Overview

• Richard Rankin leads the six-episode series as a younger Detective Sergeant John Rebus navigating a high-stakes gangster investigation and personal turmoil in modern Edinburgh.
• The reboot premiered on BBC One in May 2024 and attracted 6.3 million viewers across BBC platforms for its debut episode.
• Reviewers and audiences have commended Rebus’s dark, cinematic tone and gripping narrative, reflected in its 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
• Produced by Eleventh Hour Films with screenwriter Gregory Burke, the series forms part of BBC Scotland’s strategy to expand high-impact regional drama.
• Season two will follow Rebus as he uncovers the connections between Edinburgh’s drug trade and its law and finance sectors.