- "The Wrestler's Tomb (1)"
(60 min; originally aired together with part 2 as one a 90-min episode)
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Sheila Gish [ Serena Shale ], Colin Baker [ Hedley Shale ], Saskia Mulder [ Francesca Boutron ], Jane Hazlegrove [ Katrina Toplis ], Lloyd McGuire [ Det Sgt Owen Davey ], Rebecca Charles [ Joy ], Geoffrey McGivern [ Barry Opper ], Alistair McGowan [ Trevor ], Doug Fisher [ Strephen Grismal ], Rae Baker [ Yasmin ], Tim Chipping [ Martin ], Alan Thompson [ Mr Winstanley ], Shaun Chawdhary [ News reporter ], Scott Chisholm [ Rhino ], Christine Ellerbeck [ Supermarket cashier ], John Marquez [ Supermarket manager ], Clare McCarron [ Woman in supermarket ]
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Adam Klaus
Investigative crime writer Maddy Magellan joins forces with quirky magic expert Jonathan Creek to investigate the mysterious death of a painter.
b: 10 May 97 d: Marcus Mortimer
- "The Wrestler's Tomb (2)"
(60 min; originally aired together with part 2 as one a 90-min episode)
gs:
Sheila Gish [ Serena Shale ], Colin Baker [ Hedley Shale ], Saskia Mulder [ Francesca Boutron ], Jane Hazlegrove [ Katrina Toplis ], Lloyd McGuire [ Det Sgt Owen Davey ], Rebecca Charles [ Joy ], Geoffrey McGivern [ Barry Opper ], Alistair McGowan [ Trevor ], Doug Fisher [ Strephen Grismal ], Rae Baker [ Yasmin ], Tim Chipping [ Martin ], Alan Thompson [ Mr Winstanley ], Shaun Chawdhary [ News reporter ], Scott Chisholm [ Rhino ], Christine Ellerbeck [ Supermarket cashier ], John Marquez [ Supermarket manager ], Clare McCarron [ Woman in supermarket ]
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Adam Klaus
Creek and Magellan continue their investigations into the mysterious death of a painter.
b: 10 May 97 d: Marcus Mortimer
- "Jack in the Box"
(60 min)
gs:
John Bluthal [ Jack Holiday ], Maureen O'Brien [ Kirsten Holiday ], Bernard Kay [ Oliver ], June Watson [ Rachel Rokesmith ], Robin Soans [ Alan Robesmith ], Colin Stinton [ Scott Reisner ], Geoffrey Beevers [ Neville Spivey ], Andrew Powell [ Policeman at shelter ], David Thorpe [ Policeman ], Helena McCarthy [ Mrs Rokesmith ]
Creek & Magellan investigate the murder of the veteran comedian & film star Jack Holiday, who is found dead inside a locked nuclear bunker, 10 meters inside a block of solid granite with a gun beside his head. But he had been seemingly crippled by arthritis, so it would have been impossible for him to have pulled the trigger himself.
b: 17 May 97 d: Marcus Mortimer
- "The Reconstituted Corpse"
(60 min)
gs:
Kika Mirylees [ Zola Zbzewski ], Philip McGough [ Sam Brickman ], Ron Berglas [ David Curchin ], Rebecca Johnson [ Victoria ], Nigel Planer [ Shelford ], Hilary Lyon [ Cleo Paterson ], Geoffrey McGivern [ Barry Opper ], Michael Mellinger [ Mr Schmitz ], Ralf Beck [ Rudi ], Shona Morris [ Shelford's wife ], Leo Dolan [ Delivery man ], Nick Maloney [ Stage doorman ]
A beautician who has had many plastic surgery treatments, Zola Zbzewski, is accused of murdering her plastic surgeon, after he ends their affair for a younger model.
b: 24 May 97 d: Marcus Mortimer
- "No Trace of Tracy"
(60 min)
gs:
Ralph Brown [ Roy Pilgrim ], Caroline Loncq [ Sheena ], Géraldine Alexander [ Francine Faraday ], Del Henney [ Insp Gibbins ], Vincent Leigh [ Sergeant ], Heather Jones [ Tracy Cook ], James Degazio [ Toby Flowers ], Mel Cobb [ Jacob Flowers ], Christine Moore [ Polly Flowers ], Hank Wangford [ Glenn McArthur ], Mike Sarne [ Martin Crow ], Lou Sexby [ Jerry ], Rob Jarvis [ Tex ], Collin Johnson [ Vet ], Radvic Nekich [ Greg ]
Creek & Magellan investigate the disappearance of a 16 year old rock groupie, Tracy Cook. Last seen when visiting her idol, rock legend Roy Pilgrim, former singer and violinist with Edwin Drood, who is naturally the prime suspect.
b: 31 May 97 d: Sandy Johnson
- "The House of Monkeys"
(60 min)
gs:
Annette Crosbie [ Ingrid Strange ], Charles Kay [ Elliot Strange ], Sara Markland [ Cathy Strange ], Simon Day [ Jordan Strange ], Selina Cadell [ Det Insp Masterson ], Barnaby Kay [ Det Const Spelling ]
When a scientist, Elliot Strange, is found dead inside a locked room, impaled from behind by a 12th-century samurai sword, Creek & Magellan investigate.
b: 7 Jun 97 d: Sandy Johnson
- "Danse Macabre"
(50 min)
gs:
Peter Davison [ Rev Stephen Claithorne ], Pippa Haywood [ Lorna Claithorne ], Meg Davies [ Emma Lazarus ], Mark Caven [ Tom Terici ], Gavan O'Herlihy [ Hal Drucker ], Frankie Park [ Tessa ], Martina Laird [ Bridget ], Jimmi Harkishin [ Gary Lobo ], Justin Alexis [ Nathan ], Christopher Adamson [ Stalker ], Keith Morris [ Waiter ]
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Adam Klaus
Creek and Magellan investigate the murder of a horror writer whose killer disappears before their eyes.
b: 24 Jan 98 d: Sandy Johnson
- "Time Waits for Norman"
(50 min)
gs:
Dermot Crowley [ Norman Stangerton ], Deborah Grant [ Antonia Stangerton ], Geoffrey McGivern [ Barry Opper ], Edward Halsted [ Mel Porthropp ], Zoë Hart [ Rebecca Knape ], Graham Bryan [ Lewis French ], Diane Witter [ Bernice ], Lorelei King [ Justine Bailey ], Suzannah Heath [ Maxine ], Nicky Ladanowski [ Brenda ], Rob Jarvis [ Wino ], Steve Nallon [ Rupert ]
Creek and Magellan face the intriguing case of a man who appears to have defied the laws of time.
b: 31 Jan 98 d: Sandy Johnson
- "The Scented Room"
(50 min)
gs:
Bob Monkhouse [ Sylvester LeFley ], Christine Kavanagh [ Lady Theresa Cutler ], Valerie Colgan [ Martha ], Sam Bradley [ Benjamin ], Geoffrey McGivern [ Barry Opper ], Caroline Harris [ Dr Irene Wolverton ], John Hudson [ Roy Gregson ], Peter Copley [ Eric ], Sophie Langham [ Melissa ], Jocelyn Hughes [ Judy ]
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Adam Klaus
When a million-pound painting is stolen, Creek seizes the chance to launch a personal vendetta against its owner.
b: 7 Feb 98 d: Sandy Johnson
- "The Problem at Gallows Gate (1)"
(50 min)
gs:
Jennifer Piercey [ Kitty ], Clarke Peters [ Hewie Harper ], Annabel Mullion [ Felicity Vale ], Jessica Lloyd [ Clare Sallinger ], Alistair Petrie [ Duncan Proctor ], Stephen Billington [ Neville Bruce ], Akemi Otani [ Kiko ], Stanley Townsend [ Det Insp Barrison ], Andrew Barrow [ Ben ], Calum MacPherson [ Buster ], Georgie Glen [ Mrs Kilby ], Amanda Holden [ Petra ]
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Adam Klaus
Adam Klaus's sister sees a woman strangled in a remote country cottage.
b: 14 Feb 98 d: Keith Washington
- "The Problem at Gallows Gate (2)"
(50 min)
gs:
Jennifer Piercey [ Kitty ], Clarke Peters [ Hewie Harper ], Annabel Mullion [ Felicity Vale ], Jessica Lloyd [ Clare Sallinger ], Alistair Petrie [ Duncan Proctor ], Stephen Billington [ Neville Bruce ], Akemi Otani [ Kiko ], Stanley Townsend [ Det Insp Barrison ]
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Adam Klaus
Creek & Magellan try unraveling the mystery of a man who committed suicide, then apparently killed a woman.
b: 21 Feb 98 d: Keith Washington
- "Mother Redcap"
(50 min)
gs:
Brian Murphy [ Det Ch Insp Ken Speed ], Nicola Walker [ WPC Faye Radnor ], Marcus Gilbert [ Jason Tippet ], Georgine Anderson [ Gwynneth Sweetland ], Barbara Horne [ Dr Laura Climpson ], Leonard Kavanagh [ Judge Forrest Sweetland ], David McKail [ Clifford Jennings ]
Creek is called in when the High Court judge presiding over a gangster trial is found murdered.
b: 28 Feb 98 d: Keith Washington
- "Black Canary"
(90 min)
gs:
Rik Mayall [ Det Insp Gideon Pryke ], Hannah Gordon [ Marella Carney ], Kate Isitt [ Charlotte ], Francis Matthews [ Jerry Bellinitus ], Murray Melvin [ Lionel Prekopp ], Suzanna Hamilton [ Hannah ], Vincent Wong [ Pan Duc Lao ], Dave Haskell [ Sgt Richie ], Simone Huber [ Elsa ], John Hales [ Burger man ], Sanjeev Bhaskar [ Doctor ], Simon Roberts [ Paramedic ], Tomas Lukes [ Vagrant ], Nikki Jhutti [ Nurse ], Corrinne Laidlaw [ Young Charlotte ]
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Adam Klaus
Creek & Magellan investigate the apparently impossible suicide of a female illusionist, who 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.
b: 24 Dec 98 d: Sandy Johnson
- "The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish"
(50 min)
gs:
Andrew Tiernan [ Lenny Spearfish ], Rachel Power [ Alice Spearfish ], Griff Rhys Jones [ Jeremy Sangster ], Debbie Arnold [ Sadie Bechtenstein ], Adjoa Andoh [ Anthea Spacey ], Brett Fancy [ Troy ], Maxine Peake [ Marion Cretiss ], Alan Corser [ Old man ], Louise Barrett [ Call girl ], Peter Hughes [ Coroner ]
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Adam Klaus
A couple's lives are dramatically transformed after the husband enters into a pact with the devil - he has since found buried treasure and appears to be able to defy death.
b: 27 Nov 99 d: Keith Washington
- "The Eyes of Tiresias"
(50 min)
gs:
Margery Mason [ Audrey Pangulitch ], Rebecca Front [ Heidi Bayle ], Diana Weston [ Delia Masson ], Terrence Hardiman [ André Masson ], James Gaddas [ Craig Downey ], Paul Blackthorne [ Gino ], Damien Goodwin [ Josh ], Peter Blake [ Otto Danzigger ], Claire Malcolmson [ Becky Phillips ], Alexandra Hogg [ Yvette (maid) ], Nick Hamilton [ Detective Inspector ], Terry Bird [ Security officer ], Stephen Frankham [ Camera operator ]
An old lady 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.
b: 4 Dec 99 d: Keith Washington
- "The Omega Man"
(50 min)
gs:
John Shrapnel [ Prof Lance Graumann ], Michael Brandon [ Capt Frank Candy ], Jane Booker [ Phillipa Farell ], Sonya Saul [ TV interviewer ], Calvin Williams [ Sgt Kribotnik ], Charlene Brooks [ Trudi ]
The US government hires Creek to help retrieve the skeleton of an alien life form that has mysteriously gone missing.
b: 11 Dec 99 d: Keith Washington
- "Ghost's Forge"
(50 min)
gs:
Lysette Anthony [ Mimi Tranter ], Gina Bellman [ Samantha ], Mark Aiken [ Robin Priest ], Sara Stephens [ Shirley Priest ], Jim Bowen [ Duggie Dawson ], Nicholas Amer [ Bill ], Kezi Silverstone [ Cindy ]
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Adam Klaus
While Creek, Magellan and Tranter are investigating the apparently motiveless murder of an aging hermit, Magellan vanishes into thin air.
b: 18 Dec 99 d: Richard Holthouse
- "Miracle in Crooked Lane"
(50 min)
gs:
Dinah Sheridan [ Kathleen Gilmore ], Nicholas Ball [ Vincent Rees ], Emma Kennedy [ Christine ], Hetty Baynes [ Jacqui Jordan ], Benjamin Whitrow [ Rupert ], Tom Goodman-Hill [ Jeff Torrance ], Frances Low [ Daphne ], Ben Craze [ Colin ], William Vanderpuye [ Det Ch Insp Horner ], Paul Fuller [ Anthony James Feldman ]
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?
b: 28 Dec 99 d: Richard Holthouse
- "The Three Gamblers"
(50 min)
gs:
John Bird [ Det Insp Nathan Gallo ], Jonathan Ross [ Himself ], Nina Sosanya [ Karen Blaine ], Harry Peacock [ Floyd Goodman ], Clifford Barry [ Joe Wheeler ], John Bennett [ Frank Geiger ], Hattie Hayridge [ Lizzie Gillespie ], Cavan Clerkin [ Sidney Australia ], Lee Ingleby [ Derek Spratley ]
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Adam Klaus
Intrigued by a strange tale about a murdered drug runner who apparently returns to haunt his killers using the power of voodoo, Creek and Magellan set off to investigate the ruins of an isolated farmhouse.
b: 2 Jan 00 d: Richard Holthouse
- "Satan's Chimney"
(120 min)
gs:
Julia Sawalha [ Carla Borrega ], Steven Berkoff [ Herman Grole ], Mary Tamm [ Vivian Brodie ], Bill Bailey [ Kenny Starkiss ], Jay Benedict [ Alan Kalanak ], Lisa Stökke [ Jodee Tressky ], Matt Rippy [ Bronson Peterman ], Elliot A Cowan [ Tom ], Raymond Griffiths [ Raymond ], James Saxon [ Insp Bullstrode ], Penny Smith [ Herself ], Sonya Saul [ Herself ], Bill Ward [ Vernon Spools ], Michael Knibbs [ Bishop ], Lorraine Hilton [ Bishop's wife ], Nina Bhirangi [ Continuity girl ]
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Adam Klaus
Magellan is in Texas publicising her new book about her work with Creek, while he remains in England, trying to become an advisor to American escapologist Alan Kalanak. On the set of the film Black Snow in Hampshire, the leading actress Vivian Brodie is killed, apparently through a firmly closed window, and without motive. Together with Kalanak's agent, Carla Borrega, he sets out to solve the mystery. The hunt takes them to the isolated Doomdorf Castle in Scotland, which belongs to the film's director Herman Grole, where there is a dungeon with a terrifying reputation.
b: 26 Dec 01 d: Sandy Johnson
- "The Coonskin Cap"
(60 min)
gs:
Adrian Edmondson [ Brendan Baxter ], Terence Hillyer [ Insp Ted Parnevik ], Anna Wilson Jones [ Sgt Heather Davey ], Veronica Leer [ Moira Jane Lowe ], Andrew Clover [ Gary Basco ], Tina Martin [ Velda Bessie Winstanley ], Anna Francolini [ Coral ], Joan Oliver [ Janet Blaydon ], Toby Walton [ Reporter ], Stephanie Carey [ Nurse ], Yasmin Wilde [ WPC ]
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Adam Klaus
Carla Borrego has taken up a new role on a 'true crime' TV show, produced by her new husband, Brendan Baxter, and she is horrified when he invites Creek to assist them in their investigations of a series of murders seemingly committed by a man wearing a Davy-Crockett-style coonskin cap. Then Sgt Heather Davey, the woman police officer reconstructing one of the murders is shot at, and later she is found strangled in a locked gym. The coonskin cap murderer is soon found, but the killer of Sgt Davey is harder to identify.
b: 1 Mar 03 d: Christine Gernon
- "Angel Hair"
(60 min)
gs:
Adrian Edmondson [ Brendan Baxter ], Jack Dee [ Dudley Houseman ], Sophie Thompson [ Dorothy Moon ], Tamsin Greig [ Pam ], Caroline Carver [ Sally Ellen Oakley ], Marie Boyle [ Maria ], Trevor Peacock [ Henry Houseman ], Edward Hayes-Neary [ Angus ], Robin Kermode [ Mr Jellicoe ], Angela Curran [ Mavis ], Andrew MacCrae [ TV executive ]
Dudley Houseman, despite being married to the beautiful singer Sally Ellen Oakley, starts a relationship with Marie, an airline stewardess. His secretary Dorothy Moon, becomes suspicious of her, and they find a video that seems intended to be used to extort money from him. But there is a puzzle: how can Marie, who appears to have her shoulder-length hair cut off in the video, grow it back in such a short time?
b: 8 Mar 03 d: Christine Gernon
- "The Tailor's Dummy"
(60 min)
gs:
Adrian Edmondson [ Brendan Baxter ], Maureen Lipman [ Louise Bergman ], Nicholas Jones [ Claude Bergman ], Jill Baker [ Donna Henry ], Victoria Shalet [ Carrie Bergman ], Bill Bailey [ Kenny Starkiss ], Jeffrey Segal [ Marco Bergman ], Selva Rasalingham [ Sharif ], Claire Jerath [ Kaitlin ], Alexander Powell [ Little boy ], James Barron [ Mr Cutler ], Robert Atiko [ Anwar ], Haruka Kuroda [ Presenter ], Takuya Matsumoto [ Husband ], Takako Akashi [ Wife ], John Rogers [ Photographer ], Florencia Cordeu [ Maid ]
Marco Bergman, an elderly fashion designer, appears to commit suicide following a bilious newspaper article appearing about him. Then the feature writer, Donna Henry, is attacked in her hotel room by a man apparently able to change his appearance in an instant. Creek has to explain the two incidents, while not being distracted by Brendan Baxter's new TV show, featuring a lie detector used on contestants while answering intimate questions.
b: 15 Mar 03 d: Christine Gernon
- "The Seer of the Sands"
(60 min)
gs:
Adrian Edmondson [ Brendan Baxter ], Lorelei King [ Geraldine Vaccara ], Jonathan Kydd [ Mickey Daniels ], Eve Polycarpou [ Andonea ], Gary Cady [ Justin Mallory ], Catherine Cusack [ Ashley Farr ], Jason Tompkins [ Josef ], Nicola Hughes [ Phylicia ], Kelly Hart [ Woman in street ]
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Adam Klaus
Justin Mallory, a ghost hunter, dies in a boating accident near his isolated seaside home, and his body mysteriously disappears after being discovered by local undertaker's daughter Ashley Farr. His American lover, Geraldine Vaccara, arrives to find out what happened, and soon meets a woman who claims to be a medium, and seemingly passes on messages to Mallory. Creek is asked to come down to explain what is going on, and he brings Carla with him as she is having a marriage crisis.
b: 14 Feb 04 d: Sandy Johnson
- "The Chequered Box"
(60 min)
gs:
Adrian Edmondson [ Brendan Baxter ], Colin McFarlane [ Det Insp Adrian Fell ], Myra McFadyen [ Hattie Baron ], Steve Spiers [ Sgt Herbie Bryant ], Petra Letang [ Jessica Fell ], Colin Hill [ Patrick Jason MacDonald ], Jordon Leon [ Roy ], Frank Boyce [ Waterboard worker ], Andrew Buckley [ Marty ], Fergus Craig [ Paramedic ], Robert Purdy [ Officer ], Jordan Long [ Boy ]
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Adam Klaus
Carla Borrego is making a program about the work of a police officer, Det Insp Adrian Fell, but a journalist's investigations seem to show that he is not the model police officer he might seem. It requires Creek's skills to uncover what is really going on. Meanwhile there are the distractions of having to use a mobile toilet and Adam Klaus's increasingly desperate publicity stunts.
b: 21 Feb 04 d: Sandy Johnson
- "Gorgons Wood"
(60 min)
gs:
Celia Imrie [ Thelma Bailey ], Bamber Gascoigne [ Presenter ], Michael Cochrane [ Owen Glendower ], Alice Patten [ Gillian Bailey and Dawn ], David Morris [ Leo Laughton-Jones ], Brenda Cowling [ Mrs Thrimpson ], Alex Lowe [ Alan Tunstall ], Bob Mercer [ Callum ], Joanna Brookes [ Autograph woman ], Tudor Hassett [ Young Owen ], Katy Walker [ Young Thelma ]
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Adam Klaus
A priceless Oriental porcelain figure belonging to wealthy, successful, celebrity chef Owen Glendower disappears into thin air, when he lends it to a small village to centerpiece a visitor attraction. Creek is brought in to explain how it disappeared, and who is responsible. Meanwhile, Adam Klaus is being sued for hypnotising a woman over the television, and agrees to go on a reality TV program Animal Farm, where the celebrities have to live with pigs in a pig-sty.
b: 28 Feb 04 d: Sandy Johnson
