TV Guide PBS America Monday

13:00

S01E01

The true stories behind famous pirates, beginning with Francis Drake

The true stories behind famous pirates, beginning with Francis Drake, famous for an expedition that was supposedly a voyage of discovery but was also a covert raiding mission and the start of England's challenge to the global domination of Spain and Portugal

14:00

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E02

The story of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland

15:00

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E03

The story of an English pirate who became a Corsair for the Ottoman Empire

The story of Englishman John Ward, who became tired of the drudgery and poverty of the English Navy. At the age of 50 he started a remarkable ascent from petty pirate to notorious menace on the Mediterranean Sea, converting to Islam and becoming a wealthy overlord in the Ottoman Empire

16:00

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E04

The story of pirate-turned-colonial governor Henry Morgan

The story of Henry Morgan, whose time as a pirate was punished with a stint in the Tower of London. However, this was followed by a promotion to Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica

16:55

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E05

The story of William Kidd, a pirate hunter who turned pirate himself

The story of William Kidd, a pirate hunter who - when the legitimate prizes of the Red Sea were not to be found - quickly turned to becoming a pirate himself. An unpopular captain, he frantically chased treasure and status until his fateful trial for murder

17:55

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E06

The story of history's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard

The story of history's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard. Born Edward Teach in England, he was an 18th century pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. He gained momentum through the Caribbean, before blockading Charleston and fighting a bloody battle

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18:50

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E07

The voyages and exploits of Anne Bonny and Mary Read

The voyages and exploits of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, who formed a troublesome trio with Calico Jack. Together they successfully robbed ships and lived off the spoils of the sea before being eventually captured by pirate hunters and tried for piracy

19:50

Pirates: Behind the Legends

S01E08

The voyages and exploits of Bartholomew Roberts

The voyages and exploits of Bartholomew Roberts, aka Black Bart, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age. His piracy almost brought West Indies trade to a standstill until he was hunted down by the English crown

20:50

The Endurance

The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica

The Endurance' recounts one of the history's greatest tales of survival, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. The expedition, Shackleton's third, followed the tragic death of the famous English polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to the South Pole. Narrated by Liam Neeson

22:50

Everest: The South West Face

A look at the 1975 expedition to climb the South West face of Mt Everest

An in depth look at Chris Bonington's 1975 expedition to climb the South West face of Mt Everest and put the very first British mountaineers on the summit. In the face of overwhelming odds, dwindling oxygen supplies, freezing Jet Stream winds, avalanche, frostbite, widespread public negativity and the press reporting that failure was almost inevitable - a British team succeeded - where all others had failed

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