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The Best Episodes of Jonathan Creek

Every episode of Jonathan Creek ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Jonathan Creek!

Best episode
S2E1 Danse Macabre
8.0546 votes
Worst episode
S5E1 The Letters of Septimus Noone
6.1546 votes
Top season
Season 2
7.8avg
Binge time
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Jonathan Creek Season 2 Episode 1 - Danse Macabre
    8.0/10(546 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:David Renwick

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  2. Jonathan Creek Season 2 Episode 6 - Mother Redcap
    8.0/10(493 votes)

    S2:E6

    When a judge receives a death threat due to a high profile case he receives round the clock protection. Despite this he is still killed, but how did the killer manage to get past the police and how did he appear to have defied time...?

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writer:David Renwick

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  3. Jonathan Creek Season 1 Episode 2 - Jack in the Box
    7.9/10(586 votes)

    S1:E2

    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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  4. Jonathan Creek Season 2 Episode 5 - The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 2)
    7.9/10(459 votes)

    S2:E5

    Jonathan & Maddy continue to investigate the mystery at Gallow's Gate.

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writer:David Renwick

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  5. Jonathan Creek Season 3 Episode 5 - Miracle in Crooked Lane
    7.9/10(443 votes)

    S3:E5

    A young woman, who has led a scandalous life that has shocked the local village community, suffers severe burns in an appalling accident. But how can she have returned to her village church in order to seek forgiveness for her past sins, when she is lying in a coma in hospital?...Enter a man in a duffel coat and shaggy hair with the answer....but this time it isn't Jonathan Creek!

    Director:Richard Holthouse
    Writer:David Renwick

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  6. Jonathan Creek Season 1 Episode 1 - The Wrestler's Tomb
    7.7/10(711 votes)

    S1:E1

    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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  7. Jonathan Creek Season 2 Episode 4 - The Problem at Gallows Gate (Part 1)
    7.7/10(489 votes)

    S2:E4

    Jonathan is lumbered with baby-sitting Adam's sister Kitty, and ends up taking her to a badger watch with Maddy. But Kitty ends up seeing more than just badgers in the woods....But how can a man who apparently committed suicide be seen killing a woman three weeks later..?

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writer:David Renwick

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  8. Jonathan Creek Season 4 Episode 3 - The Tailor's Dummy
    7.7/10(416 votes)

    S4:E3

    Jonathan is hired to shed light on the mystery of how a man can physically transform himself into another person, in front of a witness's eyes. His investigations lead him into a tale of tragic suicide, Groucho Marx and a parrot named Harvey.

    Director:Christine Gernon
    Writer:David Renwick

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  9. Jonathan Creek Season 1 Episode 3 - The Reconstituted Corpse
    7.6/10(555 votes)

    S1:E3

    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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  10. Jonathan Creek Season 1 Episode 5 - The House of Monkeys
    7.6/10(527 votes)

    S1:E5

    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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  11. Jonathan Creek Season 2 Episode 2 - Time Waits for Norman
    7.6/10(496 votes)

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:David Renwick

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  12. Jonathan Creek Season 2 Episode 3 - The Scented Room
    7.6/10(489 votes)

    S2:E3

    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!

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:David Renwick

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  13. Jonathan Creek Season 3 Episode 4 - Ghost's Forge
    7.6/10(441 votes)

    S3:E4

    When Maddy's glamorous former colleague Mimi Trantor turns up with a mystery in an old house in Norfolk, it's all change. Jonathan turns investigator, as Maddy finds herself turning into an illusionist...

    Director:Richard Holthouse
    Writer:David Renwick

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  14. Jonathan Creek Season 3 Episode 6 - The Three Gamblers
    7.6/10(440 votes)

    S3:E6

    A man of pure evil is "disposed" of with the help of six bullets to the head - but has his corpse come back to life with revenge on its mind? Maddy and Jonathan visit a damp, deserted farmhouse to investigate!

    Director:Richard Holthouse
    Writer:David Renwick

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  15. Jonathan Creek Season 1 Episode 4 - No Trace of Tracy
    7.5/10(536 votes)

    S1:E4

    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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  16. Jonathan Creek Season 3 Episode 2 - The Eyes of Tiresias
    7.5/10(453 votes)

    S3:E2

    Audrey Panguitch, a 73 year-old widow, appears to be able to predict death through her vivid dreams, when an international businessman is murdered in a way in which she foresaw. And then there is another death which she appears to have had a premonition about. A tin of Goldfish food may hold the key!...

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writer:David Renwick

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  17. Jonathan Creek Season 4 Episode 5 - The Chequered Box
    7.4/10(372 votes)

    S4:E5

    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?

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:David Renwick

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  18. Jonathan Creek Season 4 Episode 4 - The Seer Of The Sands
    7.4/10(410 votes)

    S4:E4

    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...!

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:David Renwick

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  19. Jonathan Creek Season 4 Episode 1 - The Coonskin Cap
    7.4/10(419 votes)

    S4:E1

    Jonathan and Carla, who is now a television presenter, are called in to discover how a WPC's murderer can escape a locked gymnasium surrounded by police officers. Is her murder really connected to those of a strangler wearing a 'Davey Crockett' cap...?

    Director:Christine Gernon
    Writer:David Renwick

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  20. Jonathan Creek Season 3 Episode 3 - The Omega Man
    7.3/10(447 votes)

    S3:E3

    Professor Lance Graumann - a leading authority on extra terrestrial phenomena invites Maddy to see his latest discovery -a perfectly preserved alien skeleton. However the American military have other plans and take the skeleton - however when they open the case at their military base it's no where to be found...

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writer:David Renwick

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  21. Jonathan Creek Season 4 Episode 6 - Gorgons Wood
    7.2/10(387 votes)

    S4:E6

    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.

    Director:Sandy Johnson
    Writer:David Renwick

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  22. Jonathan Creek Season 4 Episode 2 - Angel Hair
    7.2/10(417 votes)

    S4:E2

    Jonathan is called in to investigate the mystery of a girl whose shoulder-length hair has miraculously grown back just 48 hours after a kidnapper cut it all off. He finds himself embroiled in the world of a successful composer who has created the perfect pop star.

    Director:Christine Gernon
    Writer:David Renwick

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  23. Jonathan Creek Season 3 Episode 1 - The Curious Tale of Mr. Spearfish
    7.0/10(445 votes)

    S3:E1

    Lenny Spearfish's fortunes take a sudden turn for the better and the money suddenly starts pouring in and to top that he becomes seemingly invincible. He claims to have sold his soul to the Devil leaving his wife Alice, a God-fearing Catholic, terrified of repercussions

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writer:David Renwick

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  24. Jonathan Creek Season 5 Episode 3 - The Curse of the Bronze Lamp
    6.8/10(356 votes)

    S5:E3

    A wealthy kidnap victim appears to pull off a mind-boggling act of teleportation to alert the police to her whereabouts.

    Director:David Sant
    Writer:David Renwick

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  25. Jonathan Creek Season 5 Episode 2 - The Sinner and the Sandman
    6.4/10(422 votes)

    S5:E2

    A retired local psychic inadvertently makes the most amazing and impossible prediction of his career.

    Director:David Sant
    Writer:David Renwick

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Best Episodes Summary

"Danse Macabre" is the best rated episode of Jonathan Creek. It scored 8.0/10 from 546 votes. Directed by Sandy Johnson and written by David Renwick, it aired on January 24, 1998.

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