The Buccaneers was a
1956 Sapphire Films television drama series for
ITC Entertainment, networked by
CBS in the US and shown on
ATV and selected
ITV companies 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. The series ran for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes and was produced by
Hannah Weinstein and Sydney Cole for Sapphire Films Limited. Director was
Ralph Smart. They were made at Nettlefold Studios at Walton-on-Thames and made use of a model of the prow of a ship in a studio as well as some buildings and painted backgrounds, with some outdoor scenes added which could not be done in a studio (probably some from the nearby River Thames).
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