Pirates: Behind the Legends

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8 Episode

Pirates: Behind the Legends

A swashbuckling adventure; the true and untold story of the history of pirates.


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44 minutes 2026 HD

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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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