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Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey (1972-74)
 Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Dinosaur TV - Save Our Forgotten British Heritage (David Moore)
references:
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Dorothy L. Sayers' LORD PETER WIMSEY
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BBC Television Production
Produced by Richard Beynon (1972-74) / Produced by Bill Sellars (1975)
Based on the stories by  Dorothy L. Sayers
UK Crime Mystery Series 1972-75

Starring:
Ian Carmichael as Lord Pete Wimsey
With:
Mark Eden as Det. Inspector Parker
Glyn Houston/ Derek Newark as Bunter

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BBC1 Television

1.1 [--] Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey: CLOUDS OF WITNESS
Part 1 - 05Apr72 BBC1
Part 2 - 12Apr72 BBC1
part 3 - 19Apr72 BBC1
Part 4 - 26Apr72 BBC1
Part 5 - 03May72 BBC1
BBC Production
Produced by Richard Beynon
Adapted by Anthony Steven, from a story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Directed by Hugh David
Cast
Ian Carmichael ... Lord Peter Wimsey
Glyn Houston ... Bunter
Mark Eden ... Det. Inspector Parker
Rachel Herbert ... Lady Mary Wimsey
*
David Langton ... Duke of Denver
Georgina Cookson ... Helen, Duchess of Denver
Isabel Jeans ... Dowager Duchess
George Coulouris ... Mr. Grimthorpe
Judith Arthy ... Mrs. Grimthorpe
Francis De Wolff ... Sir Impey Biggs
John Wyse ... Mr. Murbles
Synopsis:
Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter
and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the contradicting testimony of a cloud of witnesses to
save Denver.

1.2 [--] Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey: THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB
Part 1 - "Mysterious Circumstances" - 01Feb73 BBC1
Part 2 - "Mr.Oliver - 08Feb73 BBC1
Part 3 - "That Damned Dorland Woman" - 15Feb73 BBC1
Part 4 - "Execution Day" - 22Feb73 BBC1
BBC Production
Produced by Richard Beynon
Adapted by John T. Bone, from a story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Directed by Donald Wilson
Cast:
Ian Carmichael ... Lord Peter Wimsey
Mark Eden ... Detective Inspector Parker
Derek Newark ... Bunter
*
John Quentin ... George Fentiman
Vivien Heilbron ... Sheila Fentiman
Anna Cropper ... Ann Dorland
Donald Pickering ... Dr. Penberthy
John Welsh ... Mr. Murbles
Terence Alexander ... Robert Fentiman
Celestine Randall ... Nellie Mason
Noel Coleman ... Col. Marchbanks
Phyllida Law ... Marjorie Phelps
Clifford Rose ... Mr. Pritchard
Synopsis:
When one of the more venerable members of the Bellona Club passes away in the reading room, Lord Peter Wimsey
is brought in to determine the time of death for testamentary purposes. But the more he investigates, the more
complicated things seem.

1.3 [--] Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE
Part 1 - 30Nov73 BBC1
Part 2 - 07Dec73 BBC1
Part 3 - 14Dec73 BBC1
Part 4 - 21Dec73 BBC1
BBC Production
Produced by Richard Beynon
Adapted by Bill Craig, from a story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Directed by Rodney Bennett
Cast
Ian Carmichael ... Lord Peter Wimsey
Mark Eden ... Chief Inspector Parker
*
Rachel Herbert ... Lady Mary
Peter Pratt ... Mr. Pym
Fiona Walker ... Miss Meteyard
Christopher Timothy ... Mr. Willis
Paul Darrow ... Mr. Tallboy
Shirley Cain ... Miss Rossiter
Caroline Dowdeswell ... Miss Parton
John Hallam ... Mr. Ingleby
Peter Bowles ... Major Todd Milligan
Antony Carrick ... Cummings
Bridget Armstrong ... Dian de Momerie
Robin Bailey ... Mr. Armstrong
Connie Merigold ... Mrs. Crump
Spencer Banks ... Ginger Joe
Gwen Taylor ... Pamela Dean
Synopsis:
When one of the copy writers of Pym's Advertising Agency meets his death by falling down a spiral staircase, a
new "writer" joins the staff to investigate the matter.

1.4 [--] Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey: THE NINE TAILORS
Part 1 - 22Apr74 BBC1
Part 2 - 29Apr74 BBC1
Part 3 - 06May74 BBC1
Part 4 - 13May74 BBC1
BBC Production
Produced by Richard Beynon
Adapted by Anthony Steven, from a story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Directed by Raymond Menmuir
Cast
Series cast summary:
Ian Carmichael ... Lord Peter Wimsey
Glyn Houston ... Bunter
*
Elizabeth Proud ... Mary Thoday
Patrick Jordan ... Cranton
Gail Harrison ... Hilary Thorpe
Donald Eccles ... Venables
Elizabeth Bradley ... Mrs. Venables
Neil McCarthy ... Will Thoday
Kenneth Thornett ... Supt. Blundell
David Jackson ... Jim Thoday
Dan Meaden ... Ezra Wilderspin
Herbert Ramskill ... Hezekiah Lavender
Peter Tuddenham ... Jack Godfrey
Charles Lamb ... Harry Gotobed
John Duttine ... Walter Pratt
Synopsis:
The title refers to the nine strokes of a church bell to announce the death of a man. In this adaptation of
Dorothy L. Sayers's intricate, nostalgic, and atmospheric novel of the same name, Lord Peter Wimsey, stranded
in a New-Year's Eve snowstorm ca. 1930 in the fens of eastern England, becomes the guest of a local clergyman,
an adept enthusiast of the esoteric, mathematical art of change-ringing the eight swinging bells of his magnificent
medieval church. Wimsey is pressed into service to assist with a heroic and historic all-night peal to welcome the
new year. A few months later the vicar, having learned of Wimsey's reputation as a sleuth, summons him back to the
village to investigate a mysterious body newly discovered in the churchyard, an unknown man secretly buried, who
had apparently died about the time of Wimsey's first visit. A much earlier jewel robbery, details of church
architecture, unclaimed letters from a French farm, and peculiarities of canon law are only a few of the further
pieces of the puzzle which Wimsey must put together.

1.5 [--] Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey: FIVE RED HERRINGS
Part 1 - 23Jul75 BBC1
Part 2 - 30Jul75 BBC1
Part 3 - 06Aug75 BBC1
Part 4 - 13Aug75 BBC1
BBC Production
Produced by Bill Sellars
Adapted by Anthony Steven, from a story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Directed by Robert Tronson
Cast:
Ian Carmichael ... Lord Peter Wimsey
Glyn Houston ... Bunter
*
David Rintoul ... Jock Graham
David McKail ... John Ferguson
Roy Boutcher ... Henry Strachan
Michael Elder ... Sergeant Dalziel
Russell Hunter ... Matthew Gowan
John Junkin ... Mr. Alcock
Clive Graham ... Michael Waters
Susan Macready ... Gilda Farren
Jake D'Arcy ... Hammond
Robert James ... Sir Maxwell Jamieson
Julie Peasgood ... Fenella Strachan
Michael Sheard ... Inspector MacPherson
Donald Douglas ... Hugh Farren
James Copeland ... Wully Murdoch
Ann Scott-Jones ... Mrs. Alcock
Sally Kinghorn ... Betty
Irene Sunters ... Mrs. Smith-Lemesurier
Elaine Collins ... Helen McGregor
Jan Wilson ... Miss Selby
Eileen McCallum ... Miss Cochrane
Elizabeth Sinclair ... Jeanie

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