The Scarlet Pimpernel (Complete Series 1 & 2) - 4-DVD Box Set ( The Scarlet Pimpernel: The Complete Series One and Two )

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Complete Series 1 & 2) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel: The Complete Series One and Two
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
660 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Simon Langton
Patrick Lau

Written By:
Richard Carpenter
Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Actors:
Richard E. Grant ..... Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Elizabeth McGovern ..... Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Martin Shaw ..... Chauvelin
Anthony Green ..... Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Ronan Vibert ..... Robespierre
Christopher Fairbank ..... Fumier
Gerard Murphy ..... Planchet
Ron Donachie ..... Mazzarini
Beth Goddard ..... Suzanne De Tourney
Milton Johns ..... Fisher
Jonathan Coy ..... The Prince of Wales
Emilia Fox ..... Minette
Jamie Bamber ..... Lord Tony Dewhurst
Dominic Mafham ..... James Danby
Pascal Langdale ..... Armand St. Just

Synopsis:

For the first time ever, the complete series 1 & 2 are presented as 12 one-hour episodes as broadcast on BBC 1. The dapper and charming Richard E. Grant as Scarlet Pimpernel, the lovely Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Marguerite Blakeney and Martin Shaw as Chauvelin star in this lush and riveting BBC adaptation of one of the classic adventure tales of all time; The Scarlet Pimpernel. France 1793, the terror of the French Revolution is at its height. Citizen Robespierre, along with his ruthless henchman Chauvelin, keep the tumbrels busy carrying the innocent to the guillotine. But there is one man who dares to defy the revolutionaries... The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Episodes Comprise:
Series 1:
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" Pt 1
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" Pt 2
"Valentine Gautier" Pt 1
"Valentine Gautier" Pt 2
"A King's Ransom" Pt 1
"A King's Ransom" Pt2
Series 2:
"Ennui" Pt 1
"Ennui" Pt 2
"Friends and Enemies" Pt 1
"Friends and Enemies" Pt 2
"A Good Name" Pt 1
"A Good Name" Pt 2

Season 1
The Scarlet Pimpernel
S1, Ep1 24 Jan. 1999
Valentin Gautier
S1, Ep2 31 Oct. 1999
A King's Ransom
S1, Ep3 7 Nov. 1999
Season 2
Ennui
S2, Ep1 18 Oct. 2000
After Marguerite's death, Percy's mourning makes him reluctant to take up as the Scarlet Pimpernel again. But a woman whom he recently rescued from the guillotine is determined to save her parents with or without help. Will helping this mademoiselle be just the thing to rescue him from his own ennui?
Friends & Enemies
S2, Ep2 25 Oct. 2000
Percy's disinterest in science and chemistry takes a sudden turn when he learns that a French scientist is being imprisoned in France under threat of the guillotine until he can develop a bomb that he and his sister were experimenting with. His sister, on the run, has the very notes explaining the process that are being sought by Robespierre and his general. She seeks the Scarlet Pimpernel to help save her brother, but unfortunately a traitor amongst the league of the Scarlet Pimpernel threatens the rescue and the lives of everyone involved. Will Percy be able to ...
A Good Name
S2, Ep3 1 Nov. 2000
The poet laureate is mistaken for the Pimpernel and sent to the guillotine.

Suspecting that the Pimpernal is an English aristocrat, Chauvelin is sent to England to discover the identity of the mystery man. Once there, Chauvelin meets his former lover, the beautiful French actress Marguerite, who is married to a foppish English aristocrat. Marguerite reluctantly gives Chauvelin information to find the elusive Pimpernel and has unwittingly betrayed him...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 March, 2014.