Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

2:30 AM to 3:30 AM
Wednesday 23 October
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Pirates

Season 1 Episode 2 of 3

Historian Sam Willis explores the golden age of piracy during the early 18th century, when Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Calico Jack and others were in operation on the high seas. He charts the devastating impact they had during an era of colonial expansion and how they became the most wanted outlaws in the world by plundering the vast network of maritime trade, they became the most wanted outlaws in the world

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues airs on BBC Four at 2:30 AM, Wednesday 23 October. (Subtitles, sign language, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Sam Willis
Presenter
Matt Thomas
Director
William Naylor
Series Producer
Michael Poole
Executive Producer