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The Elusive Pimpernel

1969 · 1 season

A stately, talky costume adventure where wit and disguise carry more weight than swordplay, and the constant threat of the guillotine keeps the stakes grim.

Created by
John Hawkesworth
Genres
Action & adventure, Drama
Starring
Anton Rodgers, Roy Marsden, John Stratton
Overview
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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Created by
John Hawkesworth
Genres
Action & adventure, Drama
Starring
Anton Rodgers, Roy Marsden, John Stratton
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action & adventure, drama
Created by
John Hawkesworth
Starring
Anton Rodgers, Roy Marsden, John Stratton, Bernard Hepton, Norma West, Malcolm Reynolds, Richard Morant, Diane Fletcher
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 50 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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