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A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
A gentleman sleuth solves mysteries and falls in love with a detective novelist.
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Episode 1
Strong Poison: Episode One
52 mins
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.
Awards
- 1988 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences - winner
