The Ruth Rendell Mysteries · SEASON 5

A New Lease of Death: Part One

Episode 1 · 1991-09-29

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Episode overview

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.

60 minutes

Season 5 episodes

1. A New Lease of Death: Part One1991-09-29 2. A New Lease of Death: Part Two1991-10-06 3. A New Lease of Death: Part Three1991-10-13 4. Murder Being Once Done: Part One1991-10-20 5. Murder Being Once Done: Part Two1991-10-27 6. Murder Being Once Done: Part Three1991-11-03 7. From Doon with Death: Part One1991-11-10 8. From Doon with Death: Part Two1991-11-17 9. Means of Evil: Part One1991-11-24 10. Means of Evil: Part Two1991-12-01