PBS America (Freeview) Saturday

The true stories behind famous pirates, beginning with Francis Drake, famous for an expedition that was the start of England's challenge to Spain and Portugal's empires

The story of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland, who defied gender conventions to become the most feared and respected leader of both the land and the sea

The story of Englishman John Ward who, at the age of 50, started a remarkable ascent from petty pirate to notorious menace on the Mediterranean Sea

The story of pirate-turned-colonial governor Henry Morgan, revealing the circumstances that led him to imprisonment in the Tower of London

Experimental archaeologists from the University of Trier reconstruct a full-scale historical replica of a Roman ship, using ancient craftsmanship and based on excavation findings.

The role ghettos played in the destruction of Jewish communities during the Holocaust through recently exhumed and translated diaries

The untold story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who managed to infiltrate Auschwitz to create an information network with the help of resistance fighters within the death camp

Experimental archaeologists from the University of Trier reconstruct a full-scale historical replica of a Roman ship, using ancient craftsmanship and based on excavation findings.

Documentary examining stories of brutal acts of violence carried out against German civilians in formerly occupied countries in the aftermath of the Second World War

The role ghettos played in the destruction of Jewish communities during the Holocaust through recently exhumed and translated diaries