The series was created by writer Michael Hogan and produced by the Towers of London for Incorporated Television Programmes.

It was one of the first drama series shown on the fledging network, which had only begun transmission in London the week before.

Alpha Home Entertainment released Volume 1 of The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel on DVD in 2006.

The cover art used on these releases, however, erroneously used photos of Marius Goring in his character as Conductor 71 from his 1946 film A Matter of Life and Death.

Network (UK) released the entire 18-episode series on a three disc DVD set on 30 July 2012 with some extras included: a behind the scenes photo gallery.