The Scarlet Pimpernel
Drama
Action & Adventure
The Scarlet Pimpernel
2S | 6E
01/24/1999
7.2
S1E1
1. The Scarlet Pimpernel aka The Scarlet Pimpernel (Book 1)
0.0
1/24/1999
S1E2
2. Valentine Gautier (aka The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Madame Guillotine)
0.0
1/31/1999
S1E3
3. The King's Ransom (aka The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King)
0.0
2/7/1999
Overview
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.
