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The Best Episodes of The Buccaneers Season 1

Every episode of The Buccaneers Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Buccaneers Season 1!

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.

Genres:DramaAction & AdventureKidsFamilyCrime
Network:ITV1

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Buccaneers" season 1 is "Blackbeard", rated 5.9/10 from 28 user votes. It was directed by Ralph Smart and written by Thomas A. Stockwell. "Blackbeard" aired on 9/19/1956 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Raiders".

  • Blackbeard
    5.9/10 28 votes

    #1 - Blackbeard

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1956

    No description available

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Thomas A. Stockwell

  • The Raiders
    6.6/10 19 votes

    #2 - The Raiders

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1956

    No description available

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Captain Dan Tempest
    6.8/10 19 votes

    #3 - Captain Dan Tempest

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1956

    No description available

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: Terence Moore

  • Dan Tempest's War with Spain
    6.6/10 20 votes

    #4 - 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
    6.8/10 19 votes

    #5 - 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
    6.8/10 19 votes

    #6 - 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
    7.2/10 18 votes

    #7 - 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
    6.9/10 17 votes

    #8 - 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
    6.7/10 21 votes

    #9 - 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
    6.9/10 18 votes

    #10 - 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
    6.8/10 18 votes

    #11 - 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
    6.6/10 17 votes

    #12 - Dan Tempest and the Amazons

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1956

    No description available

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Zachary Weiss

  • Articles of War
    7.1/10 18 votes

    #13 - 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
    6.9/10 18 votes

    #14 - 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
    6.1/10 16 votes

    #15 - 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
    6.6/10 19 votes

    #16 - 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
    6.1/10 17 votes

    #17 - 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
    6.5/10 17 votes

    #18 - 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
    6.5/10 16 votes

    #19 - 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
    6.4/10 17 votes

    #20 - 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
    6.2/10 16 votes

    #21 - The Return of Calico Jack

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1957

    No description available

    Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards

    Writer: Zachary Weiss, Basil Dawson

  • Ghost Ship
    6.9/10 17 votes

    #22 - 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
    6.8/10 18 votes

    #23 - 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
    6.5/10 16 votes

    #24 - 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
    6.8/10 17 votes

    #25 - Conquest of New Providence

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1957

    No description available

    Director: Leslie Arliss, Robert Day

    Writer: Terence Moore