Plot hole: How did the guy who stalked Emma Lazarus managed to get the box containing her head on the aeroplane without it being checked by airport security? As airline passengers are required to have their personal belongings on them scanned, this should have been detected by the airport security scanner and security staff would have detained the passenger or even arrested him before he had the chance to board the plane.
Jonathan Creek (1997)
1 mistake in Time Waits for Norman
Starring: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan
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.