Clouds of Witness

1 9 7 2 (UK)
5 x 60 minute episodes

The BBC bought the rights to all eleven Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was their first adaptation, with Ian Carmichael in the role as the titular amateur sleuth with a good pedigree and all the necessary attributes – music lover, art connoisseur, bibliophile – to distinguish him from the ordinary plodding detective who was comparatively bereft of the breeding that really mattered in a pre-war hero.

In Clouds of Witness, Lord Peter Wimsey’s brother, Gerald, Duke of Denver (David Langton), is accused of murdering the fiancé of their sister Mary (Rachel Herbert).

It’s up to Lord Peter (Ian Carmichael) and his faithful valet Bunter (Glyn Houston) to untangle all the clues and the contradicting testimony of a cloud of witnesses to save Denver.

If you haven’t read the book or seen the series, please turn away now. It was, in fact, suicide.

Lord Peter Wimsey
Ian Carmichael
Bunter
Glyn Houston
Detective Inspector Parker
Mark Eden
Lady Mary Wimsey
Rachel Herbert
Gerald, Duke of Denver
David Langton
Dowager Duchess
Isabel Jeans
Helen, Duchess of Denver
Georgina Cookson
Mr Grimthorpe
George Coulouris
Mrs Grimthorpe
Judith Arthy
Sir Impey Biggs
Francis De Wolff
Mr Murbles
John Wyse
George Goyles
David Hargreaves
Jake
Gerry Cowan
Inspector Craikes
Ivan Beavis