DOROTHY L. SAYERS MYSTERIES [3 DISCS]

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• Release Year: 1987
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Plot: Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Set in the 1930's the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane unfolds in a realm of romance and intrigue. ; ; STRONG POISON; Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey falls in love with Harriet Vane, the mystery writer as she stands in the dock of the Old Bailey. Can he save her from the gallows and will he ever win her hand?; ; HAVE HIS CARCASE; Harriet Vane the mystery writer, cleared of murder through the efforts of Lord Peter Wimsey, seeks solace in the country. Walking along a barren beach she stumbles across the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. With the appearance of her dear friend Lord Peter Wimsey, she finds a reason for detective pursuit....as only the two of them can.; ; GAUDY NIGHT; Upon returning to Oxford for the first time in years for a school reunion, Harriet Vane is asked by her old professors to turn her talents as a detective writer to practical use. Someone is terrorizing the faculty and students. Harriet struggles with the realization that the perpetrator may be a professor while confronting her growing feelings for Lord Peter Wimsey.
• Cast: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper, Ray Armstrong, Michael Troughton, Simon Cuff, Arthur Cox, Michael Heath, Sheila Burrell, Jeremy Sinden, Dilys Hamlett, Carol MacReady, Clive Francis, Merelina Kendall, David Quilter, John Cater, Caroline John, Christopher Scoular, Charmian May, Colin Higgins, Auriol Smith, Timothy Bateson, Norma Streader, Charlotte West-Oram, Peter Benson, Lavinia Bertram, Arthur Hewlett, Barbara Young, Nina Edwards, Desmond McNamara, Eileen Bell, Jacqueline Morgan, Carol Frazer, Trudie Goodwin, Alwyne Taylor, Gordon Salkilld, Martin Murphy, Jo Rowbottom, Angela Morant, Jean Campbell-Dallas, Judy Cornwell, Romney Marsh, Shirley Cain, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Geoffrey Beevers, Derek Ensor, Paul Hastings, Arthur Blake, Patsy Byrne, Tilly Vosburgh, Amanda Murray, Rosalyn Elvin, Harry Littlewood, Bernard Martin, Roger Davidson, Brian Osborne, Angela Hughes, Margaretta Scott, Christopher Hodson
• Director: Christopher Hodson
• Runtime: 8:20
• Company: BBC Home Video
• Media Format: Series