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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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Season 1

  • Blackbeard
    5.9/1028 votes
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    Blackbeard

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1956

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    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Thomas A. Stockwell

  • The Raiders
    6.6/1019 votes
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    The Raiders

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1956

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    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Captain Dan Tempest
    6.8/1019 votes
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    Captain Dan Tempest

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1956

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    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Dan Tempest's War with Spain
    6.6/1020 votes
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    Dan Tempest's War with Spain

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1956

    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

  • The Wasp
    6.8/1019 votes
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    The Wasp

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1956

    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

  • Whale Gold
    6.8/1019 votes
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    Whale Gold

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1956

    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

  • The Slave Ship
    7.2/1018 votes
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    The Slave Ship

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1956

    Three slave's escape and free a slave ship.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: John Cousins

  • Gunpowder Plot
    6.9/1017 votes
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    Gunpowder Plot

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1956

    Captain Tempest is refused extra gunpowder by the Admiralty.

    Director: Leslie Arliss

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • The Ladies
    6.7/1021 votes
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    The Ladies

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1956

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

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Roger MacDougall

  • The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo
    6.9/1018 votes
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    The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1956

    A typhus outbreak hits New Providence.

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Thomas A. Stockwell

  • Before the Mast
    6.8/1018 votes
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    Before the Mast

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1956

    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

  • Dan Tempest and the Amazons
    6.6/1017 votes
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    Dan Tempest and the Amazons

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1956

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    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Zachary Weiss

  • Articles of War
    7.1/1018 votes
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    Articles of War

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1956

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

    Director: Leslie Arliss

    Writer: Alan Moreland, Peggy Phillips

  • The Hand of the Hawk
    6.9/1018 votes
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    The Hand of the Hawk

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1956

    Trying to improve trade a merchantmen has a crewman murdered.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Peter C. Hodgking

  • Marooned
    6.1/1016 votes
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    Marooned

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1956

    While celebrating the kings birthday pirate Clip West raids and steals some of the islands supplies.

    Director: Leslie Arliss

    Writer: Peter C. Hodgking

  • Gentleman Jack and the Lady
    6.6/1019 votes
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    Gentleman Jack and the Lady

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1957

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

    Director: Leslie Arliss

    Writer: Zachary Weiss

  • Mr. Beamish and the Hangman's Noose
    6.1/1017 votes
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    Mr. Beamish and the Hangman's Noose

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1957

    Lt. Beamish is arrested by a new governor and Tempest tries to discover the motive behind it.

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Dead Man's Rock
    6.5/1017 votes
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    Dead Man's Rock

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1957

    A Spanish warship attacks the colony and takes Governor Beamish.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Peter C. Hodgking

  • Blood Will Tell
    6.5/1016 votes
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    Blood Will Tell

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1957

    A lawyer arrives searching for an apparent heir to a fortune.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Zachary Weiss

  • Dangerous Cargo
    6.4/1017 votes
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    Dangerous Cargo

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1957

    Tempest is asked to give passage to the governor of Barbados wife.

    Director: Leslie Arliss

    Writer: Zachary Weiss

  • The Return of Calico Jack
    6.2/1016 votes
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    The Return of Calico Jack

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1957

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    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Zachary Weiss, Basil Dawson

  • Ghost Ship
    6.9/1017 votes
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    Ghost Ship

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1957

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

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Peter C. Hodgking

  • Conquistador
    6.8/1018 votes
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    Conquistador

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1957

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

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Terence Moore, Basil Dawson

  • Mother Doughty's Crew
    6.5/1016 votes
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    Mother Doughty's Crew

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1957

    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

  • Conquest of New Providence
    6.8/1017 votes
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    Conquest of New Providence

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1957

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    Director: Leslie Arliss, Robert Day

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Hurricane
    6.4/1017 votes
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    Hurricane

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1957

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

    Director: Leslie Arliss

    Writer: Terence Moore, Peggy Phillips

  • Cutlass Wedding
    6.3/1016 votes
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    Cutlass Wedding

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/20/1957

    The women pf New Providence threaten to leave the colony in retaliation after Taffy backs out of his wedding to a colony girl.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Thomas A. Stockwell

  • Aztec Treasure
    5.6/1018 votes
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    Aztec Treasure

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/27/1957

    After a meeting in a bar Dan is asked to help a stranger named Martin on a treasure hunt.

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Prize of Andalusia
    6.1/1017 votes
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    Prize of Andalusia

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/3/1957

    The crew pick up a stranded sailor who's cargo was taken by the Spanish.

    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Zachary Weiss, Basil Dawson

  • Dan Tempest Holds an Auction
    6.9/1017 votes
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    Dan Tempest Holds an Auction

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/10/1957

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    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Alan Moreland

  • Spy Aboard
    6.4/1017 votes
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    Spy Aboard

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/17/1957

    Tempest believes there is a spy aboard after being robbed by notorious pirate Peg Leg.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Neil R. Collins

  • Flip and Jenny
    6.6/1013 votes
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    Flip and Jenny

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/24/1957

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    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Neil R. Collins

  • Indian Fighters
    6.3/1016 votes
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    Indian Fighters

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/1/1957

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    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Neil R. Collins

  • Mistress Higgins' Treasure
    6.5/1018 votes
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    Mistress Higgins' Treasure

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/8/1957

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

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Thomas A. Stockwell

  • To the Rescue
    6.3/1017 votes
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    To the Rescue

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/15/1957

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    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Phillis Miller

  • The Decoy
    7.0/1018 votes
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    The Decoy

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 5/22/1957

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

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Albert Ruben

  • Instruments of War
    6.3/1017 votes
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    Instruments of War

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 5/29/1957

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    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: Peter Rossano

  • Pirate's Honour
    5.9/1019 votes
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    Pirate's Honour

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/5/1957

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    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Marion Myers

  • Printer's Devil
    6.7/1016 votes
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    Printer's Devil

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/12/1957

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    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: Terence Moore