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Main Cast

At first, I thought that Christopher Ravenscroft was so perfect as Burden. It was as if it was my Burden made flesh. I felt less so for George. But, of course, I like him very much now. I do think he is excellent as Wexford.

Ruth Rendell

DCI Reg Wexford
George Baker
Dora Wexford
Louie Ramsay
Sylvia Wexford
Charon Bourke
Sheila Wexford
Deborah Poplett
Chief Supt Howard Fortune
Patrick Drury
DI Mike Burden
Christopher Ravenscroft
Jean Burden
Ann Penfold
Jenny Burden
Diane Keen
Pat Burden
Emma Smith
John Burden
Noah Huntley
Dr Len Crocker
John Burgess 1
DS Karen Malahyde
Sasha Mitchell
DS Caleb Martin
Ken Kitson
Sgt Willoughby
Colin Campbell 2
Chief Constable Freeborn
Dave Hill

Footnotes

  1. John Burgess 1933-2010: obituary by Mike Leigh, The Guardian. ↩︎

  2. Colin Campbell 1937-2018, Wikipedia. ↩︎

On location in Calvi, Corsica