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1975 Certificate PG
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The classic BBC adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's detective novels sees Lord Peter Wimsey's fishing holiday in Scotland interrupted when a local artist is found murdered. Wimsey (Ian Carmichael) must employ his master sleuth skills to divine the killer from a list of six likely suspects. Read more

Starring Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, David Rintoul, Michael Sheard
Director Robert Tronson
Genres Thriller

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Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings

The classic BBC adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's detective novels sees Lord Peter Wimsey's fishing holiday in Scotland interrupted when a local artist is found murdered. Wimsey (Ian Carmichael) must employ his master sleuth skills to divine the killer from a list of six likely suspects.

Starring Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, David Rintoul, Michael Sheard, Robert James
Director Robert Tronson
Studio ACORN MEDIA
Run time DVD: 3 hrs 40 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 27 Dec 2001
Production year: 1975
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Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings (2 discs) (1975)

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    Rated - 5 stars

    ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS BEST

    This further episode of the Ian Carmichael series of Lord Peter Wimsey stories is a delight.

    Out on location in Westmorland and Scotland, you have great scenery and vintage cars galore.

    This is a strong story with an ingenius plot which is slowly unravelled by the detective. The cast is very good, although not as strong as in other stories, David Rintoul is his usual brooding self, John Junkin, Jean Faulds compliment.

    Another very interesting and entertaining watch, this series has proven to be very rewarding.

      • A customer from Manchester,UK
      • Posted 06 Jul 2005 16:57

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  • Rated - 4 stars

    A satisfying interpretation

    Dorothy Sayers has written some excellent mysteries centring on the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. The 'Five Red Herrings' is the one I have had difficulty in reading right through, partly because her use of Scottish dialect makes it harder to read the text.

    However, this television adaption has captured the story well, adding to this is the use of locations authentic to the book's setting. The acting is good, particularly that of Ian Carmichael in the title role.

    The earlier unfurling of the story, in perhaps confusing glimpses of the lives of different characters, comes to a great climax as Lord Peter reconstructs the crime. The viewer is left, as were the original readers of the book, with the moral judgement of how to assess the culpability of the instigator of the victim's death.

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      • jezyork from York
      • Posted 20 Mar 2009 20:55

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