Black Sails (2014)

01/25/2014 (ZA) • 1h

Drama, Action & Adventure

Take what's yours.

Overview

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

Top Billed Cast

Toby Stephens

Captain James Flint

38 Episodes

Luke Arnold

John Silver

38 Episodes

Hannah New

Eleanor Guthrie

38 Episodes

Toby Schmitz

Jack Rackham

38 Episodes

Tom Hopper

William "Billy Bones" Manderly

38 Episodes

Clara Paget

Anne Bonny

38 Episodes

Ray Stevenson

Blackbeard

38 Episodes

Luke Roberts

Woodes Rogers

38 Episodes


Last Season

Season 4

2017 | 10 Episodes

Hundreds of British soldiers lie dead in a forest… the Royal Navy sails back to England in retreat… the West Indies are now a war zone, and the shores of New Providence Island have never been bloodier. With the help of Eleanor Guthrie, Woodes Rogers transforms Nassau into a fortress without walls, as Captain Flint amasses a fleet of unprecedented strength, hoping to strike the final blow against civilization and reshape the world forever. Meanwhile, from within the island… an insurgency builds, fueled by the legend of its exiled leader, whose name keeps grown men awake at night… the one they call “Long John Silver.” But as Flint, Silver and their allies are about to learn, the closer civilization comes to defeat, the more desperately and destructively it will fight back. Oaths will be shattered, fortunes will change hands, and amidst the chaos, only one thing remains certain: it has never been more dangerous to call oneself a pirate.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

pirate

historical fiction

period drama

swashbuckler

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