Simply splendid. Ian Carmichael is my very favourite Lord Peter Wimsey - debonair, charming and handsome. 🤩Thank you for this video series which I revisit now and again, and these episodes always brighten my day. 😀
I just found a youtube video where Ian Carmichael was playing Berty wooster. The algorism actually doing somethibg good for once. Yes. He is marvelous in that too.
I adore Ian Carmichael and was so distressed when he died. I can't shake the feeling that we lost him much too soon even though I know he was nearly 90 . His immense charm is timeless.
I wish that Mr. Carmichael and Glynn Houston had done several more of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries for television. One complaint I have about “Murder Must Advertise” was that we did not get to see the loyal and resourceful Mr. Bunter at all in this story. The scenes between Ian Carmichael and Glynn Houston were always superb and great fun.
I love the style of TV shows made in this period. Extremely well acted but not as glossily lit and no background music (at least as far as I have seen). Acting (this fine book) is the most important thing.
The wonderful Fiona Walker as Miss Meteyard. I believe that Dorothy L. Sayers was writing herself into that role, since she had once been a copywriter for an advertising agency as well.
The book is absolutely incredible and one of my favourite Wimsey mysteries by Sayers. It switches effortlessly back and forth from hilariously funny to terrifyingly spine-chilling. This episode is good too and Mr. Ingleby for one is perfectly cast. Apparently Sayers herself once worked at an advertising agency like Pym's, which is why she knew all about writing copy and was conversant with the jargon and the general running of such agencies.
Dorothy was a copywriter at SH Benson, one of the first British ad agencies to imitate slick American methods. She worked on the Guinness account and reputedly invented the toucan and seals on colorful posters, with little poems about the healthiness of drinking stout (a verboten sales line a century later!). It was an interesting avenue for the literary talents of the future translator of Dante. Benson's was later taken over by the Anglo-American ad mogul David Ogilvy, who wanted his staff to be 'gentlemen with brains'. Like Wimsey?
I have watched these so many times and i see something new each time. The expressions on the actors’ faces are so perfect for the mood. I did feel sad that Deanna (sp) was murdered and that it was morally acceptable, as well as Mr Tallboy and Dean. Times and justice were different back then.
Ian Carmichael was a class actor as wimsey. , these stories from the brilliant writer Dorothy Sayers are just a masterclass, I'm sad to say forever lost today
Peter Pratt, who played Mr. Pym, was the principal comedian with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1951-1959, following Martyn Green’s departure and preceding John Reed, who played the roles through the 1960s. He was a wonderful King Gama and John Wellington Wells on the D’Oyly Carte recordings from the ealy 1969s. I wish I could have seen him on stage!
Lord Peter’s style of disguise is even more subtle than Superman’s: Wimsey just adopts a slightly more supercilious Eton old-boy manner, while keeping the exact same clothes, hair, shoes, monocle, and upper-class accent.
@@NarnianLady I do wonder that he got away with it. He's a known society figure.. his picture is in the papers with his cases and his socialising...and he uses a name that's part of his own real name
In the book, he wore glasses instead of the monocle and parted his hair differently. Here he seems to have turned into Bertie Wooster. Great fun though.
This was a very good Lord Peter Wimsey story. However, I wish that Glyn Houston could have appeared as the steadfast Mr. Bunter in the series along with the great Ian Carmichael as the unfailingly suave Lord Peter Wimsey. The two actors were superb together in these shows.
Tallboy's is also the name of a house that Wimsey and his new wife Harriet Vane take in "Busman's Honeymoon". I think I've seen the name used in at least one other novel.
+1 +Sub I saw the whole Lord Peter Series Years ago here in Germany. It was a German Version. Sadly all of the ironic Way how Lord Peter speaks often got lost in the Translation. He often hides his Thoughts behind the Words he uses. I like that. There will never be an Actor that first better to this Role as the great Ian Carmichael. * They also not aired all Episodes of the Series. * You saw Chistopher Timothy as young Mr. Willis? Here in Germany well known as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small. I always appreciated his Work too.
I love these two at 8:11 or so, with their insouciant paper plane making. Reminds me of Dorothy Parker in "the Vicious Circle" or the first Thin Man movie with William Powell and Myrna Loy.
About the only thing wrong with this superlatively acted and produced adaptation is the ubiquitous mispronunciation of 'de Momerie' as it is spelt. Dorothy L. Sayers intended a pun on the word 'mummery', and that is how it should be pronounced, along the lines of 'oven' as 'uvven', and 'London' as 'Lundon'. Apart from that, I can't count how many times I've watched this. Thank you for making it available.
Have you any ideas on the pronunciation of the name 'Mountjoy' in this novel? He's the chap who 'goes under' at Kensington station. In the novel, a passer-by mishears his name as 'Punch Away', which I cannot reconcile with 'Mountjoy' as I have always pronounced it. I note the dialogue was ommitted from the TV version.
@@tooleyheadbang4239 Very good point, and not one I feel I can comment seriously upon, as it passed me by, too! 'Mun-jwah', perhaps?? I blush to offer it.
This is the show where Ian's age really shows how he's not the book Peter. He really comes across more as a grandfatherly person. But once again his acting is so spot on this does not bother me.
Sayers used to get annnoyed that people did not want Wimsey to age normally... he is 45 at the end of the series and that was more like 55 now so i dont mind Ian C being rather oder
I think that the late, great Ian Carmichael was featured in an article on men’s suits (a la Lord Peter Wimsey’s sartorially splendid suits) in, of all places, “Playboy Magazine” back during the 1970s. I wonder what Lord Peter’s hidebound and toffee-nosed brother would make of him appearing in THAT magazine?
Simply splendid. Ian Carmichael is my very favourite Lord Peter Wimsey - debonair, charming and handsome. 🤩Thank you for this video series which I revisit now and again, and these episodes always brighten my day. 😀
Mine too
I just found a youtube video where Ian Carmichael was playing Berty wooster. The algorism actually doing somethibg good for once. Yes. He is marvelous in that too.
I love Ian Carmichael. The insouciance, the intelligence, the decency of the man shine through…
I adore Ian Carmichael and was so distressed when he died. I can't shake the feeling that we lost him much too soon even though I know he was nearly 90 . His immense charm is timeless.
I wish that Mr. Carmichael and Glynn Houston had done several more of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries for television.
One complaint I have about “Murder Must Advertise” was that we did not get to see the loyal and resourceful Mr. Bunter at all in this story.
The scenes between Ian Carmichael and Glynn Houston were always superb and great fun.
Fantastically well made and very accurate portrayal of the era.
Oh how I LOVED Ian Carmichael 🥰
I love the style of TV shows made in this period. Extremely well acted but not as glossily lit and no background music (at least as far as I have seen). Acting (this fine book) is the most important thing.
The location work, set dressing and amazing vintage automobiles are also highlights. Cheers.
The wonderful Fiona Walker as Miss Meteyard. I believe that Dorothy L. Sayers was writing herself into that role, since she had once been a copywriter for an advertising agency as well.
Thank you so much for posting. Ian Carmichael is the BEST Peter Wimsey ever.
Agreed, really tried to like the other fellow but sadly could not take to him.
The other fellow?
I thought Peter Haddon was great! @@paulmorris5166
I love Edward Petherbridge also. his trilogy with Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane are superb!!!!
Me neither
The book is absolutely incredible and one of my favourite Wimsey mysteries by Sayers. It switches effortlessly back and forth from hilariously funny to terrifyingly spine-chilling. This episode is good too and Mr. Ingleby for one is perfectly cast. Apparently Sayers herself once worked at an advertising agency like Pym's, which is why she knew all about writing copy and was conversant with the jargon and the general running of such agencies.
"If You Were a Cow..."
Dorothy was a copywriter at SH Benson, one of the first British ad agencies to imitate slick American methods. She worked on the Guinness account and reputedly invented the toucan and seals on colorful posters, with little poems about the healthiness of drinking stout (a verboten sales line a century later!). It was an interesting avenue for the literary talents of the future translator of Dante.
Benson's was later taken over by the Anglo-American ad mogul David Ogilvy, who wanted his staff to be 'gentlemen with brains'. Like Wimsey?
I have watched these so many times and i see something new each time. The expressions on the actors’ faces are so perfect for the mood. I did feel sad that Deanna (sp) was murdered and that it was morally acceptable, as well as Mr Tallboy and Dean. Times and justice were different back then.
All the actors were superb. Worthy colleagues for Ian Carmichael.
Ian Carmichael was a class actor as wimsey. , these stories from the brilliant writer Dorothy Sayers are just a masterclass, I'm sad to say forever lost today
Peter Pratt, who played Mr. Pym, was the principal comedian with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1951-1959, following Martyn Green’s departure and preceding John Reed, who played the roles through the 1960s. He was a wonderful King Gama and John Wellington Wells on the D’Oyly Carte recordings from the ealy 1969s. I wish I could have seen him on stage!
Lord Peter’s style of disguise is even more subtle than Superman’s: Wimsey just adopts a slightly more supercilious Eton old-boy manner, while keeping the exact same clothes, hair, shoes, monocle, and upper-class accent.
lol indeed..
@@NarnianLady I do wonder that he got away with it. He's a known society figure.. his picture is in the papers with his cases and his socialising...and he uses a name that's part of his own real name
I know, but I like it this way. 6 episodes of Lord PW without his charm?
In the book, he wore glasses instead of the monocle and parted his hair differently. Here he seems to have turned into Bertie Wooster. Great fun though.
Peter has always been something of a Bertie Wooster, just in the later books it was implied that the silly manner was a cover for his detection..
This was a very good Lord Peter Wimsey story. However, I wish that Glyn Houston could have appeared as the steadfast Mr. Bunter in the series along with the great Ian Carmichael as the unfailingly suave Lord Peter Wimsey. The two actors were superb together in these shows.
Looks like James Harriot worked as an ad man before moving to Derraby.
@Lord Peter Wimsey
I so love the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries.
Thank you very much for uploading and sharing them :)
I've heard the radio plays on R4 Extra. I had no idea there was a TV series made as well.
Christopher Timothy before his All Creatures Great and Small days!
Paul Darrow as Tallboy - his charisma upstaging most of the others in all his scenes.
5 years before Blake
Tallboy's is also the name of a house that Wimsey and his new wife Harriet Vane take in "Busman's Honeymoon". I think I've seen the name used in at least one other novel.
+1 +Sub I saw the whole Lord Peter Series Years ago here in Germany. It was a German Version. Sadly all of the ironic Way how Lord Peter speaks often got lost in the Translation. He often hides his Thoughts behind the Words he uses. I like that. There will never be an Actor that first better to this Role as the great Ian Carmichael. * They also not aired all Episodes of the Series. * You saw Chistopher Timothy as young Mr. Willis? Here in Germany well known as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small. I always appreciated his Work too.
It's James Herriot yon vet as Willis!!
I would have liked to have seen the irrepressible Tristan Farnon pop up in this series also.
I love these two at 8:11 or so, with their insouciant paper plane making. Reminds me of Dorothy Parker in "the Vicious Circle" or the first Thin Man movie with William Powell and Myrna Loy.
35:47 'No gentleman eats soup at luncheon.' (Lord Curzon)
Standards slipped after the War, what?
Such perfect poshness. I love it💕💕💕💕💕💕
me too, perfectly delicious
About the only thing wrong with this superlatively acted and produced adaptation is the ubiquitous mispronunciation of 'de Momerie' as it is spelt. Dorothy L. Sayers intended a pun on the word 'mummery', and that is how it should be pronounced, along the lines of 'oven' as 'uvven', and 'London' as 'Lundon'. Apart from that, I can't count how many times I've watched this. Thank you for making it available.
Have you any ideas on the pronunciation of the name 'Mountjoy' in this novel?
He's the chap who 'goes under' at Kensington station. In the novel, a passer-by mishears his name as 'Punch Away', which I cannot reconcile with 'Mountjoy' as I have always pronounced it.
I note the dialogue was ommitted from the TV version.
@@tooleyheadbang4239 Very good point, and not one I feel I can comment seriously upon, as it passed me by, too! 'Mun-jwah', perhaps?? I blush to offer it.
thanks for posting.
Thank you very much 😊
Did anyone else notice that Mr Dean mispelt the word consequences?
it's an abbreviation
Peter Bowles before ‘To the Manor Born’.
And, Rumpole of The Baily!!!! Also, Mr. Armstrong was a reoccurring Judge on Rumpole.
@@dlmofva51 Ah Peter B just died a month or so ago.
Peter Bowles was also terrific on “The Avengers” with Patrick MacNee and Dame Diana Rigg.
John Hallam as Ingleby 😊💙
A Gorgeous Man!!!
Very sexy here and in 3:10 to Paddington.
Such a perfect performance.
Delicious ….
@@4Topwood You'll have a heck of a wait for that train, it's the 4:50 from Paddington!
This is the show where Ian's age really shows how he's not the book Peter. He really comes across more as a grandfatherly person. But once again his acting is so spot on this does not bother me.
Be quiet
@@fkd1963 Why? Are you trying to be sexy? Have a bag full of shhhs?...?
I agree. Ian is a perfect Peter.Wimsey.
Sayers used to get annnoyed that people did not want Wimsey to age normally... he is 45 at the end of the series and that was more like 55 now so i dont mind Ian C being rather oder
So well dressed!!
Even regular workers wore suits back then ...
@@Muck006 Yes and now they all follow McDonald's motto : COME AS YOU ARE literally...
I think that the late, great Ian Carmichael was featured in an article on men’s suits (a la Lord Peter Wimsey’s sartorially splendid suits) in, of all places, “Playboy Magazine” back during the 1970s.
I wonder what Lord Peter’s hidebound and toffee-nosed brother would make of him appearing in THAT magazine?
Ian Carmichael- so cute!
And so affable. Wonderful how he could be convincing as a lord, a working man, and a drug dealer. Never lost interest through all four parts.
Willis = James Herriot from Creatures Great and Small
So it is!!!
OHHHHH that's where I remember him from!
I don t speak English. But even I received uncomparable Pleasure from brilliant Atmosphere. Thanks good luck. I believe it was Detective right?
These are the being of the 'Cosmopolitan' 'I Want It All Bitches' - at the suffering of poor class toddlers! 😔
Look out for the wonderful Gwen Taylor ..
Sorry. Don't like her voice at all. But perhaps she had to speak like that for the role of silly ingénue.
@@mfjdv2020 And one of the secretaries turned up in Strong Poison as Miss Climpson!
No one on a first name basis at Pym’s?🧐
his name is Death...
and no
That’s beyond a stretch - to describe Wimsey as having “tow-coloured hair” (at 10:05), when “greying brown” is actually true!
But "tow-coloured hair" is the accurate description from the book.
'Tow-coloured' hair comes from the Dutch and literally means the colour of rope. If the rope is old and wet, the description could well fit.
Nothing about Ian fits the book Peter, but if you imagine him as a 20 year older Peter than the book I think it works well.
Wasn't' Breedon Lord Peters middle name?
Peter Death bredon
Yes: it's Peter Death Bredon Wimsey. And one of his sons was called Bredon.
I came to give Ian Carmichael a chance, but I'm finding the fact that the aspect ratio is wrong too off-putting.
Do yourself a favour, and buy yourself a set.
Carmichael's great, as are a good few more familiar faces.
I re-watch them frequently.
Wimsey on occasion would use the contraction, "ain't"...which is a real no-no in the US and most of the UK.
But typical of the English upper classes of the time.
No it ain't we use any word we like!
@@bigbearfuzzums7027 But apparently you don't use punctuation! ;)
bright young things + jazz age = ain't misbehavin!
I've seen Americans using it and noone was scandalised. It was a common upper class abbreivation
One of the greatest