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Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1

Three classic full-cast dramatisations

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Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1

By: Dorothy L. Sayers
Narrated by: Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones
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Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novels.

Aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey was the master creation of Dorothy L Sayers, widely acknowledged as one of the four original 'Queens of Crime'. These full-cast adaptations - first broadcast on BBC radio in the 1970s, and presented here in their entirety - are admired by fans of the genre worldwide.

Whose Body? is the tale that first introduced Lord Peter to the world, and sees him investigating the case of a corpse in a Battersea bathtub and a vanished oil millionaire.

In Clouds of Witness, Lord Peter's eldest brother stands accused of murder. In collaboration with Inspector Parker, Wimsey slowly uncovers a web of lies and deceit within his own family....

Unnatural Death finds Peter probing the mysterious death of an elderly lady. He suspects foul play, and with the help of the indomitable Miss Climpson, sets about his investigations in deepest Hampshire....

Produced by Simon Brett (author of the Charles Paris series), these acclaimed dramas also feature Peter Jones, Patricia Routledge, Miriam Margolyes and Garard Green.

©2017 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2017 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Classics Crime Thrillers Mystery Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Mystery Collection
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Ian Carmichael is my favourite Lord Peter. The pacing is is good as are the other voice actors.

Looking forward to the next

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I’ve come to really understand and warm to the characters which,at first, I thought were very shallow. Stories were fun and interesting. Played very well by actors. I just found the music interludes WAY too loud. I understand it was time period appropriate for radio drama but it was a shame I couldn’t listen to them whilst going off to sleep or doing something quiet.
Worth persisting though.

So great. Just find musical interludes way too loud

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My favourite author dramatised with style and lovely dialog in intelligent murder mysteries including this one

Charming funny elegant

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The transition music from one chapter to the next is too loud and too long for an audio book. Extremely unpleasant having to adjust the volume all the time and not at all relaxing.

Excellent but...

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I enjoyed these light hearted gentleman sleuths. The narration is spot on, and the plots interesting, but you can't take the characters too seriously. Good easy listening series.

Easy listening

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The sound effects took me back to my early childhood when there was only the wireless! My m-I-l always loved reading Dorothy Sayers’ books and we have copies in our library as well. However, it takes time to read when one has an ever growing pile of books to be read so listening to tales whilst I do other tasks helps me to reduce that pile. After listening to epic stories I like to weave in shorter narratives for variation and this one worked well. I think I will be looking for more quite soon.

This was a trip down memory lane.

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