Rebus is a British television detective drama series based on the "Inspector Rebus" novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The series was produced by STV Studios for the ITV network, and four series were broadcast between 26 April 2000 and 7 December 2007. The first series starred John Hannah as DI John Rebus; and was co-produced by Hannah's own production company, Clerkenwell Films. After Hannah quit the series, the role of Rebus was re-cast, with Ken Stott appearing as Rebus in three subsequent series, which were produced in-house by STV. The first series is very different in both format and style.
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Rebus (TV series)
Rebus (TV series) | Introduction
It is a detective drama series based on the "Inspector Rebus" novels. It depicts the adventures of "the Doctor", who explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship. Accompanied by a number of companions, he combats a variety of foes while working to save civilizations and help people in need They were based on the "Inspector Rebus" novels . The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called "the Doctor", an extraterrestrial being, to all appearances human
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Rebus is a British television detective drama series based on the "Inspector Rebus" novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The series was produced by STV Studios for the ITV network, and four series were broadcast between 26 April 2000 and 7 December 2007. The first series starred John Hannah as DI John Rebus; and was co-produced by Hannah's own production company, Clerkenwell Films. After Hannah quit the series, the role of Rebus was re-cast, with Ken Stott appearing as Rebus in three subsequent series, which were produced in-house by STV. The first series is very different in both format and style.
Rebus (TV series) | Introduction
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Rebus | Use in game shows
All three Stott series were released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2007. In Region 1, Koch Vision released the first series on DVD on 10 January 2006. Series two through four were later released by Acorn Media between 2006 and 2008. In 2008, Delta released the Hannah series in a four-disc box set.
Rebus (TV series) | Introduction
The fourth and final episode was originally due for broadcast on 20 September 2001 but was indefinitely postponed following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 and didn't air until four years later during a re-run of the series on ITV3 and the subsequent repeats on Alibi, Drama, and STV2 (formerly STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh) having never been broadcast on ITV.
Rebus (TV series) | Series 1 (2000–2004)
A rebus is a kind of word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words. Rebus may also refer to:
Rebus (disambiguation) | Introduction
The third series of the British sitcom series "'Allo 'Allo!" contains six episodes which first aired between 5 December 1986, and 9 January 1987. Series 3 features the last appearance of Francesca Gonshaw as Maria Recamier. The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 3) | Introduction
Rebus letters served either as a sort of code or simply as a pastime.
Rebus | Pictograms
A rebus () is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words and/or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n". It was a favourite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames. For example, in its basic form, three salmon (fish) are used to denote the surname "Salmon". A more sophisticated example was the rebus of Bishop Walter Lyhart (d. 1472) of Norwich, consisting of a stag (or hart) lying down in a conventional representation of water.
Rebus | Introduction
A Question of Blood is a 2006 episode of STV's "Rebus" television series. It was the second episode broadcast in the show's third season, and starred Ken Stott in the title role. The episode was based on the Ian Rankin novel of the same name.
A Question of Blood (Rebus) | Introduction
All About Me is a 2000s British television sitcom. All About Me may also refer to:
All About Me (disambiguation) | Introduction
This is not found in Ian Rankin's books, he having stated outside the books that Rebus is a Raith Rovers supporter. Rebus's Fife accent is softened as well; in the novel "Tooth and Nail", London Metropolitan Police colleagues find it difficult to understand his speech.
John Rebus | TV
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Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of "The Falls" (2003), "Resurrection Men" (2004), "Black and Blue" (2008), "Strip Jack" (2010), "The Black Book" (2012), "Set in Darkness" (2014) and "A Question of Blood" (2016), having previously played Rebus's Chief Constable in the TV series.
Inspector Rebus | Radio
The rebus form is centuries old and has been used in various forms. The most popular contemporary form prior to "Concentration" involved pictures, letters and numbers as well as plus and minus signs to add or delete parts of a word or phrase (e.g., WICK [an arrow pointing at a candle wick] + E + PEA [picture of pea] + D + UH: WIKIPEDIA) The member of the Barry-Enright development team responsible for the development and art direction of the puzzles was Norm Blumenthal, who later became the original series' producer. He simplified the rebus form for television, allowing only plus symbols, and subsequently devised all of the puzzles seen on the original series.
Concentration (game show) | Rebuses
"Rebus" television series. It was the third episode broadcast in the show's fourth season, and starred Ken Stott in the title role. The episode was based on the Ian Rankin novel of the same name.
The Naming of the Dead (Rebus) | Introduction
The show also features the last appearance of Gavin Richards as Bertorelli who would be recast by Roger Kitter and Ernest would later be recast by Robin Parkinson. The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 6) | Introduction
In his version of a rebus puzzle, which became "Concentration"'s standard, a rebus is a puzzle made up of a combination of pictures, letters, words and numbers connected by plus signs. When solved, it gives a well-known title or phrase. For instance: CON + CENT + TRAY + SHIN (CONCENTRATION).
Concentration (game show) | Rebuses
In his review for All About Jazz Andrey Henkin states "The music contained on "Rebus", a word defined as a representation, is fascinating for its perpendicular nature. With Luther Gray's solid and expansive drumming, Morris and Vandermark play against each other, the former working vertically while the latter moves horizontally."
Rebus (album) | Reception
"The First Stone" is the first and only story to be featured throughout the series which is not based upon a full "Rebus" novel, rather a novella from a collection of short stories. "Knots and Crosses" was due to be broadcast on 19 October 2007, but was postponed for reasons unknown. It was eventually broadcast on 7 December 2007. It bears the name of a Rankin book, but does not share the plot.
Rebus (TV series) | Series 4 (2007)
Plans were afoot in the late 1980s and early '90s to bring Rebus to television in an adaptation of "Knots and Crosses" with Leslie Grantham in the lead but this came to nothing. Ian Rankin believes that it was likely they would have made Rebus English or relocated the entire story to London. Rankin has revealed the BBC were also keen to cast Robbie Coltrane as Rebus in a mooted adaptation of the series in the 1990s. Rankin "smiled a bit", imagining flashbacks to Rebus's SAS training with Private Robbie Coltrane running over the assault course! In the "Rebus" television adaptations he was played by John Hannah in the first series, a casting decision in which Hannah felt he was forced.
John Rebus | TV
The gradual matching of card pairs slowly revealed elements of the rebus, a picture puzzle described below.
Concentration (game show) | Development
Alexander Morton played Rebus in a 1999 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of "". Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of "The Falls" (2008), "Resurrection Men" (2008), "Strip Jack" (2010), "The Black Book" (2012), "Black and Blue" (2013) and "Rebus Set in Darkness" (2014). BBC Radio has also broadcast abridged readings of Ian Rankin's "Rebus" novels, including "Let It Bleed" read by Alexander Morton, "Death Is Not the End" read by Douglas Henshall and "Beggar's Banquet" read by James MacPherson.
John Rebus | BBC Radio
Thirteen of the novels were dramatised for television between 2000 and 2007 in four series of "Rebus". John Hannah played Inspector Rebus in the first series, before being replaced by Ken Stott for the next three. Series four of the programme also included an original episode, which unlike the other thirteen episodes aired, was not based on any of the Rankin novels. It was entitled "The First Stone".
Inspector Rebus | Television
In 2009, Kentridge, in partnership with Gerhard Marx, created a 10m-tall sculpture for his home city of Johannesburg entitled "Fire Walker." In 2012 his sculpture, "Il cavaliere di Toledo", was unveiled in Naples. "Rebus" (2013), referring in title to the allusional device using pictures to represent words or parts of words, is a series of bronze sculptures that form two distinct images when turned to a certain angle; when paired in correspondence, for example, a final image – a nude – is created from two original forms – a stamp and a telephone.
William Kentridge | Sculpture
All About Me is a British television sitcom starring Jasper Carrott about a multicultural family living in Birmingham. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2002 to 2004. "All About Me" was created by Steven Knight, who also wrote two of the early episodes.
All About Me | Introduction
Omnibus is an arts-based British documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC 1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the arts-based series "Monitor". It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are:
Omnibus (British TV programme) | Introduction
Rellik ("Killer" spelled backwards) is a British-American crime drama television series created and written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams that premiered on 11 September 2017. The project was commissioned by the BBC in 2015, with Cinemax joining them later in November 2016. In the United States the series premiered on 13 April 2018.
Rellik (TV series) | Introduction
Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor "Jack Holborn" involved international producers and was dub filmed in English.
Silas (TV series) | Introduction
Although the shots appear like a clip from the episode, the production team conduct a separate filming session aimed as a reenactment of a scene the actor was involved in, mostly pertaining to a specific camera angle or action conducted by their character, with the vignette sequence often done in order of their first spoken line; the exception to this is that actor Gorden Kaye is always first in the sequence, regardless of when his first appearance is made.
'Allo 'Allo! | Lloyd & Croft sitcom elements
The term "rebus" also refers to the use of a pictogram to represent a syllabic sound. This adapts pictograms into phonograms. A precursor to the development of the alphabet, this process represents one of the most important developments of writing. Fully developed hieroglyphs read in rebus fashion were in use at Abydos in Egypt as early as 3400 BCE. In Mesopotamia, the principle was first employed on proto-cuneiform tablets, beginning in the Jemdet Nasr period (c. 3100–2900 BC). The writing of correspondence in rebus form became popular in the 18th century and continued into the 19th century. Lewis Carroll wrote the children he befriended picture-puzzle rebus letters, nonsense letters, and looking-glass letters, which had to be held in front of a mirror to be read.
Rebus | Pictograms
Schama's illustrative presentation was aided by readings from actors, including Lindsay Duncan, Michael Kitchen, Christian Rodska, Samuel West and David Threlfall.
A History of Britain (TV series) | Introduction
The ninth series of the British sitcom series "'Allo 'Allo!" contains six episodes which first aired between 9 November and 14 December 1992. Series 9 was the last series of the show, and contains the final regular episode ("The Best of 'Allo 'Allo!" aired some two years later; but was mostly made up of archive footage). Richard Gibson did not take part in the final series; so the character of Herr Otto Flick was taken over by David Janson. The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 9) | Introduction
The British TV sitcom series "'Allo 'Allo!" pilot was originally broadcast on 30 December 1982. It was repeated as the first of a series of eight episodes broadcast from 6 September to 19 October 1984. The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternative region titles given below them.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 1) | Introduction
In the United Kingdom, most drama and comedy series run for shorter seasons – typically six, seven or thirteen episodes – and are then replaced by others. An exception is soap operas, which are either on all year round (for example, "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street"), or are on for a season similar to the American format. As in the U.S., fewer new episodes are made during the summer. Until recently it was also common practice for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to repeat classic shows from their archives, but this has more or less dried up in favor of newer (and cheaper) formats like reality shows, except on the BBC where older BBC shows, especially sitcoms like "Dad's Army" and "Fawlty Towers", are frequently repeated.
Rerun | Repeats in the United Kingdom
In February 2008, ITV announced that "Rebus" had been axed, amid reports that Stott had told producers he did not want to continue in the role. ITV indicated that "one-off specials are a possibility for the future." In April 2011, it was reported that the series could make a return to television, and a spokeswoman for STV confirmed a comeback was on the cards: "We fully intend to bring "Rebus" back in the future. There are no firm plans yet, but it will return." However, Rankin has since announced that he has purchased the rights to the TV series back, and that he does not intend to bring Rebus back in the present format, having criticised the shorter format of the final series.
Rebus (TV series) | Introduction
The composition alludes to the name, profession or personal characteristics of the bearer, and speaks to the beholder "Non verbis, sed rebus", which Latin expression signifies "not by words but by things" ("res, rei" (f), a thing, object, matter; "rebus" being ablative plural).
Rebus | Introduction
An episode of the television series "Rebus" was filmed based on the book with some differences to the original novel. Ken Stott starred as Rebus.
Let It Bleed (novel) | TV serial
Although most United States-made television series are directly exported to the United Kingdom using the original production and cast, some successful shows have been remade for the British market. The following list include American TV shows and concepts remade for a British audience.
List of British television series based on American television series | Introduction
The second series of the British sitcom series "'Allo 'Allo!" contains seven episodes which first aired between 21 October and 26 December 1985. Series 2 sees the arrival of Officer Crabtree, played by Arthur Bostrom and the Gestapo officer Herr Engelbert Von Smallhausen, played by John Louis Mansi. The first Christmas special was commissioned, and aired shortly after the second series. This shows the then rising popularity of the show. The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 2) | Introduction
The production is directed by Robin Lefevre, designed by Ti Green, lighting designed by Chahine Yavroyan and Simon Bond, composed by Garth McConaghie, assistant direction by Madeleine Kludje and fight direction by Alison de Burgh. The play premiered at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, running from 20 September to 6 October 2018 before touring to King’s Theatre, Edinburgh (8 to 13 October), Malvern Theatres (15 to 20 October), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (22 to 27 October), Manchester Opera House (29 October to 3 November), Royal & Derngate Northampton (5 to 10 November), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (12 to 17 November) and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (19 to 24 November).
Rebus: Long Shadows | Production
The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 4) | Introduction
In January 2004, BBC Worldwide began releasing the show themselves onto DVD in North America, beginning with Series 1. The releases have continued on a somewhat irregular basis (approximately circa twice-yearly).
'Allo 'Allo! | North American releases
A modern example of the rebus used as a form of word play is: By extension, it also uses the positioning of words or parts of words in relation to each other to convey a hidden meaning, for example: A rebus made up solely of letters (such as "CU" for "See you") is known as a gramogram, grammagram, or letteral word. This concept is sometimes extended to include numbers (as in "Q8" for "Kuwait", or "8" for "ate"). Rebuses are sometimes used in crossword puzzles, with multiple letters or a symbol fitting into a single square.
Rebus | Modern rebuses, word plays
Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of which have so far been televised as "Rebus". The novels are mostly set in and around Edinburgh. Rebus has been portrayed by John Hannah and Ken Stott for Television, with Ron Donachie playing the character for the BBC Radio dramatisations.
John Rebus | Introduction
Since the BBC does not group episodes into distinct series on the programme website, they are listed below in strict chronological order (according to the date when an episode was first shown). Episodes have been repeated on an "ad hoc" basis at fairly regular intervals, but the complete series (as it stands currently) has never been shown sequentially. Transcripts and downloadable subtitles of some episodes in SRT/ASS (SSA) format are available from the Subsaga website.
Talking Pictures (TV series) | Episodes
Edinburgh Central Library was used as a filming location for the TV series Rebus, during episode one Black & Blue. Outside building shots were taken and as well as a scene in the reference section.
Central Library, Edinburgh | Filming Location
The omnibus repeat achieved higher ratings than the original broadcast, with 10.5 million viewers. Of the original 625-line PAL colour videotapes, all except Episode Four were wiped for reuse. However, a converted 525-line colour NTSC version recorded off-air from an American broadcast was made available to the BBC. This version was abridged and unsuitable for transmission as it was not of broadcast standard (the US recordings were made on a domestic Betamax VCR from a repeat in 1978). In 1992 the colour signal from the NTSC tapes was used as the basis for restoring the colour to the 16mm monochrome telerecordings of episodes one, two, three and five.
The Dæmons | Broadcast and reception
Universal Playback, under licence from the BBC, began releasing the series on DVD in 2002. In the UK six box sets with series 1–9 have been released, as well as a complete box set. The original UK releases have episode titles superimposed over the openings of the episodes (series 1–4). The 2013 re-release of the complete series box set omits the majority, but not all of these superimposed titles. The American releases have no on-screen episode titles, reflecting the way that the shows were originally transmitted.
'Allo 'Allo! | UK releases
He also meets his long-lost cousin, whose son was one of the killer's victims and whose daughter is now being sucked into the MP's campaign. He and Clarke try to trace the gun to a local gangster, and continue on the case when Rebus is officially suspended on suspicion of murdering Clarke's stalker. Two secretive security service personnel appear and begin asking awkward questions, and Rebus traces their interest to the gunman's involvement in a classified military helicopter crash on Jura years before. Drugs are found on his boat, and they discover that he had secrets and some unusual friendships, including with local teenagers and an ex-RAF pilot.
A Question of Blood | Plot summary
The final episode was screened on 12 December 1995.
Allsorts (TV series) | History
Allsorts (later renamed Gigglish Allsorts in 1994) is a British pre-school children's television series that was produced for ITV by Granada Television. The programmes aired from 7 January 1987 to 12 December 1995 and covered a range of children's learning activities.
Allsorts (TV series) | Introduction
Although the French town of Nouvion in which the series is set indeed exists, all filming was done in Norfolk, much of it at Lynford Hall. Between 1982 and 1987, and from 1989 to 1992, all interior scenes were filmed in front of a studio audience at the BBC Television Centre studios in London. For the fifth series, recorded from December 1987 to August 1988, production moved to BBC Elstree Centre in Studio D. With hopes for a US syndication deal, the BBC planned to make 26 new episodes of the sitcom; hence, a bigger space was needed for the production.
'Allo 'Allo! | Locations
This is a list of characters from the "Inspector Rebus" series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin. They are all fictional characters that have appeared in more than one novel in the series. A number of the characters appeared in the television adaptations made for ITV.
List of Inspector Rebus characters | Introduction
This is a list of theatrically released feature films that are based on British television programmes.
List of films based on British television series | Introduction
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Allsorts (TV series) | Transmission guide
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! is an Irish television sitcom that aired on RTÉ 1 for one season in 1993. The show was written by and starred stand-up comedian Morgan Jones. The show was notable for its negative reception. Writing in the "Connacht Sentinel", journalist Declan Tierney gave the programme a negative review: "to say that this is a pathetic attempt at comedy is being kind to "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" and stated "the only indication that it "is" a comedy comes from the canned laughter, which is over-done and often goes on for so long that it is impossible to hear the start of the next sentence".
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! | Introduction
Let It Bleed is a 2006 episode of STV's "Rebus" television series. It was the fourth episode broadcast in the show's third season, and starred Ken Stott in the title role. The episode was based on the Ian Rankin novel of the same name.
Let It Bleed (Rebus) | Introduction
More importantly, a match also revealed two pieces of the rebus. The contestant could try to solve the rebus by making one guess or choose two more numbers. There was no penalty for a wrong guess; even if he/she was wrong, he/she kept control. Usually, a contestant waited to solve the puzzle until he/she had exposed a good portion of the rebus through several matches. In rare instances, the puzzle was solved with only a few clues showing.
Concentration (British game show) | Format
That structure has continued throughout the series into the future.
Walks Around Britain (TV series) | Series 2 (2016)
It was his production company behind the series and his original suggestion was Peter Mullan. However, he claimed the corporation would not commission a relatively unknown actor. In the later series, following Hannah and his production team's exit, the role was taken over by Ken Stott. A lot of Rebus's character foibles are glossed over in the adaptations, for example his large LP collection and the frequent popular music references and thoughts that Ian Rankin weaves into the stories. However, Rebus' reliance on alcohol is evident and he is often seen drinking in the Oxford Bar. Also, in the television series Rebus is portrayed as being a supporter of Hibernian (like Siobhan Clarke).
John Rebus | TV
It's 1943, the Italians have withdrawn, and the British Airmen are back in England. The Germans are still in Nouvion, but the war is not going well for them. René is pleased to say that all is back to normal, when Yvette announces to him that she is pregnant. Helga steals the Fallen Madonna from Herr Flick's quarters on behalf of the German officers, but ensures she is not left out of the action.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 8) | Christmas Special: A Bun in the Oven
Read All About It! is a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1981 by TVOntario. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode ran for approximately 15 minutes. Eric Robertson composed the music for the show being filmed in Brampton, Ontario.
Read All About It! (TV series) | Introduction
"Casting the Runes" was again adapted for television in 1979 as an episode of the "ITV Playhouse" series with Lawrence Gordon Clark directing and starring Jan Francis as the lead protagonist (a man in previous adaptations). It has been released by Network DVD which also includes a 20-minute adaptation of "Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance" (made in 1976 by Yorkshire Television as part of the "Music Scene" ITV Schools programme) and "A Pleasant Terror", a 1995 ITV documentary about James.
M. R. James | Television
The fifth series of the British sitcom series "'Allo 'Allo!" contains twenty-six episodes which first aired between 3 September 1988 and 25 February 1989. Series 5 is longer than any of the other series, and contains almost a third of the total number of episodes. The series was made with a view to airing the show in the US, so episodes were shortened to 25 minutes rather than 30 minutes to allow for commercial breaks; and twenty-six episodes were commissioned to tie in with the American tradition of having "seasons", rather than the typical British "series" of six to eight episodes.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 5) | Introduction
After a shooting at a local boarding school Rebus discovers one of the victims was a relative. He blames a local villain, Jez Peacock, for the incident, as the main suspect worked for him. As he digs deeper, Rebus finds the truth is otherwise.
A Question of Blood (Rebus) | Plot
The official website features all the films from the programmes, exclusive material including Rewinds through time at 16 different locations, Rough Cuts of magic moments and Behind the Scenes. The site also shows aerial images by photographer Jason Hawkes.
Britain from Above | Introduction
All of the Rebus novels are available as audiobooks, some in several versions: narrated by different people or in abridged and unabridged form. Narrators include: Three of the novels have won Spoken Word Awards: "Strip Jack" (Gold), "A Question of Blood" and "Resurrection Men" (Silver). An innovative new design, the illustrated audiobook was created for "Rebus's Scotland" (the CD box contains a 32-page booklet containing photographs from the book).
Inspector Rebus | Audiobooks
Many successful British television shows (particularly sitcoms and reality shows) have been remade for the American market. The amount of reworking varies with some shows (such as "All in the Family") keeping the basic situation and then adding many original features while others have taken complete scripts verbatim (such as "Amanda's"). There are relatively few examples of American shows remade for the British market (the majority of these being game shows), and the British television audience are very accepting of the American originals while being much less accepting of British remakes (see, for instance, the failure of "The Brighton Belles", the British remake of "The Golden Girls").
List of American television series based on British television series | Introduction
Omnibus is an Italian breakfast television news and talk show, broadcast on La7 since 1998.
Omnibus (talk show) | Introduction
A brand new story written for the stage by Ian Rankin and adapted by playwright Rona Munro entitled "Rebus: Long Shadows" had its premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 20 September 2018 before touring the UK. The production was directed by Roxana Silbert and starred Charles Lawson as Rebus.
Inspector Rebus | Stage
Mr. Antrobus, head of the First Family of Man, his wife Maggie, their son Henry, daughter Gladys and their attractive maid, Sabina, face the hardships of the prehistoric time, and the impending Ice Age. The Woolly Mammoths attend the Mammoth Convention in Atlantic City. Sabina enters the beauty contest at the convention ("World Peace"). The Fortune Teller Esmeralda predicts the coming doom ("Rain"). As the actors break the actors' fourth-wall by speaking directly to the audience, the frustrated stage manager tries to keep the show together ("Who's the Equity Deputy on this show?"). Finally a world war breaks out and Henry, the leader of the opposition, confronts his father, while in the end, Sabina goes to the movies during a break in the raging catastrophe ("At the Rialto").
All About Us (musical) | Synopsis
"Knots and Crosses" is a 2007 episode of STV's "Rebus" television series. It was the fourth episode broadcast in the show's fourth season, and stars Ken Stott in the title role. The episode takes its name from the Ian Rankin novel of the same name, although this is where the similarity ends. "Knots and Crosses" was the first Rebus novel, however the episode bearing its name was the last to be broadcast.
Knots and Crosses (Rebus) | Introduction
The eighth series of the British sitcom series "'Allo 'Allo!" contains a Christmas special which aired on 24 December 1991, and seven episodes which first aired between 12 January and 1 March 1992. Series 8 marks a change in the series. Rather than continuing to tell the story from the end of the seventh series, the first episode picks up the story some two years later. This sees the departure of the two British airmen and Bertorelli from the series. John B. Hobbs became the producer for the show. In this series the letters in the initial credits were yellow instead of white like all earlier series.
'Allo 'Allo! (series 8) | Introduction
Taking "retour" (return) literally, the music is heard already before Part 3, which has the scene for which Barrault requested it, and several more times throughout Part 3, almost as a "Leitmotiv". Other sections ("Satzzonen"), marked by letters and numbers, can also be repeated flexibly.
Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez) | Music
Recordings of some of the busking songs were released digitally on various music sites.
Begin Again (TV series) | Discography
Nearly Famous is a television drama mini-series about a group of British teenagers at a top London school of the performing arts. It is shown in the UK and Ireland on E4. The show has been compared to other teen drama series such as "The O.C." and "Skins". The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on 13 December 2007. It is filmed in Kent, England.
Nearly Famous | Introduction
Just a week before Rebus’s retirement, Rebus and Clarke are investigating the death of a famous Russian exile poet who was mugged and beaten to death on King's Stables Road. Then a sound recordist with close ties to the dead Russian poet turns up dead. Rebus searches for the killer of both men but is suspended for his over-enthusiastic interrogations and getting on the wrong side of powerful Scottish bankers and politicians. His last three days before retirement are spent working from his flat, trying to solve the case.
Exit Music | Plot summary
To date, 2 series have been broadcast, as summarised below. In early summer 2019, BBC decided to cancel the programme after the second series ended.
All Together Now (British TV series) | Summary
Rebus or Appointment in Beirut is a 1969 crime film directed by Nino Zanchin and starring Laurence Harvey and Ann-Margret. An international co-production, it was largely filmed in Venezuela, the UK and Lebanon.
Rebus (film) | Introduction
A Picture of Britain is a 2005 BBC television documentary series presented by David Dimbleby, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. In each of the six 1-hour episodes Dimbleby explores a different British region and discusses the ways that its landscape and culture have influenced painters, poets and composers. The series is shot in widescreen.
A Picture of Britain | Introduction
The practice was not restricted to the acting profession and was undertaken by townsfolk of various walks of life. There were also pictorial calendars called that represented the Japanese calendar in rebus so it could be "read" by the illiterate.
Rebus | Japan
Henry Nieves (Arron Villaflor), or forget her entirely and start a brand new chapter of his life.
All of Me (TV series) | Synopsis
Brian Cox plays an older Rebus in the short film "Scenes for Survival", which is set in a locked down Edinburgh during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was written by Ian Rankin for the National Theatre of Scotland.
John Rebus | Short film
This is a list of television shows set in London.
List of television shows set in London | Introduction
The BBC produced a television series based on the books, entitled "Roman Mysteries". The first season was broadcast in 2007, the second season in 2008.
The Roman Mysteries | TV series
Omnibus was an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
Omnibus (American TV program) | Introduction
The Complete and Utter History of Britain is a 1969 television comedy sketch show. It was created and written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones between the two series of "Do Not Adjust Your Set". It was produced for and broadcast by London Weekend Television but was not shown in all of the other ITV regions.
The Complete and Utter History of Britain | Introduction
which reflect the time it was made." (Shown before episodes of "Rumpole of the Bailey".)
Talking Pictures TV | Obsolete terms
The entire series can viewed for educational purposes through the online academic archive, Film and Sound Online - within the Anglia Television Library collection. This archive is available to teachers and students in UK Further and Higher Education institutions possessing Athens accounts.
Who Were the British? | Availability today
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything is a collection of television comedy sketches, produced in 1999, broadcast in two parts on 2 and 4 January 2000 on BBC One. Based on well-known historical events, it took its title and concept from the 1969 London Weekend Television series "The Complete and Utter History of Britain".
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Introduction
The commercial station ITV had popular successes with "Rising Damp" (1974–78, sometimes called the best of all ITV sitcoms), "Man About the House" (1973–76) and "George and Mildred" (1976–79). "Rising Damp" star Leonard Rossiter also played the lead role in the BBC's highly popular "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" (1976–79). The decline in cinema attendance in this period meant that many of these series were turned into cinema films; the first film version of "On the Buses" (1969–73) was the biggest hit at the British box office in 1971. According to Jeff Evans, "On the Buses" is a "cheerfully vulgar comedy" in which "leering and innuendo dominate." Some of the network's other ratings successes from this era are now considered politically incorrect.
British sitcom | The 1970s
Stop Messing About was a BBC radio series broadcast in 1969 and 1970. Forced by circumstance into being a follow-up to "Round the Horne", it retained a number of key talents from the previous show, with Kenneth Williams as the new show's main star. It was rewritten for the stage in 2009.
Stop Messing About | Introduction
This page indexes the individual year in British television pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
List of years in British television | Introduction
The sitcom was eventually commissioned following the success of the pilot, and ran for nine series between 7 September 1984 until its conclusion on 14 December 1992. Both Lloyd and Croft wrote the scripts for the first six series, while the remainder were handled by Lloyd and Paul Adam. Much like previous sitcoms created by Croft and Lloyd, the programme employed notable elements such as memorable catchphrases and ending credits, cultural clichés, physical humour and visual gags. However, "Allo Allo!" differed from these other sitcoms by featuring overarching plotlines rather than simple stand-alone stories, and the device of having actors speaking English but with theatrical foreign accents to distinguish each character's nationality.
'Allo 'Allo! | Introduction
The original series has been released on DVD, as has the German remake; neither edition has any other languages or subtitles. However, fan made English subtitles exist for the Dutch series and all of its documentaries.
Floris (TV series) | DVD
Whoever thought of having 100 judges deserves to be tied to a chair and forced to watch both shows on a loop. For a week."
All Together Now (British TV series) | Critical response
The sitcom is based around a modern family who live in the Midlands. The family consists of Colin Craddock, a white Brummie builder, and his Asian wife Rupinder. Colin's two sons from his first marriage, Peter and Leo, share the house, as do Rupinder's half-sister Sima, daughter Kavita and son Raj, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy. The 'me' in the title was Raj, and his thoughts were heard in a voiceover. At the end of the first series Colin and Rupinder had their own child. The third series saw the introduction of two new characters called Charles and Miranda, whose attempts at political correctness proved untactful.
All About Me | Plot
Plebs is a British comedy series broadcast on ITV2. It was first broadcast in March 2013, and is produced by Tom Basden, Caroline Leddy, Sam Leifer and Teddy Leifer. It stars Tom Rosenthal, Ryan Sampson, Joel Fry (Series 1–3), and Jonathan Pointing (from Series 4), who play young residents of ancient Rome (plebs were ordinary non-patrician citizens of Rome). The format has been compared to "The Inbetweeners", "Up Pompeii" and "Blackadder". The first series, comprising six episodes, was broadcast between 25 March and 22 April 2013. Three subsequent series of eight episodes each were broadcast between 22 September and 3 November 2014, between 4 April and 16 May 2016, and between 9 April and 21 May 2018.
Plebs (TV series) | Introduction
Both the United Kingdom and the United States have television shows which are similar, as they are either carried by the other nations' networks, or are re-created for distribution in their own nations. Some popular British television shows that were re-created for the American market in more recent years include "House of Cards", "The Office", "Pop Idol" ("American Idol"), "Strictly Come Dancing" ("Dancing with the Stars)", "Top Gear", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", "Weakest Link" and "The X Factor". Some American television shows re-created for the British market in more recent years include "The Apprentice" and "Deal or No Deal".
United Kingdom–United States relations | Television
Blockbusters is a British television quiz show based upon an American quiz show of the same name. A solo player and a team of two answer trivia questions, clued up with an initial letter of the answer, to complete a path across or down a game board of hexagons. The programme premiered on 29 August 1983 on ITV and ran for ten series, ending on the ITV network on 19 May 1993. It has since been revived for four additional series, the most recent of which was a comedy version hosted by Dara Ó Briain, which premiered on Comedy Central on 21 March 2019.
Blockbusters (British game show) | Introduction