Lord Peter Wimsey - Bellona Club 3

[@voraciousreader3341]

Emma Thompson is so like her mother, in her looks and voice, it’s really extraordinary, and Law is such a beautiful woman....I’ve only seen her in movies when she was over 60.

[@janekelleher1758]

Yes she’s just like her in looks and voice…😊

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Thank you. I thought she looked familiar.

[@gabrielledemoulin5787]

I thought the same thing!! I love Marjorie, poor thing!

[@WD-jt8rl]

Phylida Law can be seen as a young woman in the 1968 film “OTLEY” with Tom Courtney as the first anti-hero.

[@censusgary]

“Suddenly I’m interesting, and it’s not my fault.”
I love this dialogue.

[@wenglishsal]

Gosh .. what memories come flooding back.. sittin' in my Mother's front room, a watchin' Lord Peter on the Television Box in the corner..
Black and White for us back then, we didn't have a Colour Telly 'till ooh '75 I think..
Brilliant casting, brilliant script, just transports one, right back don't cha know..
Thank you so very much @Lord Peter Wimsey, for sharing these diamonds of TV with us all.. I am utterly enthralled an very much obliged to you.. Toodle Pip 'Old Chap'..
My very best regards to you, from Wales..

[@clarissah8999]

I love the Character Lord Peter. He Reminds me of my Great Grandfather. The women so much like my Great Grandmother. This was another Great Generation. Sadly, as the decades have gone by I know they will be lost. I have shared much of what I have been taught with my children. Lovely simple things such as setting a table properly & having meals together were we can have great discussions. This has been replaced by quick to eat foods that aren’t eaten together as a family meal. The simple acts such as being proper, & respectful are practically non existent. It’s important to instill family traditions, knowledge & values, our own family history and World history. The society we live in today have forgotten these things. Thankfully during the holidays and family get togethers they still show respect to me by trying to continue some of traditions and behaviors passed down to them. I expect as the world “progresses” it will be all lost by future generations. I love to watch these old programs and listen to the old radio programs. Any time they are in our city we enjoy cultural exhibitions where they can see the art and learn of the life stories of those who have contributed beautiful things to the world. I’ve read, Keats, Shelly and & many others to them as they were growing up. I Introduced them to the works of Van Gogh, Bosh, Da Vinci, Botticelli and others. I enjoyed these as a young child. All of this because of my great grand parents. We were read to frequently. Enjoyed the works by the poets at night. We didn’t have 24/7 cable back then. I loved to read Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers very much. Thank you for this lovely content. Glad I found your channel. I wasn’t aware these were made in to television series until recently. ❤👏👏👏👏

[@margaretgoodheart4167]

Clarissa, beautifully written and so very true. Valuable pieces of our western heritage and culture...too gentle, too civil to exist comfortably today. Perhaps this great loss of small things has signaled our societal disintegration

[@brianwarden7250]

Wonderful set design and clothes. Exquisite.

[@MichelleSuzanneM]

Oh loved that dressing gown ! 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@nmr6988]

I love Dorothy L. Sayers and all her books. Her Lord Peter books are the finest novels and the finest detective stories. I love Ian Carmichael as Wimsey. No one can touch him.

[@stevengrotte2987]

YES.

[@Rocky-xx2zg]

Right On, Nancy.

[@Firelord-ry6gg]

Noone can reach him. You see here an Actor with a Lot of Experience in classical Theater Roles. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and debuted in 1939 at the People' Palace in London's West End. He played a Robot in the Science Fiction Drama P.U.R. since 2003 he was OBE. It was to honour his Work as an Actor that repesents Brittain all over the World.

[@mariameere5807]

When I first started watching him I thought this was dated but it doesn’t seem dated anymore after watching it for a few episodes, In fact I’m starting to love it more and more! In a previous life, I just know I would have been born in 1920s London! Probably why I live in London now!

[@nmr6988]

@@mariameere5807 , I'm so glad. These are true classics and total treasures.

[@Sashachyann86]

Thank you for this. I love this series

[@gregstewart6429]

Excellent story and script. Many thruths that hold true to this day. Thanks uploader 😃

[@mariameere5807]

I love Dorothy and her writing! I thought this was a bit dated but the more I watch the more addictive it is and it doesn’t seem dated anymore! I’m loving it now! I would love to see a modern version made like they did with Agatha Christie’s work - Miss Marple and Poirot

[@glen7318]

Its a period piece.. I dont think it would benefit from being a modern version....

[@mariameere5807]

@@glen7318 I think you’re right, I can see right now!

[@christeleklund7624]

Please God, no. No more literary forgeries and rapes!! Let the woke create their own, interesting characters. (As if.)

[@chelamcguire]

Gosh! There's 4 parts....................wonderful. Thanks for this classic.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

The actress playing Marjorie Phelps is Phyllida Law. She is Emma Thompson's mother.

[@lou-nc4rc]

And she looks entirely different in other roles. Almost hard to believe it is the same person.

[@lisawilliams7836]

SymphonyBrahms- Thank you, amazing now you've mentioned it, looks and mannerisms 😊

[@suecox2308]

I didn't know that--but there is a very marked resemblance now I'm looking for it!

[@NarnianLady]

I liked that old houskeeper :) She looks very scary at first, but did behave in a respectful manner towards miss Dorland, encouraging her to take her place as the new mistress. :)

[@Muck006]

We had a teacher like her ... and it was IMMEDIATELY clear, when she first entered the room, who was "the boss". None of the usually unruly children were "loud" ...
That was in the early 80s and compared to her many other teachers - who tried to "be nice to the little children" - completely failed ... with us having "battles" with orange peels in the middle of a class as the worst example I can remember. Its like veterinarians ... if you LIKE animals you shouldnt become one.

[@mfjdv2020]

@@Muck006 It's absurd to compare teachers with veterinary surgeons. Teachers are there to educate the little horrors they're engaged to teach. Vets are there to cure ill animals. What's more, ill animals don't throw orange peel or other missiles at veterinary surgeons, or otherwise make their lives a misery. All the vets I know love animals. It would be ludicrous if people studied to become veterinary surgeons if they didn't like animals. If you love animals, you automatically handle them gently but firmly, thereby gaining their trust.

[@glen7318]

I wouldnt say it is a great idea to become a teacher if you dislike children...

[@Muck006]

@@mfjdv2020 Do you make a profession out of "misunderstanding everything"? I didnt compare the professions ... I only stated that both SHOULD follow the same principle of "not becoming attached to their subjects" ... Both professions need to follow this for different reasons ... for reasons I explained.

[@Muck006]

@@glen7318 There are more options than "liking" or "disliking" children ...

[@Firelord-ry6gg]

+1 I like how Dorothy L. Sayers keep the Suspense till the last possible Moment. Because they made all Episodes by the Book or at Least very near to the Novell, you have to watch each Episode precisly to the End and you will get to know all of whats hiding in the not earlier as in the last few Minutes of Episode 4. If the Series ever gets a Remake it must be done with the same Care of Suspense.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Not now - when the world, hopefully, regains its sanity and manners.

[@user-oj5bw7sl8p]

Very interesting movie indeed!

[@artandminisbyvilma8116]

Love this series!

[@janicetaylor9795]

This was and is wonderful drama.. Love it!

[@13699111]

Love this series thank you

[@JB-wu9dc]

A young Phyllida Law is so beautiful and still is beautiful as she aged. Reading the comments I see she is Emma Thompsons mother.

[@lightbearer90292]

Emma and her sister, Sophie Thompson.

[@dorothyyoung8231]

She looks so like Emma Thompson here - and her voice, especially when she sings The Sheik of Araby is very like Emma Thimpson’s!

[@jws1948ja]

Timeless.

[@thechatteringmagpie]

Wonderful.

[@GypsyPirate]

"Sinister menservants are all a go."

[@wmpmacm]

I first watched this series around 1974, and read Sayer’s mysteries at the same time. Seems television was much tamer then and British programs like “Upstairs Downstairs” very popular.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Dorothy L Sayers please. Calling a lady by her last name alone even these days sounds discourteous

[@Muck006]

The acting back then came from the tradition of the theatre, where you "have to be" over the top so the people in the last row can "see" it, and you also didnt have todays freedoms with the cameras due to them being hulking big boxes ... that needed the support of great big lights in the set.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

@M M As a 100% British sixty-six year old son of a journalist father and painter mother, both quite if not very famous, both upper middle class and who both insisted on courtesy as a supreme virtue, I can assure you that you could not be more wrong in what you say. You call me "stupid", thus laying claim I think to the designation "discourteous" for yourself! Let me enlighten you on the matter of last names in Britain at least as practised until recently (Tony Blair aka Phoney Tony dramatically changed etqiuette by telling people "call me Tony" (not Prime Minister) . The customary form of address for people outside family and a close circle of friends, in which Christian names were used, was Mr. for men Master for boys up to about 13 years of age, Mrs for married women and Miss for unmarried women and there were one or two other forms of address such as m'am for the Queen or women managers but Mrs Mr and Master (and Esquire short form Esq. for addressing property owners in written form on headings and addresses) were the principle forms of address. Surnames with title such as Mr as Mr Smith was polite but surname without title was not polite for men or women (as in Japan and many other countries) , used towards persons in a position of subservience such as prisoners, cadets in army, school children (!). So as far as talking about men and women was concerned, as opposed to addressing them, for example referring to them in reports or essays, men would be referred to by their surname alone eg Dickens but it was considered discourteous and still is regrded as discourteous at least by people who believe in these things at all, to refer to women by their surname alone. Referring to women only by their surname as in Christie or Sayers was and I would maintain still is a gross discourtesy. Arguably discourteous and/or affected is to refer to someone man or woman by only one name when it is customary to refer to them with both names, eg Hill instead of Rowland Hill. The exception is here when referring to the same man repeatedly especially writers and staesmen or polticians (so it is not expected that someone has to keep writing Jean-Jacques Rousseau out of courtesy) . Calling Dorothy L Sayers just Sayers is however discourteous twice over, firstly because as a woman she should be referred to by both her first and second names, secondly because it is anyway customary to refer to her as Dorothy L Sayers. Breaking with that custom implies a certain contempt.

[@julianwalch3567]

@@MrYorickJenkins Well said.It is always Dorothy L.Sayers.

[@mfjdv2020]

@@MrYorickJenkins But that's blatant discrimination! :-)))

[@petergoddard262]

Good series from the late 1980's

[@lindafrost479]

Try 1973

[@mfjdv2020]

haha, they're easy really, once you get the hang of them (and get enough practice reading them)

[@petergoddard262]

Oooops 1970's hahahahaha

[@pianorama]

@@lindafrost479 yes it was the early 1970s when I watched... In a tiny black and white TV set!

[@kerriirvin5206]

Thanks

[@julianwalch3567]

Phyllida Law is great in this.

[@texasred2702]

When you see her young you can see the resemblance of her daughter (Emma Thompson).

[@gp10020]

i just automatically like and subscribe to channels that even remotely 'tickle my fancy' - - - eh ? , mate.

[@davidcarlson2152]

_Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities._

[@marymcquaid7291]

I like Mrs. Mitcham. She doesn't gossip and she wants to help Ann. I don't mind if she's crusty.

[@alp-1960]

Sheila Keith is great. 👍

[@carolefreeman2544]

How young Mark Eden looks in this series. When ever I see him I think of him as Alan Bradley in Coronation Street and his demise in Blackpool by being run over by a tram.

[@billneunder6081]

Do lawyers ever go to heaven…

[@nmr6988]

Speaking as a court reporter, the answer is Not Very Often.

[@patriciajrs46]

Quite funny. Both question and answer.

[@Muck006]

Making experiments with chemicals is rather pointless ... if you dont take notes on the results.

[@steveg8322]

Oh,nasty…I better have another.

[@silver-fd3cv]

Just walk out to the garden to the foxglove and take a few seeds and, voila!
You have digitalis !
How ridiculous that the writer didn't know that.🤷‍♀️
Also, why are they referring to the drug as digitalis when the prescription drug is called digoxin?🤷‍♀️🤔

[@cousineerie9604]

Distorted picture, horizontally stretched. :-(

[@CaribouDataScience]

Not a very flattering picture of journalist :)

[@fjdkfdfjdf33]

Too bad Peter didn't hook up with Sheila

[@lynngronnow7892]

I’m sorry to go on but I just can’t believe the dressingown it’s outrageous

[@mfjdv2020]

Agreed. It's really disgusting. But maybe they really did wear garments like that 100 years ago.

[@glen7318]

@@mfjdv2020 What is disgusting about it? Its not dirty and full of holes... It may be overly fancy, but as far as I can remember some of Peter's dressing gowns are described as fancy

[@texasred2702]

My folks had a living room couch just like it back in the 60s.

[@rogerjenkinson7979]

I like bright colours and patterns and occasionally wear intentionally mismatched clashy or gaudy outfits so that if people complain I tell them "well,I like it but of course I don't have to look at it all day. You do."
Of course I am also retired and old. I do still care about my appearance but I no longer have to please anyone else, only myself.

[@lynngronnow7892]

Don’t like l p w dressing gown it s too full looks like a ladies dress

[@anneroy4560]

no central heating back in those days ... would have kept a person warm ... I do not like it either ... too skirty for me ...

[@mfjdv2020]

Agreed. I like the colour and the pattern, but dislike the cut of the thing. However in mitigation I should point out that members of the aristocracy did go in for extremely lurid dressing-gowns. Since the Regency, in fact.

[@rev.buttons2482]

@@anneroy4560 Oh I love him skirty.