Rebus - A Question of Blood

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Rebus

Drama: Crime

Adaptations of Ian Rankin's novels and short stories about his famous Edinburgh detective.

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Ron Donachie

Gayanne Potter

Brian Ferguson

Sarah Collier

Brian Pettifer

Nicola Roy

Veronica Leer

Gavin Mitchell

Eilidh McCormick

Kenny Blyth

Alasdair Hankinson

Paul Young

Ian Rankin

Chris Dolan

Bruce Young

Rebus: A Question of Blood: Episode 1

Episode 1

A Question of Blood

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Rebus, A Question of Blood, Episode 1

DI Rebus investigates a school shooting but becomes the main suspect in a fatal house fire

4 Extra Debut. Detective inspector Rebus investigates a school shooting but finds himself the main suspect in a house fire. Stars Ron Donachie.

When a known criminal dies in a house fire the forensic evidence suggests he was murdered before the fire started. 

Detective Inspector Rebus - the last person to see the victim alive - becomes the main suspect. 

Meanwhile, a fatal shooting at a private school near Edinburgh unexpectedly leads Rebus to an army helicopter crash on Jura in a case involving diamonds and drug smuggling.

Ron Donachie stars as Rebus in Ian Rankin's thriller.  

Dramatised in two parts by Chris Dolan.

DI Rebus ...................Ron Donachie
Siobhan Clarke......... Gayanne Potter
DI Hogan ................. Brian Ferguson
DCI Templer ............ Sarah Collier
Bell .......................... .Brian Pettifer
Miss Teri .................. Nicola Roy
Whiteread .............. Veronica Leer
Peacock ................... Gavin Mitchell
Kate .......................... Eilidh McCormick
Brimson .................. Kenny Blyth
James ...................... Alasdair Hankinson
Fogg.......................... Paul Young

Other parts played by the cast.

Directed at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

Rebus: A Question of Blood

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Chris Dolan dramatises Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus detective novel

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