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Whodunnits Wimsey - Strong Poison
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Lord Peter Wimsey sets out to clear an authoress accused of killing her lover. Dorothy L. Sayers mystery with Ian Carmichael.

Lord Peter Wimsey attends the trial of Harriet Vane, a young mystery writer accused of poisoning her former lover with arsenic.

The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but the shrewd, debonair sleuth harbours doubts over her guilt.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey created by Dorothy L. Sayers.

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 蘑菇短视频 Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the 蘑菇短视频 TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

From the book first published in 1930.

Dramatised in in six parts by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey 鈥�. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane 鈥�. Anne Bell
Judge 鈥�. Carleton Hobbs
Dowager Duchess 鈥�. Charlotte Mitchell
Attorney-General 鈥�. Stephen Thorne
Sir Impey Biggs 鈥�. Robert Gillespie
Sir James Lubbock 鈥�. Garard Green
Freddy Arbuthnot 鈥�. Christopher Scoular
Hannah Westlock 鈥�. Christine Ozanne
Foreman of the Jury 鈥�. Clifford Norgate

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on 蘑菇短视频 Radio 4 in May 1976.

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