Factual error: During the examination of the crime scene at the beginning of the episode, not one of the Crime Scene Officers or any of the police on site wear latex gloves. The supervising police officer picks up a vital piece of evidence - a small bag of jewellery - with bare hands! They have hopelessly contaminated the scene.
Jonathan Creek (1997)
1 factual error in The Wrestler's Tomb
Starring: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan
Plot hole: Why on earth would a sleazeball like Adam Klaus be worried about news of a one-night stand being revealed? He'd welcome the publicity, if anything. Anyone threatening to go to the papers with news of a bit of rumpy-pumpy with him would be wasting their time.
Madeline Magellan: Enough with the pedanticism and let us eat.
Jonathan Creek: The word is pedantry.
Question: What exactly did Jonathan and Maddie give to the tramp in exchange for information?
Answer: It was actually mouthwash.
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Chosen answer: It was a bottle of turpentine.
Methylated spirit, always coloured purple.