The Elusive Pimpernel
7.5
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Apr 20, 1969
The Shadow of the Guillotine Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Apr 27, 1969
The Challenge Episode 2
S1 · E3 · May 4, 1969
The Hostage Episode 3
S1 · E4 · May 11, 1969
The Bargain Episode 4
S1 · E5 · May 18, 1969
The Letter Episode 5
S1 · E6 · May 25, 1969
The Dauphin in the Tower Episode 6
S1 · E7 · Jun 1, 1969
What Love Can Do Episode 7
S1 · E8 · Jun 8, 1969
The Overwhelming Odds Episode 8
S1 · E9 · Jun 15, 1969
The Caged Lion Episode 9
S1 · E10 · Jun 22, 1969
That Damned Elusive Pimpernel Episode 10
10 episodes in Season 1
Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.
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Cast
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Anton Rodgers
Sir Percy Blakeney
Known for
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Roy Marsden
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Known for
King Solomon's Mines
The Escape Artist
John Stratton
Héron
Known for
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
The Cruel Sea
Bernard Hepton
Chauvelin
Known for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Woman in Black
Norma West
Desirée Candeille
Known for
And the Ship Sails On
Smiley's People
Malcolm Reynolds
Armand St Just
Also in
UFO
Hussy
Richard Morant
Lord Tony Dewhurst
Known for
Jack the Ripper
The Company of Wolves
Diane Fletcher
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Known for
House of Cards
Macbeth
Jonathan Newth
Lord Hastings
Known for
The Affair of the Necklace
Frederick Hall
Sergeant Bibot
Known for
Wish You Were Here
Jimmy Gardner
Robespierre
Known for
Frenzy
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Tamara Fuerst
Juliette de Marny
Also in
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Boy Meets Girl
John Hawkesworth Creator · Gerald Blake Director Baroness Emmuska Orczy Author
Total runtime 8h 20m · Episode length 50 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
April 20, 1969
Final episode
June 22, 1969
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
8h 20m
Original language
English
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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