A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery - Seasons

Season 1 Strong Poison

BBC One , 1987

The crime novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for the murder by poisoning of her former lover Philip Boyes. Lord Peter Wimsey is convinced of her innocence and falls in love with her. After the jury fails to reach a verdict, Lord Peter has 30 days unti…

Season 2 Have His Carcase

BBC One , 1987

Having been cleared of murder, Harriet Vane holidays in the West Country, only to find a recently-murdered body on a rock on a deserted beach. Before she can summon help, the corpse is washed away by the tide. Together with Lord Peter Wimsey she inve…

Season 3 Gaudy Night

BBC One , 1987

With some trepidation, Harriet Vane attends a reunion "gaudy" dinner at her old Oxford college, where she is welcomed by the dons, but suspects they are mostly interested in her association with Lord Peter Wimsey. A series of poison pen letters, acts…