Strong Poison (Christopher Hodson) - Episode One

Lord Peter Wimsey is struck all of a heap by Harriet Vane, a murder-mystery novelist who's on trial for poisoning her lover with arsenic. And when she's given a temporary reprieve, Lord Peter, together with his manservant Bunter and the incomparable Miss Climpson, must work against the calendar to prove her innocence. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery - three miniseries based on the best-selling novels and produced by the BBC in 1987: Strong Poison, Gaudy Night and Have His Carcase. Director: Christopher Hodson Lord Peter Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy Leigh Sayers. A bon vivant who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective.