The Buccaneers (TV series)
| The Buccaneers | |
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| Genre | Swashbuckler |
| Starring |
Robert Shaw Paul Hansard Brian Rawlinson Edwin Richfield |
| Theme music composer | Edwin Astley |
| Composer(s) |
Edwin Astley Albert Elms Ken V. Jones |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Hannah Weinstein |
| Producer(s) |
Sidney Cole Ralph Smart C. M. Pennington-Richards |
| Location(s) | Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sapphire Films |
| Distributor | ITC Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 35 mm film 4:3 Black and white |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 19 September 1956 – 12 June 1957 |
The Buccaneers was a 1956 Sapphire Films television drama series for ITC Entertainment, networked 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.
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 The Sultana.
This series was one of several swashbuckling adventure series produced during this period by or for Lew Grade's ITC.
The series ran for 39 half-hour black-and-white episodes and was produced by Hannah Weinstein and Sidney Cole for Sapphire Films Limited. The episodes were made at Nettlefold Studios at Walton-on-Thames using two studios with seven or eight standing sets. A real schooner was based at Falmouth, Cornwall and a faithful reproduction of part of it in a studio corner.
Rupert Evans, stunt artist, former army teacher of physical training taught Robert Shaw fencing.
The series was set in the Port of Nassau in New Providence of about 1722.
Sources report that Robert Shaw was unavailable for the first few episodes, but nevertheless shooting went ahead without him. In the majority of episodes, he is listed as "With" rather than "Starring" in the title sequence, for reasons that are open to speculation.
The complete series is available on R2 DVD from Network in the UK. There are a number of public-domain DVDs of the series in the North American market, as well as a complete series release.
In 1976 Robert Shaw virtually reprised his role on the big screen in Swashbuckler.
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