Isobel Middleton makes way after one storyline as Malahyde is played by regular performer Sasha Mitchell in her final TV role.
Matthew Mills becomes the third person to play DS Vine.
Ian Bartholomew who played Stanley Trotter in the last Wexford episode (Road Rage) returns as a different character (Trevor Ferry).
This is the final episode of (Ruth Rendell's) Inspector Wexford to ever air on television.
Wexford's office has a new door and name plate.