Pirates: Behind the Legends - Production & Contact Info

Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024–2024)
TV-14
TV Series | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024–2024)

TV-14

TV Series | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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.

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Director

Daniel Sharp

Writers

Peter Fellows (writer) | Kevin Waite (writer)

Composer

Mark Summerell

Cinematographers

Charlie Goodger | Oliver Watts

Editors

Charlotte Connell | Alexander Goff | Nathan Coetzee | Tim Raggett & 4 more

Production Designer

Sophie Moelle

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Updated Jun 8, 2024

Release date (First episode)

Jun 8, 2024 (United States)

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28 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Mark Hanna Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	8	The Lost Pirate Kingdom (2021)
Billy Boyd Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Alex Borton Self - Pirate Self - Pirate See fewer	4	Thunderbolts* (2025)
Harcourt T. Fuller Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	3	Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess (2015)
Margarette Lincoln Self - 18th Century Maritime and Social History Self - 18th Century Maritime and Social History See fewer	3	Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (2005)
Jürgen Koenen Self - John Hawkins / Self - Sir Richard Bingham Self - John Hawkins / Self - Sir Richard Bingham See fewer	2	The Dreadful
Rory Wilton Self - Blackbeard Self - Blackbeard See fewer	1	Fisherman's Friends (2019)
Martin Mares Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	The Gray Man (2022)
Iszi Lawrence Self - Author & History Presenter Self - Author & History Presenter See fewer	1	Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie (2013)
Sinead Ferguson Self - Anne Bonny Self - Anne Bonny See fewer	1	Pieces of Us (V)
Rebecca Simon Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	Expedition Unknown (2015)
Will Mattos Self - William Moore Self - William Moore See fewer	1	Rosamunde Pilcher (1993)
Jorge Cañizares Self - Professor Self - Professor See fewer	1	Enviado especial (2016)
David Kittow Self - Bartholomew Roberts (credit only) Self - Bartholomew Roberts (credit only) See fewer	1	Killcon (2024)
Henry Austwick Self - William Kidd Self - William Kidd See fewer	1	Valhalla (II) (2016)
Richard Blakemore Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	Expedition Unknown (2015)
Nuala Zahedieh Self - Professor Self - Professor See fewer	1	Pirates (1998)
Melanie Lamote Self - Professor Self - Professor See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
Craig Lambert Self - Maritime Historian Self - Maritime Historian See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
Charles Ewen Self - Professor Self - Professor See fewer	1	Expedition Unknown (2015)
Connie Kelleher Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	1	Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck (2021)
Anne Chambers Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
Hannah Cusworth Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
David Wilson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
Tara Rider Self - Environmental History Self - Environmental History See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
Oliver Finnegan Self - Piracy and Colonialism Self - Piracy and Colonialism See fewer	1	Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)
Waide Self - Mary Read (credit only) Self - Mary Read (credit only) See fewer	1	Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
Tim Cartwright Self - John Ward Self - John Ward See fewer	1	The Legend of Mordred (2019)