For information on the Rebus word and picture puzzle see Rebus

Rebus

A rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words. It was a favourite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames, for example in its basic form 3 salmon fish to denote the name "Salmon"...

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Rebus is the title of the detective drama based on the Inspector Rebus

Inspector Rebus

The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The novels, centred on the title character Detective Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based in and around Edinburgh.-Content and style:...

 novels by the Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 author Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin, OBE, DL , is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism.-Background:He attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath...

 set in and around Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

 produced by STV Productions (previously known as "SMG Productions") for the ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 Network.

Five series have been aired; series 1 and 2 starred John Hannah

John Hannah (actor)

John David Hannah is a Scottish actor of film and television. He has appeared in Stephen Sommers' Mummy Series, Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral and Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow...

 and were made for STV by his own production company, Clerkenwell Films

Clerkenwell Films

Clerkenwell Films is an award-winning British film and television production company, which has produced several drama and comedy programmes for the BBC, the ITV network, Channel 4 and E4 in the United Kingdom. It was co-founded by the actor John Hannah and the producer Murray Ferguson...

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A new cast featuring Ken Stott

Ken Stott

Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television.-Early life:...

 as DI Rebus was introduced in the third series (which went into production in 2005, made in-house by STV).



^† This episode was postponed from 20 September 2001 due to the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Main characters:

• Detective Inspector John Rebus
  Detective Inspector John Rebus
  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...
  
   - John Hannah
  John Hannah (actor)
  John David Hannah is a Scottish actor of film and television. He has appeared in Stephen Sommers' Mummy Series, Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral and Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow...
  
  
• Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke - Gayanne Potter
• Detective Chief Inspector Gill Templer - Sara Stewart
  Sara Stewart
  Sara Stewart is a Scottish actress, perhaps most famously known for her role as Stella in Sugar Rush.-Early life:Stewart was born Sara Scott Griffith in Edinburgh, Scotland, to American parents...
  
  
• Detective Inspector Jack Morton - Ewan Stewart
  Ewan Stewart
  Ewan Stewart is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.- Life and career :Stewart was born Andrew Ewan Stewart in Glasgow, and is the son of the late Scottish entertainer Andy Stewart. His mother Sheila is still alive and lives in Arbroath, Scotland. Stewart was educated at Edinburgh's...
  
  
• Morris Gerald Cafferty - James Cosmo
  James Cosmo
  James Cosmo is a prolific Scottish actor, with numerous credits in film and television since the late 1960s and Cosmo is still currently acting. Cosmo was born in Clydebank, Scotland, the son of actor James Copeland...
  
  

Main characters:

• Detective Inspector John Rebus - Ken Stott
  Ken Stott
  Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television.-Early life:...
  
  
• Detective Chief Inspector Gill Templer - Jennifer Black
  Jennifer Black
  Jennifer Black is a Scottish actress notable for playing Stella Urquhart in the film Local Hero and more recently DCS Gill Templer in the TV series Rebus. She has also appearred in The Bill, River City and Taggart.-External links:...
  
  
• Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke - Claire Price
  Claire Price
  Claire Price is an English actress. She is best known for her current portrayal as DS Siobhan Clarke in the TV drama Rebus broadcast on the ITV Network...
  
  

In February 2008, ITV announced that it had cancelled the drama series, amid reports that Ken Stott had told producers he did not want to continue in the role of Rebus.