| Lord Peter Wimsey: The Complete Collection | |||||
| Acorn Media (1973) | |||||
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| Barcode | 054961640492 |
| Release Date | 8/26/2003 |
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| 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 |
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| Producer | Richard Beynon
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| Writer | Dorothy L Sayers
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| Cinematography | Chris Wimble
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| Musician | Herbert Chappell
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This listing takes in a family of UK mini-series with the following titles:♣ The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club♣ Clouds of Witness♣ Murder Must Advertise♣ The Nine Tailors♣ Five Red Herrings♣ Strong Poison♣ Have His Carcase♣ Gaudy Night Between 1972 and 1975, the BBC began to serialize for television the Wimsey books written in the 1920s and 1930s by Dorothy L. Sayers. After a break of twelve years, they filmed three more books in 1987. Lord Peter Wimsey, the brother of the Duke of Denver, is a scholar with time on his hands and an inclination for solving murder mysteries. Bunter is his manservant and partner in crime-detection, while Inspector Charles Parker is his friend (and later his brother-in-law) in the Metropolitan Police. Harriet Vane, who first appears in the second season, is a writer of murder mysteries who will become Wimsey's wife. |
| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/5/1972 1. S1E1: Clouds of Witness (1) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save the Duke of Denver (Lord Peter's elder brother) from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter. Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/12/1972 2. S1E2: Clouds of Witness (2) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/19/1972 3. S1E3: Clouds of Witness (3) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/26/1972 4. S1E4: Clouds of Witness (4) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/3/1972 5. S1E5: Clouds of Witness (5) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/1/1973 6. S2E1: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1) | ||
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Armistice Day 1922 - and General Fentiman is found dead at the Bellona Club.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/8/1973 7. S2E2: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (2) | ||
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The General's sister apparently dies after him, but the conditions of the will are such that things would be different if she died before.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/15/1973 8. S2E3: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (3) | ||
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The General's body is exhumed and his death re-classified as murder.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/22/1973 9. S2E4: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (4) | ||
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Five people stand to benefit from the General's death.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 11/30/1973 10. S3E1: Murder Must Advertise (1) | ||
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A man working at the Pym's Publicity agency falls to his death. Lord Peter decides to go under cover at Pym's publicity to find out who killed Victor Dean.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12/7/1973 11. S3E2: Murder Must Advertise (2) | ||
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Lord Peter attends a fancy dress party and learns the details of a drug ring.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12/14/1973 12. S3E3: Murder Must Advertise (3) | ||
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Lord Peter discovers that Dean's girl friend has a drug habit and decides to take on a further alter ego - as his own cousin.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12/21/1973 13. S3E4: Murder Must Advertise (4) | ||
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There are already two dead bodies and Lord Peter may soon be the third as it becomes clear that the gang smuggling drugs is using the advertising agency in a complex plan to deflect suspicion.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/22/1974 14. S4E1: The Nine Tailors (1) | ||
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Lord Peter is invited to a wedding at the beginning of World War I, starting a chain of events that will lead to murder after the war is over.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/29/1974 15. S4E2: The Nine Tailors (2) | ||
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20 years after his first visit, Lord Peter returns to the scene of a crime to find that it in fact hadn't been solved.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/6/1974 16. S4E3: The Nine Tailors (3) | ||
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A mutilated body is dicovered hidden, but the coroner eclared it death by natural causes.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/13/1974 17. S4E4: The Nine Tailors (4) | ||
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Nature - not Wimsey - sheds the final light on the mystery. Over the flooded Fenland the bells proclaim the death of a man...and the end of a crime.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 3/25/1987 18. S6E1: Strong Poison, Part 1 | ||
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Harriet Vane, a crime writer, is charged with poisoning Philip Boyes, her former lover, with arsenic. The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but it is all circumstantial. The jury is divided and a new trial is ordered, to begin in four weeks' time. Wimsey visits Harriet, finds himself falling in love with her, and sets out to clear her name.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/1/1987 19. S6E2: Strong Poison, Part 2 | ||
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/8/1987 20. S6E3: Strong Poison, Part 3 | ||
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/15/1987 21. S7E1: Have His Carcase, Part 1 | ||
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Mystery writer Harriet Vane, now cleared of murder at the Old Bailey, goes on a walking tour of the West Country and stumbles across a corpse.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/22/1987 22. S7E2: Have His Carcase, Part 2 | ||
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The corpse on the rock - murder or suicide. Harriet and Lord Peter believe the evidence points to murder.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/29/1987 23. S7E3: Have His Carcase, Part 3 | ||
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The police intensify their search for witnesses in the case of the murdered gigolo, found with his throat cut on a rock in Cornwall.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 1/4/1987 24. S7E4: Have His Carcase, Part 4 | ||
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With the aid of an encoded letter found on the dead man's body, Lord Peter and Harriet solve the mystery.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/13/1987 25. S8E1: Gaudy Night, Part 1 | ||
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Harriet Vane attends a reunion at her Oxford College and is asked by the Warden to investigate a series of poison pen notes that several members of staff have received. She takes up residence in the college and receives one of these notes herself. In the cloistered environment of the school, there is any number of possible suspects. In the absence of a motive however, it is difficult to determine if the culprit is a member of staff, a student or even if it is a man or a woman. When Lord Peter Wimsey visits the college - as much to see Harriet as for anything else - he agrees to assist in the investigation. What he finds is that one member of the staff had reason to seek vengeance.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/20/1987 26. S8E2: Gaudy Night, Part 2 | ||
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Harriet decides to investigate the bizarre acts of violence that have erupted since her return to her old Oxford College, while Lord Peter is travelling in Europe for the goverment.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/27/1987 27. S8E3: Gaudy Night, Part 3 | ||
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Lord Peter and Harriet solve the mystery and also decide to end their courtship.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/5/1972 28. Clouds of Witness (1) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save the Duke of Denver (Lord Peter's elder brother) from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter. Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/12/1972 29. Clouds of Witness (2) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/19/1972 30. Clouds of Witness (3) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/26/1972 31. Clouds of Witness (4) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/3/1972 32. Clouds of Witness (5) | ||
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Wimsey and Bunter try to save Lord Peter's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, from the hangman's silk noose when he is accused of murdering Dennis Cathcart, who was engaged to his sister, Lady Mary. Cathcart was shot in the Duke's garden during the night, and the only suspect was found standing by the body - but he declines to discuss the matter.
Denver stands by his right to be tried by his peers amid the Gothic splendour of the House of Lords.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/1/1973 33. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1) | ||
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Armistice Day 1922 - and General Fentiman is found dead at the Bellona Club.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/8/1973 34. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (2) | ||
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The General's sister apparently dies after him, but the conditions of the will are such that things would be different if she died before.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/15/1973 35. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (3) | ||
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The General's body is exhumed and his death re-classified as murder.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 2/22/1973 36. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (4) | ||
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Five people stand to benefit from the General's death.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 11/30/1973 37. Murder Must Advertise (1) | ||
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A man working at the Pym's Publicity agency falls to his death. Lord Peter decides to go under cover at Pym's publicity to find out who killed Victor Dean.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12/7/1973 38. Murder Must Advertise (2) | ||
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Lord Peter attends a fancy dress party and learns the details of a drug ring.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12/14/1973 39. Murder Must Advertise (3) | ||
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Lord Peter discovers that Dean's girl friend has a drug habit and decides to take on a further alter ego - as his own cousin.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 12/21/1973 40. Murder Must Advertise (4) | ||
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There are already two dead bodies and Lord Peter may soon be the third as it becomes clear that the gang smuggling drugs is using the advertising agency in a complex plan to deflect suspicion.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/22/1974 41. The Nine Tailors (1) | ||
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Lord Peter is invited to a wedding at the beginning of World War I, starting a chain of events that will lead to murder after the war is over.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/29/1974 42. The Nine Tailors (2) | ||
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20 years after his first visit, Lord Peter returns to the scene of a crime to find that it in fact hadn't been solved.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/6/1974 43. The Nine Tailors (3) | ||
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A mutilated body is dicovered hidden, but the coroner eclared it death by natural causes.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/13/1974 44. The Nine Tailors (4) | ||
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Nature - not Wimsey - sheds the final light on the mystery. Over the flooded Fenland the bells proclaim the death of a man...and the end of a crime.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 3/25/1987 45. Strong Poison, Part 1 | ||
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Harriet Vane, a crime writer, is charged with poisoning Philip Boyes, her former lover, with arsenic. The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but it is all circumstantial. The jury is divided and a new trial is ordered, to begin in four weeks' time. Wimsey visits Harriet, finds himself falling in love with her, and sets out to clear her name.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/1/1987 46. Strong Poison, Part 2 | ||
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/8/1987 47. Strong Poison, Part 3 | ||
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/15/1987 48. Have His Carcase, Part 1 | ||
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Mystery writer Harriet Vane, now cleared of murder at the Old Bailey, goes on a walking tour of the West Country and stumbles across a corpse.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/22/1987 49. Have His Carcase, Part 2 | ||
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The corpse on the rock - murder or suicide. Harriet and Lord Peter believe the evidence points to murder.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 4/29/1987 50. Have His Carcase, Part 3 | ||
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The police intensify their search for witnesses in the case of the murdered gigolo, found with his throat cut on a rock in Cornwall.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 1/4/1987 51. Have His Carcase, Part 4 | ||
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With the aid of an encoded letter found on the dead man's body, Lord Peter and Harriet solve the mystery.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/13/1987 52. Gaudy Night, Part 1 | ||
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Harriet Vane attends a reunion at her Oxford College and is asked by the Warden to investigate a series of poison pen notes that several members of staff have received. She takes up residence in the college and receives one of these notes herself. In the cloistered environment of the school, there is any number of possible suspects. In the absence of a motive however, it is difficult to determine if the culprit is a member of staff, a student or even if it is a man or a woman. When Lord Peter Wimsey visits the college - as much to see Harriet as for anything else - he agrees to assist in the investigation. What he finds is that one member of the staff had reason to seek vengeance.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/20/1987 53. Gaudy Night, Part 2 | ||
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Harriet decides to investigate the bizarre acts of violence that have erupted since her return to her old Oxford College, while Lord Peter is travelling in Europe for the goverment.
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| Seen it: Yes 50 mins 5/27/1987 54. Gaudy Night, Part 3 | ||
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Lord Peter and Harriet solve the mystery and also decide to end their courtship.
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