The Buccaneers (1956)

Genre

drama television series, pirate film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 39 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they sail the seas in their ship. It is a television drama aimed at teenage audiences from the 1950s.

adventurouslightheartedfast-pacednostalgicswashbucklingexcitingold-fashioned

What happens

The Buccaneers is a 1956 Sapphire Films television drama series for ITC Entertainment. It was broadcast by CBS in the US and shown on ATV and regional ITV companies as they came on air during the infancy of ITV in the UK. Starring Robert Shaw as Captain Dan Tempest, the series, aimed at teenagers, followed the adventures of Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they made their way across the seven seas in the Sultana. This series was one of several swashbuckling adventure series produced during this period by or for Lew Grade's ITC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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