The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel released in 2007. Each volume contains four episodes from the television series. The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a British television series based on the adventure novel of the same name by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The series, produced by the Towers of London for Incorporated Television Programmes, was created by writer Michael Hogan; it ran from 1956 for a total of eighteen episodes. Many guest stars went on to appear in other ITC series: Airdate is for ATV Midlands. ITV regions varied date and order. Alpha Home Entertainment released Volume 1 of "The
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel invalid wife and pretty daughter, they are transported towards Paris in a diligence with a seemingly weak guard.. however the other travellers in the stagecoach are really soldiers in disguise – ready to strike back should the Pimpernel and his gang attack. In May 1793, committed republicans the widow Leseur and her son Achille run a profitable business selling wine. Their maid-of-all-work Joséphine Palmier, who is pretty and dainty, has caught Achille's eye and having made up his mind that he is in love with her, he asks her to marry him. Joséphine refuses him categorically and firmly, telling him