The Ruth Rendell mysteries, Meridian Broadcasting Limited and United Film & Television Productions ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger, Set 1
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Label
The Ruth Rendell mysteries, Meridian Broadcasting Limited and United Film & Television Productions ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger, Set 1
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Ruth Rendell mysteries
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
Meridian Broadcasting Limited and United Film & Television Productions ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger
Runtime
463
Summary
Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspectVanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories. Wealthy, aging Alice Fielding finally finds happiness with a much-younger husband, while widowed Nesta Drage plunges near poverty when her business fails. After Nesta mysteriously disappears, Alice vows to find her--and discovers a tangled web of secrets among those she trusted mostThe secret house of death: Susan Townsend, a newly divorced single mother, wants to remain aloof from the gossip so relished by the other women in her suburban neighborhood. But when she happens upon the bodies of two adulterous lovers, her quiet life vanishes, along with her safetyThe double: Peter Milton becomes involved with Zoe, the apparant "double" of his girlfriend Lisa. Can Lisa survive the superstition predicting her death? And is Zoe really what she seems?
Table Of Contents
Vol. 1: Master of the moor / Meridian Broadcasting Limited ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger ; adapted by Trevor Preston ; directed by Marc Evans (ca. 154 min.) -- v. 2: Vanity dies hard / Meridian Broadcasting Limited ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger ; adapted by Julian Bond ; directed by Alan Grint (ca. 155 min.) -- v. 3: The secret house of death (ca. 103 min.) ; The double (ca. 51 min.) / Meridian Broadcasting Limited ; Granada International Media Limited ; a Blue Heaven production ; producer, Neil Zeiger ; adapted by John Harvey and Piers Haggard ; directed by Jim Goddard and Mary McMurray
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Gurnett, Jane
- Goddard, Jim
- Bond, Julian, 1930-2012
- Teale, Owen, 1961-
- Haggard, Piers
- Phillips, Leslie, 1924-2022
- Granada Media (Firm)
- Zeiger, Neil
- Urquhart, Robert, 1921-1995
- Meridian Broadcasting
- Redman, Amanda, 1959-
- Acorn Media (Firm)
- Egan, Peter
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930-
- Costigan, George
- Frankel, Mark
- United Film & Television Productions
- Harvey, John, 1938-
- Blue Heaven (Firm)
- Power, Camilla
- Preston, Trevor
- Grint, Alan
- Flemyng, Jason
- David, Eleanor, 1956-
- Evans, Marc
- McMurray, Mary, 1949-
- Firth, Colin, 1960-
Genre
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- DVD-Video discs
- Thriller -- Television series
- Foreign television programs -- England
- Adultery -- England -- Drama
- Female friendship -- England -- Drama
- Television serials
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama
- Detective and mystery television programs
- Missing persons -- England -- Drama
- England -- Drama
- Television programs
- Murder -- England -- Drama
- Mystery -- Television series
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Moors (Wetlands) -- England -- Drama
- Suspense television programs
- Mystery television programs
- Superstition -- England -- Drama
- Adaptation -- Television series
- Television adaptations
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930- -- Film and video adaptations
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- Classification1
- Contributor27
- Gurnett, Jane
- Goddard, Jim
- Bond, Julian, 1930-2012
- Teale, Owen, 1961-
- Haggard, Piers
- Phillips, Leslie, 1924-2022
- Granada Media (Firm)
- Zeiger, Neil
- Urquhart, Robert, 1921-1995
- Meridian Broadcasting
- Redman, Amanda, 1959-
- Acorn Media (Firm)
- Egan, Peter
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930-
- Costigan, George
- Frankel, Mark
- United Film & Television Productions
- Harvey, John, 1938-
- Blue Heaven (Firm)
- Power, Camilla
- Preston, Trevor
- Grint, Alan
- Flemyng, Jason
- David, Eleanor, 1956-
- Evans, Marc
- McMurray, Mary, 1949-
- Firth, Colin, 1960-
- Genre12
- Subject21
- DVD-Video discs
- Thriller -- Television series
- Foreign television programs -- England
- Adultery -- England -- Drama
- Female friendship -- England -- Drama
- Television serials
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama
- Detective and mystery television programs
- Missing persons -- England -- Drama
- England -- Drama
- Television programs
- Murder -- England -- Drama
- Mystery -- Television series
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Moors (Wetlands) -- England -- Drama
- Suspense television programs
- Mystery television programs
- Superstition -- England -- Drama
- Adaptation -- Television series
- Television adaptations
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930- -- Film and video adaptations
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- Is Derivative Of1