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The Musketeers
The Musketeers is a BBC period action drama programme based on the characters
from Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers[1] and co-produced by BBC The Musketeers
America and BBC Worldwide.[1] The first episode was shown on BBC One on 19 January
2014.[2] It stars Tom Burke as Athos, Santiago Cabrera as Aramis, Howard Charles as
Porthos, Luke Pasqualino as d'Artagnan, with Tamla Kari as Constance, Maimie McCoy
as Milady de Winter, Ryan Gage as King Louis XIII and Alexandra Dowling as Queen
Anne. It also features Peter Capaldi as Cardinal Richelieu in the first series, Marc
Warren as Comte de Rochefort in the second series,[3] and Rupert Everett as the
Marquis de Feron for the final series.
Genre Action, Drama
Jessica Pope and Adrian Hodges produce the show for the BBC. The programme was
largely filmed in the Czech Republic. In February 2015, it was announced that the show Created by Adrian Hodges
had been renewed for a third series,[4] which was announced in April 2016 to be the Based on The Three
last.[5] The third series premiered in multiple countries first, before premiering in the Musketeers
UK on 28 May 2016, and concluding on 1 August 2016.[6][7]
by Alexandre
Dumas
Starring Tom Burke
Contents
Santiago Cabrera
Plot
Peter Capaldi
Cast Howard Charles
Main
Alexandra Dowling
Recurring
Ryan Gage
Production
Tamla Kari
Conception
Maimie McCoy
Filming
Casting Luke Pasqualino
Hugo Speer
Reception
Marc Warren
Broadcast
Series overview Matthew McNulty

International broadcast Rupert Everett

Home media release Theme music Murray Gold

composer
References
Composer(s) Murray Gold
External links
Paul Englishby
Country of origin United Kingdom
Plot Original English
language(s)
In 1630s Paris, Athos, Aramis and Porthos are a group of highly trained musketeers
commanded by Captain Treville who meet d'Artagnan, a skillful farm boy with hopes of No. of series 3
becoming a musketeer. The series follows them as they fight to protect King and No. of episodes 30
country. (list of episodes)
Production
Cast Executive Adrian Hodges
producer(s) Jessica Pope
Main Producer(s) Colin Wratten
Tom Burke as Athos Production Prague
Santiago Cabrera as Aramis location(s)

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Peter Capaldi as Cardinal Richelieu (series 1) Running time 54–60 minutes

Howard Charles as Porthos Release
Alexandra Dowling as Queen Anne
Original network BBC One
Ryan Gage as King Louis XIII
Original release 19 January 2014 –
Tamla Kari as Constance Bonacieux
1 August 2016[a]
Maimie McCoy as Milady de Winter
Luke Pasqualino as d'Artagnan External links

Hugo Speer as Captain Treville BBC website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/pro

Marc Warren as Comte de Rochefort (series 2) grammes/p00sxqkb)
Matthew McNulty as Lucien Grimaud (series 3)
Rupert Everett as Marquis de Feron (series 3)

Recurring
Bohdan Poraj as Bonacieux (series 1–2)
Charlotte Salt as Marguerite (series 2)
Ed Stoppard as Lemay (series 2)
Will Keen as Perales (series 2)
Thalissa Teixeira as Sylvie (series 3)
Matt Stokoe as Captain Marcheaux (series 3)
Andre Flynn as Gaston (series 3)
Ross O'Hennessy as Barbier (series 3)

Production

Conception

The BBC had been developing the idea of a new series based on The Three Musketeers since as far back as 2007, when the
project was envisaged as a Saturday evening show to run between series of Doctor Who.[8] The eventual production of the
series was finally announced in 2012, with Adrian Hodges in charge of the project.[9]

Filming

Paris was not considered as a filming location because over the decades, development had detracted from the grittier
architecture wanted. Dublin was also considered before settling on the Czech Republic, which suffered little damage during the
two world wars. Many historic buildings were intact and privately owned stately homes were rented for filming.

Filming for the series took place mainly in Doksany, 30 kilometres north-west of Prague, where a Parisian square, a number of
streets and the musketeers garrison were constructed. A disused convent had additional sets constructed including taverns,
bedrooms and mortuary.[10]

Casting

During filming of the first series Peter Capaldi learned that he had been given the role of the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who.[11]
The show's executive producer Jessica Pope commented that they would have to "recalibrate" plans for a prospective second
series, in order to accommodate Capaldi now being unable to reprise his role.[11] Marc Warren joined the cast for the second
series.[12] The Musketeers was originally planned to be broadcast in 2013, but was later delayed until 2014.[13]

Reception
The Musketeers initially received mixed reviews from critics. Reviewing the third episode of the drama, Morgan Jeffery, writing
for Digital Spy, praised the development of the characters, stating that there was a "real feeling of growth" and that it delivered
"something a little more substantial".[14] Den of Geek writer Rob Kemp also gave a positive review, stating that The Musketeers
had "won a lot of people over with its fun and adventurous take on this well-loved story", but also wrote that some of the

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dramatic elements felt "shoe horned and deliberate". Overall, Kemp had hope for the series and praised the change in focus in
the third episode, saying that the "time was definitely right to start to explore the characters", before going on to say that the
series would have "plenty more opportunities for the Musketeers to hit their more (and hopefully, better) dramatic strides".[15]

Upon its premiere on BBC America, Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times gave the drama a positive review, calling the
series "not at all bad, just a bit old-fashioned". She also praised the updates made to the series, writing "purists may be
dismayed that Mr. Hodges took so many liberties with the original plot, but purists are rarely any fun".[16]

Broadcast

Series overview

These are the premiere and finale dates for the show airing on BBC, its origin channel. Series 2 concluded earlier in the US, and
Series 3 was aired/released before the UK in multiple countries; see the episode tables and broadcast details for these dates.

Originally aired
Series Episodes
First aired Last aired

1 10 19 January 2014 30 March 2014

2 10 2 January 2015 27 March 2015

3 10 28 May 2016 1 August 2016

International broadcast

Shown on BBC One, the first series of The Musketeers was broadcast weekly at 9pm on Sunday nights starting on 19 January
2014. The programme was the highest rated drama to debut that year. For the second series, it was moved to 9pm on Friday
nights and screening began on 2 January 2015. The series premiered in the United States on 22 June 2014 on BBC America.[17]
The complete first series was "striped" on 3 August 2014 on the Australian Foxtel Cable TV channel BBC First, the day of that
channel's premiere. The series started on 18 September 2014 on 'Box' Sky TV in New Zealand.

The third series premiered in Canada on Showcase Canada on 10 April 2016.[6] The full series was made available on Netflix
Latin America on 16 April 2016,[18] and on Hulu in the United States on 14 May 2016.[19] The series premiered in the UK on 28
May 2016.[7]

Home media release

No. of DVD Blu-ray

Name
episodes Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Region A Region B

Series One 10 26 August 2014[20] 31 March 2014[21] 6 August 2014[22] 26 August 2014[20] 31 March 2014[23]

Series Two 10 21 April 2015[24] 6 April 2015[25] 15 April 2015[26] 21 April 2015[24] 6 April 2015[27]

Series One & Two 20 N/A 6 April 2015[28] 15 April 2015[29] N/A 6 April 2015[30]

Series Three 10 11 October 2016[31] 15 August 2016[32] 19 October 2016[33] 11 October 2016[31] 15 August 2016[34]

The Complete Collection 30 N/A 15 August 2016[35] 19 October 2016[36] N/A 15 August 2016[37]

References
Notes

a. These are the premiere and finale dates for the show airing on BBC, its origin channel. The third and final series was
aired/released before the UK in multiple countries; see the episode tables and broadcast details for these dates.

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External links
The Musketeers (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sxqkb) at BBC Programmes
Official website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sxqkb) (UK)
Official website (http://www.bbcamerica.com/musketeers/) (US)
The Musketeers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2733252/) on IMDb

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