Ian rankin articles
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Edinburgh detective Rebus: TV reboot BBC broadcast date released for iconic Ian Rankin character's return
The broadcast dates have been revealed for the eagerly-awaited return of Edinburgh’s favourite detective to our TV screens this month on the BBC. The new Inspector Rebus series will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Friday, May 17, with episode 1 on BBC Scotland that night and on BBC One on Saturday May 18. This reboot series featuring Sir Ian Rankin’s much-loved character has a completely new cast from past on-screen incarcerations of Rebus with Outlander star Richard Rankin taking on...
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As Scotland's secret king of crime, he's been overshadowed by the likes of Val McDermid and Ian Rankin but was Bill Knox the REAL father of tartan noir?
He was the avuncular man in sensible specs who, at his peak, was a Scottish household name - and the true pioneer of the gritty, murderous genre that is 'tartan noir'.
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it's exactly what Nicola Sturgeon and Ian Blackford would want
In the wake of Liz Truss leaving her post as Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon and SNP allies were quick to say that it was a 'democratic imperative' that an election be called