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Living Legends

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

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Living Legends

First Air Date

April 19, 1979

Last Air Date

June 6, 1979

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Language

English

Production Companies

S01E06

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.

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