Episodes

• Francis Drake

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  Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake’s career, cementing him in history as the world’s most controversial pirate.

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  Saturday 31 May at 12:20 CAT

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  Sunday 1 June at 06:45 CAT

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• Grace O'Malley

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  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.

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  Saturday 31 May at 13:10 CAT

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  Sunday 1 June at 07:35 CAT

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• John Ward

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  The Englishman turned Algerian pirate starts his remarkable ascent from petty pirate to a notorious menace, becoming ruler of the Tunisian empire.

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  Saturday 7 June at 12:15 CAT

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  Sunday 8 June at 06:40 CAT

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• Henry Morgan

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  A brilliant strategist, Morgan takes humans, treasure and Spanish colonial towns with no mercy later becoming Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.

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  Saturday 7 June at 13:05 CAT

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  Sunday 8 June at 07:30 CAT

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• William Kidd

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  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.

• Blackbeard

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  Blackbeard is a terrifying figure with a diverse crew of pirates seeking equality and treasure, aboard the stolen flagship The Queen Anne’s Revenge.

• Anne Bonny and Mary Read

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  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

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  Bartholomew Roberts, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age, brings West Indies trade to a standstill until hunted down by the English crown.