BBC One's swashbuckling period drama The Musketeers will come to an end later this year after its ten-episode third season.
Based on the characters from Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, it stars Tom Burke as Athos, Santiago Cabrera as Aramis, Howard Charles as Porthos, Luke Pasqualino as d'Artagnan.
"Season three of The Musketeers completes this 30-hour series with ambition and energy," according to executive producer Jessica Pope. "It is packed with action and adventure, fun and drama from the very first opening seconds of episode one to the very end.
"It is a season that will delight its fans and pay off everything they have come to love about the show. Bigger in scale and more serialised than before, it has been real privilege and a joy to produce such a fabulous piece of entertainment for the BBC."
"My Musketeers adventure was truly an incredible experience, which will live with me forever," said Luke Pasqualino, who plays d'Artagnan. "I had the most amazing time exploring this beautiful world with even more beautiful people.
"I feel very sad to see its end but have every confidence that the fans will love viewing it as much as we enjoyed making it. Huge thanks to all who made the show such a pleasurable journey and of course, thank you to the fans that saw the show for everything that it was."
Tom Burke (Athos) promised fans of the show that the final run of The Musketeers will explore "a universe that is less stable than the first two.
"I suppose by that I mean that death and decay are casting a far bigger shadow than ever before from the very first episode. And because of that characters come to really examine their motives, and their fears, not only to save France but to find peace within.
"Time is running out and no-one is getting any younger."
