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starring: Edward Petherbridge, Harriet Walter, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell, Carol MacReady directed by: Christopher Hodson, Michael Simpson See Larger Image Used Price: $19.98 Third Party New Price: $85.89 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790766164 Format: Box set, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0790766167 Label: BBC Warner Manufacturer: BBC Warner Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: BBC Warner Release Date: May 14, 2002 Running Time: 500 minutes Sales Rank: 15800 Studio: BBC Warner Related Items: Campion - The Complete First Season Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye) see more Editorial Review: 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.' Amazon.com: 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 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 touch (a gentle poke at the spiritualist movement is particularly fun). The period atmosphere is pulled off naturally and with close attention to detail, and the adaptation has a careful reverence for Sayers's novel. The performances are all remarkably strong. Petherbridge is perfect as Wimsey, revealing his brilliance and allowing him to be hopelessly in love without ever damaging his dignity. Walter plays Harriet with rich nuance, saying as much with her silences as she does with her lines, and Richard Morant is quietly fantastic as the remarkable Bunting. Harriet, fresh from the trial, tries to get away from it all and ends up stumbling over a recently killed body in Have His Carcass. Unable to resist a crime (or, for that matter, Harriet), Lord Peter is soon on the case. In Gaudy Night, Lord Peter is still proposing at frequent intervals, and Harriet, though unable to say yes, is also unable to send Lord Peter entirely away. But enough with the romance. As Wimsey heads off for some foreign service work, Harriet visits her Oxford alma mater and lands smack in the middle of a poison-pen scandal. Harriet's status as a mystery writer, naturally, means she's the one who should investigate. Sayers clearly had fun writing this one, using Harriet to gently tweak her own profession, at the same time both parodying and defending the cloistered life at a women's college. --Ali Davis Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The Lord Peter Wimsey 1987 BBC Trilogy A magnificent 1987 BBC trilogy adaptation of Lord Peter Wimsey "Strong Poison," "Have His Carcass" and "Gaudy Night." Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries is like most british television productions. A superb theatrical adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers mystery novels. These version of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane are very different than Ian Carmichael's LPW, roll he played from 1972 to 1975. Edward Petherbridge as the wealthy, romantic, amateur sleuth debonair "Lord Peter Wimsey" and Harriet ... Read More Rating: - Lord Peter Whimsey I have had this collection for several years, and just love it. This year I gave a set to my sister for her Birthday. Now she loves it, too. Rating: - Enjoyable mystery series! A highly enjoyable English Mystery Series! Superb casting, interesting mysteries, a love story, and agreeable English humor. I saw these mysteries on PBS as a teenager, and jumped at the chance to own them on DVD as an adult. Strong Poison (the first in the series) and Gaudy Night (the third) are each three parts of approximately an hour each, and Have His Carcass is four one hour segments. Have His Carcass does show a corpse and is a tad graphic, but nowhere near the graphic violence and gore seen in ... Read More Rating: - The Best Wimsey Edward Petherbridge is by far the best Lord Wimsey. He simply looks more the part, although he is also an excellent actor. Here the stories focus on the courtship of Harriet Vane, also excellently cast in these shows. If you liked the novels you'll love this TV version of them. And if you haven't read the books (why not?) watch these anyway -- they're great stories. Rating: - Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries - Lord Peter Wimey-Harriet Vane Collection I've always been a fan of English mysteries, so when I saw this collection I had to have as I enjoyed when I saw it PBS TV years ago. My biggest complaint is that more movies were not made. Alas, that seems to be the norm for the BBC, you start enjoying a series and then they drop it, before completing the stories by the authors. 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