The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)
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For the 1956 series starring Marius Goring, see The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set during the French Revolution.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
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Starring | Richard E. Grant Martin Shaw (series 1) Elizabeth McGovern (series 1) Caroline Carver (series 2) |
Theme music composer | Michal Pavlíček |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production companies | London Films A&E Television Productions BBC Birmingham Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) – 1 November 2000 (2000-11-01) |
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It stars Richard E. Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney, and his alter ego, the eponymous hero. 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.