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Captain Woodes Rogers \u2013 Newly appointed Colonial Governor of The British Colony Of New Providence \u2013 Arrives with an official pardon, from King George, for all pirates. Most of the pirates accept the King\u2019s offer, but Blackbeard and his gang resist, make a getaway, and scheme to have Rogers\u2019 own ship attack the island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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The island of New Providence is in danger from pirate raiders led by Charles Vane. Governor Rogers must decide on whether to go after Vane, thus leaving the island unprotected, or repairing the damaged fort and waiting for Vane to return and strike again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Tempest \u2013 Having ignored The King\u2019s offer of a pardon \u2013 Returns to New Providence with a cargo of plunder, and is arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang. But Governor Rogers gives him a last-minute chance to go straight, which Tempest accepts, and he begins his new life as an ex-pirate, by taking a cargo of goods to Carolina, facing and defeating Blackbeard, on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Lt. Beamish, just named Governor of New Providence, prepares to welcome the commander of a Spanish galleon. His inexperience and trusting nature make him a good mark for the wily Spaniard, whose visit is not a friendly one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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A young scalawag from Blackbeard\u2019s crew \u2013 Caught during a raid on Nassau \u2013 Is sentenced by Beamish to serve as Cabin Boy on Tempest\u2019s ship. But the boy makes a run for it, returns to Blackbeard, and tries to talk him into applying for a job as a Privateer for The Crown. Tempest agrees to meet with Blackbeard, but Blackbeard doesn\u2019t come alone, as agreed, and captures Tempest. But he soon escapes, with the help of the boy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Tempest and his Crew \u2013 With the help of a grizzled old sea dog named Pat \u2013 Search for a substance known as ambergris \u2013 A rare, and extremely valuable secretion of the sperm whale. When Pat tells of the riches that can be had with the substance \u2013 Commonly called \u2018Whale Gold\u2019 \u2013 Greed takes over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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After a hurricane devastates Nassau, funds are desperately needed to rebuild. Tempest learns of a Spanish Treasury ship that has run aground, in the storm, on a nearby island and he and Crew set sail to find it. While Gaff tries to divert the Spaniards\u2019 attention, in the Sultana, Tempest and Armando try to recover the treasure, with the help of some native islanders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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New Providence is critically low on gunpowder, but The Admiralty won\u2019t deliver ahead of schedule. The next delivery for New Providence is still months away, so Tempest devises a clever, complicated, and harmless scheme to procure the badly needed ordnance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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The men on New Providence are looking forward to the arrival of some new female settlers, due the following day, on a ship called The Caroline. But, after a disgruntled Sailor leaks the news to Blackbeard, Tempest and his Crew put to sea, to meet with the Caroline, and Tempest puts together an ingenious plan to foil Blackbeard, and see the women safely to their new home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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An epidemic of typhus strikes New Providence, and Beamish imposes a quarantine, until a Surgeon can be brought in. Tempest and Armando sneak away, and row to the Spanish-held island of Sangre Rojo, where they pose as Indians, arrest a Spanish Surgeon, and take him back to New Providence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Spanish pirate raider El Supremo hatches a plan to overtake the Felicity \u2013 An English ship due to arrive soon with badly needed supplies for New Providence. After the pirates disable the Sultana, Tempest poses as a pirate and, with the help of Dickon, sabotages the pirate ship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Seven English women revolt against their French captors, take over their ship, and hole up on a deserted island. Tempest and Crew sail to their rescue, but quickly find that the women are tougher than they appear. Rather than risk bloodshed on either side, they allow themselves to be taken prisoner, so that they can all return peacefully to Nassau, strictly under the women\u2019s terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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A Spanish Captain offers to allow food deliveries to New Providence, in exchange for the release of a Spanish Count, imprisoned on the island. When Beamish refuses, Gaff and Taffy deliver Armando, posing as the Count. But, the Spaniard doesn\u2019t fall for it, and holds Armando prisoner, forcing Beamish to turn over the real Count. However, Armando saves them the trouble, when he escapes, and single-handedly destroys the Spanish ship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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The authorities are trying to drum up more business for the colony. The first merchantmen to arrive has a crew member killed with a warning, “beware the mark of the Hawk”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Taken prisoner on the Sultana, after a raid on Nassau, a smooth-talking English pirate, by the name of Clip West, cons a gullible Sultana Sailor into helping him and his Crew take over the ship. They then maroon Tempest and his Crew on a deserted island, but, with the help of a former member of West\u2019s Crew, they build a raft, sail to West\u2019s hideout, and scheme to take West and his crew prisoners again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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After Beamish is imprisoned by the new Colonial Governor, under false charges, brought by Van Brugh, Dan allows himself to be arrested and jailed, as part of a plan to have Beamish released, and to nail the crooked Governor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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To spare Nassau from destruction, Beamish secretly surrenders to a Spanish Captain, and, when Dickon tries to stop him, he is taken prisoner, as well. They are taken to a prison, in Cuba, where Beamish is pressed for information on a certain English convoy, due to sail soon. When Tempest finds out, he and Crew must ready the Sultana \u2013 Which has been laid up for repairs \u2013 And sail her to Cuba, with a plan to rescue Beamish and Dickon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Van Brugh produces a young man claiming to be Lord Percy Gresham \u2013 The true owner of Gresham island \u2013 A critical outpost for the defense of New Providence. But Tempest knows that the real Percy Gresham is dead, and he and Crew try to thwart Van Brugh\u2019s plan, by producing an impostor of their own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Tempest is assigned to see that the Wife of the Governor of Barbados \u2013 Lady Hilary Winrod \u2013 Is delivered safely to her Husband, along with a top secret message from the British Admiralty. Knowing of Dan\u2019s past as a Buccaneer, Hilary is reluctant to accompany him, and later tries to escape. But she changes her mind about Dan, after he rescues her from a Spanish Captain, and completes the mission to Barbados.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Calico Jack Rackam takes advantage of Tempest\u2019s absence, and consorts with Van Brugh, in a plan to steal the Sultana\u2019s cargo of valuable goods from the Merchants of New Providence. Beamish and acting-Skipper Gaff must then cooperate with one another, in order to thwart the plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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Tempest and Crew encounter a seemingly deserted ship, which, unbeknownst to them, is a front for a gang of pirates, used to lure innocent Seamen away from their ships. After Dickon is taken prisoner on the \u2018ghost ship\u2019 the pirates slip away, but Dan devises a plan to lure them back, so that they can rescue Dickon, and arrest the pirates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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A Spaniard by the name of Don Estaban has overtaken the Sultana, and holds Tempest and Crew prisoner on their own ship. Estaban then executes a scheme to turn the people of New Providence against Tempest, while he consorts with Van Brugh in a plan to demand a ransom from Beamish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n

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A series of pirate raids puts Dan Tempest under pressure to catch the perpetrator. Tempest has to also dampen down rumors his own crew may be behind the attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(1956) Made in England. Robert Shaw stars in this well-made, rousing British adventure series of the mid-50s. Taking place in the early 18th century, in the British Caribbean colony of New Providence (The Bahamas), episodes revolved around ex-pirate raider Dan Tempest (Shaw), who has accepted a pardon from King George, and the job of defending the islands, in his trusty ship \u2018The Sultana\u2019, along with a rag-tag crew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[345],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2864","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-adventure-shows","7":"description-off","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"virtual","12":"sold-individually","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-video_stream"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvtvn.com\/od\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}