5.6/1018 votesLoading...#1 - 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
- 5.9/1028 votesLoading...
#2 - Blackbeard
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1956
No description available
Director: Ralph Smart
Writer: Thomas A. Stockwell
- 5.9/1019 votesLoading...
#3 - Pirate's Honour
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/5/1957
No description available
Director: Peter Maxwell
Writer: Marion Myers
- 6.1/1016 votesLoading...
#4 - 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
- 6.1/1017 votesLoading...
#5 - 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
- 6.1/1017 votesLoading...
#6 - 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
- 6.2/1016 votesLoading...
#7 - 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
- 6.3/1016 votesLoading...
#8 - 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
- 6.3/1016 votesLoading...
#9 - Indian Fighters
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/1/1957
No description available
Director: Peter Maxwell
Writer: Neil R. Collins
- 6.3/1017 votesLoading...
#10 - To the Rescue
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/15/1957
No description available
Director: Peter Maxwell
Writer: Phillis Miller
- 6.3/1017 votesLoading...
#11 - Instruments of War
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 5/29/1957
No description available
Director: Bernard Knowles
Writer: Peter Rossano
- 6.4/1017 votesLoading...
#12 - 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
- 6.4/1017 votesLoading...
#13 - 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
- 6.4/1017 votesLoading...
#14 - 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
- 6.5/1017 votesLoading...
#15 - 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
- 6.5/1016 votesLoading...
#16 - 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
- 6.5/1016 votesLoading...
#17 - 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
- 6.5/1018 votesLoading...
#18 - 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
- 6.6/1019 votesLoading...
#19 - The Raiders
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1956
No description available
Director: Ralph Smart
Writer: Terence Moore
- 6.6/1020 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 6.6/1017 votesLoading...
#21 - Dan Tempest and the Amazons
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1956
No description available
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Writer: Zachary Weiss
- 6.6/1019 votesLoading...
#22 - 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
- 6.6/1013 votesLoading...
#23 - Flip and Jenny
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/24/1957
No description available
Director: Peter Maxwell
Writer: Neil R. Collins
- 6.7/1021 votesLoading...
#24 - 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
- 6.7/1016 votesLoading...
#25 - Printer's Devil
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/12/1957
No description available
Director: Bernard Knowles
Writer: Terence Moore
The Worst Episodes of The Buccaneers
Every episode of The Buccaneers ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Buccaneers!
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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Aztec Treasure" is the worst rated episode of "The Buccaneers". It scored 5.6/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and written by Terence Moore, it aired on 3/27/1957. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Blackbeard".