#alouiscious

And now, let me tell you a story. In fact I have no story to tell you, but I have something to read for you. Here it is.

Rebus (08th September 2006, 21:00, ITV1)

Having been dumped by his new girlfriend, it’s little wonder DI John Rebus (Ken Stott) is in a malodorous mood. “Ah’ve been chucked!” he bellows to no-one in particular, before stomping off to do what he always does when he’s locked in a conundrum that’s beyond his otherwise prodigious ken: he goes to the pub.

Thankfully, there’s a brutal murder for Rebus to solve, its complexity ane unusualness - the suffocation of a prostitute leads to the discovery of a book written in ancient code - reducing the number of opportunities for sozzled self-analysis.

It’s not the best start to a new series: the dialogue’s shoddy and the story feels horribly compressed. Still, Stott is superb, and there’s lots of lovely Edinburgh scenery to take the edge off the boozy gloom.

By Sarah Dempster (First published in the Radio Times, 2-8 September 2006)

To finish, here’s another set of pictures and a video!