
21st Precinct
Drama
Drama
Explore Ian Rankin's radio mysteries with Inspector John Rebus in Let It Bleed and Mr Cullender—Cully—in The Serpent's Back. Alexander Morton plays both men, bringing contrasting investigators to Edinburgh's criminal world. Rebus probes political corruption and insider dealing. Cully's historical case follows a double murderer. The Serpent's Back is a Cully drama, not a Rebus investigation.

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Explore Ian Rankin's radio mysteries with Inspector John Rebus in Let It Bleed and Mr Cullender—Cully—in The Serpent's Back. Alexander Morton plays both men, bringing contrasting investigators to Edinburgh's criminal world. Rebus probes political corruption and insider dealing. Cully's historical case follows a double murderer. The Serpent's Back is a Cully drama, not a Rebus investigation.
Listening category: Drama. This page brings together the public Rebus & Cully recordings in Heritage Radio Vault with their current catalogue titles and running times.
Let It Bleed: Rebus Confronts Political Corruption | Ian Rankin Radio Crime · The Serpent's Back: A Double Killer in Old Edinburgh | Ian Rankin's Cully
These are available starting points from the catalogue, rather than a popularity ranking or a verified broadcast sequence.
Historical research for this programme is still being checked. Original broadcast dates and performer credits are not yet independently established in this guide. Dates attached to the podcast recordings describe modern publication, not the original broadcasts.
The current public listing contains 2 recordings. Individual catalogue records are retained even when titles repeat, so alternative recordings are not silently merged.
Official HRV Rebus & Cully catalogue on Spreaker. Programme introduction and listening category follow this publisher listing. Episode IDs, availability and running times were checked against the Spreaker catalogue on 13 November 2026. Historical sources and credits remain a research item.
2 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
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