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Blackbeard

2006 · 1 season

A salt-sprayed history lesson with dramatic recreations, tense sea chases and a brooding, doomed swagger at its centre.

Created by
Richard Dale, Tilman Remme
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Starring
James Purefoy, Mark Noble, Jack Galloway
Overview
Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies in the Americas during the golden age of piracy.

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Created by
Richard Dale, Tilman Remme
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Starring
James Purefoy, Mark Noble, Jack Galloway
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama
Created by
Richard Dale, Tilman Remme
Written by
Andrew Bampfield
Starring
James Purefoy, Mark Noble, Jack Galloway, James Hillier, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Roger Barclay, Sally Bretton, Jimmy Akingbola
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC One
Languages
English

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