Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers’ traditional crime novels

Aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey was the professional creation of Dorothy L Sayers, widely known as among the four initial ‘Queens of Crime’. These full-cast adaptations – initial broadcast on BBC radio in the 1970s, and shown here in their entirety – are admired by fans from the genre worldwide.

Whose Body? is the story that first presented Lord Peter on the subject of Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Dilemma Collection Volume 1: Three common full-cast dramatisations towards the world, and views him investigating the situation of a corpse in a Battersea bathtub and a vanished essential oil millionaire.

In Clouds of Witness, Lord Peter’s eldest brother stands accused of murder. In cooperation with Inspector Parker, Wimsey slowly uncovers an online of is situated and deceit within his personal family…

Unnatural Loss of life finds Peter probing the mystical death of an elderly lady. He suspects bad play, and with the help of the indomitable Miss Climpson, models about his investigations in deepest Hampshire…

Made by Simon Brett (author of the ‘Charles Paris’ series), these acclaimed dramas also feature Peter Jones, Patricia Routledge, Miriam Margolyes and Garard Green.