Pirates: Behind The Legends
Thursday 1pm
Pirates: Behind The Legends
Thursday 1pm

WHEN TO WATCH
Thursday 19 June 12pm
John Ward
Thursday 19 June 1pm
Henry Morgan
Sunday 22 June 7pm
William Kidd
Episodes
Francis Drake
+Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake’s career, cementing him in history as the world’s most controversial pirate.
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.
John Ward
+The Englishman turned Algerian pirate starts his remarkable ascent from petty pirate to a notorious menace, becoming ruler of the Tunisian empire.
Next ShowingThursday 19 June 12pmOn National GeographicHenry Morgan
+A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
Next ShowingThursday 19 June 1pmOn National GeographicWilliam Kidd
+Captain Kidd, the treasure hunter. When the legitimate prizes of the Red Sea are not to be found, Kidd turns from pirate hunter to pirate.
Next ShowingSunday 22 June 7pmOn National GeographicNext ShowingThursday 26 June 12pmOn National GeographicBlackbeard
+Blackbeard is a terrifying figure with a diverse crew of pirates seeking equality and treasure, aboard the stolen flagship The Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Next ShowingThursday 26 June 1pmOn National GeographicNext ShowingSunday 29 June 7pmOn National GeographicAnne Bonny and Mary Read
+Before they’re captured and face trial, Anne Bonny and Mary Read’s brief careers show them to be more ferocious than the male pirates they sail with.
Bartholomew Roberts
+Bartholomew Roberts, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age, brings West Indies trade to a standstill until hunted down by the English crown.