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"Rebus" Mortal Causes (2001)
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27 September 2001
(Season 1, Episode 4)
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The motto of the Scottish kings - Nemo mi impune lacessit ("Don't Mess With Me") sets the tone for this story...
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Good - but John Hannah isn't my idea of Rebus!
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(Episode Credited cast) | John Hannah | ... | DI John Rebus |
 | Sara Stewart | ... | DCI Gill Templar |
 | Gayanne Potter | ... | DS Siobhan Clarke |
 | James Cosmo | ... | Morris Gerald Cafferty |
| Michelle Fairley | ... | Janice Mee |
 | Michael Nardone | ... | DI Martin Kilpatrick |
 | Ashley Jensen | ... | Mhairi Henderson |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Russell Anderson | ... | Lachlan Murdock |
| Eric Barlow | ... | DS Ken Smylie |
| Barbara Barnes | ... | Eleanor Moncur |
| James Bryce | ... | Dr. Curt |
| Suzanne Dance | ... | Estate Agent |
| Paul Doonan | ... | Davey Soutar |
| Gregor Duncan | ... | DS Calumn Smylie |
| Michelle Gomez | ... | Caro Rattray |
| Sheila Grier | ... | Teresa Cunningham |
| Surinder Hoonjan | ... | Nahid |
| McGreechin Martin | ... | Funeral Director |
| Vincent Marzello | ... | Clyde Moncur |
| Kevin McMonagle | ... | Frankie Bothwell |
| Craig Moncur | ... | Jamesie McMurray |
| Mark O'Hare | ... | Christo |
| Jenny Patterson | ... | Jools Docherty |
| Jenny Ryan | ... | WPC Ellen Logan |
| Christopher Schönning | ... | Jackson |
 | Ron Stirling | ... | Uniformed Police Officer |
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This episode was scheduled for broadcast in the UK on 20 September 2001 but was withheld until 1 November 2004 because of the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001 and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. It was broadcast on digital-only channel ITV3 and so was not available to viewers who only have analogue televisions.
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Followed by "Rebus: The Falls (#2.1)" (2006)
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This is the first episode of Rebus that I've seen: I missed the earlier ones which were shown in 2000/2001. This episode was made at the same time and was scheduled to be shown in September 2001... then 9/11 intervened and the episode was postponed and was only shown in the UK in November 2004.
"Mortal Causes" is a very good and gripping adaptation of Ian Rankin's novel, but it is spoiled a bit by the casting of John Hannah as Rebus. In the books, Rebus is described as being world-weary, probably a bit (a lot?) overweight and aged in his fifties. Unfortunately John Hannah is too lean, "smooth" and young to be a convincing Rebus. I'd opt for someone like Ken Stott (Messiah, Promoted To Glory) to play the character: he's the right age, has an authentic accent (to my untutored English ears!) and has the right, slightly dishevelled roughness to play Rebus perfectly.