12 Season
78 Episode
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Season 5 Episode 1 A New Lease of Death: Part One (2000)
A local clergyman is anxious to re-open a thirty-year-old murder case, which resulted in Harry Painter being hanged for the axe-murder of an elderly woman. Wexford himself, as a young detective sergeant, helped to convict Painter, and he has to face the possibility that the wrong man was hanged.
- Country : United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre : Drama, Mystery
- Studio : ITV1
- Director : Ruth Rendell
- Cast : George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen