Plot hole: SPOILER ALERT Louise Bergman murders her father Marco, who is blind, by making a tape of the sound effects of a blazing fire along with her voice urging him to jump to safety out of his upper floor window. A man who has been blind for two years would have learned to rely on his other senses, and would immediately suspect something was wrong - he would feel no heat from the fire nor smell smoke.
Jonathan Creek (1997)
1 plot hole in season 4
Starring: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan
The Sinner and the Sandman - S5-E2
Plot hole: Ian Avery-Cooper loses his lottery ticket which is immediately picked up and appropriated by Leonard Corbyn. However, Avery-Cooper immediately reports the loss to the shopkeeper who sold him the ticket. All lottery sales staff are trained in what to do under these circumstances, because it happens a lot - they cancel the lost ticket and issue a new one. Since Avery-Cooper used the same numbers every week this would not pose a problem, but even if he didn't the ticket would be recorded on the seller's computers and could be precisely reconstructed. This would be even easier since Avery-Cooper reports the loss within a minute of it happening and we see that he has the receipt for the sale in his hand. Corbyn's stolen ticket would be worthless and Avery-Cooper would be able to claim his rightful winnings. If nothing else Ian could have simply bought another ticket with the same numbers.
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.
Chosen answer: It was a bottle of turpentine.
Methylated spirit, always coloured purple.