Pirates: Behind the Legends(2024)
DramaDocumentary
First Air Date: 2024-06-09
Average Runtime: 44m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 8
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
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.
Keywords
based on true storypiratecharacter studypirate shipfictional biographylegendary herosemi-biographicalfictionalized historylegendssea pirateshistorical documentarybased on real personbased on legends
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Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Francis Drake - For Queen and Country
Air Date: 2024-06-09
Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake's career, cementing him in history as the world's most controversial pirate.
E02
Grace O’Malley - The Pirate Queen of Ireland
Air Date: 2024-06-09
Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Her rise from wanted pirate to Chieftain is won through a warrior’s swor...
E03
John Ward - The English Pirate of North Africa
Air Date: 2024-06-16
The Englishman turned Algerian pirate starts his remarkable ascent from petty pirate to a notorious menace, becoming ...
E04
Henry Morgan - The Lieutenant Pirate
Air Date: 2024-06-16
A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieute...
E05
William Kidd - The Treasure Hunter
Air Date: 2024-06-23
Captain Kidd, the treasure hunter. When the legitimate prizes of the Red Sea are not to be found, Kidd quickly turns ...
E06
Blackbeard
Air Date: 2024-06-23
Blackbeard is a terrifying figure with a diverse crew of pirates seeking equality and treasure, aboard the stolen fla...
E07
Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Mary Read: Rebel Spirits
Air Date: 2024-06-30
The notorious pirate run town of Nassau is soon to be shaken by the English crackdown on lawlessness in the Caribbean...
E08
Roberts - The Last Great Pirate
Air Date: 2024-06-30
Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age, his fleet amassing 450 stolen ships...
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