Ian Rankin’s ‘Rebus’ Returns To TV As Viaplay’s Debut UK Original
deadline.comSir Ian Rankin’s Rebus detective novels are to be reimagined for Nordic streamer Viaplay, the group’s debut UK drama commission and the first Rebus TV adaptation for nearly 15 years.
The six-parter sets down a marker for Viaplay’s ambitions in the UK, having launched in the nation earlier this week. Rankin’s Rebus, which aired for four seasons on ITV in the early noughties helmed by John Hannah and then Ken Stott, will be in his 30s, recently divorced and demoted to Detective Sergeant.
He has a new colleague, Detective Constable Siobhan Clarke, and is struggling to deal with the changes in his personal and professional life.
At the same time, Rebus’s daughter, Sammy, and ex-wife, Rhona, are enjoying an affluent existence with Rhona’s new partner. Eleventh Hour Films is producing and 71 scribe Gregory Burke is writing.
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