Busman's Honeymoon

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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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Wimsey: Busman's Honeymoon: 4. Not Why, But How

4. Not Why, But How

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Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride try to recreate the circumstances of Noakes's murder.

Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride try to recreate the lead-up to the circumstances of Noakes's murder. Stars Ian Carmichael.

The upper crust sleuth and his new bride try to recreate the lead-up to the mysterious circumstances of the murder of Noakes.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the British gentleman detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach
Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Sid …. David Peart

Producer: Martin Fisher 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.

Wimsey: Busman's Honeymoon

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The posh sleuth's honeymoon bliss is shattered when a dead body turns up in the cellar.

Dorothy L Sayers' upper-crust sleuth has married at last, but his honeymoon bliss is shattered when a dead body  turns up in the cellar.

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