The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

EP1 Ennui Oct 18, 2000

The Pimpernel rescues yet another damsel in distress, but in order to save her parents she tries to betray him to the French. The Pimpernel loses his wife in childbirth.

EP2 Friends and Enemies Oct 18, 2000

The Scarlet Pimpernel attempts to rescue Antoine Picard, who discovered oxygen, and prevent the French from developing an advanced explosive device. The Scarlet Pimpernel joins forces with Picard's sister, Françoise, in order to save him from the guillotine.

EP3 A Good Name Nov 01, 2000

The Pimpernel's true identity is threatened with exposure when a foppish young aristocrat is mistaken for Sir Percy.
Synopsis

A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as the hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, and his eponymous alter ego. The first series also starred Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Marguerite and Martin Shaw as the Pimpernel's archrival, Paul Chauvelin. Robespierre was played by Ronan Vibert. It was filmed in the Czech Republic and scored by a Czech composer, Michal Pavlíček.

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Richard E. Grant as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Elizabeth McGovern as Marguerite Blakeney
Martin Shaw as Citizen Chauvelin
Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Ffoulks
Ronan Vibert as Robespierre
Jamie Bamber as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
Gerard Murphy as Planchet