The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)


  • Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
  • First Air Date: 1999-01-24
  • Last Air Date: 2000-11-01
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 6
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Networks: BBC One
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Summary

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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The Scarlet Pimpernel Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1999-01-24
3 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 2000-10-18
3 Episodes

The Scarlet Pimpernel Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1The Scarlet Pimpernel90 min
Season 1Episode 2Valentine Gautier90 min
Season 1Episode 3A King's Ransom90 min
Season 2Episode 1Ennui90 min
Season 2Episode 2Friends and Enemies90 min
Season 2Episode 3A Good Name90 min
  • 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
  • Emily Bruni

    as Annette de Martignac
  • Ronan Vibert

    as Robespierre
  • Christopher Fairbank

    as Fumier
  • Jamie Bamber

    as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
  • Beth Goddard

    as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
  • Gerard Murphy

    as Planchet
  • Emilia Fox

    as Minette Roland
  • Ron Donachie

    as Arturo Mazarini
  • Jonathan Coy

    as The Prince of Wales
  • John McEnery

    as Sir William Wetherby
  • Milton Johns

    as Fisher
  • Jim Sturgess

    as Erik
  • Anton Lesser

    as Antoine Picard
  • Jim Carter

    as General La Forge
  • Richard Dempsey

    as Comte de Claris de Florian
Sound Michal Pavlíček Original Music Composer