The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)
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For the 1995 TV series, see The Buccaneers § 1995 miniseries. For the 2023 TV series, see The Buccaneers (2023 TV series).
The Buccaneers was a 1956 Sapphire Films television drama series for ITC Entertainment, broadcast by CBS in the US and shown on ATV and regional ITV companies as they came on air during the infancy of ITV in the UK.
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The Buccaneers | |
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Genre | Swashbuckler |
Starring | Robert Shaw Paul Hansard Brian Rawlinson Edwin Richfield |
Theme music composer | Edwin Astley |
Composers | Edwin Astley Albert Elms Ken V. Jones |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Hannah Weinstein |
Producers | Sidney Cole Ralph Smart C. M. Pennington-Richards |
Production locations | Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | Sapphire Films ITC Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 19 September 1956 (1956-09-19) – 12 June 1957 (1957-06-12) |
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Starring Robert Shaw as Dan Tempest, the series, aimed at children, followed the adventures of Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they made their way across the seven seas in Sultana.[1]
This series was one of several swashbuckling adventure series produced during this period by or for Lew Grade's ITC.