• Air date: 19 Jun '88 6 episodes
      The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part One

      19 Jun '88
      Wexford finds he is dealing with a very nasty case when nature-loving Elizabeth Nightingale is murdered on one of her nightly walks through the woods around Myfleet Manor.
    • 2. A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part Two

      26 Jun '88
    • 3. A Guilty Thing Surprised: Part Three

      03 Jul '88
    • 4. Shake Hands Forever: Part One

      23 Sep '88
      Angela Hathall is murdered, but Wexford can find no motive and no suspect. Maybe she picked up a stranger who killed her?The line Wexford follows alienates not just his colleagues, including Mike Burden, but his wife, too.
    • 5. Shake Hands Forever: Part Two

      30 Sep '88
    • 6. Shake Hands Forever: Part Three

      07 Oct '88