Jonathan Creek (Seasons 1–5)

Jonathan Creek (1997) is a BBC detective series you can watch online on iFILM. Alan Davies plays Jonathan Creek, a creative consultant for a stage magician who lives in a converted windmill and approaches every puzzle the way an illusionist would — by asking what you're supposed not to notice.

Each episode brings a case that looks genuinely unsolvable: a body found in a sealed room, a witness who disappears in full view of a crowd, evidence that flatly contradicts itself. Jonathan applies the same lateral thinking he uses to design magic acts, and things that baffled everyone else suddenly click. Created by David Renwick, the series runs on dry British wit as much as clever plotting — which puts it a step above the standard whodunit. Stream Jonathan Creek online on iFILM.