The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Genre	Swashbuckler
Based on	The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Written by	Ralph Gilbert Bettison
Directed by	David MacDonald Dennis Vance Michael McCarthy Wolf Rilla
Starring	Marius Goring
Composers	Sydney Torch John Bath Edwin Astley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer	Harry Alan Towers
Producers	Anthony Gilkison Dennis Vance David MacDonald Marius Goring
Cinematography	Lionel Banes
Editors	Seymour Logie Ann Chegwidden
Running time	23-26 mins
Production company	Towers of London
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	28 September 1955 (1955-09-28) – 22 June 1956 (1956-06-22)
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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1955–1956 British television series based on the 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The series was created by writer Michael Hogan and produced by the Towers of London for Incorporated Television Programmes. It was first screened in Britain in an eighteen-episode run beginning on 28 September 1955. It was one of the first drama series shown on the fledging network, which had only begun transmission in London the week before.