6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Overview
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The series primarily focuses on individual psychology, the unraveling of complex crimes, and the pursuit of justice through traditional law enforcement, without consistently promoting a specific political ideology or offering systemic critiques.
The 'Ruth Rendell Mysteries' series features traditional casting practices consistent with British television from its original broadcast era, without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on crime and psychological drama, maintaining a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities rather than incorporating explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
Ruth Rendell Mysteries includes LGBTQ+ characters, whose identities are typically incidental to the overarching crime narratives. The portrayal generally avoids strong positive or negative arcs, presenting queer individuals as part of the complex human landscape without significant affirmation or denigration, thus resulting in a neutral net impact.
The series features a transsexual character in 'The New Girlfriend' episode whose identity is a central secret. Its revelation leads to a tragic and punitive outcome for the character, highlighting societal prejudice and the devastating consequences of non-acceptance without a strong counter-narrative affirming trans lives. The portrayal leans negative due to the unrelieved misery and fatal outcome.
The series frequently portrays characters who identify as Christian or are part of Christian institutions as hypocritical, morally compromised, or driven by dark impulses. The narrative often uses the contrast between outward piety and inner corruption to highlight human failings, rather than affirming the faith's virtues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The series adapts Ruth Rendell's crime novels, faithfully portraying characters like Inspector Wexford and his colleagues with the same gender as established in the source material. There are no instances of characters canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender being portrayed on screen as a different gender.
The television series faithfully adapted Ruth Rendell's novels, with key characters like DCI Wexford and Mike Burden portrayed by actors matching their established racial descriptions in the source material. There are no instances of canonically established characters being portrayed by actors of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.3
Critic Ratings
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