FRIDAY 08 SEPTEMBER
Drama
Rebus
9:00pm - 10:30pm
ITV1 London
VIDEO Plus+: 5601
Subtitles, widescreen
Written by David Kane
1/4 - The Black Book
Having been dumped by his new girlfriend, it's little wonder DI John Rebus (Ken Stott) is in a malodorous mood. "Ah've been chucked!" he bellows to no-one in particular, before stomping off to do what he always does when he's locked in a conundrum that's beyond his otherwise prodigious ken: he goes to the pub. Thankfully, there's a brutal murder for Rebus to solve, its complexity and unusualness - the suffocation of a prostitute leads to the discovery of a book written in ancient code - reducing the number of opportunities for sozzled self-analysis. It's not the best start to a new series: the dialogue's shoddy and the story feels horribly compressed. Still, Stott is superb, and there's lots of lovely Edinburgh scenery to take the edge off the boozy gloom.
RT reviewer: Sarah Dempster
DI John Rebus - Ken Stott
DI Dalcastle - Robert Cavanah
DCS Gill Templer - Jennifer Black
DS Siobhan Clarke - Claire Price
Daniel Raeburn - David Robb
Andy - Bryan Lowe
Belinda - Lynsey Baxter
Juliet Raeburn - Sarah Collier
Colin Morton - Ian Grieve
Martin Cowan - Stuart McQuarrie
Eddie Raeburn - John Bett
Sophie Raeburn - Rowena Cooper
Joseph Cowan - James Grant
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