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Alison Rowat: New Rebus is a mix of fallen angel and fledgling devil - and it's great

How edgy is the new Rebus (BBC Scotland, Friday, BBC1, Saturday)? Well, besides scenes of sex,drugs and violence, there is a gag about hummus. That would never have been served up in Taggart. But that’s Edinburgh for you, all fur coat and nae square sausage. There has been some head-scratching over the new Rebus. He is younger than in previous television versions, and in the books, but it is not a prequel. In this Rebus, Edinburgh has foodbanks, smartphones, suspects who say “no comment” and, yes, hummus.