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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.300 Lord Peter Wimsey: Whose Body? Shellshock

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 β€’ 588 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these classic BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' Golden Age crime novels. Gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey starred in a number of novels and short stories by Dorothy L Sayers. These full-cast adaptations – first broadcast on BBC radio between 1979 and 2010 – are cherished by crime aficionados worldwide. Whose Body?: The tale that first introduced Lord Peter to the world, and sees him investigating the case of a corpse in a Batterse...

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio. I'm your host, TVK, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.

0:27.2

For this episode, I bring you Dorothy L. Sayers is Lord Peter Wimsy, in Whose Body, which is a tale that first introduced Lord Peter to the world and sees him investigating

0:40.0

the case of a corpse in a batter-seed bathtub and a vanished oil millionaire. This will be a five-part

0:47.2

series. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

1:25.6

Thank you for listening. Lord Peter Whimsie. Starring Ian Carmich as Lord Peter and Peter Jones as Bunter, with Patricia Routledge as the Dowager Duchess and Bernard

1:28.6

Archard as Sir Julian Freak, Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sers, adapted by Chris Miller in five episodes.

1:40.8

Episode four, Shell Shock. Lord Peter Whimsy and his friend Inspector Parker of Scotland Yard

1:47.3

are investigating together the disappearance of financier Sir Ruben Levy

1:51.2

and the inexplicable arrival in a barracy bathroom of a corpse

1:55.1

which bears certain similarities to the missing man.

1:58.8

The day after the inquest on the mysterious body, Parker is reviewing to Lord Peter,

2:04.1

recent progress in his search for Ruben Levy, the missing financier.

2:08.8

You remember, Peter, we thought that one possible explanation of Sir Rubin's being seen in Battersea

2:14.4

that night he disappeared, was that he might simply have been going round to St Luke's Hospital

2:19.2

to pair call on his old friend.

2:21.2

Sir Julian Freak?

2:22.6

Well, we were right.

2:24.0

He was.

2:25.0

Was he, by Joe?

2:26.5

How do you know that, Charles?

2:28.2

Well, I met Sir Julian yesterday afternoon after the inquest.

2:31.6

And he confided in me.

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