Pirates: Behind the Legends

Pirates: Behind the Legends

2024
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 8 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 44 min/episode
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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Disney Plus
fuboTV

Seasons

Season 1
2024 • 8 Episodes
Circumnavigation is the pinnacle of Drake's career, cementing him in history as the world's most controversial pirate.

Cast

Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd
Narrator (voice)
Anne Chambers
Anne Chambers
Self - Author
Harcourt T. Fuller
Harcourt T. Fuller
Self - Historian
Iszi Lawrence
Iszi Lawrence
Self - Author & History Presenter
Martin Mares
Martin Mares
Self - Historian
Richard Blakemore
Richard Blakemore
Self - Historian

Crew

Director
Daniel Sharp
Producer
Anna O'Malley, Daniel Sharp

Network

National Geographic

Production

National Geographic, Dash Pictures

Keywords

based on true storypiratecharacter studypirate shipfictional biographylegendary herosemi-biographicalfictionalized historylegendssea pirates