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Thread #90036 Message #1704622
Posted By: HuwG
28-Mar-06 - 09:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: The REAL Miss Marple
Subject: RE: BS: The REAL Miss Marple
Another of my favourite fictional sleuths translated onto the small screen was Lord Peter Wimsey (written by Dorothy L. Sayers).
There have been two distinct series; the first starred Ian Carmichael, the second starred Edward Petherbridge as Wimsey (and Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane).
They contrived to spoil one of the first series for me (The Nine Tailors) by practically hitting the viewer over the head with the identity of the corpse inside the first half hour. (The artful Sayers contrived to give the reader no more information than was available to Wimsey, and confirmed this vital fact only two thirds of the way into the book.) Otherwise, both series were very good indeed. No violation of "whodunnit" rules, no artificial confessions.