The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

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Wimsey

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Adaptations of Dorothy L Sayers' gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

Adaptations of Dorothy L Sayers' gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey. With Ian Carmichael

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Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: 1. Armistice Night

1. Armistice Night

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Wimsey, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 1. Armistice Night

Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes the death of a rich retired general.

Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes the death of a rich retired general. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael. .

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the puzzling death of rich, retired General Fentiman who's found dead in an armchair at his gentleman's club. 

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club was first published in 1928.

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 BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Adapted in six episodes by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
George Fentiman …. Martin Jarvis
Mr Murbles …. John Gabriel 
Dr Penberthy …. Christopher Emmett
Culyer …. Blain Fairman
Challoner …. John Dunbar
Colonel Marchbanks …. Wilfrid Carter

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.

Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

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Adapted from the novel by Dorothy L Sayers, with her famous sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

Adapted from the novel by Dorothy L Sayers, with her famous aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

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