Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). A dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective. Lord Peter is often assisted by his valet and former batman, Mervyn Bunter; his good friend and later brother-in-law, police detective Charles Parker; and in a few books by Harriet Vane, who becomes his wife. Born in 1890 and ageing in real time, Wimsey is described as being of average
Rosemary Leach played the part of Anna in BBC Radio 4's "No Commitments", and Susan Harper's mother Grace in "My Family". She made a guest appearance as 'Bessie' on "Waterloo Road" (the TV series), in Series 3 Spring Term. Since 1994, she has made occasional appearances in "The Archers" as Ellen Rogers, the ex-pat aunt of Nigel Pargetter. She portrayed Miss Twitterton in the Radio 4 adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey story "Busman's Honeymoon", first broadcast in 1983. In 2001, she played a leading role in "Destroying Angel", an episode of "Midsomer Murders". She played Queen Elizabeth II three times: in