The keys to the cell being - with the help of a fabulous treasure. young ship's mate Edmond Dantes is framed as a Bonapartist and sent to a notorious island prison after 14 years he escapes and, with the help of a fabulous treasure, wreaks a terrible revenge on those who betrayed him. The plot of The Count of Monte Cristo is probably too famous to bear repeating briefly, but. He is by no means perfect for the role - in essence his performance is the definitive Monte Cristo, but not the definitive Dantes. The cast is uniformly splendid, but Alan Badel in particular is an inspired choice for the title role at 40 or so he's a little too old for the youthful Edmond Dantes and plays him with a kind of wide-eyed innocence that borders on insouciance - I don't think I saw him blink once in the first three episodes - but as the returned Count of Monte Cristo, he crowds his expression with nods and crosses and sideways glancing blows. Though obviously limited in budget, the series manages to be both elegant and ambitious, with convincing costumes and small-scale sets lit in the Gothic manner. Each ran about 25 minutes and all work well thanks to amazing feats of compression by writer Anthony Steven, as well as intrepid direction from Peter Hammond.
The count of monte cristo bbc serial#
Once feared lost, but recently released on DVD, this fondly remembered BBC adaptation of the Dumas classic was originally screened as a Sunday evening serial in 12 black & white episodes.
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