John Rebus is not one of those coppers who is content to spend his time staring at a screen, sifting JK Rowling’s tweets for offensive content. Before the opening credits have rolled on the first ...

Back in the mid-1980s, a recently graduated twentysomething Ian Rankin was harbouring modest ambitions to become a lecturer. But he envisioned having a sideline, too. “I was going to write what would ...

The 31 rewarding stories in Edgar-winner Rankin’s complete John Rebus collection span the Scottish detective’s entire career, from his early days as a policeman learning the ropes right up to the time ...

New pictures show Richard Rankin in the titular role, with Brian Ferguson as John's brother, and Lucie Shorthouse as Rebus’s investigation partner Rebus, a new crime series based on the best-selling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set in Edinburgh, the six-part first series was based on the best-selling novels by Ian Rankin and received widespread critical ...

Rebus fans will relish Ian Rankin and Simon Reade’s play in which the spiky Scottish cop must solve a crime at a posh dinner party Ian Rankin gave his spiky but oddly likable detective John Rebus a ...

Rebus has been airing on BBC One and the detective drama is based on the Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin. The final episode sees John Rebus (played by Richard Rankin) forced to confront his ...

The award-winning crime drama returns to the BBC for a second series, with Richard Rankin reprising his role as Detective Sergeant John Rebus We were blown away with the audience response to the ...

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