Miracle in Crooked Lane

Episode aired Dec 28, 1999
TV-PG
50m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

377

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Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin in Jonathan Creek (1997)

Comedy Crime Drama Mystery

A former glamour model is seriously injured when her garden shed explodes, leaving her badly burned. However, a witness insists she spoke to the unharmed woman several hours later as she wen... Read allA former glamour model is seriously injured when her garden shed explodes, leaving her badly burned. However, a witness insists she spoke to the unharmed woman several hours later as she went to church.A former glamour model is seriously injured when her garden shed explodes, leaving her badly burned. However, a witness insists she spoke to the unharmed woman several hours later as she went to church.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

377

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
BBC lawyers insisted that the prop makers check out the titles of the fictitious 'girlie magazines' seen in the episode, to ensure they didn't inadvertently use the title of a real one.

Goofs
The disappearing trick would only really work on terrain where the illusionist could move silently, or their audience was particularly hard of hearing. Paul and Jonathan are in the same style shoes on rough terrain, where their footfalls are clearly audible and it would be exceedingly difficult to move both silently and swiftly. However, just for the trick, suddenly only Paul's feet make noise.

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References Coronation Street (1960)

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Featured review

9/10

Moving and funny, it's a classic.

When Jonathan and Maddy attend The Jonathan Creek fan club, they get caught up in a bizarre death, accidental on the surface, but all is not as it seems.

Perfect mix, it's intriguing, it's funny, it's well acted, episodes like this are the reason I keep checking to see if the show will one day return.

It's wonderfully clever, the incident, something so small and insignificant has so much relevance, it's just a brilliant piece of writing.

Geoff and the other fans are a riot, and make the episode feel very, very different.

That scene between Kathleen and Jacqui was just incredible, it's one of the best moments of the show in my opinion, it's the acting, the meaning, the words, it's just so moving, credit to both Dinah Sheridan and Hetty Baynes.

I adored the Jacqui, Baynes is so beautiful, but there is some real death to the character. Quentin is outstanding here as is Davies. Just look at the cast list for this one, it's impressive.

A classic, 9/10.