Gaudy Night ( 1935 ) is a mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the tenth in her popular series about aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, and the third featuring crime writer Harriet Vane.

The perpetrator is finally unmasked by Wimsey as one of the college servants, revealed to be the widow of a disgraced academic at a northern university.

In 2005, an adaptation of the novel was released on CD by the BBC Radio Collection to finally complete the run of Wimsey adaptations begun with Whose Body?

in 1973 ; the role of Harriet was played by Joanna David, and Wimsey by Ian Carmichael.

Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries ; usually, but not always, murders.

In 1918, Wimsey was severely wounded by artillery fire near Caudry in France.

In " Busman's Honeymoon " Wimsey facetiously refers to a gentleman's duty " to remember whom he had taken to bed " so as not to embarrass his bedmate by calling her by the wrong name.

" it is seen that when Wimsey is caught by a severe recurrence of his WWI shell-shock and nightmares, being taken care of by Bunter, the two of them revert to being " Major Wimsey " and " Sergeant Bunter ".

" Whereupon Miss Murchison, the indefatigable investigator employed by Wimsey for much of this book, comments " Or, if one wasn't accustomed to be waited on, one might use the water from the bedroom jug.

Several Lord Peter Wimsey novels were made into television productions by the BBC, in two separate series.

Lord Peter Wimsey was played by Ian Carmichael in a series of independent serials that ran from 1972 to 1975 and adapted five novels ( Clouds of Witness, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Five Red Herrings, Murder Must Advertise and The Nine Tailors ) and by Edward Petherbridge in 1987, in which three of the four major Wimsey / Vane novels ( Strong Poison, Have his Carcase and Gaudy Night ) were dramatised.

Edward Petherbridge also played Wimsey in the UK production of the Busman's Honeymoon play staged at the Lyric Hammersmith and on tour in 1988, with the role of Harriet being taken by his real-life spouse, Emily Richard.

Ian Carmichael starred as Wimsey in radio adaptations of the novels made by the BBC, all of which have been available on cassette and CD from the BBC Radio Collection.

* The Wimsey Papers, published between Nov. 1939 and Jan. 1940 in The Spectator Magazine — a series of mock letters by members of the Wimsey family, being in effect fictionalised commentaries on life in England at the inception of the war.

* Lord Peter Wimsey Cookbook ( 1981 ) by Elizabeth Bond Ryan and William J. Eakins ISBN 0-89919-032-4

Among several characters in literature and television who have uttered the phrase are: Lord Peter Wimsey, Rab C. Nesbitt and and Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady

Curiously, Wimsey refers to Bunter simply as his N. C. O.

Also popular were the stories featuring Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey and S. S. Van Dine's Philo Vance.

Desperate to avoid a possible murder in college, Harriet asks her old friend Wimsey to investigate.

Harriet is forced to re-examine her relationship with Wimsey in the light of what she has discovered about herself.

Wimsey eventually arrives in Oxford to help her, and she gains a new perspective on him from those who know him, including his nephew, a current undergraduate at the university.

A bon vivant who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective.

Born in 1890 and aging in real time, Wimsey is described as being at best average height, with straw-coloured hair, a beaked nose, and a vaguely foolish face.

Lord Peter Wimsey's ( fictional ) ancestry begins with the 12th-century knight Gerald de Wimsey, who went with King Richard The Lion Heart on the Third Crusade and took part in the Siege of Acre.

Lord Peter's was born the second of the three children of Mortimer Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver, and Honoria Lucasta Delagardie, who lives on throughout the novels as the Dowager Duchess of Denver.

Gerald's snobbish wife, Helen, who detests Wimsey, and their devil-may-care heir, Viscount St. George ( Wimsey's nephew, who likes him ), also make appearances in the novels, as does Lady Mary, the younger sister of the Duke and Lord Peter.

As a boy, the young Peter Wimsey was, to the great distress of his father, strongly attached to an old, smelly poacher living at the edge of the family estate.

Wimsey served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, reaching the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade.

Though not explicitly stated, that feat implies that Wimsey spoke a fluent and unaccented German.

For reasons never clarified in any of the books, after the end of his mission as a spy behind enemy lines Wimsey in the later part of the war moved from Intelligence and resumed the role of a regular line officer.

Nevertheless, he is a friend as well as a servant, and Wimsey again and again expresses amazement at Bunter's high efficiency and competence in virtually every sphere of life.

* The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion ( 2002 ) by Stephan P. Clarke ISBN 0-89296-850-8 published by The Dorothy L. Sayers Society.

* Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey ( 2000 ) by Robert Kuhn McGregor, Ethan Lewis ISBN 0-87338-665-5

This collection, the ninth in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, was first published by Gollancz in 1933 and has been frequently reprinted ( 1995 paperback: ISBN 978-0-06-104362-8 ).

* Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey ( 2000 ) by Robert Kuhn McGregor, Ethan Lewis ISBN 0-87338-665-5

The History of the Morris Park Racecourse and the Morris Family ( 1977 )

Guest played a small role in the 1977 All In the Family episode " Mike and Gloria Meet ", where in a flashback sequence Mike and Gloria recall their first blind date, set up by Michael's college buddy Jim ( Guest ), who dated Gloria's girlfriend Debbie ( Priscilla Lopez ).

On 27 April 1977, shortly before his 77th birthday, Mountbatten became the first member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show This Is Your Life.

* 1977 – Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter ( Nickel Creek, Fiction Family and Works Progress Administration )

* July 6 – Sebastian Cabot, American actor ( Family Affair ) ( d. 1977 )

Focus on the Family ( FOTF or FotF ) is an tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 1977 by

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* Lawrence Welk's Musical Family Album, 1977, ISBN 0-13-526624-6

* Roots: The Saga of an American Family ( 1977 )

* The play was presented on TV in 1977 under its original title, The Royal Family, with Rosemary Harris and Eva Le Gallienne, with Le Gallienne winning an Emmy for her performance.

" Carry On Wayward Son " has been included on soundtracks for the following movies and television shows: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Family Guy, Gentlemen Broncos, Happy Gilmore, Heroes ( 1977 ), Scrubs, South Park (" Guitar Queer-o " episode ), King of the Hill (" My Own Private Rodeo "), Strangers with Candy (" Yes You Can't "), and Supernatural ( during the intro for each season finale ), and Supernatural: The Anime Series ( as the ending for each episode ).

* 1977: All in the Family

* 1977: Family Tree ( Warner Bros .)-US R & B # 58

After The Partridge Family, she made several TV movies and made many guest apprences in TV shows like Mulligan's Stew in 1977, she played the niece of the stars, Lawrence Pressman and Elinor Donahue.

Garrett ’ s more notable performances include: the breakthrough role of Jimmy Henderson in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ( 1969 ); the protagonist ’ s son Mike Pusser from the Walking Tall movies ( 1973, 1975, 1977 ) and the recurring role of Zack Russell on the ABC TV series Family.

Secondly, the Count of Barcelona never reigned as king, although he was head of the Spainish Royal Family between the renuncuiation of his father's rights on 14 January, 1941 and his renunciation of his own rights in favour of his son, Juan Carlos I on 14 May, 1977.

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He has also performed with Roy Brooks, Buddy Rich, George Benson, Rabih Abou Khalil, Roy Ayers, Oliver Nelson, Gary Bartz, Rashied Ali and Pharoah Sanders, as well as appearing on the live album The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux ( 1977 ).

He is best known for playing the roles of Chris Kositchek ( he originated in 1977 ) and Roman Brady on the long-running American dramatic serial Days of our Lives and as Michael Hogan, the father figure on NBC's long running situation comedy The Hogan Family.

* Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, 1971, 1976, 1977, and 1978, All in the Family

The court decided many other significant constitutional cases, including the Seas and Submerged Lands case ( 1975 ), upholding legislation asserting sovereignty over the territorial sea ; the First ( 1975 ) and Second ( 1977 ) Territory Senators cases, which concerned whether legislation allowing for the mainland territories to be represented in the Parliament of Australia was valid ; and Russell v Russell ( 1976 ), which concerned the validity of the Family Law Act 1975.

Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot ( 6 July 1918 – 22 August 1977 ) was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, Giles French, opposite Brian Keith's character, in the sitcom Family Affair ( 1966 – 1971 ).

* Dorothy Bush Koch ( 1977 )-philanthropist and member of the First Family

The Temple Family owned the school until 1977, with Mrs. Dickinson serving in an ex officio capacity.