle.

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    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Episode 3

    S2:E34/5/2024

    When a dying woman goes missing from a local fishing trawler, Humphrey suspects there’s more to her disappearance than meets the eye.

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14. 

    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Episode 4

    S1:E43/24/2023

    Humphrey investigates the death of an unidentified man found in the centre of a crop circle. Meanwhile, Archie helps Martha prepare for a visit from a food critic.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - True Confessions

    S5:E32/23/1997

    A man's church confession provides an insight into what appears to be a straightforward murder. But before Frost can make an arrest, he is suspended over the outcome of a related case 10 years earlier.

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The House of Monkeys

    S1:E56/6/1997

    Elliot Strange is found murdered in a locked room, which has bars on the windows. As there was no way of the killer leaving without being seen, as his wife knocked on the door moments later where did they go...? Cue Jonathan Creek and Maddy Magellan....!

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17. 

    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Episode 1

    S1:E12/24/2023

    A new adventure awaits as DI Humphrey Goodman and Martha leave London for Devon. Humphrey dives into his first case, which involves an unusual prime suspect: a 17th-century witch.

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    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Episode 2

    S1:E23/3/2023

    Humphrey and his team are baffled by the mysterious disappearance of an entire family. Martha prepares for the launch of her café but is thrown when a face from the past shows up.

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    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Danse Macabre

    S2:E11/24/1998

    A best selling author is shot in the heart in her daughter's home on Halloween. The killer appears to have vanished in a puff of smoke, but with Jonathan Creek too busy to help Maddy, she must solve the crime on her own.

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