High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Grinning Man" is a feature-length episode of the BBC crime drama series Jonathan Creek, first broadcast on 1 January 2009. The episode marked the series` return to television following a five year hiatus, and saw the return of Alan Davies as the show`s titular sleuth. Stuart Milligan returned to the series as Jonathan`s boss, magician Adam Klaus, while the episode also introduced Sheridan Smith as Joey Ross, Jonathan`s crime-solving assistant. The episode was written and directed by series creator David Renwick, who chose to revive the show as a means of delaying his retirement.