The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)

For the 1956 series starring Marius Goring, see The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Series one titlecard
Starring	Richard E. Grant Martin Shaw (Series 1) Elizabeth McGovern (Series 1) Caroline Carver (Series 2)
Theme music composer	Michal Pavlíček
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) – 1 November 2000 (2000-11-01)

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.

It stars Richard E. Grant as the hero, 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 Donachic as Mazarini
Gerard Murphy as Planchet
Ronan Vibert as Robespierre
Winter Uhlarik as Cecile
Karel Rodern as Figaro
Bryce Engstrom as Gaston
Philip Fox as Auctioneer
Stephen Churchett as Doorman
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 the Internet Movie Database

Emma Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)

Novels

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
I Will Repay (1906)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
Eldorado (1913)
The Laughing Cavalier (1913)
Lord Tony's Wife (1917)
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
The First Sir Percy (1920)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922)
Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924)
Sir Percy Hits Back (1927)
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1929)
A Child of the Revolution (1932)
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1933)
Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936)
The Gallant Pimpernel (omnibus, 1939)
Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940)

Adaptations

Film	The Elusive Pimpernel (1919) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) Pimpernel Smith (1941) The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Television	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1956) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)

Musical	The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)

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