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3 days ago · Ken Stott's life since Rebus. The Scots actor portrayed author Sir Ian Rankin’s downtrodden Edinburgh detective on ITV until the series was axed in 2007, but went on to have some huge roles. He ...
3 days ago · John Rebus, one of the most iconic TV detectives from the 1990s and early 2000s, and a role that made Ken Stott a star, is back in what is being called a reimagining. The last time we got a reimagining of a classic character was Netflix’s Wallander, which wasn’t a huge success. In that iteration, the flinty Swedish detective regenerated ...
3 days ago · The 41-year-old Outlander star has to stand out not only from Ken Stott’s original portrayal of the seen-it-all Edinburgh polis but from Dougray Scott’s tortured, substance-abusing DI from ...
4 days ago · I’m all over the BBC’s Rebus: three episodes in and I can’t wait to see more.OK, it doesn’t feel necessary, exactly. Every morning brings sheeting rain and another new police drama, and Ian Rankin’s novels have been well-adapted before (between 2000 and 2007 there were four ITV series, also called Rebus, starring first John Hannah and then Ken Stott).
2 days ago · The old, cobbled streets are the same as those policed by John Hannah and Ken Stott, who embodied the rough-hewn cop in the 1990s and 2000s, but the world he polices is very different. And so is the way he polices it.
3 days ago · All episodes of the series are currently available to view on BBC iPlayer with many critics praising the new take on the iconic Scottish detective.. The latest story follows 40-year-old John Rebus (Rankin), who finds himself at a crossroads following an altercation with an infamous Edinburgh gangster.
5 days ago · Considered a staple of the “tartan noir” genre, thirteen of the novels were previously dramatised for ITV with John Hannah and Ken Stott taking on the iconic role. However, Shorthouse promises that the new series promises to offer something a little different while still staying true to the source material.
