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"Ruth Rendell Mysteries" Simisola: Part One (1996)
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"Ruth Rendell Mysteries" (1988)Original Air Date:
26 January 1996 (Season 9, Episode 3)Tagline:
Chief inspector Wexford and a darkly intelligent, deeply troubling labyrinth of sex, murder, and race.Plot:
Inspector Wexford is approached by his black doctor with the request to track down his daughter. Then... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| George Baker | ... | Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford | |
| Christopher Ravenscroft | ... | Det. Insp. Mike Burden | |
| Jane Lapotaire | ... | Anouk Khoori | |
| George Harris | ... | Dr. Raymond Akande | |
| Charon Bourke | ... | Sylvia Wexford / Fairfax | |
| Philip Bird | ... | Neil | |
| Louie Ramsay | ... | Dora Wexford | |
| Adrian Martin | ... | Robin | |
| Tom Donaldson | ... | Ben | |
| Ellen Thomas | ... | Laurette Akande | |
| Sasha Mitchell | ... | DS Karen Malahyde | |
| Robin Kermode | ... | Sgt. Vine | |
| Idris Elba | ... | Raffy | |
| Daniel Ilsley | ... | Gary | |
| David Doyle | ... | Dean |
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Avington Park, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Actress Jane Wyatt's final film. moreQuotes:
[looking at a run-down block of flats]Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford: Half of them are empty. The council's saving up to blow them up.
Det. Insp. Mike Burden: If Mrs Khoori gets elected they're going to have an explosion sponsored by the Crescent supermarket.
Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford: If the BNP get in they're going to leave the people in and then blow it up.
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Reg Wexford is looking a lot older. This made for TV movie is another of Ruth Rendell's excellent Inspector Wexford mysteries. This plot emphasizes some of the racial as opposed to racist problems that exist in the UK. The story hinges on the disappearance of the daughter of a Nigerian doctor and his wife. When the body of a black female is discovered Wexford assumes immediately that it is the missing girl because she is black. It is not and the doctors wife, a nurse, tells Wexford that you think we all look alike and you cannot see beyond the color of our skin. Despite this Wexford soldiers on and works very diligently to solve the murder.It also shows how depressing it is to be a job seeker in the UK and the bureaucracy involved.
It is a well plotted murder story and in a previous Wexford, Reg says that" There is no such thing as a coincidence in a murder case" The same is true here . If you liked Reg Wexford mysteries in the past you will enjoy this one.