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Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
A swashbuckling adventure; the true and untold story of the history of pirates.
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.
Pirates: Behind the Legends: Season 1 - 8 Episode s
1x1 - Francis Drake - For Queen and Country
June 9, 2024
Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake's career, cementing him in history as the world's most controversial pirate.
1x2 - Grace O’Malley - The Pirate Queen of Ireland
June 9, 2024
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.
1x3 - John Ward - The English Pirate of North Africa
June 16, 2024
The Englishman turned Algerian pirate starts his remarkable ascent from petty pirate to a notorious menace, becoming ruler of the Tunisian empire
1x4 - Henry Morgan - The Lieutenant Pirate
June 16, 2024
A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
1x5 - William Kidd - The Treasure Hunter
June 23, 2024
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.
1x6 - Blackbeard
June 23, 2024
Blackbeard is a terrifying figure with a diverse crew of pirates seeking equality and treasure, aboard the stolen flagship The Queen Anne’s Revenge.
1x7 - Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Mary Read: Rebel Spirits
June 30, 2024
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 Mary Read form a troublesome trio who successfully rob ships and live off the spoils of the sea until they are captured by pirate hunters and tried for piracy.
1x8 - Roberts - The Last Great Pirate
June 30, 2024
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 becomes captain of a pirate ship, showing his shrewd captainship he writes down a pirate code. His piracy almost brings West Indies trade to a standstill until he is hunted down by the English crown.
Pirates: Behind the Legends: 1 Season
Actors in Pirates: Behind the Legends
Billy Boyd
Narrator, Narrator (voice)
Anne Chambers
Self - Author, Self-Author
Rory Wilton
Blackbeard
Harcourt T. Fuller
Self - Historian, Self-Historian
Iszi Lawrence
Self - Author & History Presenter, Self-Auhor & History Presenter
Martin Mares
Self - Historian, Self-Historian
Tim Cartwright
John Ward
Richard Blakemore
Self - Historian, Self-Historian
Waide
Mary Read
Hannah Cusworth
Self - Historian, Self-Historian
Connie Kelleher
Self - Author, Self-Author
Mark Hanna
Self - Historian, Self-Historian
Henry Austwick
William Kidd