The Musketeers
The Musketeers return for a third series to face their greatest challenge.
Published: 16 May 2016
After four years, a war-torn Paris has become a powder keg ready to explode. Refugees have flocked to the city in search of sanctuary. Food is scarce. Black market profiteering is rife. But the city's governor, Phillipe Feron (Rupert Everett), is only too happy to exploit it all for his own ends with the support of his Red Guard thugs and the amoral gangster Lucien Grimaud (Matthew McNulty).
Minister Treville's (Hugo Speer) repeated attempts to draw the King's gaze to the crisis unfolding all around him have failed, but when the Musketeers briefly return from the war, he sees an opportunity.
Ordered to the heart of this simmering urban precinct, the Musketeers are charged with preventing catastrophe, but they still have their own battles to fight. Aramis did not join the Musketeers on the battlefield due to his decision to enter a monastery. Despite D’Artagnan’s obvious joy at returning home to Constance, both have been irrevocably changed by war. Athos has uneasily taken the mantle of Captain of the Musketeers, a position that comes under threat when he meets disarming revolutionary Sylvie. Meanwhile, Porthos’s battlefield exploits have made him a hero, but he no longer feels he belongs in an almost unrecognisable Paris…
Series three shakes the Musketeers' values to the core. It changes their allegiance to the crown, turns their personal lives upside down and compromises their loyalty to those they love, as well as their loyalty to each other.
Cast Credits
Luke Pasqualino – D’Artagnan
Tom Burke – Athos
Howard Charles – Porthos
Santiago Cabrera – Aramis
Rupert Everett – Governor Feron
Matthew McNulty – Lucien Grimaud
Hugo Speer – Treville
Tamla Kari – Constance D'Artagnan
Ryan Gage – King Louis
Alexandra Dowling – Queen Anne
Matt Stokoe – Captain Marcheaux
Production Credits
Jessica Pope – Executive Producer
Matthew Bird – Producer
Simon J Ashford – Writer
Simon Allen – Writer
The Musketeers is made by BBC Drama Production Salford for BBC One and co-produced by BBC Worldwide.
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