The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. A New Lease of Death. Part 1 of 2.

First broadcast 29th September/6th/13th October 1991.

Wexford's first ever successful murder case comes back to haunt him when a vicar starts to rake up the past. Was the man hanged on Wexford's evidence actually innocent?

George Baker ... Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
Christopher Ravenscroft ... Det. Insp. Mike Burden
Peter Egan ... Rev. Henry Archery
Sharon Maughan ... Imogen Ide
Denis Lill ... Roger Primero
Suzanna Hamilton ... Elizabeth Crilling
Dorothy Tutin ... Mrs. Crilling
Louie Ramsay ... Dora Wexford
Diane Keen ... Jenny Burden
Maggie Jones ... Alice Flower
Jenny Quayle ... Tessa Kershaw
Robin McCallum ... Charles Archery (as Robin Lermitte)
Kristy Bruce ... Young Elizabeth Crilling
Amanda Waring ... Mrs. Crilling (1959)
Sarah Webb ... Irene Painter (1959)
Trevor Sellers ... Herbert Painter
Sean Scanlan ... Prosecuting Counsel
Graham Rowe ... Justice Brompton
Colin Campbell ... Sgt Willoughby
Ken Kitson ... D. S. Martin
Anna Cropper ... Irene Kershaw
Michael Turner ... Mr. Kershaw
Cissy Collins ... Angela Primero
Ruth Trouncer ... Magistrate
Kate Lansbury ... Sister
John Horsley ... Colonel Plashet
Eileen Davies ... Waitress
John Evitts ... Priest
Robert Oates ... Pub Landlord
Richard Cubison ... Court Clerk
Reuben Purchase ... Estate Agent
Dave Hill ... DCC Freeborn
Tina Marian ... Isabel Primero