Based on the bestselling novels by Ian Rankin and written by Gregory Burke, this six-part series reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother crosses the line into criminality

Shaken after a violent encounter with gangster Ger Cafferty, Edinburgh detective John Rebus finds himself at a psychological crossroads. 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.

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Starring Richard Rankin, Brian Ferguson, Lucie Shorthouse, Amy Manson, Stuart Bowman, Caroline Lee Johnson, Noof Ousellam, Thoren Ferguson, Neshla Caplan
Based on the Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin
Written and adapted for television by Gregory Burke
Executive Produced by Paula Cuddy, Jill Green, Eve Gutierrez, Niall MacCormick, Ian Rankin, Gregory Burke, Thomas Axelsson and Isabelle Hulten
Produced by Angela Murray
Directed by Niall MacCormick, Fiona Walton

Rebus will launch on Friday 17 May. All episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am, with episodes airing on BBC Scotland weekly from Friday 17 May at 10pm and on BBC One weekly from Saturday 18 May at 9:25pm