The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)
| The Buccaneers | |
|---|---|
| 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 – 12 June 1957 |
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.
Starring Robert Shaw as Captain Dan Tempest, the series, aimed at teenagers, 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.