The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1999 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 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.
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Cast
Richard E Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney
Ronan Vibert as Robespierre
Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Martin Shaw as Chauvelin
Christopher Fairbank as Fumier
Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Foulkes
Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
John McEnery as Sir William Wetherby
Gerard Murphy as Planchet
Ron Donachie as Mazarini
Jonathan Coy as Prince of Wales
Episodes
Awards
Caroline Carver won a Royal Television Society Best Actress Award for her performance as Claudette in "A Good Name".