The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Hoist the Black Flag
Season 1 Episode 1 of 6
The rise and fall of the early-18th century pirate republic based in the Bahamas. This first episode charts the end of the War of Spanish Succession, which left thousands of Caribbean privateers adrift and unemployed, and how the wreck of a treasure fleet created new 'opportunities'. Dramatised documentary, narrated by Derek Jacobi, with James Oliver Wheatley as Blackbeard
The Lost Pirate Kingdom airs on Sky History 2 at 11:00 PM, Tuesday 6 May. (Subtitles.)
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