Busman's Honeymoon - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery | BBC RADIO DRAMA: Dorothy L Sayers' upper-crust sleuth has married at last, but his honeymoon bliss is shattered when the dead body of the house's previous owner turns up in the cellar. Stars Ian Carmichael.
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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 BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

First published in 1937 and adapted in six episodes by Alistair Beaton.


CAST
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach
Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney
Mr Puffett …. Michael Ripper
The Rev Goodacre …. Gerald Sim
MacBride …. Roger Lloyd Pack
Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham
Superintendent Kirk …. Peter Vaughan
Constable Sellon …. Christopher Beeny
Sergeant Foster …. Alexander John
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Sid …. David Peart
Mr. Solomons …. Bernard Spear
Voice from wireless …. Michael Bilton
First Removal man …. Edward Cast
Second Removal Man …. Alex Jennings
Narrator …. John Westbrook

Producer: Martin Fisher.

Episodes
1. The Mysteries of Married Life
Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their marital bliss disturbed - by something nasty in the cellar.

2. Credit Where Credit's Due
With William Noakes dead, Superintendent Kirk has his suspicions, but upper crust sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey is not so sure...

3. A Policeman's Lot
As the questioning over the murder of William Noakes continues, some revelatory evidence emerges from the upper crust sleuth's cleaner.

4. Not Why, But How
The upper crust sleuth and his new bride try to recreate the lead-up to the mysterious circumstances of the murder of Noakes.

5. Crossed in Love
As the debts of murder victim William Noakes start mounting up, the upper crust sleuth grows suspicious of one of his relatives.

6. A Chain of Circumstance
With no clear murder suspect, the arrival of the removal men helps the upper crust sleuth to spot a vital clue.

Busman's Honeymoon - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.