The classic tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel in this BBC series starring Richard E Grant. Loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels set during the French Revolution.
Scarlet Pimpernel: The Complete Series 1 & 2 (4 Discs)
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...
The Pimpernel makes yet another daring rescue from under the noses of the French this time saving Annette De Martignac but has to leave her aging parents behind. Phillipe Lispard a young official at the French Embassy is very taken with her and she sees that he could be very useful to her in her attempts to get her parents free...
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