From the team behind the Columbo Podcast and the Blackadder Podcast comes the Jonathan Creek podcast, an affectionate retrospective of the popular BBC drama series. The show will look at each series and special of Jonathan Creek beginning with the show’s initial episode, The Wrestler’s Tomb. You can hear a short introductory episode below:

The podcast will launch on Wednesday 10th May 2017, the 20th anniversary of Jonathan Creek‘s first appearance.

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The Wrestler’s Tomb was the first episode of Jonathan Creek’s inaugural season and introduced audiences to Alan Davies in the title role, alongside Caroline Quentin as the show’s co-lead. In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at the plot, characters, actors and others involved in the creation of The Wrestler’s Tomb.

Besides Davies and Quentin’s protagonists, this episode featured a number of other important characters. Former Doctor Who Colin Baker appeared as the victim, Hedley Shale, with Saskia Mulder (now a leading agent at The Artists Partnership) as his killer, Francesca Boutron. There were important roles, too, for Anthony Head as Creek’s employer Adam Klaus, Sheila Gish as the abruptly widowed Serena Shale and Jane Hazelgrove as the victim’s lover Katrina Toplis.

Supporting the main cast were Lloyd McGuire as DS Davey, Mem Ferda as an engaging drunk, John Marquez as a frazzled supermarket manager whose tills have been taken to task by Jonathan’s mental arithmetic and Rebecca Charles as a swiftly-disposed-of love interest of Klaus early in the show.

Like all of the others to come, this episode was written by the show’s creator, David Renwick. The director was Marcus Mortimer in the first of his three Creek episodes behind the camera, while Susan Belbin produced the episode.

The Wrestler’s Tomb was released in 1997. It is 89 minutes long and originally aired on the BBC. An abridged edition can be viewed on Netflix in the UK and Ireland and the original cuts are available on DVD in other countries, including a comprehensive box set of all the episodes up until Christmas 2016 released by the BBC.

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Jack in the Box was the second episode of Jonathan Creek’s first season and featured a classic ‘locked room’ mystery with a twist. Or was it a flush? In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at a seemingly impossible challenge for Jonathan.

The ‘Jack’ referred to in the episode’s title was, of course, Jack Holiday, portrayed by John Bluthal. His wife, Kirsten (Maureen O’Brien), refuses to accept his death was the seemingly apparent suicide his killer made it out to be and accepts Jonathan’s help in solving the puzzle. Meanwhile, Maddy celebrates overturning a miscarriage of justice having helped set Alan Rokesmith (Robin Soans) free after many years in prison.

There were important supporting appearances for June Watson as Alan’s sister Rachel, Bernard Kay as Kirsten and Jack’s butler-cum-assistant Oliver and Colin Stinton as Scott Resiner, a producer at the film company who produced Jack’s final TV advert.

This episode was also written by the show’s creator, David Renwick. The director was again Marcus Mortimer in the second of his three Creek episodes behind the camera, while Susan Belbin continued as producer.

Jack in the Box was released in 1997. It is 59 minutes long and originally aired on the BBC. An abridged edition can be viewed on Netflix in the UK and Ireland and the original cuts are available on DVD in other countries, including a comprehensive box set of all the episodes up until Christmas 2016, released by the BBC.

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