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Pirates: Behind the Legends
Pirates: Behind the Legends
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Pirates: Behind the Legends

“A swashbuckling adventure; the true and untold story of the history of pirates.”

7.0 / 10
2024
1 season
8 episodes
DramaDocumentary

From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.

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Cast

Billy Boyd

Anne Chambers

Harcourt T. Fuller

I

Iszi Lawrence

Martin Mares

R

Richard Blakemore

H

Hannah Cusworth

C

Connie Kelleher

M

Mark Hanna

A

Alex Borton

Sinead Ferguson

Rory Wilton

Seasons

  • Francis Drake - For Queen and Country

    1.Francis Drake - For Queen and Country

    7.3
    09-06-202444m

    Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake's career, cementing him in history as the world's most controversial pirate.

  • Grace O’Malley - The Pirate Queen of Ireland

    2.Grace O’Malley - The Pirate Queen of Ireland

    7.3
    09-06-202444m

    Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Her rise from wanted pirate to Chieftain is won through a warrior’s sword and a woman’s grit.

  • John Ward - The English Pirate of North Africa

    3.John Ward - The English Pirate of North Africa

    7.3
    16-06-202444m

    The Englishman turned Algerian pirate starts his remarkable ascent from petty pirate to a notorious menace, becoming ruler of the Tunisian empire.

  • Henry Morgan - The Lieutenant Pirate

    4.Henry Morgan - The Lieutenant Pirate

    7.7
    16-06-202444m

    A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.

  • William Kidd - The Treasure Hunter

    5.William Kidd - The Treasure Hunter

    6.7
    23-06-202444m

    Captain Kidd, the treasure hunter. When the legitimate prizes of the Red Sea are not to be found, Kidd quickly turns from pirate hunter to pirate.

  • Blackbeard

    6.Blackbeard

    7.7
    23-06-202444m

    Blackbeard is a terrifying figure with a diverse crew of pirates seeking equality and treasure, aboard the stolen flagship The Queen Anne’s Revenge.

  • Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Mary Read: Rebel Spirits

    7.Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Mary Read: Rebel Spirits

    7.7
    30-06-202444m

    The notorious pirate run town of Nassau is soon to be shaken by the English crackdown on lawlessness in the Caribbean. Living off plunder and raiding, Calico Jack, Anne Bonny and M...

  • Roberts - The Last Great Pirate

    8.Roberts - The Last Great Pirate

    7.3
    30-06-202444m

    Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age, his fleet amassing 450 stolen ships. From his humble beginnings as a Welsh sailor, Roberts quickly...

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