The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

*The Ruth Rendell Mysteries*
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Starring	George Baker; Louie Ramsay; Christopher Ravenscroft;
Composer	Brian Bennett
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	84
Production
Executive producers	Graham Benson; Colin Rogers; Tim Vaughn;
Producers	John Davies (1987); Neil Zeiger (1988–2000);
Production companies	TVS (1987–1992); Meridian Broadcasting (1994–2000); Blue Heaven; (1992, 1994–2000);
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 August 1987 –; 11 October 2000

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Broadcasting (in association with Blue Heaven productions) for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.

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 as Wexford, Louie Ramsay as Dora Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as DI Mike Burden. An additional 29 episodes did not feature Wexford.

Inspector Wexford episodes

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#	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
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

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#	Episode Title	Aired
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

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#	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

On 9 April 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 June 2014 on the current digital channel ITV Encore, formerly shown on ITV3 ten years ago.

References

External links

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Inspector Wexford novels	From Doon with Death A New Lease of Death Wolf to the Slaughter The Best Man to Die A Guilty Thing Surprised No More Dying Then Murder Being Once Done Some Lie and Some Die Shake Hands Forever A Sleeping Life Put on By Cunning The Speaker of Mandarin An Unkindness of Ravens The Veiled One Kissing the Gunner's Daughter Simisola Road Rage Harm Done The Babes in the Wood End in Tears Not in the Flesh The Monster in the Box The Vault No Man's Nightingale
Stand-alone novels	To Fear a Painted Devil Vanity Dies Hard The Secret House of Death One Across, Two Down The Face of Trespass A Demon in My View A Judgement in Stone Make Death Love Me The Lake of Darkness Master of the Moor The Killing Doll The Tree of Hands Live Flesh Heartstones Talking to Strange Men The Bridesmaid Going Wrong The Crocodile Bird The Keys to the Street A Sight for Sore Eyes Adam and Eve and Pinch Me The Rottweiler Thirteen Steps Down The Thief The Water's Lovely Portobello Tigerlily's Orchids The Saint Zita Society The Girl Next Door Dark Corners
As Barbara Vine	A Dark-Adapted Eye A Fatal Inversion The House of Stairs Gallowglass King Solomon's Carpet Asta's Book No Night is Too Long The Brimstone Wedding The Chimney Sweeper's Boy Grasshopper The Blood Doctor The Minotaur The Birthday Present The Child's Child
Short story collections	The Fallen Curtain Means of Evil The Fever Tree The New Girlfriend The Copper Peacock Blood Lines Piranha to Scurfy A Spot of Folly
TV series	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Barbara Vine Mysteries