David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin will return in for Ludwig series 2. More news can be found below these words.

David Mitchell has become a familiar face in UK comedy, whether trying to discern who’s telling the truth in Would I Lie To You? or as the uptight Mark Corrigan alongside long time comedy partner Robert Webb in Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain’s Peep Show.

He also took on the role of William Shakespeare in Ben Elton’s sitcom Upstart Crow, and reprised the role for a stage adaptation that opened in 2020 and then again when the play was restaged in 2022.

Just as Alan Davies took a left turn from stand-up comedy to drama in David Renwick’s superb Jonathan Creek, Mitchell recently moved into the realm of crime drama to play the title role in six part BBC series Ludwig.

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British actor and satirist John Bird has died aged 86.

The Bremner, Bird and Fortune star passed away “peacefully” on Christmas Eve at a care home in West Sussex, UK, according to his representatives.

Bremner, Bird and Fortune, which was from Vera Productions, ran for 16 seasons in the UK on Channel 4, ending in 2008.

His long-time comedy partner Rory Bremner led the tributes, writing on Twitter he was “deeply saddened to hear that the great John Bird has left us. One of the most modest of men and most brilliant of satirists. And one of the last surviving pillars of the anti-establishment.”

Bremner urged people to view Bird and John Fortunes’ ‘Long Johns’ comedy sketch interviews, in which they played members of the establishment, “and ask yourself if it’s ever been more beautifully done.

Bird (left)on stage with Rory Bremner and John Fortune. Credit: Chris Young – Pa Images/Pa Images via Getty Images

“I used to watch from the wings and marvel at how the two friends made it look so effortless, so blissfully funny, their skill and enjoyment in the moment making light of the seriously detailed research that went into each piece.”

Bird also worked with Fortune and Bremner on Rory Bremner, Who Else? for Channel 4 and the BBC’s Now Something Else.

Fortune died aged 74 on New Year’s Eve 2013.

“Lord knows, satire has missed them this last decade and now that loss is permanent,” said Bremner. “John may not have felt he got his life right, but by god he got it written.”

Bird met Fortune at Cambridge University, where he was part of the famous Cambridge Footlights Revue, where his contemporaries included Peter Cook.

His career included spells at the Royal Court Theatre and acted in fantasy comedy film Jabberwocky, UK comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and One Foot in the Grave, and also played Professor Plum in a TV adaptation of board game Cluedo. He also appeared in popular British detective shows Jonathan Creek, Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders.

He is survived by wife Libby and two stepsons.

Jonathan Creek is an award-winning British mystery crime drama starring Alan Davies. The Title character Jonathan works as a creative consultant to a magician and helps solve mysteries through his keen eye, attention to detail and his talent for logical deduction. He is sort of a nerd but also a quick-witted genius. The mystery solver […]

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British Mysteries are one of the top-rated genres and Jonathan Creek doesn’t disappoint. With whacky plots and illusions, the stories keep you on the edge and make every grey cell think. Jonathan Creek is a BAFTA winning British mystery crime drama written by David Renwick. Starring Alan Davies as the main character who works as […]

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Exclusive: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has renewed its darkly comic British crime series Queens Of Mystery for a second season, with production already underway in Kent, south-east England.

Season 1 of Queens of Mystery followed a perennially single female detective and her three well-known crime writing aunts, who help her solve whodunit-style murders as well as set her up on blind dates. Acorn TV describes it as one of its most popular originals, though it did not disclose streaming figures.

Olivia Vinall played detective Matilda Stone in the first season, but will be replaced by Florence Hall in the second due to a scheduling conflict. Julie Graham (The Bletchley Circle), Sarah Woodward (The Pale Horse), and Siobhan Redmond (Unforgotten) return as Stone’s aunts.

The show will return for three feature-length stories, which will be broken up into six, 45-minute episodes. In episodes titled Sparring with Death,...

Trevor Peacock, who starred in Richard Curtis’ iconic UK comedy The Vicar Of Dibley, has died at the age of 89.

Per the BBC, his family said in a statement: “Trevor Peacock, actor, writer and song-writer, died aged 89 on the morning of March 8th from a dementia-related illness.”

Peacock played the stammering Jim Trott in the BBC comedy, which first premiered in 1994 with Dawn French in the title role. He did not appear in Dibley’s Christmas specials last year. French was among those who paid tribute to the actor:...

You think streaming television, you think hip millennials giving the middle finger to cable services. You think British television, you think retirement-aged women, sipping tea while watching period dramas while wearing a lot of very interesting hats.

And yet, several streaming services find themselves battling it out by combining the two concepts. BritBox, owned by British networks BBC Worldwide and ITV, launched last year in a busy field that also includes companies like Acorn, Walter Presents and others focused on international titles.

Entering an already-crowded streaming landscape, those digital services have opted to go after narrower enthusiast audiences rather than try to compete with the monolith that is Netflix. Niche comes with its own challenges, however, as evidenced by attempts like Seeso (a NBC Universal service aimed at young comedy fans), which shut down after failing to attract a large enough subscriber base.

But Seeso targeted a young audience that...

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We celebrate the work of M.R. James, whose eerie ghost stories were made into a festive tradition by the BBC...

A shadow lurking just beyond the edge of the vision. Dusty manuscripts bearing fragments of ancient testimony, conflicting and confounding. The sickening touch of a decayed hand, grasping at us from the darkness. The imagery of the ghost story may differ between cultures, but the sense of creeping dread left by the most effective tales remains universal.

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One name stands out in the grim roster of English purveyors of the form: Montague Rhodes James, an eminent medievalist with a sideline in...

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This year's Jonathan Creek Christmas Special proves that there's life in the old duffel coat yet. Here's our spoilery review...

Warning: this review contains spoilers.

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The last full series of Jonathan Creek, back in 2014, divided critics and audience; at the time our own reviewer complained that the central mysteries lacked the intricacy and peril of previous instalments, and there was a feeling that the spark had gone out of the show ever since Creek put away his duffel coat and moved out of the windmill.

The signs are there from the outset that this is going to be a more exciting affair: a big spooky house, a mystery involving several deaths and a Satanic ritual,...

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence on a spaceship with Michael Sheen serving the drinks. We take a look at the sci-fi romance, Passengers...

It’s not a very scintillating title, Passengers, is it? Especially for a film about a kilometre-long ship hurtling through space with the two romantic leads trapped inside it. Love’s Labour's Lost In Space might have suited it better, had Futurama not beaten screenwriter Jon Spaihts to the punch by about 17 years. So Passengers it is: the latest film from Norwegian director Mortum Tyldum, who previously brought us the superb Jo Nesbo-adapted thriller Headhunters and Oscar-nominated Alan Turing drama, The Imitation Game.

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We’ve taken a pen to the UK Christmas TV and radio schedules and circled the shows we’re looking forward to. Add yours below!

Amid the cosy repeats, big movies and inescapable cranberry-stuffed cookery shows on TV this month are a few original gems. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s Inside No. 9 festive special The Devil Of Christmas (Tuesday the 27th of December, 10pm, BBC Two) is top of our must-watch list. Hot on its heels is Yonderland’s family friendly Yonder Yuletide (Saturday the 24th of December, 6.30pm, Sky One). Another for families on Sky is the Christmas Day Jasper Fforde adaptation The Last Dragonslayer, while Channel 4 has the non-festive-but-essential-for-fans-of smart-sci-fi Humans series two finale (Sunday the 18th of December, 9pm).

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Not to forget, of course, the Doctor Who Christmas Special, a brand-new series of Sherlock,...

Exclusive: Shoot underway on crowd-funded feature starring Game Of Thrones’ Brenock O’Connor, Alan Davies, Martine McCutcheon and Adam Deacon.

Itchy Fish Film and Scanner Rhodes Productions have begun principal photography on feature The Bromley Boys.

Inspired by the autobiographical book by author David Roberts, The Bromley Boys follows fifteen-year-old Roberts and his love for one of the worst football teams in Britain at the turn of the 1970s.

The film stars Game Of Thrones’ Brenock O’Connor. It is directed by Steve Kelly (City Rats) and produced by Tj Herbert (The Cutting Room) and Dean Fisher (One Crazy Thing).

The supporting cast includes Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek), Martine McCutcheon (Love Actually), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Adam Deacon (Annuvahood), and several up and coming actors, including Betsy Blue-English, discovered through E4’s structured reality show Stage School.

Herbert, a Bromley supporter himself, obtained the rights to the film after discovering the story in a local bookshop. He then...

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The 1990s are Doctor Who's lost decade. Although the eponymous Timelord found a brief home with Paul McGann's American pilot in 1996, the revival was never picked up. So began an even longer winter on the long road to 2005's regeneration under Russell T. Davies with Christopher Eccleston. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Alan Davies will return as super sleuth Jonathan Creek in a 90-minute special, and here's the first pic to prove it...

We learned back in August that Jonathan Creek is set to return to our screens soon.

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Today, the BBC has backed that announcement up by releasing the first image from the show's upcoming special, Daemon's Roost. Here it is, courtesy of CultBox...

Back in August, the BBC broke the news of Jonathan Creek's return in interesting fashion, by emailing us this case file stuffed with exciting details...

There's a lot to deduce there: we'll be getting a 90-minute special entitled Daemon's Roost, which has already started shooting. Alan Davies will return as the eponymous investigator,...

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No Such Thing As The News is BBC Two’s new topical news show from Qi’s famous fact finders...

Here’s an interesting one. Qi’s team of researchers – often referred to as the ‘Qi Elves’ by Mr Stephen Fry – are spinning out into their own TV show.

BBC Two has picked up No Such Thing As The News for five episodes. Qi brainboxes James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber will appear on-screen and recount funny stories from the week’s news.

The show has been described as “fast, intelligent, hilarious television, completely unlike any other show on air” which “aims to do for the news what Qi does for the universe at large.”

This is what producer John Lloyd had to say about the new comedy series...

“The last time I started a topical TV comedy show with four exceptionally talented...

Alan Davies wants 'Jonathan Creek' to return. The mystery drama series - which aired from 1997 to 2004 - was one of the BBC's most popular shows and the main star of the show has revealed there's a possibility of a comeback as the writer ''hasn't killed off Jonathan''. Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, he said: ''Our writer David Renwick keeps his cards close to his chest but he hasn't killed Jonathan off. So there's the possibility of more. ''It's amazing how long it's been going and it's fantastic people like it.'' Last year the show came back for a special...

Rob Brydon ("The Trip"), Alexandra Roach ("Cuban Fury") and Sheridan Smith ("Jonathan Creek") have all signed on to play three new dwarfs in Cedric Nicolas-Troyan's "The Huntsman," the upcoming prequel to 2012's "Snow White and the Huntsman" which is in development at Universal Pictures.

Nick Frost has already signed on to reprise his dwarf role from the original, at the time it was indicated that the film would only feature two dwarfs. Seems that stance has been reconsidered, though Frost is the only actor who played a dwarf in the first film who is coming back for the sequel.

Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Ian McShane, Johnny Harris, Ray Winstone and Brian Gleeson played the other dwarfs in 'Snow White' and aren't expected back - though Jones and Marsan were said to have been contacted about the job.

Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron will reprise their roles as The Huntsman...

Caroline Quentin is enjoying sex more now she's in her 50s. The actress noticed a change in men's attitudes to her when she reached the landmark age, insisting lots of guys stopped viewing her as a sexual woman. However, the former 'Jonathan Creek' star - who is married to Sam Farmer, who is 12 years younger than her - says her love life has never been better and has improved as she has gotten older. Caroline, 54, said: ''Once you're over 40, and over 50 particularly, people don't perceive you as a sexual being any more. It's certainly not true in my...

Caroline Quentin is enjoying sex more now she's in her 50s. The actress noticed a change in men's attitudes to her when she reached the landmark age, insisting lots of guys stopped viewing her as a sexual woman. However, the former 'Jonathan Creek' star - who is married to Sam Farmer, who is 12 years younger than her - says her love life has never been better and has improved as she has gotten older. Caroline, 54, said: ''Once you're over 40, and over 50 particularly, people don't perceive you as a sexual being any more. It's certainly not true in my...

Alan Davies thinks soaps are ''responsible'' for the ''death of the sitcom''. The 'Jonathan Creek' star claims long-running shows such as 'EastEnders' and 'Coronation Street' are filling up precious time slots that could be better used for new comedy series. Insisting he and his family are not fans, he said: ''Any soap gets turned off. Just the theme tune of 'EastEnders' is enough ''I hold soaps responsible for the death of the sitcom. All the best slots have been taken by the soaps. The actors are doing their best in an impossible situation, with so many lines to learn in not enough time.'' The...

We asked Den Of Geek’s writers to recommend brilliant comedy shows that deserve to have more of a fuss made about them. Here they are...

Banging a drum about stuff we love is more or less our remit on Den Of Geek - hence what many readers have started referring to as the ‘inexplicably regular' appearance of Statham, squirrels and Harold Bishop from Neighbours on these pages.

To that end then, we asked our writers which comedy shows (past and present, UK or otherwise, on TV, radio, or online…) deserved more praise, and here are the ones they chose. You might already like them too, or you might discover something new to dig out and enjoy. That’s the fun of it.

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In America, Halloween is a fun day, an excuse for a party and a close third behind Thanksgiving and Christmas when it comes to annual celebrations. In Britain, it's more a case of shutting your curtains and hoping that the kids down the road don't egg your windows.

But that negative approach to Halloween needs to end now. What we lack in pumpkins and parties, we can make up for with an evening of hiding under the duvet with scary TV shows.

While there might not be much actual horror programming on October 31 (although a new series of Citizen Khan on BBC One is frightening us in a different way), a quick delve into the world of Netflix (other streaming services are available, yadda, yadda) means that there are frights and thrills on tap for anyone who wants to get into the spooky spirit of things.

Here are 11 spine-chilling treats...

The National Television Awards 2015 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (October 14) open.

Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2015 awards take place at London's O2 on January 21.

The Nta shortlist will be announced in January when the final round of voting begins. Viewers can vote for free online at nationaltvawards.com or by calling the Nta vote form request line 0844 646 2060.

Full list of 2015 nominations:

Chat Show Host

Adam Hills

Alan Carr

Graham Norton

Jonathan Ross

Michael McIntyre

Paul O'Grady

Piers Morgan

Sarah Millican

Comedy

Benidorm

Big School

Birds of a Feather

Blandings

Boomers

Citizen Khan

Derek

Mrs Brown's Boys

Not Going Out

Outnumbered

The Big Bang Theory

The Wrong Mans

W1A

Daytime

Animal Saints and Sinners

Antiques Road Trip

Bargain Hunt

BBC Breakfast

Coach Trip

Escape to the Country

Father Brown

Fifteen to One

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If TV executives giving you the silent treatment about your favourite shows is getting you all hot under the collar, all you need to do is to get in touch with the Q&A, and we'll sort 'em ahhhht (...when we can).

This week, we've got scoop on Jonathan Creek, Glee, Once Upon a Time and more!

Any news on when Jonathan Creek will be back on our screens?

We put this question to the Creekster himself, Alan Davies, at the launch of his new Dave series As Yet Untitled and were informed that the future of Jonathan Creek is very much in the hands of series writer David Renwick.

Though critical reaction was mixed, the first full Creek series for ten years pulled in strong ratings earlier this year - around the 7-8m mark - so BBC One is eager for more, but Alan told us: "It's always...

There's something horribly grim about stalking somebody's social media accounts after they've died, but it is fitting of the late Rik Mayall that a glance at what might have been a brief foray into the world of Twitter should provide much amusement.

Assuming it was actually his, Mayall's journey into Twitter lasted a single tweet back in 2010 and it was suitably brash, uncompromising, sweary and laugh-out-loud funny. Exactly like the man who so many TV viewers had grown to love over the last 30 years.

Opening my very own Twitter to stop another bastard from doing it. So fuck off & don't expect to hear from me any time soon. Love Rik x

— Rik Mayall (@rikmayall) April 13, 2010

Mayall grew up in Harlow, Essex, but it was as a drama student at Manchester University where his career began as he forged a long-standing friendship and comedy double act with Ade Edmondson. The duo...

British comedy legend Rik Mayall has died at just 56. A spokesman for his management company confirmed that Mayall passed away this morning. Mayall is survived by his wife and three children.

The actor and comedian is best remembered for his small screen roles such as the obnoxious poetry-writing anarchist Rick in cult sitcom "The Young Ones," the sex-crazed arrogant Lord Flashheart in several versions of "Blackadder," the sociopathic right-wing back bencher Alan Beresford B'Stard in "The New Statesman," and the perverted Richie in "Bottom". Other TV credits include "Jonathan Creek" and "Filthy Rich & Catflap"

Mayall also appeared in several films, most famously as the title character in "Drop Dead Fred". He also appeared in "Carry On Columbus," "Guest House Paradiso," "The Wind in the Willows," "Shock Treatment," "Errors of the Human Body" and even a tiny role in "An American Werewolf in London".

Mayall was left seriously ill after a...

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Sad news has just broken via the BBC that Rik Mayall, beloved British comic actor, known for his irreverent, often outrageous style has died, according to his manager.

There are no details concerning the cause of death yet, but Mayall was only 56 years old.

Mayall will be most fondly for his performance in seminal British comedy The Young Ones, which cemented him and his fellow players as the cutting edge of the alternative comedy movement, as well as the creation of memorable grotesques like Alan B-Stard in The New Statesman and Richie opposite long-term collaborator Adrian Edmonson ingloriously obnoxious cult sitcom Bottom. He also rightly stole every scene in Blackadder as anti-hero Lord Flashheart.

In film terms, Mayall starred in Drop Dead Fred as a grotesque imaginary friend opposite Phoebe Cates, and was unjustly cut from the Harry Potter franchise when Peeves the Poltergeist was deemed surplus to requirements.

Terrible news: Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56.

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Horrible, horrible news. Comedian, actor and writer Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56.

The news has been confirmed by a spokesman for his management company, to the Press Association.

Mayall sprung to fame for many of us through The Young Ones. But heck: there's so much that he did. Bottom. Drop Dead Fred. The New Statesman. More recently, his work in Jonathan Creek. And his scene stealing Lord Flashheart in Blackadder too - one of many roles that's going to be enjoyed for many decades to come. Just watch this for proof.

One of the most gifted comedy actors of his generation - and legitimately a unique one - Mayall is survived by his wife and three children.

Mayall's death is a terrible loss, and a shocking one at such a young age. Our thoughts are with...

Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56.

The British comedy icon - best known for his roles in The Young Ones, Bottom and The New Statesman - passed away today (June 9), his management company has confirmed.

A statement from Mayall's management, Brunskill, said: "We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Rik Mayall who passed away this morning.

"We will be issuing a further statement in the fullness of time."

A Scotland Yard spokesman said officers were called by London Ambulance Service to a house in Barnes, south-west London at around 1.20pm, where "a man, aged in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene". He added that the death is not believed to be suspicious.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman also stated that they had been called to the house at 12.07pm.

Mayall began his career on stage in the late 1970s with long-term comedy partner Adrian Edmondson,...

Caroline Quentin has revealed that she would "love to go back" to Jonathan Creek.

The actress told Graham Norton on his BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday (May 17) that she would be interested in a return to the hit detective series.

"I would love to go back and do it," she said. "I basically left to give birth.

"Things moved on I suppose [for the writers] and they cast other people. Consequently I've never returned to it.

"Given the opportunity I'd love to but at the moment I haven't heard from them at all."

Quentin, who appeared as Maddy Magellan in the mystery series between 1997 and 2000, also told Norton that she was "surprised and delighted" the popularity of the show has endured.

Alan Davies, who plays Jonathan Creek, recently said that his character "will never meet anyone quite like Maddy again".

Watch a classic clip of Caroline Quentin in Jonathan Creek below:...

The British public's top ten favourite TV detectives have been revealed.

Britain's Favourite Detectives - a celebration of the UK's greatest fictional crime solvers - will air on Saturday, April 19 on Channel 5.

Benedict Cumbarbatch's dashing Sherlock Holmes, David Suchet's intellectual Hercule Poirot and Life on Mars double-act Sam Tyler (John Simm) and Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) are among the top 'tecs featured.

Digital Spy can reveal who has made the top ten - though you'll have to tune in at 9.25pm on Saturday to find out which order they come in, and which detective has claimed the top spot.

The top ten list is as follows...

Jonathan Creek (Jonathan Creek)

Miss Marple (Marple)

Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)

Inspector Morse (Morse)

Di Alec Hardy (Broadchurch)

Di Frost (A Touch of Frost)

Sam Tyler & Gene Hunt (Life on Mars)

Hercule Poirot (Poirot)

Dci Tom Barnaby (Midsomer Murders)

Detective Columbo (Columbo)

Britain's Favourite...

Review Rachel Bowles 15 Mar 2014 - 18:44

Jonathan Creek concludes its fifth series with a satisfying, comic noodle-scratcher...

This review contains spoilers.

5.3 The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp

After a disappointing start to the new series, Jonathan Creek seemed to return to form last week in The Sinner And The Sandman with a much more recognisable setup with one key mystery to solve. Despite not being the most exciting of mysteries, nor one of the most bloodthirsty; The Sinner and The Sandman certainly turned in some great performances, notably from John Bird. Alan Davies seemed more enthusiastic in the role as the eponymous hero and the whole setup felt a lot less perilous with far fewer contrived jokes or plot points.

Despite a more positive start to the episode, The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp still lacked pace and excitement. It has often been the case with previous series of Jonathan Creek...

Jonathan Creek's latest series came to a conclusion tonight (March 14) with 'The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp'. But has Alan Davies's magical magician lost some of his old charm?

In recent years, the show has been reduced to hit-and-miss specials and the latest three-episode run from writer David Renwick has picked up some of the programme's worst ever reviews from fans and critics.

The ratings are still solid, but not spectacular, and there's a growing sense that the show may have reached its sell-by-date. The opening episode of the current series, 'The Letters Of Septimus Noone', poked fun at the success of Sherlock with a spoof Benedict Cumberbatch-style character making a hash of a mystery.

Creek in its prime could have got away with such a gag - Sherlock is sometimes a bit pompous and the show is due a send-up. If Creek was still at its witty,...

Marvel's Agents of Shield: Channel 4, 8pm

Agents of Shield returns to UK television after its mid-season break in the Us.

The evil centipede group have taken Coulson as their hostage, and are interrogating him about his mysterious survival in a bleak and creepy desert wasteland. As Coulson learns some vital information regarding his survival, a member of his team may have to pay the ultimate price for this knowledge.

Unknowingly, the team are planning a full-scale mission for Coulson, but Skye ends up having to take action alone.

Jonathan Creek: BBC One, 9pm

The series five finale airs tonight and Jonathan is drawn into the kidnapping case of a government minister's wife. The case takes an interesting turn as Jonathan follows a lead to his eccentric cleaner, played by Josie Lawrence.

Polly also suffers from jealously after she sees Jonathan greeting an old female friend rather too warmly for her liking.

Jonathan Creek's latest episode continued to attract high ratings for BBC One last night (March 7), coming in as the highest-rated TV show outside of soaps.

The second of three episodes in the series - starring Alan Davies and Sarah Alexander - brought in 5.57 million viewers (26.2%), slightly down on last week's 6.33 million return.

BBC One also entertained 2.04 million people at 10.45pm (20%) with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds's romantic comedy The Proposal.

Meanwhile, ITV's new documentary series Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages wowed 2.66 million viewers (12.6%) from 8pm, as first-year trainee Kelly dealt with the challenges of nursing. A further 118.6k (0.6%) tuned in an hour later on ITV+1.

The channel maintained much of the audience at 9pm, as 2.19 million (6.3%) stayed to watch Edge of Heaven. An extra 150.8k (0.9%) caught the episode an hour later, as Alfie and Michelle go their separate ways in an attempt to keep their kiss under wraps from Carly.

Jonathan Creek was Friday's (February 28) highest-rated TV show outside of soaps.

Starring Alan Davies and Sarah Alexander, the returning mystery series was viewed by an average of 6.33 million people (29.2%) at 9pm on BBC One.

BBC One kicked off the evening with 4.36 million (21.7%) for The One Show at 7pm, followed by 3.04m (14.2%) for A Question of Sport immediately after.

Elsewhere, Room 101 was seen by 3.61m (15.9%) at 8.30pm, while The Graham Norton Show, which featured guests such as Ant and Dec, Naomi Campbell and Aaron Paul, entertained 3.77m (28.4%) at 10.35pm.

For the second week running, Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages was ITV's highest-rated show outside of soaps, picking up an average of 2.75m (12.4%) at 8pm.

After the evening's second visit to Weatherfield at 8.30, the latest episode of Edge of Heaven was viewed by 1.75m (8.3%) from 9pm.

Over on BBC Two, Permission Impossible attracted 1.26m (6%) at 7pm, Mastermind secured an evening high of 2.17 (9.8%) viewers at 8pm,...

Alan Davies has said that it would be "amazing" to star in Jonathan Creek for "another ten years".

Davies told Digital Spy and others on set that he will play the amateur detective for as long as creator David Renwick wants to continue the series.

"It's entirely up to David," the actor and comic said. "I would do more if he wanted to write them.

"I do enjoy doing it and the viewing figures are still amazing. I think if they dropped off, David would have to make the call."

The last Jonathan Creek special, 'The Clue of the Savant's Thumb', pulled in 8.75m viewers for BBC One in April 2013.

The comedy-drama returned for its first full series in 10 years tonight (February 28) on BBC One.

"It just becomes more and more entrenched in people's minds, I think," Davies said of the show's appeal.

"David is a master craftsman. He writes...

Jonathan Creek is back and this time he's sticking around for a little while.

Yes, after a decade of one-off specials, BBC One's crime comedy-drama kicks off its first series in ten years tonight. In total, there's three new hour-long mysteries for Creek geeks to cherish.

To mark this momentous occasion, Digital Spy has looked back on the past four series (and five specials) to pick out the very best from Alan Davies's amateur detective.

'Jack in the Box' - series one, episode two - first aired May 17, 1997

Jonathan Creek has done more than one locked room mystery in its 17 years on air, but it nailed the formula right out of the gate with series one's superb 'Jack in the Box', which sees a retired comedian shot dead inside a nuclear fallout shelter. The shelter was locked from the inside and the victim's arthritis rules out suicide - so who pulled the trigger?...

The departure of Sheridan Smith from Jonathan Creek will not be addressed on-screen.

The new series of the BBC One comedy-drama sees Creek (Alan Davies) solving mysteries alongside his wife Polly (Sarah Alexander).

"We don't mention [Sheridan's character] Joey," Davies confirmed to Digital Spy and others, on set for the new three-part run.

"It is the destiny of former sidekicks that they never get mentioned again! It is becoming a convention of this show."

Amateur detective Creek was previously assisted by Smith's Joey Ross, Julia Sawalha's Carla Borrego and, originally, Caroline Quentin's Maddie Magellan.

"He will never meet anyone quite like Maddy again," Davies acknowledged. "That part was deliberately written for Caroline because Caroline is pretty bonkers - she was brilliant in that role."

The new series of Jonathan Creek - the show's first full series for 10 years - begins tonight at 9pm on BBC One.

Alan Davies on new...

Alan Davies has promised a more mature Jonathan Creek in the new series.

The BBC One comedy-drama returns for its first full series in 10 years tonight, with an older Creek having ditched his famous duffle coat.

"The duffle coat is on the costume rail but it hasn't been brought out for any scenes," Davies told Digital Spy and others on set. "Who wears the same duffle coat for 17 years?"

The new three-part Jonathan Creek series - written by creator David Renwick - will see the amateur detective team up with his wife Polly (Sarah Alexander) to solve mysteries.

"David wanted to write about a married couple - he wanted to write ongoing serious relationships," Davies explained.

His co-star Alexander added: "First of all, Polly is not keen but she soon gets drawn into it all. Some of the mysteries are very personal to her - especially the first episode.

"There...

Jonathan Creek: BBC One, 9pm

As the month of February draws to an end, we return to Jonathan Creek for a brand new three-part series. Alan Davies returns as Jonathan, who has retired from crime-solving and is now happily married. However, he is soon tempted back into investigating following an attack on a West End actress and is joined by a criminology student who tags along for some 'work experience'. While looking into the case, a personal tragedy for Jonathan and his wife Polly uncovers some dark and disturbing secrets.

The Blacklist: Sky Living, 9pm

The crime drama makes its long-awaited return from its mid-season break. Tonight's episode sees Red go off the grid on a mission to seek out the FBI's mole, while Cooper assigns Liz a dangerous investigation with the hope that placing her in jeopardy will lure the master criminal out of hiding. Will his plan work?...

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Silk: Monday (February 24) at 9pm on BBC One

You know what's a surefire way to ruin the vibe of a party? Your friend's son getting arrested for killing a police officer. That's what Rupert Penry-Jones's QC character Clive Reader has to deal with as he tries to celebrate finally being made a silk in the opening episode of... er, Silk.

Enter Martha Costello QC (Maxine Peake), who is convinced that the police have been playing dirty and agrees to defend the boy. With plenty of brilliant courtroom barking, we're so glad that Silk is bringing us some...

Alan Davies' marriage inspired the new series of 'Jonathan Creek'. The crime-solving drama will return for a new series this week and Alan - who married children's book author Katie Maskell in 2007 - says art may have imitated life as his titular detective is married in the latest episodes. He said: ''The fact he's married may be tied to the fact that I'm married. It always said something about Creek that he'd be completely withdrawn from society and other people. Now it says something about him that he's re-entered the atmosphere and is able to sustain a relationship. You couldn't just...