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Lord Peter Wimsey (1972)

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United Kingdom

How it feels

A BBC adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels following an aristocratic detective in 1920s England. He solves murders through sharp observation and deduction while moving through upper-class society.

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What happens

Lord Peter Wimsey is a series of television serial adaptations of five Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy L. Sayers, starring Ian Carmichael as Wimsey. They were broadcast on BBC1 between 1972 and 1975, beginning with Clouds of Witness in April 1972 and ending with Five Red Herrings in August 1975. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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