The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is a British television series made by Television South and Meridian Television (in association with Blue Heaven productions) for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000. and will return in 2015.
Description
The series comprises adaptations of the works of Ruth Rendell, many of which are based on her extensive range of short stories. In some cases, the stories were expanded from Rendell's original material or elements from a number of stories were woven together into one episode. A smaller number of episodes were based on Rendell's full-length novels, such as Going Wrong, starring James Callis and Front Seat, starring Janet Suzman.
There were a total of 55 episodes centring on the Detective Inspector Wexford stories, starring George Baker, Louie Ramsay and Christopher Ravenscroft, and an additional 29 episodes did not feature Wexford.
Inspector Wexford episodes
| # | Episode title | Aired |
| 1 |
Wolf to the Slaughter: Part 1 |
2 August 1987 |
| 2 |
Wolf to the Slaughter: Part 2 |
9 August 1987 |
| 3 |
Wolf to the Slaughter: Part 3 |
16 August 1987 |
| 4 |
Wolf to the Slaughter: Part 4 |
23 August 1987 |
| 5 |
A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part 1 |
19 June 1988 |
| 6 |
A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part 2 |
26 June 1988 |
| 7 |
A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part 3 |
3 July 1988 |
| 8 |
Shake Hands Forever: Part 1 |
23 September 1988 |
| 9 |
Shake Hands Forever: Part 2 |
30 September 1988 |
| 10 |
Shake Hands Forever: Part 3 |
7 October 1988 |
| 11 |
No Crying He Makes |
23 December 1988 |
| 12 |
No More Dying Then: Part 1 |
22 October 1989 |
| 13 |
No More Dying Then: Part 2 |
29 October 1989 |
| 14 |
No More Dying Then: Part 3 |
5 November 1989 |
| 15 |
A Sleeping Life: Part 1 |
12 November 1989 |
| 16 |
A Sleeping Life: Part 2 |
19 November 1989 |
| 17 |
A Sleeping Life: Part 3 |
26 November 1989 |
| 18 |
The Veiled One |
17 December 1989 |
| 19 |
Some Lie and Some Die: Part 1 |
30 September 1990 |
| 20 |
Some Lie and Some Die: Part 2 |
7 October 1990 |
| 21 |
Some Lie and Some Die: Part 3 |
14 October 1990 |
| 22 |
The Best Man to Die: Part 1 |
21 October 1990 |
| 23 |
The Best Man to Die: Part 2 |
28 October 1990 |
| 24 |
The Best Man to Die: Part 3 |
4 November 1990 |
| 25 |
An Unkindness of Ravens: Part 1 |
11 November 1990 |
| 26 |
An Unkindness of Ravens: Part 2 |
18 November 1990 |
| 27 |
Put on by Cunning |
24 December 1990 |
| 28 |
A New Lease of Death: Part 1 |
29 September 1991 |
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| # | Episode Title | Aired |
| 29 |
A New Lease of Death: Part 2 |
6 October 1991 |
| 30 |
A New Lease of Death: Part 3 |
13 October 1991 |
| 31 |
Murder Being Once Done: Part 1 |
20 October 1991 |
| 32 |
Murder Being Once Done: Part 2 |
27 October 1991 |
| 33 |
Murder Being Once Done: Part 3 |
3 November 1991 |
| 34 |
From Doon with Death: Part 1 |
10 November 1991 |
| 35 |
From Doon with Death: Part 2 |
17 November 1991 |
| 36 |
Means of Evil: Part 1 |
24 November 1991 |
| 37 |
Means of Evil: Part 2 |
1 December 1991 |
| 38 |
Achilles' Heel |
26 December 1991 |
| 39 |
The Speaker of Mandarin: Part 1 |
27 September 1992 |
| 40 |
The Speaker of Mandarin: Part 2 |
4 October 1992 |
| 41 |
The Speaker of Mandarin: Part 3 |
11 October 1992 |
| 42 |
The Mouse in the Corner: Part 1 |
18 October 1992 |
| 43 |
The Mouse in the Corner: Part 2 |
25 October 1992 |
| 44 |
An Unwanted Woman: Part 1 |
1 November 1992 |
| 45 |
An Unwanted Woman: Part 2 |
8 November 1992 |
| 46 |
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part 1 |
15 November 1992 |
| 47 |
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part 2 |
22 November 1992 |
| 48 |
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part 3 |
29 November 1992 |
| 49 |
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part 4 |
6 December 1992 |
| 50 |
Simisola: Part 1 |
26 January 1996 |
| 51 |
Simisola: Part 2 |
2 February 1996 |
| 52 |
Simisola: Part 3 |
9 February 1996 |
| 53 |
Road Rage: Part 1 |
8 November 1998 |
| 54 |
Road Rage: Part 2 |
9 November 1998 |
| 55 |
Harm Done |
11 October 2000 |
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Non-Wexford episodes
| # | Episode title | Aired |
| 1 |
Talking to Strange Men |
27 December 1992 |
| 2 |
Master of the Moor: Part 1 |
2 September 1994 |
| 3 |
Master of the Moor: Part 2 |
9 September 1994 |
| 4 |
Master of the Moor: Part 3 |
16 September 1994 |
| 5 |
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 1 |
24 March 1995 |
| 6 |
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 2 |
31 March 1995 |
| 7 |
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 3 |
7 April 1995 |
| 8 |
The Strawberry Tree: Part 1 |
21 April 1995 |
| 9 |
The Strawberry Tree: Part 2 |
28 April 1995 |
| 10 |
Heartstones |
1 January 1996 |
| 11 |
The Secret House of Death: Part 1 |
8 March 1996 |
| 12 |
The Secret House of Death: Part 2 |
15 March 1996 |
| 13 |
A Case of Coincidence: Part 1 |
22 March 1996 |
| 14 |
A Case of Coincidence: Part 2 |
29 March 1996 |
| 15 |
The Double |
3 January 1997 |
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| # | Episode title | Aired |
| 16 |
A Dark Blue Perfume |
10 January 1997 |
| 17 |
Bribery and Corruption: Part 1 |
17 January 1997 |
| 18 |
Bribery and Corruption: Part 2 |
24 January 1997 |
| 19 |
Thornapple |
31 January 1997 |
| 20 |
May and June: Part 1 |
7 February 1997 |
| 21 |
May and June: Part 2 |
14 February 1997 |
| 22 |
Front Seat |
21 February 1997 |
| 23 |
Going Wrong: Part 1 |
2 June 1998 |
| 24 |
Going Wrong: Part 2 |
9 June 1998 |
| 25 |
Going Wrong: Part 3 |
11 June 1998 |
| 26 |
You Can't Be Too Careful |
24 December 1998 |
| 27 |
The Orchard Walls |
31 December 1998 |
| 28 |
The Lake of Darkness |
3 May 1999 |
| 29 |
The Fallen Curtain |
6 August 1999 |
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Media releases
In 2007, Network in the UK released 17 mysteries on DVD in a 9-disc box set called The Best Of Ruth Rendell Mysteries, including three of Inspector Wexford's most acclaimed mysteries. Two 3-disc DVD sets are available in the US, with the third set being released on 24 June 2008.
In the UK, the series was repeated through February 2009 on the digital channel ITV3.
References
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