Yahoo News BBC's new Scottish crime drama Rebus with Outlander star confirms release date
BBC crime drama Rebus has confirmed a release date for this month.
The new Scottish series, which stars Outlander's Richard Rankin, is adapted from the novels by Ian Rankin, portraying the titular John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant.
The BBC have now confirmed that the series will be released on BBC iPlayer in its entirety on Friday, May 17 from 6am. The first episode will be broadcast on BBC Scotland the same day, while BBC One will air the episode on Saturday, May 18.
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The show will follow Rebus (Rankin) who is at a "psychological crossroads" after being "shaken" by an encounter with a gangster.
"At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer," the synopsis adds.
"In a time of divisive politics and national discord, Rebus’s ex-soldier brother Michael, who’s broke, desperately crosses the line in order to provide for his family, and Rebus starts to question if the law still has meaning, or if everyone is reverting to an older set of rules. And if so, why shouldn’t he do so too?"
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The series will also star The Ipcress File's Brian Ferguson as Michael and Line of Duty's Lucie Shorthouse as Rebus’s investigation partner Detective Constable Siobhan Clarke.
The Nevers' Amy Manson, The Rig's Neshla Caplan, Vigil's Noof Ousellam, Bodyguard's Stuart Bowman, Trying's Caroline Lee Johnson, Censor's Sean Buchanan, The Midwich Cuckoos' Thoren Ferguson and Baptise's Michelle Duncan also appear.
Six Four's Gregory Burke is adapting the series, while author Rankin is on board as an executive producer.
Inspector Rebus was previously adapted for an ITV series in the 2000s, with John Hannah and Ken Stott playing the detective.
Rebus will premiere on BBC iPlayer on Friday, May 17, and will also air on BBC One and BBC Scotland.
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