The Best Episodes of Jonathan Creek Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(669 votes)

   #1 - The Wrestler's Tomb

   S1:E15/9/1997

   Feature length pilot episode. Investigative crime writer Maddy Magellan joins forces with quirky magic expert Jonathan Creek to investigate when a painter, called Hedley Shale, is murdered in suspicious circumstances. However the way in which he was murdered doesn't quite add up.

   Director:Marcus Mortimer

   Writer:David Renwick

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   Director:Marcus Mortimer

   Writer:David Renwick
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   7.9/10(554 votes)

   #2 - Jack in the Box

   S1:E25/16/1997

   When veteran comedian Jack Holiday is found dead in a locked nuclear bunker inside a cliff, it looks like an open and shut case of suicide. However, Jack had crippling arthritis and couldn't even peel a banana himself let alone hold a gun to his head! But if it was murder....how did the murderer escape?

   Director:Marcus Mortimer

   Writer:David Renwick

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   Director:Marcus Mortimer

   Writer:David Renwick
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   7.6/10(521 votes)

   #3 - The Reconstituted Corpse

   S1:E35/23/1997

   Zola Zbzewski's plastic surgeon is found shot to death in his home, and she claims she knows nothing about it. The fact he would have ruined the launch of her new book gives her no motive at all! But when Zola turns up dead in Maddy's wardrobe, things start to look suspicious...

   Director:Marcus Mortimer

   Writer:David Renwick

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   Director:Marcus Mortimer

   Writer:David Renwick
4. 

   7.5/10(505 votes)

   #4 - 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...?

   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:David Renwick

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   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:David Renwick
5. 

   7.6/10(490 votes)

   #5 - 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....!

   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:David Renwick

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   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:David Renwick