1. The Body in the Burn
The death of an artist curtails the upper class sleuth's Scottish fishing trip. Dorothy L Sayers' whodunit with Ian Carmichael.
Aristocratic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, goes on a Scottish fishing holiday in Kircudbright, but ends up catching more than trout - when he's called upon to investigate the death of a local artist.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey.
The British gentleman detective features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers.
βThe Five Red Herringsβ was first published in 1931.
Adapted for radio in eight episodes by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey β¦. Ian Carmichael
Bunter β¦. Peter Jones
Murdoch β¦. Bruce Bennett
Waters β¦. Bill Wallace
Campbell/Dr Cameron β¦. Trevor Martin
McAdam β¦. Alaric Cotter
Sgt Dalziel β¦. John Graham
Mrs Strachan β¦. Hazel McBride
Strachan β¦. Gordon Clyde
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 1978.
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