Series Details, Episode Guide, Fan-Produced DVDr Set

Young Blades

Young Blades Cast

Young Blades, for fans of the Queen of Swords

DVDr Set of Season 1: Fan-Produced, Region-Free

(December 2022) — I’ve recently made my Young Blades DVD source files (VCD/MPG video format) episodes available via cloud share. For an easy $5 PayPal contribution to help with my webhosting costs, I’ll send you the link!

Introducing my Young Blades unofficial fan-produced region-free (region 0) DVDr 4 disc set, completed by rainofhearts June 2009. You pay postage and materials and I ship to United States addresses only. All 13 broadcast episodes were recorded straight to my PC from my DISH satellite television from 2005 to 2006 and encoded for DVD format. Most stand-alone dvd players will play these discs just as if they were pressed for retail. They feature interactive color menus and 3-4 episodes per disc. Packaged in slimline plastic cases or paper sleeves with informational inserts (a hold over from when I was able to use the larger dual cases).

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Take a look at these screenshots, menu screenshot and case artwork — and email me for more details!

Young Blades DVD Screenshots
Young Blades Menu Screen
Young Blades Case Art

Young Blades: Cast, Series Details, & Links

Premiered: January 23, 2005, on PAX (now Ion Television)

Produced by: The Hatchery LLC and Shavick Entertainment

Rating: TV-PG

Premise: A campy spin on Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers follows the swashbuckling exploits of new heroes: D’Artagnan, the legend’s son, and his friends Siroc, Ramon and Jacques (who’s really the fierce but lovely Jacqueline in disguise). Set in 17th century France.

Young Blades Cast

Michael Ironside: Cardinal Mazarin
Bruce Boxleitner: Capt. Duval
Tobias Mehler: D’Artagnan
Karen Cliche: Jacques/Jacqueline
Zak Santiago: Ramon
Mark Hildreth: Siroc
Robbie Sheehan: Prince Louis
Sheena Easton: Queen Anne

Young Blades Credits

Billy Brown: Executive Producer
Georges Campanna: Executive Producer
James Shavick: Executive Producer
Kirk Shaw: Executive Producer

Young Blades Guest Cast

Charles Shaughnessy: D’Artagnan Sr.
Ellen Dubin: Clementine, Duchess de Bobigny
Heather McEwen: Princess Tatiana
Jerry Wasserman: Oliver Cromwell
Katharine Isabelle: Celeste Le Rue
Michael Boisvert: King Charles II
Phillip Mitchell: Capt. Bernard

Young Blades Episode Guide

  • Season 1, Episode 13 — Aired: 6/2/2005
    Secrets
    D’Artagnan and Jacqueline meet the famous author Alexandre Dumas and in a strange twist he relays to them that he is their creator. Meanwhile, Jacqueline learns her brother is back in France and wants to see her and Siroc creates a love potion which the Musketeers test — but with interesting results.
  • Season 1, Episode 12 — Aired: 5/26/2005
    The Chameleon
    While posing as her female self, Jacqueline, to befriend a woman from Captain Duval’s past, she discovers that a man is posing as “Jacques” but unmasking the deceiver could expose her own secret.
  • Season 1, Episode 11 — Aired: 5/19/2005
    To Heir Is Human
    When a man is murdered by Mazarin’s men, his brother and widow believe the Musketeers to be the culprits, but they soon discover the truth. Meanwhile, the Musketeers must keep the woman and her brother-in-law safe for he is the illegimate son of the late King.
  • Season 1, Episode 10 — Aired: 5/12/2005
    The Invincible Sword
    Ramon is injured by a legendary sword, and when Jacqueline picks it up, she becomes an invincible fighter, oblivious to its powers. Meanwhile, the Musketeers must fight to save Ramon from death and recover Jacqueline before the sword steals her soul.
  • Season 1, Episode 9 — Aired: 5/5/2005
    The Girl from Upper Gaborski
    Princess Tatiana of Upper Gaborski comes to France to sign the betrothal agreement with King Louis, but her country’s newfound diamond wealth holds a secret. Meanwhile, the Musketeers attempt to thwart a plot to kill the Princess.
  • Season 1, Episode 8 — Aired: 4/28/2005
    Coat of Arms
    Cardinal Mazarin tracks down a member of his society who stole a stone from the body of the Black Knight. Meanwhile, Ramon is upset with D’Artagnan over a woman, and they must work together to save her when the Black Knight kidnaps her.
  • Season 1, Episode 7 — Aired: 4/12/2005
    Four Musketeers and a Baby
    D’Artagnan finds a baby that he believes is his own, and he and his fellow Musketeers attempt to care for the infant. Meanwhile, D’Artagnan has his hands full when he encounters the Highwayman, who is terrorizing people and wooing women.
  • Season 1, Episode 6 — Aired: 3/20/2005
    Secrets of the Father
    D’Artagnan’s father arrives at the same time that a list of French agents is stolen, and D’Artagnan begins to wonder what kind of man his father has become, when suspicion falls on him. Meanwhile, the Queen begins getting threatening letters.
  • Season 1, Episode 5 — Aired: 3/13/2005
    Da Vinci’s Notebook
    Siroc builds a machine gun that da Vinci apparently designed before he died. Meanwhile, Jacqueline has to fend off a girl who is obsessed with “Jacques” and is one of D’Artagnan’s castoffs.
  • Season 1, Episode 4 — Aired: 2/20/2005
    The Exile
    As her female self, Jacqueline rescues and falls in love with the exiled King Charles II of England, who is on the run from the vicious Oliver Cromwell. He offers to make her his queen, but will she choose to stay to fight for her own country or leave for love?
  • Season 1, Episode 3 — Aired: 2/13/2005
    Enchanted
    French noble children are disappearing from their homes in the middle of the night without signs of a struggle, and the Musketeers are called in to unravel this mystery. All the while, Ramon is falling under the spell of a beautiful poet and enchantress, who is really in cahoots with the Cardinal and the Secret Order. Their plan is to brain wash the children and then implant them back into society in two years’ time.
  • Season 1, Episode 2 — Aired: 1/30/2005
    Rub-a-dub Sub
    When a gang extorts money from local shopkeepers, D’Artagnan and Jacques go undercover to find who is behind this ill deed. Meanwhile, Mazarin finds out what the Musketeers are up to and tries to frame them for the deed; Siroc creates the “sub aquatic chamber”, the world’s first submarine.
  • Season 1, Episode 1 — Aired: 1/23/2005
    Wanted
    Jaqueline, a girl in trouble with the law, dresses like a boy and joins the Musketeers to avoid arrest, but she runs into trouble after an argument with D’Artagnan Jr. yet wins the respect of the instructor and two of the other Musketeers, Ramon and Siroc. She soon discovers that her brother has been taken by the evil Cardinal to be used for experimentation by a secret society and sets out to rescue him. Along the way, she gains the help of D’Artagnan, Ramon and Siroc, and D’Artagnan discovers her secret.

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