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Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness

1972 · 1 season

A stately, talky whodunit that takes its time, letting family loyalty and class manners simmer under a polite surface.

Created by
Susan Howatch
Genres
Mystery
Starring
Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Glyn Houston
Overview
Death hits close to home when Lord Peter’s future brother-in-law is murdered. Complicating matters is the man who stands accused: Gerald Wimsey, Lord Peter’s brother.

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Created by
Susan Howatch
Genres
Mystery
Starring
Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Glyn Houston
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • justice
  • mystery
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery
Created by
Susan Howatch
Starring
Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Glyn Houston, Rachel Herbert, David Langton, Francis de Wolff, Merelina Kendall, David Hargreaves
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes
Network
BBC Two
Languages
English

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