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  • 1957-04-08T14:00:00Z on Reel Media International
  • 30m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Action, Adventure
A TV series about the Long John Silver character from Treasure Island. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television. Long John Silver is the proud captain of his own ship and his own crew. He and his buccaneer cruise around the Caribbean and often stay on the side of the English and fight the French and Spanish. After the long and dangerous adventures, he and his crew rest in the tavern of Miss Purity. This series aired in the United States first on Syndicated basis in 1956, but not on a regular basis and completely random as part of another show. Several episodes were edited together and shown as movies in the cinemas under the titles: Under The Black Flag and South Sea Pirates. After that it was sold to the ITV Network in the UK, and aired in 1957. In 1958 Australian ABC screened the series as part of Children's TV Club show.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1957-04-08T14:00:00Z

1x01 The Necklace

Series Premiere

1x01 The Necklace

  • 1957-04-08T14:00:00Z30m

Long John Silver is arrested for murder and robbery. Miss Purity and Jim Hawkins try to prove his innocense.

1957-04-29T14:00:00Z

1x02 Pieces of Eight

1x02 Pieces of Eight

  • 1957-04-29T14:00:00Z30m

Desperate to get the money to save his ship, Long John agrees to a plan another pirate recommends to steal Spanish gold. But the pirate turns out to be just as much of a liar as was the last time Long John met him.

1957-05-20T14:00:00Z

1x03 The Orphans' Christmas

1x03 The Orphans' Christmas

  • 1957-05-20T14:00:00Z30m

Long John and Miss Purity learn that the headmistress of the orphanage is not allowing the children to have a Christmas party or receive gifts.

1957-06-19T14:00:00Z

1x04 Execution Dock

1x04 Execution Dock

  • 1957-06-19T14:00:00Z30m

While sick with a fever, Long John dreams that he is to be executed for piracy.

1957-06-17T14:00:00Z

1x05 The Eviction

1x05 The Eviction

  • 1957-06-17T14:00:00Z30m

The Governor orders to close Miss Purity’s tavern on behalf of the English. Long John discovers plans from the Spanish about an military invasion.

1957-03-04T14:00:00Z

1x06 The Pink Pearl

1x06 The Pink Pearl

  • 1957-03-04T14:00:00Z30m

Gentleman Richard Thorpe asks Lng John for help to find his brother, who is missing on an island occupied by the Spanish. On the island they find out, that the Spanish try everything to get all the pink pearls.

1957-08-19T14:00:00Z

1x07 Tale of a Tooth

1x07 Tale of a Tooth

  • 1957-08-19T14:00:00Z30m

Long John Silver suddenly is in pain, he has a toothache. So he is forced to save a dentist from the Spanish.

1957-08-26T14:00:00Z

1x08 Ship o' the Dead

1x08 Ship o' the Dead

  • 1957-08-26T14:00:00Z30m

Jim Hawkins tells the story that he actually saw a ship in the bay with a dead crew - and of course nobody believes him. Jim and Long John Silver discover that the Spanish robbed the ship and killed the entire crew.

1957-07-08T14:00:00Z

1x09 Sword of Vengeance

1x09 Sword of Vengeance

  • 1957-07-08T14:00:00Z30m

Silver and his crew attempt to plunder a Spanish ship, but there's no one aboard except dead prisoners.

1957-06-03T14:00:00Z

1x10 Turnabout

1x10 Turnabout

  • 1957-06-03T14:00:00Z30m

France and England are at war—and to the amusement of Long John Silver and his pirate crew, the foppish French Navy takes over their ship.

1957-06-10T14:00:00Z

1x11 Miss Purity's Birthday

1x11 Miss Purity's Birthday

  • 1957-06-10T14:00:00Z30m

Miss Purity is upset that no one has remembered her birthday except the priest.

1957-07-01T14:00:00Z

1x12 Dead Reckoning

1x12 Dead Reckoning

  • 1957-07-01T14:00:00Z30m

Miss Purity and Long John decide Jim should be sent to a private school after he causes trouble at a local birthday party. But things become worse then Jim's roommate is the same boy who actually caused the trouble at the party.

1957-04-01T14:00:00Z

1x13 Devil's Stew

1x13 Devil's Stew

  • 1957-04-01T14:00:00Z30m

After losing the Faithful gambling, a former pirate convinces Long John the real money is in honest trade, such as he conducts. But is this "former" pirate really reformed?

1957-02-25T14:00:00Z

1x14 Where Men Are Men

1x14 Where Men Are Men

  • 1957-02-25T14:00:00Z30m

Purity's dressmaker is in love with a woman who scorns him for more "manly" men. Long John advises: "There be as many women as fish in the sea. Love be a trick of dame nature—and she be a woman. Thank your stars you be rid of her boarding hook." But Purity schemes to bring them together, and the dressmaker proves he really is a man.

1957-03-12T14:00:00Z

1x15 The Master's Touch

1x15 The Master's Touch

  • 1957-03-12T14:00:00Z30m

Purity (Connie Gilchrist) has a new beau---who has ulterior motives. Robert Newton.

1957-08-05T14:00:00Z

1x16 The Siege

1x16 The Siege

  • 1957-08-05T14:00:00Z30m

When Gov. Strong takes a holiday, his replacement turns out to be crooked, and Long John exposes him.

1957-05-06T14:00:00Z

1x17 The Flag Flies Black

1x17 The Flag Flies Black

  • 1957-05-06T14:00:00Z30m

Long John (Robert Newton) helps defend the British Navy against newly allied France and Spain. Jim: Kit Taylor.

1957-04-15T14:00:00Z

1x18 The Fishwife

1x18 The Fishwife

  • 1957-04-15T14:00:00Z30m

Miss Purity arranges special treatment for Molly when Molly's niece comes for a visit.

1957-07-15T14:00:00Z

1x19 Dragon Slayer

1x19 Dragon Slayer

  • 1957-07-15T14:00:00Z30m

Redbeard says he can bring Long John and Miss Purity back together by making Long John a "Dragon Slayer" like the knights of old. In truth, Redbeard is playing Long John against Miss Purity, and plans on being the winner himself.

1957-05-13T14:00:00Z

1x20 Temple of Evil

1x20 Temple of Evil

  • 1957-05-13T14:00:00Z30m

Long John sets his eyes on the natives' treasure when he and the crew deliver a naval officer to Amoyan Island.

1957-05-27T14:00:00Z

1x21 To Purity, a Daughter

1x21 To Purity, a Daughter

  • 1957-05-27T14:00:00Z30m

Miss Purity learns that the ship carrying her sister and her niece has been scuttled.

1957-08-12T14:00:00Z

1x22 Ties of Blood

1x22 Ties of Blood

  • 1957-08-12T14:00:00Z30m

Miss Purity befriends a young woman who is caring for her sick brother.

1957-07-22T14:00:00Z

1x23 Voodoo

1x23 Voodoo

  • 1957-07-22T14:00:00Z30m

Jim and Elizabeth become seriously ill, and everybody attributes it to a mysterious voodoo power - except for Long John, who sets out to find the real cause of their illness.

1957-07-29T14:00:00Z

1x24 Strange Cargo

1x24 Strange Cargo

  • 1957-07-29T14:00:00Z30m

Long John and his crew rescue a group of women who had been held captive.

1957-07-24T14:00:00Z

1x25 Infernal Triangle

1x25 Infernal Triangle

  • 1957-07-24T14:00:00Z30m

Purity (Connie Gilchrist) gives Long John an ultimatum: set the wedding day---or else. Long John: Robert Newton. Jim: Kit Taylor.

Season Finale

1957-05-20T14:00:00Z

1x26 The Crisis

Season Finale

1x26 The Crisis

  • 1957-05-20T14:00:00Z30m

The island hideaway is hit by a fever, and a Quaker doctor comes to the aid of young Jim Hawkins.

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