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The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 36 - The Decoy
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #1 - The Decoy

    S1:E36

    Attempting to avoid a pirate known as The Turk Tempest finds a dinghy adrift at sea.

    Director:C.M. Pennington-Richards
    Writer:Albert Ruben

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  2. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 7 - The Slave Ship
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    #2 - The Slave Ship

    S1:E7

    Three slave's escape and free a slave ship.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:John Cousins

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  3. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 13 - Articles of War
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Articles of War

    S1:E13

    With dwindling supplies the Spanish threaten to sink a ship bearing food and medicines unless Spanish prisoners are released.

    Director:Leslie Arliss
    Writers:Peggy Phillips, Alan Moreland

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  4. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 24 - Mother Doughty's Crew
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Mother Doughty's Crew

    S1:E24

    Tempest is put under pressure to capture a pirate responsible for a series of raids to stop rumours he is to blame.

    Director:C.M. Pennington-Richards
    Writer:Zachary Weiss

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  5. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 30 - Dan Tempest Holds an Auction
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #5 - Dan Tempest Holds an Auction

    S1:E30

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    Director:Peter Maxwell
    Writer:Alan Moreland

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  6. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 5 - The Wasp
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    #6 - The Wasp

    S1:E5

    A raiding party of pirates led by Blackbeard is looting the storehouse of New Providence. They leave behind one teenage lad to cover their retreat. Tempest is frustrated that raids like this can happen and wants Beamish to supply him with weapons to arm his sloop so he can go to sea and take the fight to them. Beamish sees to it and the captured boy is pressed into service as Tempest's cabin boy and they head out to sea to search for Blackbeard.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Peter C. Hodgking

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  7. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 23 - Conquistador
    6.9/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Conquistador

    S1:E23

    The Sulltana is blamed for a number of attacks but Beamish Does not believe Captain Tempest could be responsible.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writers:Terence Moore, Basil Dawson

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  8. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 25 - Conquest of New Providence
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #8 - Conquest of New Providence

    S1:E25

    No description available

    Directors:Leslie Arliss, Robert Day
    Writer:Terence Moore

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  9. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 3 - Captain Dan Tempest
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Captain Dan Tempest

    S1:E3

    No description available

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Terence Moore

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  10. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 10 - The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo
    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo

    S1:E10

    A typhus outbreak hits New Providence.

    Director:C.M. Pennington-Richards
    Writer:Thomas A. Stockwell

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  11. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 11 - Before the Mast
    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Before the Mast

    S1:E11

    A pirate ship is seen in the waters around New Providence, with a Spanish blockade already in place, Tempest concocts an audacious plan to not only stop the pirate but destroy his ship.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Roger MacDougall

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  12. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 14 - The Hand of the Hawk
    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #12 - The Hand of the Hawk

    S1:E14

    Trying to improve trade a merchantmen has a crewman murdered.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Peter C. Hodgking

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  13. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 22 - Ghost Ship
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Ghost Ship

    S1:E22

    The Sultana discovers an abandoned ship bringing superstitions to the crew.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Peter C. Hodgking

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  14. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 39 - Printer's Devil
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Printer's Devil

    S1:E39

    No description available

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Terence Moore

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  15. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 16 - Gentleman Jack and the Lady
    6.7/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Gentleman Jack and the Lady

    S1:E16

    Tempest take a prize from another privateer who vows revenge, but is Captain Gentleman Jack what he seems?

    Director:Leslie Arliss
    Writer:Zachary Weiss

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  16. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 6 - Whale Gold
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Whale Gold

    S1:E6

    A crew are at sea in search of Ambergris, better known as whale gold. A substance worth 5 times its weight in gold. When a number of the crew find a deposit on an island things get difficult when they try to hide their find from the rest of the crew.

    Director:Leslie Arliss
    Writer:Zachary Weiss

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  17. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 8 - Gunpowder Plot
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #17 - Gunpowder Plot

    S1:E8

    Captain Tempest is refused extra gunpowder by the Admiralty.

    Director:Leslie Arliss
    Writer:Terence Moore

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  18. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 26 - Hurricane
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Hurricane

    S1:E26

    In the aftermath of a hurricane rumours spread of a sunk Spanish treasure ship.

    Director:Leslie Arliss
    Writers:Terence Moore, Peggy Phillips

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  19. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 34 - Mistress Higgins' Treasure
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Mistress Higgins' Treasure

    S1:E34

    While delivering tools to a farming community a schoolmistress boards telling of hidden treasure.

    Director:C.M. Pennington-Richards
    Writer:Thomas A. Stockwell

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  20. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 37 - Instruments of War
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Instruments of War

    S1:E37

    No description available

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Peter Rossano

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  21. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 2 - The Raiders
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    #21 - The Raiders

    S1:E2

    No description available

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Terence Moore

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  22. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 4 - Dan Tempest's War with Spain
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Dan Tempest's War with Spain

    S1:E4

    Lt. Beamish, just named Governor of New Providence, prepares to welcome the commander of a Spanish galleon. His inexperience and trusting nature make him a good mark for the wily Spaniard, whose visit is not a friendly one.

    Director:Leslie Arliss
    Writer:Zachary Weiss

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  23. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 9 - The Ladies
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #23 - The Ladies

    S1:E9

    There is concern that Blackbeard may attack a ship containing female passengers.

    Director:C.M. Pennington-Richards
    Writer:Roger MacDougall

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  24. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 12 - Dan Tempest and the Amazons
    6.5/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Dan Tempest and the Amazons

    S1:E12

    No description available

    Director:C.M. Pennington-Richards
    Writer:Zachary Weiss

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  25. The Buccaneers Season 1 Episode 18 - Dead Man's Rock
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #25 - Dead Man's Rock

    S1:E18

    A Spanish warship attacks the colony and takes Governor Beamish.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Peter C. Hodgking

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Decoy" is the best rated episode of "The Buccaneers". It scored 7.3/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and written by Albert Ruben, it aired on 5/22/1957. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Slave Ship".