Ruth Rendell of the last 40 years into her work, bringing awareness to such issues as domestic violence. The Inspector Wexford series was successfully televised, starring George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden, under the title "The Ruth Rendell Mysteries", with 48 episodes from 1987 to 2000. Rendell praised Baker's performance, stating "It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and better than the author intended." Many of her other works have been adapted for film and television. She said that Chabrol's 1995 version of "A Judgement in Stone", "La Cérémonie" with Sandrine
Inspector Hornleigh the end of the programme. Between 1938 and 1940 a trilogy of films was made based upon the character, starring Gordon Harker in the title role: "Inspector Hornleigh" (1938), "Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday" (1939), and "Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It" (1940). All the films were made at Pinewood Studios in England. In the films, Hornleigh was a cockney detective with the Metropolitan Police. He was accompanied by his slight and inept Scottish sidekick, Sergeant Bingham, played by Alastair Sim. Whereas the BBC radio series had been a straight "whodunit", the films were made as comedies. Despite their popularity, no further