Swashbuckling BBC TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. The lavish BBC costume drama based_on Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel set in the early 1800s sees Alan Badel leading a distinguished cast in the greatest tale of betrayal, adventure, romance and revenge the world has ever known.
Edmond Dantes is a brave and honest young man whose peaceful life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are abruptly shattered when he is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune Unlawfully sentenced to the infamous island prison of Chateau D’If, Edmond is destined to spend the rest of his days behind bars. When Edmond audaciously escapes the island he sets off to find the treasure and exact revenge on those who wronged him. This 12-part BBC series is now widely considered to be one of the finest adaptations of the legendary story.
Note: The story takes place during the years following the fall of Napoleon’s empire, beginning in 1815 in the [Recency era, moving into the Georgian period](http://www.willowandthatch.com/period-films-to-watch/period-dramas-victorian-era/) and then ending in 1844, into [Victorian era](http://www.willowandthatch.com/period-films-to-watch/period-dramas-victorian-and-edwardian-eras/).