The Scarlet Pimpernel aka The Scarlet Pimpernel (Book 1)
24th January 1999Valentine Gautier (aka The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Madame Guillotine)
31st January 1999The King's Ransom (aka The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King)
7th February 1999A 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.
