Pirates: Behind The Legends
Sunday 07.00pm
Pirates: Behind The Legends
Sunday 07.00pm
WHEN TO WATCH
Wednesday 18 September at 10.00am
William Kidd
Sunday 22 September at 07.00pm
Blackbeard
Tuesday 24 September at 04.00pm
Blackbeard
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.
Henry Morgan
+A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
William 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 ShowingWednesday 18 September at 10.00amOn 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 ShowingSunday 22 September at 07.00pmOn National GeographicNext ShowingTuesday 24 September at 04.00pmOn 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.
Next ShowingSunday 29 September at 07.00pmOn National Geographic