BBC One confirms start date for final season of ‘The Musketeers’

The Musketeers will move to a Saturday night slot when it returns to BBC One later this month. The adventure drama is back for a final ten episodes, with Rupert Everett joining the cast as this season’s main villain and Doctor Who star Paul McGann amongst the new guest stars. > Buy the complete Season 1-2 box set on Amazon. … >

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‘The Musketeers’ are back! Watch trailer for the final season

BBC One has released the first trailer for the new season of The Musketeers. The adventure drama returns to BBC One at the end of this month for a final ten episodes as our heroes face their greatest challenge yet. Season 3 will “shake the Musketeers’ values to the core,” as it “changes their allegiance to the crown, turns their personal lives upside … >

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‘The Musketeers’ star is ‘sad to see the show end’

The cast of BBC One’s The Musketeers have reacted to the news that the show will not be returning after the new season. It was confirmed yesterday that the action-adventure drama’s story will conclude with Season 3. Starring Luke Pasqualino as d’Artagnan, Tom Burke as Athos, Howard Charles as Porthos, Santiago Cabrera as Aramis, Hugo Speer as Captain Treville, Ryan Gage … >

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‘The Musketeers’ has been axed

It’s been confirmed today that the third season The Musketeers will be the last. The third season began filming in April last year and DS has revealed that the action-adventure drama’s story will conclude with these final ten episodes. Executive producer Jessica Pope commented: “Season 3 of The Musketeers completes this 30-hour series with ambition and energy. It is packed … >

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‘War and Peace’ episode guide

Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies has adapted Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 literary masterpiece War and Peace for BBC One. Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), the six-part series stars Lily James (Downton Abbey) as Natasha Rostova, James Norton (Grantchester) as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) as Pierre Bezukhov. The cast also includes … >

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‘War and Peace’ Episode 5 review: Natasha is broken

I shouldn’t like to have lived in the Russia of War and Peace, as pretty as it may have been. The consequences of Natasha’s momentary lapse of sanity have come to light: James Norton plays Andrei here with a stoicism so fragile you can see his brokenness leaking out through the fractures in it – … >

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Win BBC One’s ‘War and Peace’ on Blu-ray!

Andrew Davies’ new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel War and Peace arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 8 February. Set in Russia, 1805 and starring Paul Dano (Love and Mercy), Lily James (Downtown Abbey) and James Norton (Happy Valley), the epic six-part series is also available to download and keep from BBCStore.com. > … >

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‘War and Peace’ Episode 4 review: This has become stressful television

So, sweet Natasha and nice Andrei get themselves engaged after all – but there’s a catch! At his grumpy dad’s insistence, he has to spend a year abroad first, backpacking through Europe, presumably. This will definitely end well for our lovebirds, won’t it? Meanwhile, Nicolai’s mum and dad politely request that he marry a nice … >

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‘War and Peace’ Episode 3 review: Andrei is a haunted man

I wished for more nice Russian songs in War and Peace, and last night’s third episode delivered! Pierre, thank goodness, decides to take steps toward being a better person, after shooting (but not killing) the very naughty Dolokhov in a duel, and later meeting a freemason and being invited to learn the secret handshake. Helene … >

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