The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries – Set One (1972 - 73/Acorn Media DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C+ Extras: C Episodes: B-
Years
ago, we covered a great DVD set of Dorothy L. Sayers’ classic detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Acorn issued a 10-DVD set with all the
episodes that made up all five adventures from the BBC TV version with Ian
Carmichael. Here is what we found with The Complete Collection:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1918/Lord+Peter+Wimsey+-+The+Complete
Now,
Acorn has decided to issue the show in smaller sets and Set One features The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club and Clouds
Of Witness in a 3-DVD collection.
They hold up well enough, though have been seemingly squeezed into less
disc space. Performance picture wise may
suffer very, very slightly, but the results are the same. If you like classic mystery, you might as
well buy the entire box set. Wimsey has
not returned anywhere and Carmichael continues
to be the most successful actor to take on the role. Text production notes, text bio of Sayers and
the 2000 Carmichael interview are repeated
here.
This still makes a solid
set of mysteries and is recommended if you don’t want the whole series on one
big box.
- Nicholas Sheffo