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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Season 11

9 episodes Premiered Jun 2, 1998 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Season 11 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Season 10.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 11 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 11: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (2): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S11·E1 Mytharc

Going Wrong: Part One

Jun 2, 1998 · 60 min

As a teenager, Guy Curran leads a street gang and for three years is the lover of Leonora, whose middle-class background is a world away from his own. Leonora's family disapprove o

S11·E2 Mytharc

Going Wrong: Part Two

Jun 9, 1998 · 60 min

Part two. While attending a party with Celeste, Guy argues with Leonora's brother. He then asks Danny to kill him - but when he learns of an impending marriage, Guy realises he has

S11·E3 Mytharc

Going Wrong: Part Three

Jun 16, 1998 · 60 min

Part three of three. After losing the fight with William, Guy decides to forget Leonora and make it up to Celeste, but a surprise invitation rekindles his old obsession and leads t

S11·E4 Mytharc

Road Rage: Part One

Nov 8, 1998 · 60 min

A Kingsmarkham bypass is planned which will take congestion and air pollution out of the town but put tarmac and heavy traffic through a stretch of much-loved countryside. Feelings

S11·E5 Mytharc

Road Rage: Part Two

Nov 9, 1998 · 60 min

A girl's badly decomposed body is found, and cabdriver Stanley Trotter is suspected of murder.

S11·E6 Core

You Can't Be Too Careful

Dec 24, 1998 · 60 min

A psychological tale of two women who share an apartment, one outgoing and irresponsible, the other shy and neurotic. One day, the chemistry between them leads to sinister events

S11·E7 Core

The Orchard Walls

Dec 31, 1998 · 60 min

n England, in June 1941, sixteen-year-old Jenny is evacuated from war-torn London to her Aunt Ella's house in rural Hampshire. The elderly Mrs Thorn is preoccupied with thoughts of

S11·E8 Mytharc

The Lake of Darkness

May 3, 1999 · 60 min

Quiet accountant Martin wins the lottery, but things take a turn for the worse when he meets Francesca, who is not what she seems.

S11·E9 Mytharc

The Fallen Curtain

Aug 6, 1999 · 60 min

Richard Brazier has a mental block about his abduction as an eight year old and is haunted by what may or may not have happened.

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