The Musketeers will return for second BBC series
Luke Pasqualino as D'Artagnan in BBC's The Musketeers
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The Musketeers has been commissioned for a second series on BBC one after executives say it 'brought something fresh and new to the channel'
The drama is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel, The Three Musketeers. Set in 17th-century Paris, it depicts the adventures of D'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino), Athos (Tom Burke), Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) and Porthos (Howard Charles), a "crack team of highly trained soldiers" protecting King Louis XIII of France (Ryan Gage).
All four of the musketeers will return for series two. However, Peter Capaldi, who plays the villainous Cardinal Richelieu, is not expected to return due to his filming commitments on Doctor Who.
The controller of BBC One, Charlotte Moore, said: “Drama in 2014 has got off to a great start on BBC One and The Musketeers has really brought something fresh and new to the channel. I can't wait to see how things will develop in the next series."
The show has received mixed reviews, with Telegraph critic Mark Monahan describing the first episode as an "undemanding helping of revisionist pulp fiction" with "plenty of swashbuckling fun".
REVIEW: The Musketeers 
The show's creator Adrian Hodges said he was "thrilled" that a second series was in the works, and called his work on The Musketeers "one of the greatest challenges and joys of my professional life".
Episode one of the series attracted a consolidated audience of 9.3 milion, with the first three episodes averaging 6.3 million viewers in figures from overnight ratings. Seven episodes are still to air.
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