<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> British Comedy Award </Td> <Td> Best TV Comedy Drama </Td> <Th> </Th> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Other television programmes have utilised the same formula of a magician helping police to solve crimes, such as the U.S. - made programmes The Magician, starring Bill Bixby, which aired in 1973--74, and 1986's short - lived Blacke's Magic, starring Hal Linden . </P> <P> There were two attempts to make a U.S. version of Jonathan Creek . The first involved Castle Rock, the production company behind series such as Seinfeld, but the initial scripts were not felt to be good enough, and David Renwick's scripts were rejected by CBS . The second attempt, also by Renwick, was for Whoopi Goldberg and would have included Alan Davies . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> DVD </Th> <Th> Date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 1 & 2 </Td> <Td> 16 February 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 3 & 4 & the Christmas Specials </Td> <Td> 2 August 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Complete Series 1--4 & the Christmas Specials (gold - coloured) </Td> <Td> 29 November 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Grinning Man </Td> <Td> 19 October 2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Judas Tree </Td> <Td> 12 April 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Complete Series 1--4 & the Christmas Specials (blue - coloured) </Td> <Td> 4 October 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Clue of the Savant's Thumb </Td> <Td> 6 May 2013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 5 </Td> <Td> 17 March 2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Daemons' Roost </Td> <Td> February 6, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Complete Collection (Series 1 - 5 plus six specials) </Td> <Td> February 6, 2017 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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