After last week’s trudge, this week’s Musketeers confidently gets into its stride with the plot thickening along the way. The King is flirting with Charlotte Mellendorf, while her father (reimagined here as a Hanoverian Bobby Ball) talks politics and useful marriage alliances with the Cardinal. Meanwhile the Queen is away bathing in the countryside in … >
A new set of images from the penultimate episode of BBC One’s The Musketeers have been unveiled. Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s legendary characters, the ten-part adventure drama series continues at 9pm on Sunday 23 March on BBC One. Episode 9 sees Queen Anne’s taking of the waters cut short when her life is put in … >
Oh dear. The Musketeers had been carving out an enjoyably undemanding, handsome if predictable storytelling niche for itself. Tonight’s episode was not redeemed simply by there being attractive people and well-shot sword fights in it. As the Musketeers escort a violent prisoner, the Cardinal’s Red Guards intercept them. This leads to a falling out between … >
To celebrate BBC Worldwide’s release of The Musketeers, Call The Midwife Series 3 and Death in Paradise Series 3 on DVD this month, we’ve got sets of all three DVDs to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow … >
‘That doesn’t make sense, even for the Musketeers.’ Like your friendships, it’s best not to examine Musketeers‘ plots too closely. The fun to be had is more character based, or possibly historical if you’re intrigued by the period setting. This week, it was fairly obvious – even to your tired and inebriated reviewer – that … >
A baby is kidnapped, Robert the Bruce homaged, and the King’s mother turns up.
BBC America has announced that The Musketeers will launch in the US this summer.
A new set of images from the next episode of BBC One’s The Musketeers have been unveiled.
From the preview clips you’d be forgiven for thinking this is a Porthos-heavy episode, which is a good thing. Porthos is the best one, after all.