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Jonathan Creek - Series 1-2 [VHS] [1997]
 
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Jonathan Creek - Series 1-2 [VHS] [1997]

VHS ~ Alan Davies
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Product details

  • Actors: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha, Adrian Edmondson
  • Producers: Matthew Hamilton
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • VHS Release Date: 16 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 634 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000BK6SD
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,390 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Video Description

Jonathan Creek is a master of illusion. Deviser of magic, creator of miracles, Jonathan creates spectacular stage stunts from his home – a mysterious windmill in the heart of the country. His brilliant analytical mind penetrates the darkest corners and cracks the trickiest of puzzles. But no showman, he lurks backstage while his boss Adam Faust steps in the limelight. Then Jonathan meets unorthodox crime journalist Maddy Magellan, who soon discovers another use for his extraordinary talent – solving murder by magic. The hottest partnership since Mulder and Scully, Jonathan and Maddy investigate crimes which seem to have no rational explanation. He is a bit of a nerd but he also a bit of a quick-witted genius. Maddy Magellan is an investigative crime writer, and the pair join forces to solve seemingly impossible crimes. There’s a fair element of the Columbo in here – how did-they-do-it as opposed to whodunit – but with plenty of twists, so it’s never quite that simple…

Series 1:

  • The Wrestler's Tomb
    A celebrated artist has been killed, with a beautiful model bound and gagged by his side. The police are baffled – so it is just as well that Jonathan Creek accidentally spears Maddy’s hand with a cocktail stick …
  • Jack in the Box
    Veteran comedian Jack Holiday has committed suicide. But how did a man with crippling arthritis manage to hold a gun to his head? And how was Jonathan duped into another of Maddy’s "grisly murder investigations"?
  • The Reconstituted Corpse
    A plastic surgeon is murdered. The police suspect Zola Zbzewski, his ex-lover who is publicizing her book on how he gave her the perfect body. But then Zola is found dead in baffling circumstances …
  • No Trace of Tracey
    A teenage girl disappears at the mansion of ‘70s rock god Roy Pilgrim. In the bizarre world of former rock legends, Jonathan seems a lot happier than Maddy; but then she was always more of a Percy Sledge girl.
  • The House of Monkeys
    Elliot Strange’s husband has been murdered – in a locked room with bars on the windows – and the chief suspect is a gorilla! Cue Jonathan and Maddy …

Series 2:

  • Danse Macabre
    The Halloween murder of a best-selling writer could have come straight from her own chillers. Jonathan is busy with an opera-singing stripper and a bath, so has Maddy learned enough about the illusory arts to solve this case alone?
  • Time Waits For Norman
    The husband of Maddy’s literary agent has been photographed eating in a local hamburger bar. Slightly odd for a vegetarian … very odd for a man who is adamant he was in America at the time …
  • The Scented Room
    Jonathan knows how a million pound painting was stolen. But after a bad review from the painting’s owner, even a £50,000 reward and a begging Maddy can’t persuade the moody magic man to tell …
  • The Problem at Gallows Gate, Part One
    When Jonathan’s badger watch becomes a murder watch the intrigue is only just beginning … the man seen strangling a young woman had plunged to his death just weeks earlier.
  • The Problem at Gallows Gate, Part Two
    As Jonathan develops an unhealthy obsession with stockings and Maddy becomes infuriated with his s-less typewriter, they look as unlikely as the police to solve the killed-by-a-dead-man conundrum.
  • Mother Redcap
    A high profile judge is killed despite his round-the-clock police protection. Could Maddy’s gothic "pub of death" investigation hold the vital key?


Synopsis

Episodes from Series 1 are: 'The Wrestler's Tomb', 'Jack In The Box', 'The Reconstituted Corpse', 'No Trace of Tracey' and 'The House Of Monkeys' and from Series 2 are: 'Danse Macabre', 'Time Waits For Norman', 'The Scented Room', 'The Problems At Gallows Gate' and 'Mother Redcap'.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars alan davies heaven, 6 Jul 2004
For all fans of Jonathan creek this box set is a must have. It contains all the episodes for series one and two (except the christmas special with Rik Mayall) and the episodes are far superior to those now with Julia. The DVD doesn't have many special features if thats what your looking for , a documentary interview but not really anything incredibly exciting. it also contains Alan and Caroline's screen tests which are interesting. Mainly its a good buy for fans of the series (or the actors!) to watch and keep. There have been bad reports about the quality of the DVD but to be honest the film reel is from 1998 so there is only so much you can do with it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars hour upon hour of entertainment, 7 Mar 2004
This is well worth investing in. A box set of the first 11 episodes of what has got to be one of the best series of the last decade. No matter how much you pay attention and try to figure out 'who done it' or why etc, you can never in a million years come to the conclusions that the genius writers invent. Very well written and acted, with appearances from many fine, popular names, and extremely addictive to watch.
The plots range from the slightly confusing to the extremely far fetched but are somehow made believable.
I highly recommend this for anyone with an investigative mind or for those who just enjoy great television.
In short - genius!
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