Ruth Rendell
Director
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Season 5
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Released Aug. 2, 1987
Episode 59 min
14+
Keywords: tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.police-detective, imdb.detective-inspector, imdb.detective-sergeant, imdb.scene-of-the-crime, imdb.murder-investigation, imdb.whodunit + 6 more, imdb.police-sergeant, imdb.chief-inspector, imdb.police-investigation, imdb.police-inspector, imdb.whodunnit-mystery, imdb.suspense-mystery
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Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - A New Lease of Death: Part One
A local clergyman is anxious to re-open a thirty-year-old murder case, which resulted in Harry Painter being hanged for the axe-murder of an elderly woman. Wexford himself, as a young detective sergeant, helped to convict Painter, and he has to face the possibility that the wrong man was hanged.
Sept. 29, 1991, midnight
S5E2 - A New Lease of Death: Part Two
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Oct. 6, 1991, midnight
S5E3 - A New Lease of Death: Part Three
None
Oct. 13, 1991, midnight
S5E4 - Murder Being Once Done: Part One
Wexford is staying in London with his nephew Howard, a police superintendent, convalescing from over-work and under doctor's orders to drink only water. He is supposed to be resting, but he is bored, and his nephew is dealing with a fascinating murder case. The body of a young woman, Loveday Morgan, was found in Kenbourne Vale Cemetery, strangled with a silk scarf, and the only things in her handbag were a photograph and two telephone numbers. It appears that she had no money and was living under a false name. Wexford, keen to get out and about, is drawn to the case. His unofficial investigation uncovers a story of adoption and parental love.
Oct. 20, 1991, midnight
S5E5 - Murder Being Once Done: Part Two
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Oct. 27, 1991, midnight
S5E6 - Murder Being Once Done: Part Three
None
Nov. 3, 1991, midnight
S5E7 - From Doon with Death: Part One
Margaret Parsons, a fairly ordinary housewife who, with her water board official husband Ron, has recently moved to Kingsmarkham, is found murdered in a field. Mrs. Parsons led an extremely uneventful life, being a lay preacher, but Inspector Wexford is intrigued when he is looking through her belongings and fine a number of expensive antique books all inscribed 'From Doon to Minna'.Who is Doon?
Nov. 10, 1991, midnight
S5E8 - From Doon with Death: Part Two
Although Mr. Parsons is under the impression that he and his wife knew nobody in Kingsmarkham it turns out that Margaret had two school acquaintances in the town, Helen Missal and Fabia Quadrant, who are now both married to very wealthy men. Wexford assumes that one of these men is Doon, and was having an affair with the victim, but appearances can be deceptive
Nov. 17, 1991, midnight
S5E9 - Means of Evil: Part One
Inspector Wexford is confronted with a murder in a vegetarian family and wonders how many kinds of mushrooms there are.
Nov. 24, 1991, midnight
S5E10 - Means of Evil: Part Two
None
Dec. 1, 1991, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 4661 min.
Released: Aug. 2, 1987
Last Air Date: Oct. 11, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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