Pirates: Behind the Legends (2024)

Name: Pirates: Behind the Legends
Genre: Biography, Documentary, History
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Billy Boyd, Anne Chambers, Harcourt T. Fuller, Iszi Lawrence, Martin Mares

Biography · Documentary · 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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (308 votes)
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Disney+ · fuboTV · YouTube TV · National Geographic · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

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

Seasons

Season 1 (2024)

7.53 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.3

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster
U-shaped

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Tale of Francis Drake	7.9	56
2	The Tale of Grace O'Malley	7.3	55
3	The Tale of John Ward	7.8	44
4	The Tale of Henry Morgan	7.4	39
5	The Tale of William Kidd	7.1	39
6	The Tale of Blackbeard	7.5	40
7	The Tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read	6.9	48
8	The Tale of Bart Roberts	8.3	40