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Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise [VHS] [1973]

VHS ~ Ian Carmichael
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert, Peter Pratt, Fiona Walker
  • Format: PAL
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Acorn Media
  • VHS Release Date: 5 Feb 2001
  • Run Time: 200 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000056BY4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,494 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Based on the series of novels written by Dorothy L Sayers in the 1920s and 30s, Lord Peter Wimsey was dramatised for TV by the BBC between 1972-5. Ian Carmichael, veteran of British film comedy, played the genial, aristocratic sleuth; Glyn Houston was his manservant Bunter. The pair are similar to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster (whom Carmichael played in an earlier TV adaptation) though here the duo are equal in intelligence, breezing about the country together in Wimsey's Bentley and stumbling with morbid regularity upon baffling murder mysteries to test their wits.

Those for whom this series forms hazy memories of childhood might be surprised at its somewhat stagy, lingering interior shots, the spartan paucity of music, the miserly attitude towards locations, especially foreign ones, and the rather genteel, leisurely pace of these programmes, besides which Inspector Morse seems like Quentin Tarantino in comparison. It seems that initially the BBC was reluctant to commission the series and ventured on production with a wary eye on the budget. The Britain depicted by Sayers is, by and large, populated by either the upper classes or heavily accented, rum-do-and-no-mistake lower orders, which some might find consoling. However, the acting is generally excellent and the murder mysteries are sophisticated parlour games, the televisual equivalent of a good, absorbing jigsaw puzzle.

There were five feature-length adaptations in all. "Murder Must Advertise", perhaps the most entertaining of the series, has Wimsey step out of his upper-class milieu and pose as a copywriter in order to solve a murder at Pym's Publicity. --David Stubbs

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A young copywriter dies just after telling his boss of trouble within the advertising agency in which he was working. The owner brings in Death Bredon, Wimsey in disguise, to investigate...

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Golden Age Whodunit, 13 Mar 2001
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Another outstanding success in the Lord Peter Winsey series.

The quality of the video production is excellent given that the series was first broadcast in 1973.

Ian Carmichael remains, for me, an excellent Lord Peter although he is somewhat older than Dorothy L Sayers intended in the book. Parker is an excellent foil and the atmosphere of the advertising agency is well captured. Not surprising really as Dorothy L Sayers worked in an agency herself. An excellent follow up to the recently released Clouds of Witness and Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. Highly recommended for all fans of the golden age of detective fiction

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Read the book first., 23 Oct 2002
These videos now look a little antiquated, although we thought they were le dernier cri in the 1970s. I would advise reading the novel before seeing the dramatisation, as things which you can believe when you read can seem incredible when you see them.
Ian Carmichael, who, I believe, had a hand in getting the Sayers novels done on television is good, but lacks depth; he is still too much Bertie Wooster. He is a very pleasant actor, though. Good support from Mark Eden as Chief Inspector Parker; and the staff at the advertising agency are played very well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Victor Dean spirals to his death, 12 April 2006
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lord Peter Wimsey: Murder Must Advertise [DVD] [2003] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Victor Dean (Robert Hamilton) writes "There is something going on in the organization that is very undesirable and might lead to serious consequences,"

Shortly after that Victor Dean spirals to his death. An accident?

It may be coincidence but to be on the safe side Mr. Pym (Peter Pratt) of Pym's Advertising Agency heirs a privet detective "Death Breen" to secretly find the answer. Mr. Breen poses as a beginning copy writer and gets to know the staff. We notice that Mr. Breen is too well dressed for the part and looking closer we recognize him as...


Lord Peter (Ian Carmichael) used the address of the empty apartment owned by his brother-in-law Chief Inspector Parker (Mark Eden) and sister Lady Mary (Rachel Herbert)

While Lord Peter is doing his investigation of the mysterious doings at Pym's, Chief Inspector Parker is investigation dope smuggling. Their paths cross frequently.

Is there a link?
And was Victor Dean just a victim of an accident?
Watch and find out.

You may notice that Ian Carmichael is really showing his age in this film and is just a tad old for the part.

They took the time to put just about everything relevant from the book in to this production. There were a few exceptions but not worth bothering about. The production is complete enough that you do not have to read the book.

Dorothy L. Sayers writes many non-fiction books however among her best is the Lord Peter Wimsey series. I came to this series sort of though the back door. My first taste was the BBC productions with Petherbridge as Lord Peter, which can now be found on DVD and as a set of Lord Peter stories. So I read all of Dorothy's books containing the relationship of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. Now it is time to go through the whole series.

This item is worth purchasing as you will want to replay it often.
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