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"A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery" Have His Carcase: Episode One (1987)



Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   113 votes
Director:
Christopher Hodson
Writer:
Rosemary Anne Sisson (dramatisation)
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Original Air Date:
15 April 1987 (Season 1, Episode 4)
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
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User Comments:
excellent more (5 total)

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)
Harriet Walter ... Harriet Vane
Edward Petherbridge ... Lord Peter Wimsey
Richard Morant ... Bunter
Rowena Cooper ... Mrs. Weldon
Simon Cuff ... Alexis
Peter Benson ... Perkins
Romney Marsh ... Haviland Martin
Ray Armstrong ... Inspector Trethowan
Michael Troughton ... P.C. Ormonde
Arthur Cox ... Salcombe Hardy
Arthur Blake ... News Editor

Michael Heath ... Antoine
Trudie Goodwin ... Cherie
Arthur Hewlett ... Gaffer Trewin
Richard Caldicot ... Colonel Belfridge
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Additional Details

Runtime:
50 min (4 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Trudie Goodwin (Cherie) and Kit Jackson (Polwhistle) are husband and wife. more
Quotes:
[Peter demonstrates a throat-cutting on Bunter, then sees Harriet's shock]
Lord Peter Wimsey: I'm so sorry.
Harriet Vane: No, no, it's all right.
Lord Peter Wimsey: No, no, I'm an ass. And in a moment I shall get down on my knees and apologize, and probably propose to you as well.
Harriet Vane: Oh, Peter! What an idiot you are!
Lord Peter Wimsey: Aren't I, though?
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
excellent, 23 July 2003
Author: Madamewozelle from State College, PA

This adaptation of Dorothy L Sayers' novel is excellently adapted for television. I watched this in junior high school and credit its production for tweaking my interest in reading Sayers' novels themselves. The acting is phenomenal. Lord Peter is played by the sublime Edward Petherbridge, who absolutely epitomises the character. Harriet Walter, although not posessing the adequate deep voice for Harriet Vane, nonetheless shines as the character and is absolutely believeable. The beautiful Cornish coast is a gorgeous backdrop. The story is fairly true to the original book; with some exceptions...but it is so well-directed that one barely notices. Fantastic production. Two thumbs up.

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