British British Documentary Documentary History

Vic Reeves has a passion for pirates. He is also something of an expert on the topic - when the comedian appeared on Celebrity Mastermind in 2002, he selected piracy as his specialist subject. In this swashbuckling six part series, he takes to the high seas to tell the stories of some of historys most malicious maritime marauders, transporting viewers back to the days when plunder, murder and mutiny were all in a days work. Vic also looks at the social and historical context of this barbaric behaviour.