Acclaimed crime writer Ruth Rendell speaks to Virginia Haussegger about her life's work - and it's not the Inspector Wexford novels.

Ruth Rendell isn't sure when she gave her first interview. Perhaps 40 years ago, she thinks; about the same time she first autographed a book for a member of royalty. She wasn't quite sure what to put in the novel for the then-Dutch queen, Juliana. But she has since learned that "when it is British royals, you simply write, 'with my humble duty' ".

A five-disc set featuring three Wexford episodes (Simisola, Road Rage and Harm Done) plus The Lake of Darkness released in Australia on 12 January, 2009.

James Griffin talks to renown author Ruth Rendell. 10:10pm Thursday, 03 May 2007

Wexford Mysteries on Movie Greats channel