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

Watch Providers

National Geographic

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as Narrator (voice)

as Self - Author

Harcourt T. Fuller

Harcourt T. Fuller

as Self - Historian

as Self - Author & History Presenter

as Self - Historian

Richard Blakemore

Richard Blakemore

as Self - Historian

Hannah Cusworth

Hannah Cusworth

as Self - Historian

Connie Kelleher

Connie Kelleher

as Self - Author

as Self - Historian

Sinead Ferguson

Sinead Ferguson

as Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard

as William Kidd

as Bartholomew Roberts a.k.a. Black Bart

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

Francis drake - for queen and country
1x2

Grace o’malley - the pirate queen of ireland
1x3

John ward - the english pirate of north africa
1x4

Henry morgan - the lieutenant pirate
1x5

William kidd - the treasure hunter
1x6

Blackbeard
1x7

Calico jack, anne bonny, mary read: rebel spirits
1x8

Roberts - the last great pirate

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