 The second was a two episode stint as Father Hrothweard in BBC Two's historical drama "The Last Kingdom", which was based upon Bernard Cornwell's series of novels entitled "The Saxon Stories".Series twenty of ITV's long-running crime drama "Midsomer Murders", which premiered in the United States in 2018 prior to its release in the UK, featured Rankin in episode four as rugby star Danny Wickham.In 2019 Rankin starred in series two of BBC One's drama "Trust Me" as neurologist Dr. Alex Kiernan.