Pirates: Behind the Legends
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.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Cast:Billy Boyd , Mark Hanna , Harcourt T. Fuller , Margarette Lincoln , Rory Wilton , Sinead Ferguson , Tim Cartwright , Martin Mares , Waide , Iszi Lawrence , Rebecca Simon , Henry Austwick , Richard Blakemore , Charles Ewen , Nuala Zahedieh , Tara Rider , Anne Chambers , Craig Lambert
S1.E1 ∙ The Tale of Francis Drake
Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake's career, cementing him in history as the world's most controversial pirate.
S1.E2 ∙ The Tale of Grace O'Malley
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.
S1.E3 ∙ The Tale of John Ward
The Englishman turned Algerian pirate became ruler of the Tunisian empire.
S1.E4 ∙ The Tale of Henry Morgan
A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
S1.E5 ∙ The Tale of William Kidd
Seeking fortune in the Red Sea, Captain Kidd resorts to piracy when legitimate prizes elude him, transitioning from a pirate hunter to a pirate himself.
S1.E6 ∙ The Tale of Blackbeard
Blackbeard commands a diverse pirate crew seeking equality and riches on the stolen flagship The Queen Anne's Revenge, striking terror wherever they sail.
S1.E7 ∙ The Tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Anne Bonny and Mary Read's fleeting pirate exploits depict their ruthlessness surpassing their male counterparts before arrest and prosecution.
S1.E8 ∙ The Tale of Bart Roberts
Bartholomew Roberts, a formidable pirate, disrupts West Indies trade until the English crown relentlessly pursues and apprehends him at the height of the Golden Age.
