The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection - 10-DVD Box Set ( Five Red Herrings / The Nine Tailors / Murder Must Advertise / The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Clouds of Witness ) ( Lord Peter Wimsey: 5 Red Herrings / The Lord Peter Wimsey: Nine Tailors / Lord Peter Wimsey: Murder Must Advertise / Lord Peter Wimsey: Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness )

The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection - 10-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Five Red Herrings / The Nine Tailors / Murder Must Advertise / The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Clouds of Witness
Alternate Title: Lord Peter Wimsey: 5 Red Herrings / The Lord Peter Wimsey: Nine Tailors / Lord Peter Wimsey: Murder Must Advertise / Lord Peter Wimsey: Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
1002 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 - 1975 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Robert Tronson
Raymond Menmuir
Rodney Bennett
Ronald Wilson
Hugh David

Written By:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Anthony Steven
Bill Craig
John T. Bone

Actors:
Ian Carmichael ..... Lord Peter Wimsey
Glyn Houston ..... Bunter
Russell Hunter ..... Matthew Gowan
Donald Douglas ..... Hugh Farren
John Junkin ..... Mr. Alcock
Clive Graham ..... Michael Waters
Ian Ireland ..... Sandy Campbell
David Rintoul ..... Jock Graham
David McKail ..... John Ferguson
Roy Boutcher ..... Henry Strachan
James Copeland ..... Wully Murdoch
Susan Macready ..... Gilda Farren
Ann Scott-Jones ..... Mrs. Alcock
Jake D'Arcy ..... Hammond
Sally Kinghorn ..... Betty
Irene Sunters ..... Mrs. Smith-Lemesurier
Michael Elder ..... Sergeant Dalziel
Willie Joss ..... Dr. Cameron
Elaine Collins ..... Helen McGregor
Julie Peasgood ..... Fenella Strachan
Keith Drinkel ..... Jeff Deacon
Elizabeth Proud ..... Mary Deacon / Thoday
Anne Blake ..... Lady Wilbraham
Desmond Llewelyn ..... Sir Charles Thorpe
Anthony Roye ..... Sir Hector Goffe
Jane Cussons ..... Susan
Patrick Jordan ..... 'Nobby' Cranton
Robin Wentworth ..... Inspector Frost
Michael Stainton ..... Sergeant
Keith James ..... Shorty
Ronald Adam ..... Dowson
Sandra Frieze ..... Louise
Edwin Brown ..... Warder
Gail Harrison ..... Hilary Thorpe
Mark Eden ..... Chief Inspector Parker
Rachel Herbert ..... Lady Mary
Peter Pratt ..... Mr. Pym (4 episodes, 1973)
Fiona Walker ..... Miss Meteyard (4 episodes, 1973)
Christopher Timothy ..... Mr. Willis
Paul Darrow ..... Mr. Tallboy (4 episodes, 1973)
Shirley Cain ..... Miss Rossiter (4 episodes, 1973)
Caroline Dowdeswell ..... Miss Parton (4 episodes, 1973)
John Hallam ..... Mr. Ingleby
Peter Bowles ..... Major Todd Milligan
Antony Carrick ..... Cummings (3 episodes, 1973)
Bridget Armstrong ..... Dian de Momerie (3 episodes, 1973)
Robin Bailey ..... Mr. Armstrong
Connie Merigold ..... Mrs. Crump (2 episodes, 1973)
Spencer Banks ..... Ginger Joe (2 episodes, 1973)
Gwen Taylor ..... Pamela Dean (2 episodes, 1973)
Derek Newark ..... Bunter
John Welsh ..... Mr. Murbles
John Quentin ..... George Fentiman
Vivien Heilbron ..... Sheila Fentiman
Terence Alexander ..... Robert Fentiman
Anna Cropper ..... Ann Dorland
Donald Pickering ..... Dr. Penberthy
Ralph Truman ..... General Fentiman
John Warner ..... Captain Culyer
Noel Coleman ..... Col. Marchbanks
Norman Scace ..... Wetheridge
Arthur Hewlett ..... Woodward
Celestine Randall ..... Nellie Mason
Mark Eden ..... Det. Inspector Parker
Rachel Herbert ..... Lady Mary Wimsey
David Langton ..... Duke of Denver
Georgina Cookson ..... Helen, Duchess of Denver (3 episodes, 1972)
Isabel Jeans ..... Dowager Duchess
George Coulouris ..... Mr. Grimthorpe (3 episodes, 1972)
Judith Arthy ..... Mrs. Grimthorpe (3 episodes, 1972)
Francis De Wolff ..... Sir Impey Biggs (3 episodes, 1972)
John Wyse ..... Mr. Murbles (3 episodes, 1972)

Synopsis:

This collection includes all five original BBC adaptations of the LORD PETER WIMSEY mystery stories. Based on the popular detective novels of Dorothy L. Sayers, the miniseries feature Ian Carmichael as title character Wimsey, an aristocratic gentleman in 1920s England who solves crimes among Britain's upper crust. Acting as Lord Peter's Watson was his valet Bunter (Glyn Houston), a man whose (apparently) checkered past served him well when analysing the criminal mind.Each of the five series is presented on two discs and include THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB (1972), THE NINE TAILORS (1974), MURDER MUST ADVERTISE (1973), FIVE RED HERRINGS (1975), and CLOUDS OF WITNESS (1972).

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972)
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. Lord Peter is called upon to investigate the death of the aged General Fentiman who apparently died peacefully in his chair by the open fire at the Bellona Club. It would have been dismissed as simply old age, had the exact timing of the General's death not been vital to the distribution of a huge inheritance. Lord Peter's investigations lead him into deeper water than anyone expects and, when it becomes clear that the General was murdered, the list of suspects is long.

The Nine Tailors (1974)
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. Lord Peter Wimsey attends the wedding of Sir Charles Thorpe's son at which an extremely valuable emerald necklace belonging to Lady Wilbraham is stolen. Thanks to Wimsey's quick thinking the culprits are apprehended although the whereabouts of the jewels remain a mystery. Many years later, when a mutilated, unidentified corpse is found in the grave of the recently deceased Lady Thorpe, Wimsey investigates and becomes embroiled in an attempt to recover the necklace which was stolen many years before.

Murder Must Advertise (1973)
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L Sayers. A young copywriter at Pym's Publicity Ltd. falls down the staircase and is fatally injured. Before his fall the copywriter had notified his boss that something more dire than just bad copy has infiltrated the ad agency. The owner hires detective Death Bredon, Wimsey in disguise, who poses as an adman taking over the dead man's job. As, Bredon, Wimsey writes snappy headlines, banters with the typists and carouses with highborn lowlifes in his free time, all the while piecing together a web of nefarious criminals that has ensnared both the wicked and the weak.

Five Red Herrings (1975)
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. When Lord Peter goes on holiday to Scotland, he is hoping to do nothing more strenuous than catch some trout. Even Wimsey's loyal servant Bunter is looking forward to taking some time off to go painting. However, when Bunter notices an easel in the distance but no sign of the artist Lord Peter is called into action. The easel belongs to an unpopular local artist, Campbell, whose body is discovered lying on the rocks below the popular vantage point. Was it an accidental fall? Wimsey suspects not and with six possible suspects he must use all of his detective skills to determine the five red herrings and expose the murderer.

Clouds of Witness (1972)
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. When Captain Cathcart, the fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, is murdered and Lord Peter's own brother is accused of the murder, Lord Peter Wimsey decides to join in the investigation in order to find out what really happened. A mysterious letter from Egypt, a grieving fiancée with a suitcase and a bullet destined for one very special Wimsey are uncovered but who is the real murderer?

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 11 June, 2010.