The Three Musketeers is a 1966 British TV series based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers. It was a serial on the BBC. The series was directed by Peter Hammond and produced by William Sterling.
The serial survived destruction and was released on DVD in 2006.
Cast
- Jeremy Brett as D'Artagnan
- Brian Blessed as Porthos
- Jeremy Young as Athos
- Gary Watson as Aramis
- Mary Peach as Milady de Winter
- Richard Pasco as Cardinal Richelieu
- Edward Brayshaw as Rochefort
- Billy Hamon as Planchet
- Milton Johns as Grimaud
- Kathleen Breck as Madame Constance Bonacieux
- Michael Miller as M. de Treville
- Simon Oates as Duke of Buckingham
- Carole Potter as Anne of Austria
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
It was followed by a sequel series The Further Adventures of the Musketeers.
Cast
- Joss Ackland as d'Artagnan
- Brian Blessed as Porthos
- William Dexter as Cardinal Mazarin
- John Woodvine as Aramis
- Jeremy Young as Athos
- Carole Potter as Queen Anne
- Louis Selwyn as King Louis XIV
- Edward Brayshaw as Rochefort
- Michael Gothard as Mordaunt
- Charles Carson as Broussel
- David Garth as Charles I
- Geoffrey Palmer as Oliver Cromwell
- Jennifer Jayne as Madeleine
- John Quentin as Duke of Beaufort
- Peter Bennett as Bernouin
- Nigel Lambert as Planchet
- Fergus McClelland as Raoul De Bragelonne
References
- Afternoon classics The Observer 13 Nov 1966: 23.
- review: BARBIROLLI and the HALLE at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester Larner, Gerald. The Guardian 14 Nov 1966: 7
- Peter Hammond Gaughan, Gavin. The Independent 4 Nov 2011: 56.
- 3 Musketeers ride again -- in black and white Entertainment. The Brattleboro Reformer 21 Sep 2006: n/a.
- IN McLUHAN'S SEAT Melly, George. The Observer 3 Sep 1967: 20.
- Today's TV and Sound programmes: BBC-1 The Observer21 May 1967: 22.
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