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| Mystery meddlers: Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) and Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith) return. Images: BBC. |
After a lengthy three year gap, the hypnotic carousel of the Dance Macabre begins again as mop haired master of magic Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) dons his trademark duffel coat anew to investigate the mysterious case of a body disappearing from a locked study, as David Renwick's memorable sleuth creation returns in what will surely be another well-constructed feature-length mixture of humour, thrills, and possibly chills, this Easter Monday on the UK's BBC 1 HD channel: The Clue of the Savant's Thumb.
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| Revelations from guest stars Rik Mayall and Joanna Lumley. |
Once more assisting Creek in his almost modern-day'esque SCOOBY-DOO endeavours is spitfire assistant and paranormal investigator, Joey Ross, played by perky Sheridan Smith, conversing with, and often baffled by, a memorable guest cast including Rik Mayall (returning to the series for a second time as now wheelchair bound detective Gideon Pike), his fellow YOUNG ONES star Nigel Planer as the murder victim in question- famous writer Franklin Tartikoff, former NEW AVENGER Joanna Lumley as his widow, Rosalind, and sexy Sarah Alexander playing Polly - Jonathan's new love interest! Alongside the expected, genuinely witty banter between our two main heroes, going up a notch with Joey's discovery of Polly and a new twist to Creek's entrepreneurial talents, creator Renwick, still one of TV's finest writers in his abilities to craft polished comedy/drama, will, like all great conjurers, have a few extra plotting tricks up his sleevies to keep us all mystified, alongside a host of twisty-turny red herrings and side plots maintained right to the very end as to who the culprit is. As always with JONATHAN CREEK, be prepared: nothing is ever what it seems...
Get JONATHAN CREEK on DVD here: Jonathan Creek Complete Series 1 - 4 & The Christmas Specials Box Set DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Julia Sawalha: Film & TV
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