Jonathan Creek 4.05 The Chequered Box (2003) – 6/10 black comedy crime drama TV review

Cast / crew Alan Davies: Jonathan Creek Julia Sawalha: Carla Borrego Writer: David Renwick Adrian Edmondson: Brendan Baxter Colin McFarlane: Inspector Fell Stuart Milligan: Adam Klaus Producer: Verity Lambert Director: Sandy Johnson

Jonathan Creek 4.05 Chequered Box, The (2003) As Adam Klaus tries to get in on the endurance magic craze, Creek ambles about his daily life and Carla is following a local police inspector around with her camera. Then Creek learns that a local journalist has taken photos of the inspector removing self-incriminating evidence from the scene of a murder. 6/10 This episode doesn’t start well with a broken gag involving a train vibrating a coffin with Adam Klaus inside and a macabre but lame joke involving decapitated motorcyclists. Macabre but clever, macabre but intriguing, macabre but funny are all fine. Macabre but lame is not. While the murder plots are clever, the contents of the chequered box are unconvincing and this episode appears to be where Renwick dumped all his weakest gags. This Jonathan Creek episode contains mild swear words and extremely unpleasant scenes. Classified 12 by BBFC. Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over. Links Jonathan Creek Screened by Slimm Previous episode: The Seer of the Sands

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