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19 December 1976 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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Wimsey, stupid? I don't think so... moreCast
(Series Cast [23])| Ian Carmichael | ... | Lord Peter Wimsey (4 episodes, 1975) | |
| Glyn Houston | ... | Bunter (4 episodes, 1975) | |
| David Rintoul | ... | Jock Graham (4 episodes, 1975) | |
| David McKail | ... | John Ferguson (4 episodes, 1975) | |
| Roy Boutcher | ... | Henry Strachan (4 episodes, 1975) | |
| Michael Elder | ... | Sergeant Dalziel (4 episodes, 1975) | |
| Russell Hunter | ... | Matthew Gowan (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| John Junkin | ... | Mr. Alcock (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| Clive Graham | ... | Michael Waters (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| Susan Macready | ... | Gilda Farren (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| Jake D'Arcy | ... | Hammond (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| Robert James | ... | Sir Maxwell Jamieson (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| Julie Peasgood | ... | Fenella Strachan (3 episodes, 1975) | |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Hugh Farren (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| James Copeland | ... | Wully Murdoch (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Ann Scott-Jones | ... | Mrs. Alcock (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Sally Kinghorn | ... | Betty (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Irene Sunters | ... | Mrs. Smith-Lemesurier (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Elaine Collins | ... | Helen McGregor (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Michael Sheard | ... | Inspector MacPherson (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Jan Wilson | ... | Miss Selby (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Eileen McCallum | ... | Miss Cochrane (2 episodes, 1975) | |
| Elizabeth Sinclair | ... | Jeanie (2 episodes, 1975) |
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I'm not really certain where the idea that Wimsey is stupid and Bunter a detecting genius comes from, as per the previous review. The novels certainly never suggest such a thing, in any way. Dorothy L Sayers' ideas, in social terms, were certainly what some might call progressive (I just found them utterly reasonable), but Lord Peter's intellect and sensitivity were never belittled by her. She was more interested in presenting a vision of equality than anything skewed in either direction. Bunter and Lord Peter are equally matched in intelligence (as is Harriet Vane, when she appears in the later novels) although Wimsey has the advantage of being able to make those occasional fantastic leaps of imagination which a great detective needs. I've always found Wimsey an attractive, intelligent and sensitive character and that, to my mind, is exactly how he should be portrayed.