Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Gaudy Night

Starring: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, et al.

Product Description

Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries) (DVD) This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 794051163622
• Release Date: May 2004
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: BBC Home Entertainment
• Director: Michael Simpson
• Starring: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell, Carol MacReady, Dilys Hamlett, Caroline John, Merelina Kendall, Charmian May, Auriol Smith
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: color
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Well done

This is the third in a series of television movies based on Dorothy L. Sayers's famous mystery series featuring Harriet Vane and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. The first two programs are “Strong Poison” and “Have His Carcass.” One of the strengths of the BBC production is that they do not try to dramatize so much that the story does not match the book. One of the advantages of this series is that it is long enough that most of the pertinent information is shown. They made an excellent choice when deciding to use Edward Petherbridge as Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane. They match the book character descriptions perfectly. If you see this program before you read the book, its images will be in your mind. Maybe due to time restraints or different directing, many of the most interesting book characters were left out of “Gaudy Night.” A chessboard plays a significant part in the book and is also left out of this version. Harriet is invited to her university’s gaudy. She soon finds out that it is not an idle indentation. It seems that people are receiving poison pen letters and very nasty pranks. Not wanting the police to be involved, they turn to Harriet (knowing of her reputation for solving crimes). When Harriet receives a letter herself, she confides in Lord Peter. Are these innocent pranks or will they lead to something more sinister? And who is the culprit?