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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
Series one title card
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
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9 (also 4:3)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) – 1 November 2000 (2000-11-01)

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.

Cast

• Stuart Fox as Monsieur Jouvin
• Sarah Berger as Madame Jouvin
• Dalibor Sipek as The Dauphin
• Suzanne Bertish as La Touraine
• Jonathan Coy as Prince of Wales
• Richard E Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney
• Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
• Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Foulkes
• Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
• Jerome Willis as Baron Valdemar
• Martin Shaw as Chauvelin
• Ron Donachie as Mazarini
• Gerard Murphy as Planchet
• Ronan Vibert as Robespierre
• Karel Roden as Figaro
• Bryce Engstrom as Gaston
• Christopher Fairbank as Fumier

Episodes

Series 1

Episode #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1	"The Scarlet Pimpernel"	Patrick Lau	Richard Carpenter	24 January 1999 (1999-01-24)
2	"Valentine Gautier"	Patrick Lau	Richard Carpenter	31 January 1999 (1999-01-31)
3	"A King's Ransom"	Edward Bennett	Richard Carpenter	7 February 1999 (1999-02-07)

Series 2

Episode #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1	"Ennui"	Graham Theakston	Matthew Hall	18 October 2000 (2000-10-18)
2	"Friends and Enemies"	Simon Langton	Alan Whiting	25 October 2000 (2000-10-25)
3	"A Good Name"	Simon Langton	Rob Heyland	1 November 2000 (2000-11-01)

Awards

Caroline Carver won a Royal Television Society Best Actress Award for her performance as Claudette in "A Good Name".

External links

• The Scarlet Pimpernel at BBC Online
• The Scarlet Pimpernel at IMDb

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