The Five Red Herrings

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Wimsey

Drama: Crime

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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Five Red Herrings

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Lord Peter Wimsey attempts to verify the whereabouts of key suspects in the murder.

Lord Peter Wimsey attempts to verify the whereabouts of key suspects in the murder of a Scottish artist. Stars Ian Carmichael.

Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised in eight parts by Chris Miller. 

Lord Peter Wimsey    ......    Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel    ......    John Graham
Strachan    ......    Gordon Clyde
Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier    ......    Sheila Mitchell
Waters    ......    Bill Wallace
Mrs Faron    ......    Frances Jeater
Faron    ......    Gordon Gardner

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.

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On a fishing holiday in Scotland, Wimsey investigates the death of a local painter.

Lord Peter is on a fishing holiday in Scotland when he notes an inconsistency in the death of a local painter. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery stars Ian Carmichael.

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