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May 17, 2024 · Rebus on BBC One review: this unrelentingly bleak show has flashes of brilliance. This adaptation of Ian Rankin’s books is both ferocious and violent. The first five minutes of Rebus set the ...
- Vicky Jessop
May 18, 2024 · Rebus review: Promising Ian Rankin adaptation brings us into the murky, violent world of ‘tartan noir’ Lead star Richard Rankin takes up the mantel from Ken Stott, who played the detective for...
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May 17, 2024 · The BBC’s younger, sharper Rebus This new adaptation – the bastard child of early Taggart and Happy Valley – reimagines Ian Rankin’s detective. By Rachel Cooke
May 20, 2024 · The long-awaited Rebus reboot sees Richard Rankin playing the Scottish detective during his early years. Based on Ian Rankin's novels and written by Gregory Burke, the new crime drama follows DS John Rebus in his late thirties as he tackles a recent divorce and a demotion to Detective Sergeant.
While packed with characters and nods fans will relish, Burke's Rebus is a longer-form story that wants to be judged on its own merits, and is accessible to both Rebus-heads and newcomers as a...
- Christopher Connor
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May 21, 2024 · The Inspector Rebus literary series, written by Rankin, is hugely popular in the British Isles. The series titular character, slightly re-imagined for the new BBC series, is played by Richard...
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Oct 12, 2007 · The First Stone: Directed by Morag Fullarton. With Michael Carter, Sandy Welch, John Stahl, Ken Stott. Rebus is drawn into church politics when the naked body of the Moderator-elect of the Church of Scotland is found in a local cruising spot, hours before the General Assembly is due to open.