Pirates: Behind the Legends

Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)

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

  • Genre: Documentary, Drama
  • First Air Date: 2024-06-09
  • Last Air Date: 2024-06-30
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 8
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 44 min.
  • Production Company: National Geographic
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Networks: National Geographic
  • Director: Daniel Sharp
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Summary

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 story, pirate, character study, pirate ship, fictional biography, legendary hero, semi-biographical, fictionalized history, legends, sea pirates, historical documentary, based on real person, biographical documentary, based on legends
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    Pirates: Behind the Legends Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2024-06-09
    8 Episodes

    Pirates: Behind the Legends Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Francis Drake - For Queen and Country60 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Tale Of Grace O'Malley60 min
    Season 1Episode 3John Ward60 min
    Season 1Episode 4Henry Morgan60 min
    Season 1Episode 5William Kidd60 min
    Season 1Episode 6Blackbeard60 min
    Season 1Episode 7Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Mary Read: Rebel Spirits60 min
    Season 1Episode 8Roberts: The Last Great Pirate60 min
    • Billy Boyd

      as Narrator
    • Rory Wilton

      as Blackbeard
    • Anne Chambers

      as Self - Author
    • Harcourt T. Fuller

      as Self - Historian
    • Iszi Lawrence

      as Self - Author & History Presenter
    • Tim Cartwright

      as John Ward
    • Waide

      as Mary Read
    • Martin Mares

      as Self - Historian
    • Richard Blakemore

      as Self - Historian
    • Henry Austwick

      as William Kidd
    • Hannah Cusworth

      as Self - Historian
    • Connie Kelleher

      as Self - Author
    • Mark Hanna

      as Self - Historian
    Directing Daniel Sharp Director
    Production Daniel Sharp Producer
    Production Anna O'Malley Producer
    Production Yasmine Alkadi Line Producer
    Production Matt King Co-Executive Producer
    Sound Mark Summerell Music
    Crew Charlie Goodger Cinematography
    Crew Oliver Watts Cinematography
    Art Sophie Moelle Production Design
    Costume & Make-Up Michael Bromley Makeup Artist
    Costume & Make-Up Zoe Pyne Assistant Makeup Artist
    Sound Geoff Alexander Sound Director
    Art Ella Turner Art Department Assistant
    Visual Effects Michael Hunault Visual Effects
    Production Becky Gordon Researcher

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