Pirates: Behind the Legends

2024 - 2024

Francis Drake - For Queen and Country

Episode 1

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

Episode 2

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

Episode 3

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

Episode 4

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

Episode 5

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

Episode 6

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

Episode 7

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.

Roberts - The Last Great Pirate

Episode 8

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.

Top Cast

Billy Boyd•Anne Chambers•Harcourt T. Fuller

Director

Daniel Sharp

Drama Documentary

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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Billy Boyd Image

Billy Boyd

Narrator (voice)

Anne Chambers Image

Anne Chambers

Self - Author

Harcourt T. Fuller Image

Harcourt T. Fuller

Self - Historian

Iszi Lawrence

Self - Author & History Presenter

Martin Mares Image

Martin Mares

Self - Historian

Richard Blakemore

Self - Historian

Hannah Cusworth

Self - Historian

Connie Kelleher

Self - Author

Mark Hanna

Self - Historian

Full Crew

Anna O'Malley

Producer

Daniel Sharp

Director

Daniel Sharp

Producer

Ella Turner

Art Department Assistant

Michael Hunault

Visual Effects

Becky Gordon

Researcher

Oliver Watts

Cinematography

Matt King

Co-Executive Producer

Charlie Goodger

Cinematography

Sophie Moelle

Production Design

Zoe Pyne

Assistant Makeup Artist

Michael Bromley

Makeup Artist

Yasmine Alkadi

Line Producer

Geoff Alexander

Sound Director

Mark Summerell

Music

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