{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox television episode | series = [[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]] | image = | caption = | season = 4 | episode = 2 | airdate = {{Start date|2007|10}} | production = | teleplay = [[Colin Bateman]] | story = [[Ian Rankin]] | director = Morag Fullerton | guests = * [[Ken Stott]] as [[Detective Inspector John Rebus|John Rebus]] | prev = [[Resurrection Men (TV programme)|Resurrection Men]] | next = [[The Naming of the Dead (TV programme)|The Naming of the Dead]] }}
"'''The First Stone'''" is a 2007 episode of [[Scottish Television|STV]]'s ''[[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]'' [[television program|television series]]. It was the second episode broadcast in the show's fourth season, and starred [[Ken Stott]] in the title role. The episode was based on an [[Ian Rankin]] short story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/tm_headline=an-inspector-calls--on-paisley-&method=full&objectid=18853143&siteid=63858-name_page.html |title=An Inspector Calls On Paisley! - Daily Express |publisher=Paisleydailyexpress.co.uk |date=2007-04-03 |accessdate=2012-05-04}}</ref>
==Plot== Rebus is called to investigate the murder of a [[Church of Scotland]] minister, whose body is discovered during the General Assembly at which he was to be elected [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the General Assembly of the Church. of Scotland. At first the solution seems straightforward, but Rebus finds there are secrets in the man's past which provide the real explanation.
The script was written by Colin Bateman, and based on a sub-plot in the short story "Atonement" written in 2005 for a collection of short stories by Rankin.
==Cast== *[[Ken Stott]] as [[Detective Inspector John Rebus|DI John Rebus]] *[[Claire Price]] as DS Siobhan Clarke *[[Ewan Stewart]] as Michael Walker *[[Lorcan Cranitch]] as Thomas Steele
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== External links == * {{IMDb episode|1115711}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:First Stone, The}} [[Category:2007 British television episodes]] [[Category:Rebus (2000 TV series) episodes]]