BBC One Confirms Second Series of The Musketeers

From the press release:

A second series of BBC One’s fresh and contemporary take on the classic Alexandre Dumas characters has been commissioned following an impressive launch. With a consolidated audience of 9.3 million for episode one of The Musketeers, this makes it the BBC’s biggest new drama launch since Call The Midwife.

The Musketeers has proved a successful addition to BBC One’s line-up, with the first three episodes averaging 6.3 million viewers in the overnight ratings.

The current 10-part series stars Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias) as D’Artagnan alongside The Musketeers; Tom Burke (Great Expectations, The Hour) as Athos; Santiago Cabrera (Merlin, Heroes) as Aramis; and Howard Charles (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Porthos. Together they are a crack team of highly trained soldiers. All four cast members will return in series two.

The Musketeers was re-commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One and Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning.

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