Lord Peter Wimsey: Five Red Herrings (1975)
Synopsis
Dorothy L. Sayer's amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates and solves murder cases.
Network
BBC One
Episodes
Episodes
Part 1
Wimsey and his butler, Bunter arrive at the Galloway Hills of Scotland for a quiet holiday. Wimsey intends to spend his time fishing, and Bunter that of painting. However they discover a corpse and they turn to investigating this mysterious death.
Part 2
An artist is discovered dead at the bottom of a cliff, the police think it might be an accident, but Wimsey thinks otherwise, it is a murder.
Part 3
Six suspects have been identified. However Wimsey knows only one committed the murder. he sets out to eliminate the "Five Red Herrings".
Part 4
Wimsey reconstructs the murder to demonstrate how the crime was committed. The murderer is thereby forced to confess and brings the case to a final conclusion.
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Original Title
Lord Peter Wimsey: Five Red Herrings
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
4