Busman's Honeymoon

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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: Busman's Honeymoon: 1. The Mysteries of Married Life

1. The Mysteries of Married Life

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Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their marital bliss disturbed.

Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife's marital bliss is soon disturbed. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael.

Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their marital bliss disturbed - by something nasty in the cellar. 

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

First published in 1937 and adapted in six episodes by Alistair Beaton.

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.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach
Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney
Mr Puffett …. Michael Ripper
The Rev Goodacre …. Gerald Sim
MacBride …. Roger Lloyd Pack
Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham
Narrator …. John Westbrook

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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