Have His Carcase - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

When crime author Harriet Vane finds a body, debonair sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers.

Have His Carcase was first published in 1932.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.

Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton.

CAST:

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael

Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken

Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock

Haviland Martin …. Warren Clarke

Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean

Julian Perkins …. Richard O'Callaghan

Saunders …. John Webb

Mr. Hearn …. Alexander John

Narrator …. John Westbrook

Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram

Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell

Doris …. Carole Harrison

Charis …. Deirdre Costello

Henry Weldon …. Warren Clarke

Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean

Mrs. Le Franc …. Betty Marsden

Mr. Bright …. Norman Bird

Leila Garland …. Rosalind Ayres

Pollock …. Peter Tuddenham

Luis da Soto …. Haydn Wood

Blacksmith …. Ronald Herdman

Judd …. Spencer Banks

Nurse …. Judy Franklin

Jem Pollack …. Haydn Wood

Polwhistle …. Alan Dudley

Tom …. Andrew Secombe

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