Blackbeard
Bristol, England, 1717. Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy scouts the seas in order to restore safe passage to the sea lanes. He meets his match when he's taken by a fearsome hulk of a menace in the West Indies—a pirate sailing off the Island of St. Vincent. Edward Teach has no plans for retirement. In fact, his goal-to find and lay claim to the fabled treasures of Captain Kidd.
Overview
Bristol, England, 1717. Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy scouts the seas in order to restore safe passage to the sea lanes. He meets his match when he's taken by a fearsome hulk of a menace in the West Indies—a pirate sailing off the Island of St. Vincent. Edward Teach has no plans for retirement. In fact, his goal-to find and lay claim to the fabled treasures of Captain Kidd.
Larry Levinson
Creator / EP
Russell D. Markowitz
Producer
Episodes
1. Episode 1
Bristol, England, 1717. In order to restore safe passage to the sea lanes, Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy scouts the seas and offers amnesty to all pirates who choose to give up their evil ways and banish the criminals from the hundreds of islands they occupy. An imposing force, Maynard meets his match, a pirate sailing off the Island of St. Vincent: Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard.
2. Episode 2
An epic battle for control of the seas, for honor of Maynard's beloved Charlotte, and for possession of untold riches that lie buried in ghostly Vulture Island takes place, where Blackbeard's fate will become a symbol of an era's end in the New World.
Cast & Crew
Angus Macfadyen
Blackbeard
Mark Umbers
Lt. Robert Maynard
Richard Chamberlain
Gouverneur Charles Eden
Jessica Chastain
Charlotte Ormand
Stacy Keach
Cpt. Benjamin Hornigold
Rachel Ward
Sally Dunbar
