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1. The Riddlesdale Inquest

Whodunnits Wimsey - Clouds of Witness
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Lord Peter Wimsey's brother - the Duke of Denver - is arrested for murder. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael.

A scandal for the aristocracy erupts when Lord Peter's Wimsey's brother - the Duke of Denver - is arrested for murder...

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers.

Clouds of Witness was first published in 1926.

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 大象传媒 Radio between 1973 and 1983, in addition to the 大象传媒 TV adaptations broadcast from 1972 to 1975.

Adapted in eight episodes by Peter Jones and Tania Lieven.

Lord Peter Wimsey 鈥�. Ian Carmichael
Bunter 鈥�. Peter Jones
Duke of Denver 鈥�. James Villiers
Lady Mary Wimsey 鈥�. Maria Aitken
Inspector Parker 鈥�. Gabriel Woolf
Freddie Arbuthnot 鈥�. Nigel Lambert
Coroner 鈥�. James Thomason
Pettigrew 鈥�. Bill Wallis
Cooper 鈥�. Sean Arnold
Miss Cathcart 鈥�. Betty Cardno

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in February 1974.

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