Watch The Scarlet Pimpernel

Episodes

1. The Scarlet Pimpernel aka The Scarlet Pimpernel (Book 1)

2. Valentine Gautier (aka The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Madame Guillotine)

3. The King's Ransom (aka The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King)

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Drama

Action & Adventure

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.

Date: 01/24/1999

Rating: 7.2

Cast: Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw, Anthony Green, Emily Bruni, Ronan Vibert, Christopher Fairbank, Jamie Bamber, Beth Goddard, Gerard Murphy, Emilia Fox, Ron Donachie, Jonathan Coy, John McEnery, Milton Johns, Jim Sturgess, Anton Lesser, Jim Carter, Richard Dempsey

Richard E. Grant