Count Of Monte Cristo, The

Episode

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First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

Betrayal

20100831 (BBC7)
20110228 (BBC7)

|Edmond Dantes returns from sea to his dream girl and job - but his 'friends' are jealous.|Edmond Dantes returns from sea to the girl and job of his dreams - but his meddling 'friends' are jealous.|Stars Andrew Sachs.

The Abbe Faria

20110301 (BBC7)

|The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison, find treasure and discover the truth - now Dantes counts on revenge.|Stars Andrew Sachs.|The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison and find treasure - now Dantes seeks revenge.

The Chateau D'if

20100901 (BBC7)

The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison and find treasure - now Dantes seeks revenge.|The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison, find treasure and discover the truth - now Dantes counts on revenge.|Stars Andrew Sachs.

The Abbe Faria

20100902 (BBC7)

Now boundlessly rich, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.|With his sudden boundless riches, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.|Stars Andrew Sachs.

The Return

20110302 (BBC7)

|With his sudden boundless riches, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.|Stars Andrew Sachs.|Now boundlessly rich, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.

Escape

20100903 (BBC7)

All things seem possible for millionaire Dantes.|Runaway horses charm his enemies.|All things seem possible for capricious millionaire Dantes.|Runaway horses charm the imposter's enemies.|Stars Andrew Sachs.

The House At Auteuil

20110303 (BBC7)

The Dinner Party

20100906 (BBC7)
20110304 (BBC7)

|Now established in society, Dantes exposes affairs and plots the downfall of his enemies.|Now established in society, the avenger Dantes exposes affairs and plots the downfall of his enemies.|Stars Andrew Sachs.

Poison

20100907 (BBC7)
20110307 (BBC7)

|The relentless vengeance of Dantes slowly destroys his enemies, but now it's the Crown Prosecutor's turn.|Stars Andrew Sachs.|Dantes' vengeance slowly destroys his enemies, but now it's the Crown Prosecutor's turn.

07 LAST

The Enquiry

20100908 (BBC7)
20110308 (BBC7)

|Repercussions from Dantes' false imprisonment are felt in Paris, so now he's got a final score to settle.|Stars Andrew Sachs.|Edmond Dantes has got a final score to settle.

20121125

20121201

By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.|At the age of nineteen, seaman Edmond Dantès has a charmed life - about to be promoted to Captain, and engaged to the beautiful Mercédès. But Marseilles in 1815 is a dangerous place, and three of Dantes' acquaintances set in train a chain of events that will lead Edmond to fourteen years of solitary confinement in the notorious Chateau D'If.|Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802. His father, the illegitimate son of a marquis, was a general in the revolutionary armies, but died when Alexandre was four years old. His most successful novels were The Count of Monte Cristo (serialised between 1844-5) and the Three Musketeers, published in 1844.|To coincide with the broadcast of The Count of Monte Cristo, the Book of the Week is Tom Reiss's account of the life of Alexandre Dumas's father - General Alex Dumas, 'The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo'.

20121202

20121208

By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.|It is 1838, and the Count has arrived in Paris. His enemies, Baron Danglars, Gerard de Villefort and Fernand de Morcerf have no idea that Edmond Dantes, who they betrayed in Marseilles a quarter of a century earlier, is plotting to destroy them.|Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan|Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko

20121209

20121215

By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.|With Fernand de Morcerf dead, the Count begins to tighten the net around Baron Danglars and Gerard de Villefort, and their unsuspecting wives.|Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan|Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko

04 LAST

20121216

20121222

By Alexandre Dumas adapted by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Caderousse is dead, and the Count's ward Andrea is poised to marry Eugenie Danglars. While Heloise de Villefort pursues her own murderous plans to secure General Noirtier's inheritance for her son. The Count's revenge, so long in the planning, is devastating in its conclusion.|Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan|Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	Betrayal		20100831 (BBC7) 20110228 (BBC7)	\|Edmond Dantes returns from sea to his dream girl and job - but his 'friends' are jealous.\|Edmond Dantes returns from sea to the girl and job of his dreams - but his meddling 'friends' are jealous.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.
02	The Abbe Faria		20110301 (BBC7)	\|The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison, find treasure and discover the truth - now Dantes counts on revenge.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.\|The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison and find treasure - now Dantes seeks revenge.
02	The Chateau D'if		20100901 (BBC7)	The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison and find treasure - now Dantes seeks revenge.\|The 'mad' mentor helps him escape prison, find treasure and discover the truth - now Dantes counts on revenge.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.
03	The Abbe Faria		20100902 (BBC7)	Now boundlessly rich, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.\|With his sudden boundless riches, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.
03	The Return		20110302 (BBC7)	\|With his sudden boundless riches, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.\|Now boundlessly rich, Dantes reinvents himself and puts his plans for revenge into action.
04	Escape		20100903 (BBC7)	All things seem possible for millionaire Dantes.\|Runaway horses charm his enemies.\|All things seem possible for capricious millionaire Dantes.\|Runaway horses charm the imposter's enemies.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.
04	The House At Auteuil		20110303 (BBC7)	\|All things seem possible for capricious millionaire Dantes.\|Runaway horses charm the imposter's enemies.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.\|All things seem possible for millionaire Dantes.\|Runaway horses charm his enemies.
05	The Dinner Party		20100906 (BBC7) 20110304 (BBC7)	\|Now established in society, Dantes exposes affairs and plots the downfall of his enemies.\|Now established in society, the avenger Dantes exposes affairs and plots the downfall of his enemies.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.
06	Poison		20100907 (BBC7) 20110307 (BBC7)	\|The relentless vengeance of Dantes slowly destroys his enemies, but now it's the Crown Prosecutor's turn.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.\|Dantes' vengeance slowly destroys his enemies, but now it's the Crown Prosecutor's turn.
07 LAST	The Enquiry		20100908 (BBC7) 20110308 (BBC7)	\|Repercussions from Dantes' false imprisonment are felt in Paris, so now he's got a final score to settle.\|Stars Andrew Sachs.\|Edmond Dantes has got a final score to settle.
01		20121125	20121201	By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.\|At the age of nineteen, seaman Edmond Dantès has a charmed life - about to be promoted to Captain, and engaged to the beautiful Mercédès. But Marseilles in 1815 is a dangerous place, and three of Dantes' acquaintances set in train a chain of events that will lead Edmond to fourteen years of solitary confinement in the notorious Chateau D'If.\|Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802. His father, the illegitimate son of a marquis, was a general in the revolutionary armies, but died when Alexandre was four years old. His most successful novels were The Count of Monte Cristo (serialised between 1844-5) and the Three Musketeers, published in 1844.\|To coincide with the broadcast of The Count of Monte Cristo, the Book of the Week is Tom Reiss's account of the life of Alexandre Dumas's father - General Alex Dumas, 'The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo'.
02		20121202	20121208	By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.\|It is 1838, and the Count has arrived in Paris. His enemies, Baron Danglars, Gerard de Villefort and Fernand de Morcerf have no idea that Edmond Dantes, who they betrayed in Marseilles a quarter of a century earlier, is plotting to destroy them.\|Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan\|Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko
03		20121209	20121215	By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.\|With Fernand de Morcerf dead, the Count begins to tighten the net around Baron Danglars and Gerard de Villefort, and their unsuspecting wives.\|Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan\|Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko
04 LAST		20121216	20121222	By Alexandre Dumas adapted by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Caderousse is dead, and the Count's ward Andrea is poised to marry Eugenie Danglars. While Heloise de Villefort pursues her own murderous plans to secure General Noirtier's inheritance for her son. The Count's revenge, so long in the planning, is devastating in its conclusion.\|Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan\|Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko