Series Synopsis
The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.
Series Info
Total Seasons1
StatusEnded
Episodes
EP 1
43m
The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.
The War of the Spanish Succession ends, leaving thousands of Caribbean privateers unemployed. The wreck of a treasure fleet creates new opportunities.
Tensions rise between Benjamin Hornigold and Henry Jennings. Their rivalry takes a new direction when Hornigold declares Nassau a pirate republic.
Hornigold's crew deposes him for his refusal to attack English ships, but Edward Thatch remains loyal. Pirate raids on British slavers provoke outrage.
English authorities tap Woodes Rogers to put a stop to pirate attacks. Black Sam Bellamy suffers a cruel fate at the height of his success.
Rogers' campaign begins with the offer of a pardon, which Hornigold and Jennings accept. But not all Nassau pirates agree. Thatch adopts a new image.
Nassau comes under the control of Rogers, and the era of the pirate kingdom comes to a bloody close.
Derek Jacobi
Narrator
James Oliver Wheatley
Blackbeard / Edward Thatch
Sam Callis
Benjamin Hornigold
Thomas Padley
Charles Vane
Evan Milton
Samuel Bellamy
Samuel Collings
Paulsgrave Williams
Miles Yekinni
Black Caesar
Jack Waldouck
Jack Rackham
Mia Tomlinson
Anne Bonny
Mark Gillis
Henry Jennings
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