# Help me identify am obscure French historical adventure TV show

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**Created:** [June 4, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132 "2017-06-04T22:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132/1 "2017-06-04T22:00:01Z")

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The show starred a young impoverished (and I think orphaned) nobleman in the 1780s. He lost his father’s estate, and after some adventures ended up becoming a captain in Louis XV’s Scottish Guard. He had an Iroquois servant/sidekick/comic relief, and was friends with a Swiss officer (of the king’s Swiss Guard). I believe the show was made in the 1980s. I’m not sure if it was French; it could have been Canadian, too. The actors spoke French, though (I watched it with subtitles).  
It wasn’t a masterpiece or anything. Just an adventure show for young people, with very little violence.

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132/2 "2017-06-04T22:13:06Z")

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was it [“The Flashing Blade”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZEDNkZ2L4)

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**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132/3 "2017-06-04T23:55:25Z")

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No, that looks like it’s set in the 17th century. The one that I mean is set in the late 18th century.  
Though The Flashing Blade looks interesting in its own right. Thank you for bringing my attention to it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132/4 "2017-06-06T09:47:08Z")

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> [@Apollon](#):
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> Louis XV’s Scottish Guard.

I meant of course Louis XVI. :smack: