WebFind: The Adventures of The Scarlet Pimpernel – “The Hostage”

WebFind: The Adventures of The Scarlet Pimpernel – “The Hostage”

Swashbuckling series were a staple part of ITV’s early schedules. The undoubted king of the genre was Richard Greene’s Robin Hood, whIch notched up an impressive 144 episodes between 1955 and 1960.

Marius Goring’s Scarlet Pimpernel began his adventuring just two days after Robin Hood‘s debut (both made their first appearances shortly after ITV launched in September 1955) but the elusive Pimpernel would turn out to have a much shorter run with just 19 episodes, 15 featuring Patrick Troughton.

Over on the brilliant Archive TV Musings site, there a look back at just one episode – “The Hostage”…



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