The Three Musketeers (1966 TV series)

The Three Musketeers is a 1966 British TV series based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers. It was a serial on the BBC.^[1][2] The series was directed by Peter Hammond and produced by William Sterling.^[3]

The serial survived destruction and was released on DVD in 2006.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

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