Rankin, Ian

Last Edited: 04-Feb-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.


Date Title Cast Parameters
30-Sep-1995
The Serpent’s Back


Alexander Morton, Richard Greenwood, Norman McLain, Paul Young,
Ken Falconer, Wendy Segar, Tom Smith, Liam Brennan, Michael
Elder, Simon Scott, Sheila Donald, Stephen McNicol
Directed by Patrick Raynor
89:58, 84346, S
03-Sep-2009 Step Right Up
Read by Dominic Cooper
produced by Justine Willett
13:36, 12763, S
R7:
21-Sep-2009 to
25-Sep-2009
Beggar's Banquet
  1. Facing the Music  1
  2. Facing the Music  2
  3. Herbert in Motion 1
  4. Herbert in Motion 2
  5. The Hanged Man
read by James McPherson
produced by David Jackson Young
13:43, 12874, S
13:43, 12866, S
13:49, 12963, S
13:38, 12790, S
13:43, 13005, S
R4
16-Oct-2017 to
20-Oct-2017
The Deathwatch Journal
Read by Jimmy Chisholm
Producer Bruce Young
omnibus
68:59, 96877, S
BBC R4
25-OCt-1997
The Third Gentleman
Douglas Russell, Cara Kelly, John Buick, Monica Gibb, Robin Thomson,
Simon Tait, Steven McNicoll, Alexander Morton, Wendy Seager
Director: Patrick Rayner
87:54, 82508, S

DI Rebus
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
Publ 1987
1 Knots and Crosses


Publ. 1991
2 Hide and Seek


Publ. 1992
3 Tooth and Nail


Publ. 1992
07-Aug-2010
14-Aug-2010
4 Strip Jack
Ron Donachie, Andy Clark, Lisa Gardner, Gavin Kean,
Douglas Russell, Robin Laing, Emma Currie, Lewis Howden,
Monica Gibb, Laurie Brown, Maryam Hamidi, Liam Brennan
dramatisation by Chris Dolan
Producer/Director Bruce Young
57:06, 53540, S
57:10, 53595, S
Publ. 1993
11-Nov-2012
18-Nov-2012
5 Rebus: The Black Book
Ron Donachie, Gayanne Potter, Steven McNicoll, Sean Biggerstaff,
Douglas Russell, Paul Young, Simon Donaldson, Richard Conlon,
Shauna MacDonald, Anne Downie, Gary Lewis, Tony Cownie,
Wendy Seager
Dramatised in two parts by Chris Dolan
Director Bruce Young
56:54, 53238, S
56:57, 53282, S
Publ. 1994
6 Mortal Causes


Publ. 1995
BBC R4
31-May-1999
7 Let It Bleed
James Bryce, Sarah Collier, Crawford Logan, Steven McNicoll, Sandy
Neilson, Louise Ross, Doug Russell, Wendy Seager, Robin Thomson,
Alexander Morton, Caroline Loncq
Director Gaynor Macfarlane
89:04, 82402, S
Publ. 1997
28-Jun-2008
05-Jul-2008
8 Rebus: Black and Blue
Ron Donachie, Iain Robertson, Gayanne Potter, Simon Tait,
Irene Allan, Simon Donaldson, Mark McDonnell, Natalie Bennett,
John Kazek, Juliet Cadzow, Laurie Ventry, Stevie Hannan
dramatised by Chris Dolan
Producer/director Bruce Young
57:12, 53632, S
57:08, 53569, S
Publ. 1998
9 The Hanging Garden


Publ. 1998
BBC R7
22-Apr-2004 to
06-May-2004

-- Death Is Not the End
read by Douglas Henshall
(novella then expanded into #10 Dead Souls)

32:35, 15275, m
29:42, 13919, m
33:31, 15709, m

Publ. 1999 10 Dead Souls 

Publ. 2000
28-Sep-2014
05-Oct-2014
11 Rebus: Set in Darkness
Ron Donachie, Gayanne Potter, Martin McBride, Juliet Cadzow,
Amiera Darwish, Julie Austin, Lesley Mackie, Douglas Russell,
Gregor Powrie, Gary Lewis, Andy Clark, John Buick, Kenny Blyth
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Producer/director: Bruce Young
56:47, 53121, S
56:57, 53282, S
Publ. 2001
BBC R7:
20-Nov-2008
21-Nov-2008

12 Rebus: The Falls
Paul Young, Ron Donachie, Gayanne Potter, John Sheddon,
Sarah Collier, Gerda Stevenson, Chris Young, Alec Heggie,
Joanna Tope, Patrick Moye, Findlay Welsh, Frances Thorber
dramatised by Bert Coules
directed by Bruce Young

56:51, 53309, S
56:54, 53352, S

Publ. 2002
Broadcast: R4:
26-Jun-2004
03-Jul-2004
--
12-Aug-2006
19-Aug-2006

13 Rebus: Resurrection Men
Ron Danachie, Gayanne Potter, Finlay Welsh, Neil McKinven, Lewis
Howden, Sandy Neilson, Paul Young, Crawford Logan, Mark McDonnell,
Sarah Collier, William Barlow
Dramatised by Bert Coules
Directed by Bruce Young

56:35, 53062, S
57:07, 53561, S

Publ. 2003
13-Feb-2016
20-Feb-2016

14 Rebus: A Question of Blood
Ron Donachie, Gayanne Potter, Brian Ferguson, Sarah Collier,
Brian Pettifer, Nicola Roy, Veronica Leer, Gavin Mitchell, Eilidh
McCormick, Kenny Blyth, Alasdair Hankinson, Paul Young, Anita
Vetesse, Simon Tait, Ben Clifford
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Producer/director: Bruce Young

57:00, 53321, S
56:51, 53181, S

Publ. 2004
07-Oct-2017
14-Oct-2017

15 Rebus: Fleshmarket Close
Ron Donachie, Gayanne Potter, Robbie Jack, Damian Lynch,
Chris Reilly, Grant O'Rourke, Karen Bartke, Simon Donaldson,
Molly Innes, Jimmy Chisholm, Susheel Kumar, Kenny Blyth,
Laura Lovemore, Gary Lewis, Hannah Jarrett-Scott, Laura
Lovemore, Siu Hun Li
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Producer/director: Bruce Young

56:57, 53282, S
56:42, 53042, S

Publ. 2006
16 The Naming of the Dead


Publ. 2007 17 Exit Music


Publ. 2012 18 Standing in Another Man's
Grave


Publ. 2013 19 Saints of the Shadow Bible


Publ. 2015
20 Even Dogs in the Wild

read in Lib. H/C
Publ. 2016
21 Rather Be the Devil


Publ. 2018 22 In A House of Lies



Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters