Living Legends

Name: Living Legends
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1979-04-19
Cast: Magnus Magnusson

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Documentary

A series of six programmes about the truth behind some of the popular figures in British history.

Details

StatusEnded

First AiredApril 19, 1979

Last AiredJune 6, 1979

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Networks

Last Episode

S1 E6 • 6/6/1979

Captain Kidd

The real Captain Kidd was a merchant sea-captain, a man of property and an honoured citizen of New York. He was 50 when he was given the King's commission to hunt down pirates in the Indian Ocean. Two years later he died on the gallows in London, a convicted pirate himself.