First Aired: April 5th, 1972
Status: Ended
Network: BBC
Summary: Lord Peter Wimsey, the brother of the Duke of Denver, is a scholar with time on his hands and an inclination for solving murder mysteries. Bunter is his manservant and partner in crime-detection, while Inspector Charles Parker is his friend (and later his brother-in-law) in the Metropolitan Police. Harriet Vane, who first appears in the second season, is a writer of murder mysteries who will become Wimsey's wife.
Between 1972 and 1975, the BBC began to serialize for television the Wimsey books written in the 1920s and 1930s by Dorothy L. Sayers. After a break of twelve years, they filmed three more books in 1987. This listing takes in a family of UK mini-series with the following titles -
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club,
Clouds of Witness,
Murder Must Advertise,
The Nine Tailors,
Five Red Herrings,
Strong Poison,
Have His Carcase,
Gaudy Night.
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Season 1
Episode 1: Clouds of Witness (1)
Air Date: April 5th, 1972
Summary: Wimsey and Bunter try to save the Duke of Denver (Lord Peter's elder brother) from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter. Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
Episode 2: Clouds of Witness (2)
Air Date: April 12nd, 1972
Summary: Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
Episode 3: Clouds of Witness (3)
Air Date: April 19th, 1972
Summary: Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
Episode 4: Clouds of Witness (4)
Air Date: April 26th, 1972
Summary: Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
Episode 5: Clouds of Witness (5)
Air Date: May 3rd, 1972
Summary: Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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