Pirates: Behind the Legends

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

7.0(8)|2024-06-09|1 seasons, 8 episodes

DramaDocumentary

Overview

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.

Episodes

Season 1(8)

S1E1 · 2024-06-09 · 44m

Francis Drake - For Queen and Country

7.3

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

S1E2 · 2024-06-09 · 44m

Grace O’Malley - The Pirate Queen of Ireland

7.3

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.

S1E3 · 2024-06-16 · 44m

John Ward - The English Pirate of North Africa

7.3

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

S1E4 · 2024-06-16 · 44m

Henry Morgan - The Lieutenant Pirate

7.7

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

S1E5 · 2024-06-23 · 44m

William Kidd - The Treasure Hunter

6.7

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.

S1E6 · 2024-06-23 · 44m

Blackbeard

7.7

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

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Billy Boyd

Narrator (voice)

Anne Chambers

Self - Author

Harcourt T. Fuller

Self - Historian

Iszi Lawrence

Self - Author & History Presenter

Martin Mares

Self - Historian

Richard Blakemore

Self - Historian

Hannah Cusworth

Self - Historian

Connie Kelleher

Self - Author

Mark Hanna

Self - Historian