Series synopsis
The Musketeers is a British drama action & adventure television series that premiered on BBC America on January 19, 2014. It ended on July 30, 2016. It was created by Adrian Hodges. It stars Luke Pasqualino, Santiago Cabrera, Tom Burke and Howard Charles.
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
Premise
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
Premise: For love. For honor. For adventure.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Luke Pasqualino as D'Artagnan
- Santiago Cabrera as Aramis
- Tom Burke as Athos
- Howard Charles as Porthos
- Ryan Gage as King Louis
- Peter Capaldi as Cardinal Richelieu
- Hugo Speer as Treville
- Alexandra Dowling as Queen Anne
Supporting cast
- Maimie McCoy as Milady de Winter
- Marc Warren as Rochefort
- Tamla Kari as Constance
- Ed Stoppard as Lemay
- Rupert Everett as Governor Feron
- Laura Haddock as Pauline
Guest cast
- Liam Cunningham as Belgard
- JJ Feild as Marsac
- Allan Corduner as Van Laar
- Robert Glenister as Duke of Lorraine
- Amy Nuttall as Agnès
- Leo Gregory as Marmion
- Oliver Cotton
- Steve Evets as Bertrand
- Philip Brodie
- Christopher Fulford as Gus
- Michael Cochrane
- Jason Flemyng
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 30 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | January 19, 2014 | March 30, 2014 |
| Season 2 | 10 | January 2, 2015 | March 27, 2015 |
| Season 3 | 10 | May 28, 2016 | July 30, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Friends and Enemies Young swordsman d'Artagnan arrives in Paris seeking the man responsible for killing his father – a quest that brings him into conflict with one of the king's guards. But as he quickly discovers, when you take on one Musketeer, you take on them all. It's soon back to business when the swashbuckling heroes are ordered to find a missing soldier who was carrying important letters on behalf of King Louis, while the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu plots to increase his political power. |
January 19, 2014 |
| 2 |
Sleight of Hand Notorious criminal Vadim seeks to make life unbearable for the authorities that have imprisoned him. When he engineers a full-scale riot, it falls to the Musketeers to protect those whom he seeks to destroy. |
January 26, 2014 |
| 3 |
Commodities The Musketeers must escort a merchant trader back to Paris and thwart his enemies. |
February 2, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Keep Your Friends Close The Musketeers must rescue a French general from an impenetrable Spanish prison. |
January 2, 2015 |
| 2 |
An Ordinary Man D'Artagnan must protect King Louis when a notorious criminal kidnaps them both. |
January 9, 2015 |
| 3 |
The Good Traitor The Musketeers help rescue an enemy's daughter in exchange for a deadly gunpowder formula. |
January 16, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spoils of War Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan are fighting on the battlefront while Aramis has trouble living in contemplation as a monk. The Musketeers' search for missing gunpowder lead them to follow bandits to Aramis' monastery, where circumstance force them to collaborate to save the monastery's children and brothers. Aramis' finally accepts his true calling as a Musketeer and rejoins his brothers-in-arms in Paris. |
May 28, 2016 |
| 2 |
The Hunger The corrupt Governor of Paris conspires with the Duke de Beaufort, primary provider of food for Paris, to stage a robbery of the city's granary and pin it on the refugees, only to later sell the stolen grain back to the King at an inflated price. D'Artagnan is taken captive along with the rioting refugees, and the other Musketeers (along with D'Artagnan's wife Constance, now in charge of the Musketeer garrison) must rescue them from the hands of the Red Guard before they are executed. |
June 4, 2016 |
| 3 |
Brother in Arms King Louis tasks the Musketeers with bringing his exiled brother, the Duke of Orléans, back to Paris in order to mend bridges. On the way, the Duke is robbed of dangerous letters which could destroy Orléans. The Duke informs the corrupt Governor of this, and the Governor's Red Guard must race the Musketeers in the hunt for the thief. |
June 11, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC America |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 19, 2014 |
| Last aired | July 30, 2016 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |