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Pirates, Part One

Nick Rankin takes a look at Pirates past, present and future. Plunging straight into the violent and dramatic lives of the corsairs, buccaneers and privateers. Revealing the sordid historical reality and how they were romanticised in fiction.

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22 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project