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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is a British television crime drama series, produced by TVS and later by its successor Meridian Broadcasting, in association with Blue Heaven Productions, for broadcast on the ITV network. Twelve series were broadcast on ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
It also commented on the "often-dated feminist themes". Ruth Rendell later reported in an interview with Anthea Davey for Red Pepper that she had "had a go at dotty militant feminism" in An Unkindness of Ravens and as a result "I was described by one women's magazine as the greatest anti-feminist since Dashiell Hammett". [2]
The Inspector Wexford series was successfully televised, starring George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden, under the title The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, with 48 episodes from 1987 to 2000. Rendell praised Baker's performance, stating "It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and ...
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: ITV: 1994–2000: series 7-12; co-produced with Blue Heaven Shine on Harvey Moon: 1995: co-production with WitzEnd Productions: It's a Mystery: ITV (CITV) 1996–2002: co-production with The Media Merchants Currently owned by Mattel Television: Havakazoo: Channel 5: 1997–2002: Teddybears: ITV (CITV) 1997–2000: co ...
Murder Is Easy is a British mystery thriller television serial, based on the 1939 Agatha Christie novel of the same name. It is adapted by Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu Gaur. It premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 27 December 2023.
The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess, who was nominated for the Royal Television Society award for the best original television theme in 1997. [1] Charles Wycliffe, played by Jack Shepherd, is assisted by DI Doug Kersey (Jimmy Yuill) and DI Lucy Lane (Helen Masters).
Many mysteries contain well-developed characters with insight into their psychologies—think of Dorothy Sayers, P. D. James, and Ruth Rendell, to name just a few.
The Pembrokeshire Murders is a Welsh three-part television drama miniseries based on the Pembrokeshire murders by Welsh serial killer John Cooper. [2] In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins [3] decided to reopen two unsolved 1980s murder cases linked with a string of burglaries.