Opening like an Agatha Christie novel or Gosford Park by acquainting us with a group of well-to-do characters vacationing at a Yorkshire estate, the '70s BBC production teases us by making us assume that these characters will be our main protagonists. Sayers novels in the newly released first set by plummeting us smack dab into the Wimsey family tree and waiting a delicious while until we finally meet the main man himself. And with this in mind, Acorn Media has made the wise decision to introduce Lord Peter Wimsey to audiences unfamiliar with the Dorothy L. There's an old adage that says if you want to really understand someone, know where that person came from.
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