When was Lord Peter Wimsey set?
When was Lord Peter Wimsey set?
Lord Peter Wimsey is a series of television serial adaptations of five Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy L. Sayers starring Ian Carmichael broadcast on BBC One between 1972 and 1975, beginning with Clouds of Witness in April 1972.
Who created Lord Peter Wimsey?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey/Creators
How many Wimsey books are there?
14 Books
Lord Peter Wimsey Book Series (14 Books)
Is Jill Paton Walsh still writing?
Novelist and children’s author Jill Paton Walsh has died at the age of 83, her agent has confirmed. The London-born writer won numerous awards for her children’s books, including The Whitbread Prize in 1974 for The Emperor’s Winding Sheet.
Which book features Lord Peter Wimsey as the detective?
in Whose Body?
Lord Peter Wimsey, fictional character, a monocled aristocratic dilettante turned professional detective, created by English writer Dorothy L. Sayers in Whose Body? (1923).
Where is Dorothy Sayers buried?
Dorothy Leigh Sayers
| Birth | 12 Jun 1893 Oxford, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Death | 17 Dec 1957 (aged 64) Witham, Braintree District, Essex, England |
| Burial | St Anne Churchyard Soho, City of Westminster, Greater London, England |
| Memorial ID | 23378 · View Source |
When did Lord Peter Wimsey first come out?
Titlescreen, animated in the style of a book. Lord Peter Wimsey is a series of television serial adaptations of five Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy L. Sayers starring Ian Carmichael broadcast on BBC One between 1972 and 1975, beginning with Clouds of Witness in April 1972.
Who is the main character in Lord Peter Wimsey?
Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey DSO is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). A dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective.
What kind of car does Lord Peter Wimsey drive?
One of Lord Peter’s cars is a 12-cylinder (“double-six”) 1927 Daimler four-seater, which (like all his cars) he calls “Mrs Merdle” after a character in Charles Dickens’s Little Dorrit who “hated fuss”.
Who was Lord Peter Wimsey in the Nine Tailors?
Gary Bond starred as Lord Peter Wimsey and John Cater as Bunter in two single-episode BBC Radio 4 adaptations: The Nine Tailors on 25 December 1986 and Whose Body on 26 December 1987.