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Pirates: Behind the Legends poster

Pirates: Behind the Legends

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

2024 1 Season 7Series

DramaDocumentary

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.

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Daniel Sharp

Director

Top Cast

Billy Boyd

Billy Boyd

Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

Anne Chambers

Anne Chambers

Self - Author · 8 eps

Harcourt T. Fuller

Harcourt T. Fuller

Self - Historian · 8 eps

Iszi Lawrence

Self - Author & History Presenter · 8 eps

Martin Mares

Martin Mares

Self - Historian · 8 eps

Richard Blakemore

Self - Historian · 8 eps

Hannah Cusworth

Self - Historian · 8 eps

Connie Kelleher

Self - Author · 8 eps

Mark Hanna

Self - Historian · 8 eps

Alex Borton

Self - Pirate · 4 eps

Sinead Ferguson

Sinead Ferguson

Anne Bonny · 1 ep

Rory Wilton

Rory Wilton

Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard · 1 ep

Waide

Mary Read · 1 ep

Henry Austwick

Henry Austwick

William Kidd · 1 ep

Tim Cartwright

Tim Cartwright

John Ward · 1 ep

David Kittow

Bartholomew Roberts a.k.a. Black Bart · 1 ep