Dorothy L. Sayers scored a huge success with her sleuth, Lord Peter Whimsey. This three part mystery features Whimsey (Edward Petherdridge), but only as a supporting player to Harriet Vane (Harriet Walter) with whom his lordship experiences great sexual tension. Vane is a detective novelist who visits her alma matter only to have evil pranks of escalating severity surrounding her. A mystery that will baffle even the most avid fans of the genre, GAUDY NIGHT was originally broadcast on the BBC in 1987.