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Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness
: :Ah, there's nothing quite like settling in and getting cozy with a complicated British country-estate murder. In the BBC adaptation of Dorothy Sayers's detective novel, which also aired on PBS, the brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey brings his investigative talents to use close to home. His future brother-in-law is slain during a country retreat, and while there seems to be no shortage of possible suspects, the investigation quickly centers on Wimsey's brother Gerald, the Duke of Windsor. The five-tape adaptation takes its delicious time in delving ...
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Prime Suspect 1
: essential video:Helen Mirren's Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the only female DCI on an old boy's club London homicide squad, is like a phantom lurking around the edges of the action while the men rush through their latest murder case, joshing and winking in the kind of male camaraderie the cop genre has celebrated for decades. When DCI Shefford dies of a sudden heart attack, Tennison demands to take over. Despite her superintendent's resistance ('Give her this case and she'll start expecting more.'), she ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
: :'I'm investigating when a man died of natural causes,' states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, 'but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday.' So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. Ian Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as 'poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the bottom.' Fentiman ...
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After the Thin Man
: :'I'm investigating when a man died of natural causes,' states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, 'but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday.' So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. Ian Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as 'poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the bottom.' Fentiman ...
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Another Thin Man
: :'I'm investigating when a man died of natural causes,' states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, 'but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday.' So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. Ian Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as 'poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the bottom.' Fentiman ...
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Strong Poison (Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries)
: :Amateur sleuth extraordinaire Lord Peter Wimsey first meets the lovely Harriet Vane in this clever mystery. At the start of Strong Poison Harriet (Harriet Walter) is on trial for murder. Lord Peter (Edward Petherbridge) becomes enchanted by her and decides she cannot possibly be guilty. What follows are the twin stories of Lord Peter's search to find the real killer and his romantic pursuit of Harriet. Both are charming. As always, Sayers has plotted her story brilliantly, with a satisfying mystery and a sly comic ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors
:Description:Ian Carmichael stars as Dorothy L. Sayers' aristocratic detective in the most requested title in this phenomenally popular mystery series. Fans call The Nine Tailors not just Sayers' best novel but 'one of the great novels of the century.' Lord Peter finds himself caught up in a case involving a mutilated corpse, a 20-year-old jewel robbery, an outbreak of Spanish influenza and a set of nine church bells. :Devotees of Dorothy L. Sayers's impeccable sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, will want to pour themselves 'two large ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings
: :Lord Peter Wimsey (Ian Carmichael) and his manservant, Bunter (Glyn Houston), take a holiday in Scotland, but instead of spending his time fishing and playing the odd round of golf, Wimsey soon finds himself traipsing through the bracken in pursuit of a killer. It's a thankless task, really, considering that no one in town is sorry the victim is dead; one villager describes him as 'a bitterly unpopular man... with a permanent grudge against everybody.' Six of the dead man's fellow artists have recently argued ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise
: :'There is something going on in the organization that is very undesirable and might lead to serious consequences,' reads a note that the ill-fated Victor Dean wrote to his superior just before he took a fatal fall down the metal staircase at Pym's Publicity Ltd. These darned suspicious circumstances lead Pym to hire Lord Peter Wimsey to determine whether Dean's death was an accident or murder or eh, what? Ian Carmichael returns in his signature role as Dorothy L. Sayers's aristocratic sleuth in this characteristically ...
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Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (Strong Poison / Have His Carcase / Gaudy Night)
:Description:Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers which chronicle the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane unfolds in a realm of romance and intrigue. Includes the mysteries: 'Strong Poison,' 'Have His Carcass' and 'Gaudy Night.' :Three Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries involving amateur sleuth extraordinaire Lord Peter Wimsey and the lovely Harriet Vane are realized to perfection in these 1987 BBC adaptations. In Strong Poison, Harriet (Harriet Walter) is on trial for murder. Lord Peter (Edward ...
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