Episode #1.2
- Episode aired Oct 7, 1973
- 44m
Winsey's search for his future brother-in-law;s murder leads him to a misanthropic farmer who's pathologically jealous of his younger wife.Winsey's search for his future brother-in-law;s murder leads him to a misanthropic farmer who's pathologically jealous of his younger wife.Winsey's search for his future brother-in-law;s murder leads him to a misanthropic farmer who's pathologically jealous of his younger wife.
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- (as Gerald Cowan)
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Did you know
- TriviaMerelina Kendall (Ellen) also appeared in the second adaptation of Lord Peter Wimsey stories with Edward Petherbridge in 'Gaudy Night'.
- GoofsBarrister Impey Biggs smokes a filter-tip cigarette in 1928. Cork tips weren't introduced until 1935, and filters not until the '50s.
- Quotes
Lord Peter Wimsey: Facts, Bunter, must have facts. When I was a small boy, I always hated facts. Thought they were nasty, hard things, all nobs.
Mervyn Bunter: Yes, my lord. My old mother always used to say...
Lord Peter Wimsey: Your mother, Bunter? Oh, I never knew you had one. I always thought you just sort of came along already-made, so it were. Oh, excuse me. How infernally rude of me. Beg pardon, I'm sure.
Mervyn Bunter: That's all right, my lord.
Lord Peter Wimsey: Thank you.
Mervyn Bunter: Yes indeed, I was one of seven.
Lord Peter Wimsey: That is pure invention, Bunter, I know better. You are unique. But you were going to tell me about your mater.
Mervyn Bunter: Oh yes, my lord. My old mother always used to say that facts are like cows. If you stare them in the face hard enough, and they generally run away.
Lord Peter Wimsey: By Jove, that's courageous, Bunter. What a splendid person she must be.
Mervyn Bunter: I think so, my lord.
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Written by Herbert Chappell
It's a genuinely enjoyable mystery, it's intriguing and engrossing, Carmichael as always is on top form, he's so wonderfully upper class, he played the part to perfection.
The only gripe, is Mary and her hysterics once again. It may seem a little static to some at times, but that's just the nature of the era, they would not be able to make this show better nowadays.
What is it about historical set dramas from the 1970's, why were they so good, the production values here are sumptuous, check out the clothes and furnishings, I compare this to Anne Boleyn (2021) that I have just suffered, which was littered with inaccuracies.
Ignore the accents, it's a good, intriguing watch, with a wee bit of humour. 8/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- May 31, 2021