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The Elusive Pimpernel: 8: The Overwhelming Odds

on BBC One London

Based on "The Elusive Pimpernel" and "Eldorado" by The Baroness Orczy
Dramatised in ten parts by John Hawkesworth

Desiree has been arrested by Heron. In defiance of Sir Percy Blakeney's order to stay out of Paris, Armand has gone into the city to save her.

Contributors

Author:
Baroness Orczy
Dramatised by:
John Hawkesworth
Script Editor:
Alistair Bell
Designer:
Richard Hunt
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
Gerald Blake
The Scarlet Pimpernel:
Anton Rodgers
Armand St. Just:
Malcolm Reynolds
Prison Guard:
Howard J. Rawlinson
Clerk:
George Betton
Chauvelin:
Bernard Hepton
M. Simon:
Trevor Martin
Mme. Simon:
Maggie Flint
Heron:
John Stratton
Cochefer:
Ambrose Coghill
Sergeant Bibot:
Frederick Hall
Desiree Candeille:
Norma West
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Roy Marsden
Dauphin:
Jeremy Burring
Soldier:
Desmond Cullum Jones
Soldier:
Barrie Dupres
Soldier:
John Kearney

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