The First Stone (Rebus)

"The First Stone (Rebus episode)"
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 2
Directed by	Morag Fullerton
Teleplay by	Colin Bateman
Story by	Ian Rankin
Original air date	October 2007 (STV)
Guest appearance(s)
Ken Stott as John Rebus
Episode chronology

The First Stone is a 2007 episode of STV's Rebus television series. It was the second episode broadcast in the show's fourth season, and starred Ken Stott in the title role. The episode was based on an Ian Rankin short story.^[1]

Plot

Rebus is called to investigate the murder of a Church of Scotland minister, whose body is discovered during the General Assembly at which he was to be elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church. of Scotland. At first the solution seems straightforward, but Rebus finds there are secrets in the man's past which provide the real explanation.

The script was written by Colin Bateman, and based on a sub-plot in the short story "Atonement" written in 2005 for a collection of short stories by Rankin.

Cast

Ken Stott as DI John Rebus
Claire Price as DS Siobhan Clarke
Ewan Stewart as Michael Walker
Lorcan Cranitch as Thomas Steele

References

↑ "An Inspector Calls On Paisley! - Daily Express". Paisleydailyexpress.co.uk. 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

External links

"The First Stone" at the Internet Movie Database

Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series

Novels	Knots and Crosses Hide and Seek Tooth and Nail Strip Jack The Black Book Mortal Causes Let it Bleed Black & Blue The Hanging Garden Dead Souls Set in Darkness The Falls Resurrection Men A Question of Blood Fleshmarket Close The Naming of the Dead Exit Music Standing in Another Man's Grave Saints of the Shadow Bible Even Dogs In The Wild Rather be the Devil

Characters	John Rebus

Television	Rebus "The First Stone"

Works by Colin Bateman

Adult

Dan Starkey	Divorcing Jack (1995) Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men (1996) Turbulent Priests (1999) Shooting Sean (2001) The Horse with My Name (2002) Driving Big Davie (2004) Belfast Confidential (2005) Nine Inches (2011) Fire and Brimstone (2013)

Martin Murphy	Murphy's Law (2002) Murphy's Revenge (2005)

Mystery Man	Mystery Man (2009) The Day of the Jack Russell (2009) Dr. Yes (2010) The Prisoner of Brenda (2013)

Other novels	Cycle of Violence (1995) Empire State (1997) Maid of the Mist (1999) Mohammed Maguire (2001) Wild About Harry (2001) Chapter And Verse (2003) I Predict A Riot (2007) Orpheus Rising (2008)

Young-adult

Eddie & the Gang with No Name	Reservoir Pups (2003) Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett (2004) The Seagulls Have Landed (2005)

Titanic 2020	Titanic 2020 (2007) Titanic 2020: Cannibal City (2008)

Others	SOS Adventures (2010–2011)

Films

Divorcing Jack (1998)
Crossmaheart (1998)
Wild About Harry (2000)
Watermelon (2003)

TV series

Murphy's Law (2001–2007)
Rebus: "The First Stone" (2007)

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