REBUS is set to bring another tourist boom to Edinburgh - after the international success of the TV detective reboot. Outlander star Richard Rankin has proved to be a smash hit as a more “macho” investigating copper who takes on the capital’s underworld, after the role was originally played on ITV by John Hannah and Ken Stott. 6 Richard Rankin plays a younger version of the detective 6 Edinburgh is the setting for the dark new reboot And TV critics have been full of praise for the new series, including our own Ally Ross who described it as “superb” and like being “embraced like a long-lost friend”.
VisitScotland has since seen interest soar for the BBC drama - which is also streamed around the world by Swedish streaming service Viaplay - and have now put together a list of Rebus filming locations . Chief Features Writer MATT BENDORIS takes a look at Edinburgh through the eyes of the maverick detective. GRASSMARKET THE Old Town of Edinburgh is the perfect backdrop for the new Rebus series with its twisting cobbled streets and hidden closes.
READ MORE IN TV 'TEC OFF Twenty actors have played Rebus with an EastEnders legend once touted for the role SEX BAN Ian Rankin says he was banned from writing Rebus sex scenes in early books 6 Edinburgh's Grassmarket area Fittingly this was once the location for public executions, when people used to gather for open-air marketplaces and a hanging. Now the Grassmarket is a bustling spot full of independent shops , cafés and p.