The BBC has released the first promotional image for the upcoming Jonathan Creek special.

Written by the show’s creator David Renwick, the new 90-minute episode is due to air at Easter on BBC One.

Guest starring Rik Mayall (Bottom), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), Sarah Alexander (Green Wing), Nigel Planer (The Young Ones) and Hasina Haque (Casualty), ‘The Clue of the Savant’s Thumb’ will see Creek and fellow investigator Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith) drawn into a complex case involving a secret society, seemingly supernatural events at a girls’ boarding school, and the miraculous disappearance of a body in front of three witnesses.

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Watch the trailer for the 2010 special…