- Title: Blackbeard's Lost Pirate Ship
- Date: 1st January 1970
- Description:With access to a seabed exploration off the US coast,the mystery of Blackbeard's notorious pirate ship,the Queen Anne's Revenge,will finally be laid to rest. Blackbeard was the most feared and famous pirate that ever sailed. But what became of his prized flagship The Queen Anne's Revenge? This film will follow a team of underwater archaeologists in Autumn 2008 as they excavate a wreck off the North Carolina coast,which they believe is Blackbeard's ship. Eyewitness accounts of the vessel stranding,and recent discoveries from the site,including everything from cannon to 18th century syringes for treating syphilis,suggest that it was his vessel. Now the team expect to discover how,and why,it sank. Could Blackbeard even have done it deliberately to rid himself of an increasingly unwieldy band of pirate followers? This film follows the team as they bring up archaeological treasure from the sunken pirate vessel,that disappeared beneath the waves 300 years ago. The unfolding excavation will be the film's backbone,accompanied by interviews with historians,and dramatised reconstructions portraying the dramatic story of Blackbeard's life and his extraordinary death.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Music
- Producer:Quickfire
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1970s