The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)

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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Series one title card
Based on	The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Written by	Richard Carpenter
Starring	Richard E. Grant Martin Shaw (series 1) Elizabeth McGovern (series 1) Caroline Carver (series 2)
Theme music composer	Michal Pavlíček
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	Julian Murphy Colin Ludlow
Cinematography	Simon Kossoff Peter Greenhalgh
Editors	Jeremy Strachan Beverley Mills
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	London Films A&E Television Productions BBC Birmingham Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) – 1 November 2000 (2000-11-01)
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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.