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Aug 1987 - Oct 2000

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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.

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Best Episodes of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part One
S6 Ep8
10.0
15th Nov 1992
A Kingsmarkham police sergeant dies, carrying a replica gun he had taken from his young son... Then, one year later, Wexford is called to Tancred House, where Davina Flory and her family lie shot dead in a pool of blood. The only survivor is seventeen-year-old Daisy Flory. There are no other witnesses, and the two possible suspects have vanished into thin air. Then a blackmailer is found dangling from a tree... Wexford slowly uncovers a web of motives, greed, illicit sex, and revenge.
Bribery and Corruption: Part Two
S10 Ep3
8.0
24th Jan 1997
Part two of two. Nick's attempted suicide implicates him in Emma's death and Annabel casts light on the mystery.
Vanity Dies Hard: Part Three
S8 Ep3
8.0
7th Apr 1995
Part three. The spinster's suspicions grow when her best friend mysteriously disappears, and as illness takes control she realises her ally was murdered.
Master of the Moor: Part Three
S7 Ep3
8.0
16th Sep 1994
Conclusion. A secret hideaway from Stephen's childhood leads to him uncovering the identity of the Master of the Moor.
Road Rage: Part Two
S11 Ep5
7.0
9th Nov 1998
A girl's badly decomposed body is found, and cabdriver Stanley Trotter is suspected of murder.
A Case Of Coincidence: Part One
S9 Ep7
7.0
22nd Mar 1996
The action begins in the year 1954, when a woman's body is found in the fen-land of Norfolk, and a murder investigation gets under way. In the end, Detective Inspectors Masters and Moore find themselves dealing with the deaths of five women, all apparently by the hand of the same murderer. A young man becomes their principal suspect - but is he really a serial killer?
The Secret House of Death: Part One
S9 Ep5
7.0
8th Mar 1996
Susan Townsend is a young woman who goes to see her reclusive next-door neighbour and finds him hacked to death. When another body is found on the neighbour's property, Susan gets mixed up in a tale of mayhem and murder, with the killer adding her to his list of future victims.
Vanity Dies Hard: Part Two
S8 Ep2
7.0
31st Mar 1995
Part two of a moody whodunit from the pen of Britain's queen of crime fiction, starring Eleanor David as bride-to-be Alice Whittaker, whose marriage plans are thrown into turmoil by the disappearance of a close friend opposed to her impending nuptials. Disregarding assurances that there is nothing to worry about, Alice sets out to investigate - and soon uncovers evidence of foul play lurking just beneath the surface of local life.
Master of the Moor: Part Two
S7 Ep2
7.0
9th Sep 1994
Part two of three. Stephen's passion for the moor fuels the detective's suspicions, as his neglected wife is driven into the arms of danger.

Worst Episodes of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Going Wrong: Part One
S11 Ep1
4.0
2nd Jun 1998
As a teenager, Guy Curran leads a street gang and for three years is the lover of Leonora, whose middle-class background is a world away from his own. Leonora's family disapprove of her boyfriend. As the years pass, they drift apart. Guy becomes a successful business man and Leonora goes to college and then gets her first job. When they meet again, Leonora says there is now someone else in her life, but Guy can't accept this. His obsession deepens and turns into a murderous madness...
Wolf to the Slaughter: Part One
S1 Ep1
5.3
2nd Aug 1987
One evening, someone messes up a love-nest on a side street in a small country town. The carpet is soaked with human blood, but there is no body to be found. Meanwhile, a beautiful, promiscuous woman goes missing - as does the bundle of cash she was carrying. But Wexford and Burden have different theories about the disappearance of the eccentric Anita Margolis.
Master of the Moor: Part One
S7 Ep1
5.7
2nd Sep 1994
Stephen Whalby is a young man living on the edge of the Moor, where since childhood he has spent most of his time alone. A string of young women, all with fair hair, are killed on the Moor, and suddenly Stephen finds himself the principal police suspect.
A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part One
S2 Ep1
6.0
19th Jun 1988
Wexford finds he is dealing with a very nasty case when nature-loving Elizabeth Nightingale is murdered on one of her nightly walks through the woods around Myfleet Manor.
A Sleeping Life: Part One
S3 Ep4
6.0
12th Nov 1989
Wexford investigates when the dead body of a middle aged woman is found in a hedge - but there are no clues to the woman's identity, let alone any clues that might lead to her killer.
The Best Man to Die: Part One
S4 Ep4
6.0
21st Oct 1990
Wexford joins forces with the bridegroom when his best man is killed at the stag party. And Charlie Hatton's death is only the first in a string of murders which seem to be about cheating husbands, loose women and gangsters.
An Unkindness of Ravens: Part One
S4 Ep7
6.0
11th Nov 1990
Rodney Williams disappears and then his body found in the woods. Wexford investigates and finds more than one mystery.
Vanity Dies Hard: Part One
S8 Ep1
6.0
24th Mar 1995
Andrew Fielding, a good-looking young teacher, marries Alice Whittaker, a rich woman in her late thirties, more than ten years older than he is. All seems well until Alice introduces Andrew to Nesta Drage, her best friend, who quickly vanishes without trace. Meanwhile, Alice more and more doubts whether Andrew loves her - and if he is just a gold-digger, might he have something to do with Nesta's disappearance? Alice begins a search for Nesta - but Andrew does his best to tie his wife to the house.
The Strawberry Tree: Part One
S8 Ep4
6.0
21st Apr 1995
Petra Summers is an attractive middle-aged woman with a past - and her past life is beginning to come back to haunt her. When Petra Sunderton's elder brother Piers falls in love with their Spanish cousin Rosario, the consequences are far-reaching.

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Episode Guide

Wolf to the Slaughter: Part One
S1 Ep1
5.3
2nd Aug 1987
One evening, someone messes up a love-nest on a side street in a small country town. The carpet is soaked with human blood, but there is no body to be found. Meanwhile, a beautiful, promiscuous woman goes missing - as does the bundle of cash she was carrying. But Wexford and Burden have different theories about the disappearance of the eccentric Anita Margolis.