The Musketeers
 

The Musketeers is an all new BBC One Drama, introducing exciting heroes, action, adventure and romance inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s legendary characters.

http://www.themusketeers.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sxqkb

Lets hope this is a decent series.

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It stands a chance if they've been able stop Moffat getting his hands on it :D

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It had better be good, they've canned Ripper Street and I do like a good period drama.

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It's from the guy behind Primeval...I'm not expecting much.

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Yes one hopes it will be decent as the BBC usually have a good track record at these type of things.

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You have actually just ruined my evening. :p:

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Sorry :p:

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Well he can always wait for the remake of Poldark which the BBC are making again.:D

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I enjoyed the first few seasons of Primeval :)

It was only when the Canadians got their mitts on it that it went completely to pot.

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Nothing makes up for Ripper Street..

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I enjoyed the first season and looked forward to season 2 but after 2 or 3 Eps I was not surprised to learn it was to be axed.

I was disappointed by the axing of Whitechapel which I thought was head n' shoulders above the second season of Ripper Street

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It went downhill when I believe Watch started airing it. Those 2 series were terrible. I enjoyed New World even though it was supposed to be a continuation yet managed to feel like a remake.

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You are correct I forgot about the series aired on Watch.

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So did anyone watch it?

I'm unsure need to watch another episode or 2.

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Recorded it for later viewing.

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It was undemanding and a bit of a romp ... more Casanova (Tennant/O'Toole) than Ripper Street. The plot was totally, 100%, off-the shelf, written by the numbers and yet after about half an hour the writer was using dialogue to explain plot developments that I had worked out within the first 5 minutes. And that's saying something, because I normally try to switch off during these sorts of things so I can be enjoyably surprised even if it's a bit obvious.

Nevertheless it was well made, the characters were engaging and Peter Capaldi was really rather good. There's nothing else to do at 9pm on a Sunday so I will be following it for the time being at least.

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Recorded for viewing in a couple of days.

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I recorded it but so far haven't been able to work up the enthusiasm to bother watching it. :(

Every time I try, I think of Merlin or Atlantis or some other recent tripe served up courtesy of the Beeb.

It's a good job they are showing The Bridge 2 on Beeb 4 otherwise there would be hardly anything worth watching.

I note the best they can come up with to fill tonight's primetime slot on Beeb 1 is a repeat of some old New Tricks Ep. Totally pathetic, what the hell do we pay our TV Tax for? :rolleyes:

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Nothing wrong with Atlantis, it was entertaining, and improved slightly as it went on.

Merlin was also a good series that took about a season to get going.

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I liked Merlin but couldn't stand Atlantis or the Sinbad one. Quite enjoyed last night's Musketeers, I watched it right after watching the new Black Sails show from the US and thought Musketeers was the better of the two.

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This is much better than Merlin or Atlantis.Much,much better.After all it has Capaldi

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Not seen yet, would always think back to the films with Oliver Reed that didn't take things too seriously.

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I wonder is Constance Bonacieux will actually die in this one. She has always managed to survived most if not all the other renditions but not the book of course which is one of my favourite books along with Kidnapped and Treasure Island lol

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Yes they were very good.

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:LOL:

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So... I actually love it! :D

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Funny, I said to Mrs T only this week that it has improved with each episode.

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Yes, Im really getting to love it.

They already ordered season 2.

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It's brilliant. But it's not really following the story..Which I'm re-reading after many,many,many years.

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I'm enjoying it, I want a leather outfit like Peter Capaldi has.

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It's a shame that Capaldi will only be doing the first series.

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Why's that then?

I'd have thought Cardinal Richelieu pretty key.

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Capaldi's too busy on Doctor Who. I've not read anything about how Musketeers will handle that, but given the character, I think they are going to have to re-cast the role.

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Shame we cannot make dramas about our own history instead of swaning off to France for material.

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Well tobe fair to the French, it is all they have.

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Trouble is they keep dipping into the same few books over and over and so it all looks jaded.

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Only if you have read the books I guess ;)

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Oh come on Paul how many times do they repeat shows to the point that everyone knows the plots by heart?:(

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My only previous experience of this story is via Dogtanian.

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:rofl: Me too. In fact we sit watching this version and keep trying to remember which animal played each character. :D

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Actually I wasn't referring to Musketeers as it has been a considerable time since it's been done as a series if ever.

I was actually thinking of the Christie sagas and the repeated Pride and Prejudice and Dickens and Conan Doyle.

How about some Rudyard Kipling?Also I'm currently enjoying Blandings and the two series of Father Brown has been excellent.

Of course if they could do some Georgette Heyer as a costume drama, I think they might be on to a winner..I've never understood why so few of her tales have been made into drama.

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I think this week's was one of the best yet.

Capaldi had some great scenes with Marie.

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Go on Vinnie!!!