When Rebus author Ian Rankin first met William McIlvanney he told him he was working on his first crime book which was going to be "like Laidlaw, but set in Edinburgh" Crime writer Ian Rankin has ...

He has also written for TV and film. He wrote the cinema thrillers '71 and Entebbe. He said: "It has been a huge privilege to work on a new show with Ian Rankin's iconic character at its centre ...

Ian Rankin spent three years researching a PhD on one of the Scotland's other great novelists, Dame Muriel Spark. Rankin told BBC Scotland Spark was an "extraordinary" writer who was loved by ...

A special programme in which Sandi Toksvig explores Rebus's Edinburgh with Ian Rankin, Britain's best-selling crime writer. Show more A special programme in which Sandi Toksvig explores Rebus's ...

The new TV reboot of the famous Ian Rankin novels reimagines Rebus as a ... but gaining the approval of the bestselling writer of the book series was another hurdle for the Glaswegian.