The Mouse in the Corner
- Episode 18 / Series 5
- Filmed on location in Hampshire in May 1992
- First transmitted on the ITV network in two parts in October 1992
- Adapted from a Ruth Rendell novella by George Baker
- Directed Rob Walker
- Produced by Blue Heaven Productions for TVS 1
- DVD
I was asked by Southampton police to go to a dinner night. The inspector sitting next to me told me this story about a case where he was very concerned for one of the protagonists, who was a young woman. Now you give somebody like Ruth a story, and she kept about an infinitesimal part of it. All the rest was Ruth Rendell.
A local farmer is found beaten to death in his kitchen. Wexford believes that the prime suspects include the man’s family: three generations of women who all appear to have alibis at the time of death.
Credits
- DCI Wexford
- George Baker
- DI Burden
- Christopher Ravenscroft
- Dora Wexford
- Louie Ramsay
- Jenny Burden
- Diane Keen
- Eva Peterlee
- Elizabeth Spriggs 3
- DS Martin
- Ken Kitson
- Dr Crocker
- John Burgess 4
- Heather Peterlee
- Victoria Fairbrother
- Pat Burden
- Emma Smith
- Arlene Heddon
- Katrina Levon
- PC Malahyde
- Sasha Mitchell
- Sgt Willoughby
- Colin Campbell 5
- Gary Wyatt
- Che Walker
- Mr Hughes
- Raymond Mason
- Mercedes owner
- Nicholas Hutchinson
- Mr Tool
- Michael Stroud
- Joe Peterlee
- George Innes
- Monica Peterlee
- Lyn Farleigh
- Carol Fox
- Belinda Sinclair
- Max Fox
- Michael Irving
- Forensic Officer
- Philip McGough
- Tom Peterlee
- Pip Donaghy
- Original music composed by
- Brian Bennett
- Production Associate
- George Baker
- Casting Director
- Doreen Jones 6
- Stunt Arranger
- Peter Brayman
- Production Manager
- Peter Hider
- Location Manager
- Roland Caine
- 1st Assistant Director
- Phil Hartley
- 2nd Assistant Director
- Stephanie Sullivan
- 3rd Assistant Director
- Justine Noakes
- Continuity
- Alison Black
- Production Co-ordinator
- Susan Irish
- Producer’s Secretary
- Lesley Courley
- Costume Design
- Rita Angell
- Wardrobe Mistress
- Sheryl Brittain
- Wardrobe Assistant
- Erika Pharaoh
- Makeup
- Toni Holmes, Deborah McKinlay
- Production Buyer
- Graham Curtis
- Art Director
- Peter Bull
- Design Assistant
- Anthony Howell
- Graphics
- John Hamon
- Camera Operator
- Julian Barber
- Focus Puller
- Bruce Barraclough
- Camera Grip
- Alan Imeson
- Sound Recordist
- Maurice Hillier
- Boom Swinger
- Liam Ryan
- Gaffer Electrician
- John Donoghue
- Best Boy
- Steve Philps
- Electricians
- Mick Lay, Roy Robberts
- Prop Master
- Paul Kearney
- Construction
- Colin Bradbury, Mike Swanston
- Standby Craftsman
- Max Grant
- Assistant Film Editors
- Steve Branscombe, Steve Crabb
- Dubbing Editor
- Peter Dansie
- Assistant Dubbing Editor
- Mark Newson
- Dubbing Mixer
- Dave Fallon
- Production Accountant
- Peter Harvey
- Assistant Accountant
- Gay Huse
- Music recorded by
- Dick Plant at Honeywell Studios
- Film shot on
- 16mm Eastmancolor
- Processed by
- Rank Film Labs
- Lighting equipment supplied by
- Michael Samuelson Lighting Limited
- Grip Equipment supplied by
- Snowdonia Films
- Film Editor
- Nigel Bates
- Production Designer
- Christine Ruscoe
- Director of Photography
- Ken Brinsley BSC
- Executive Producer
- Graham Benson
- Producer
- Neil Zeiger
Soundtrack
- Wexford’s Theme
- The Mouse in the Corner
- Wexford’s Theme (Reprise)
Notes
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The Wexford soundtrack was composed, performed, arranged and produced by Brian Bennett at Honeyhill Studios in Hertfordshire.
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The Mouse in the Corner was adapted from the short story Blood Lines (1996) and is the only Ruth Rendell story to be transmitted before publication.
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The police control centre was recreated in Sherfield English Village Hall, near Romsey.
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Southampton University campus was used as the setting for the fictional University of Hilldene, where Burden’s daughter Pat is a student.
Footnotes
Wexford and Me, ITV3 2008. ↩︎
Elizabeth Spriggs 1929-2008: obituary by Dennis Barker, The Guardian. ↩︎
John Burgess 1933-2010: obituary by Mike Leigh, The Guardian. ↩︎
Doreen Jones 1940-2017: obituary by Derek Granger, The Guardian. ↩︎
