12 Season
78 Episode
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Season 5 Episode 1 A New Lease of Death: Part One
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.
- Year: 2000
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Studio: ITV1
- Keyword: based on novel or book, police detective
- Director: Ruth Rendell
- Cast: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen