David Renwick had demonstrated his talents for writing intricate, dark comedies with One Foot in the Grave and transferred those qualities to the murder mystery genre for Jonathan Creek.
Comedian Alan Davies had never done any acting prior his casting in the central role, but he made the perfect choice as the friendly yet cynical, calm yet occasionally incredulous, somewhat eccentric yet popular magician's creative genius with a talent for solving complex locked room killings and time shift slayings.
The show did decline in quality after the 2010 special 'The Grinning Man', but only the three episode fifth series is truly worth avoiding.
Comedian Alan Davies had never done any acting prior his casting in the central role, but he made the perfect choice as the friendly yet cynical, calm yet occasionally incredulous, somewhat eccentric yet popular magician's creative genius with a talent for solving complex locked room killings and time shift slayings.
The show did decline in quality after the 2010 special 'The Grinning Man', but only the three episode fifth series is truly worth avoiding.