Gaudy Night - Dorothy L Sayers

Harriet Vane has never dared to return to her old Oxford college. Now, despite her scandalous life, she has been summoned back . . .

When she attends her Oxford reunion, known as the 'Gaudy,' at sedate Shrewsbury College, the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obsentities, burnt effigies and poison-pen letters—including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in spite of their scurrilous nature, all are perfectly worded. Harriet realises that she is not the only target of this murderous malice as she finds herself ensnared in a nightmare of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her powers of detection—and those of her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey.

5 episodes adapted by Michael Bakewell, directed by Enyd Williams.

CAST:

Lord Peter Wimsey:  Ian  Carmichael

Harriet Vane:             Joanna David

Other Cast Members:

(Will post when I find the information)

First Broadcast: BBC Radio 7 on 18 June 2010

Episode 1

Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes a poison-pen campaign at Oxford University.

Episode 2

After being victimised, Harriet Vane returns to her old college to find out who's behind the hate campaign.

Episode 3

Upper-crust sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey joins Harriet to help unravel the Oxford mystery.

Episode 4

Love, jealousy and revenge complicate matters as Harriet and Lord Peter Wimsey close in.

Episode 5

Questions galore for Lord Peter Wimsey - most about the case, but one very personal

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