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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Prisoner

    • November 12, 1961
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    The Golden Hind sinks a Spanish ship and prisoners are bought aboard. Among them Countess Inez (Natasha Parry) who plans to repay Drake's kindnesses by sinking his ship using a long fuse made by Roberto (Warren Mitchell) from her cabin to the ship's gunpowder stored below. Drake evacuates his ship as time for its sinking comes close, staying on board with the Countess.

  • S01E02 The Lost Colony of Virginia

    • November 19, 1961
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    Drake pleads the case of the Virginia colony to Elizabeth against Daniel Peters (Charles Lloyd-Pack) who only wants any gold found and wants the colony shut down, and Walsingham (Richard Warner). We see Mendoza (who is the Spanish Ambassador to the court) for the first time. They discover a stowaway aboard on the way to Virginia, (Olive McFarland) who they take to her husband to be Tom Brewster (Barry Foster). The colonists leave as they have had enough of Indian attacks and bad supplies.

  • S01E03 Mary, Queen of Scots

    • November 26, 1961
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    Elizabeth is worried about Mary, Queen of Scots (who she eventually had executed) (played by Noelle Middleton). Walsingham decides it is time to get Mary out of the way and has his henchman, Thomas Phillips (Harvey Hall) forge a letter from her to make it look like she wants Elizabeth dead. Drake is sent to check on this but is imprisoned by her captor, Sir Amyas Paulet (Alfred Burke) who is in on the plot too.

  • S01E04 Doctor Dee

    • December 3, 1961
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    Doctor Dee (Raymond Huntley) entertains Elizabeth and her court with some magic tricks. Mendoza's man, Don Pedro steals all Dee's papers and he is forced to make a false astrology chart so the superstitious Queen refuses to allow Drake to sail to Ostend where some Spanish ships are holed up and rescue some English prisoners on them as well as liberating the captured cargo. Drake has to get the papers back for Dee before he can sail.

  • S01E05 Bold Enterprise

    • December 10, 1961
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  • S01E06 The English Dragon

    • December 17, 1961
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  • S01E07 Boy Jack

    • December 24, 1961
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  • S01E08 The Garrison

    • December 31, 1961
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  • S01E09 Visit to Spain

    • January 7, 1962
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  • S01E10 The Flame Thrower

    • January 14, 1962
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  • S01E11 The Governor's Revenge

    • January 21, 1962
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  • S01E12 Slaves of Spain

    • January 28, 1962
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  • S01E13 The Doughty Plot

    • February 4, 1962
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  • S01E14 King of America

    • February 11, 1962
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  • S01E15 The Irish Pirate

    • February 18, 1962
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  • S01E16 Beggars of the Sea

    • February 25, 1962
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  • S01E17 Drake on Trial

    • March 4, 1962
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  • S01E18 The Bridge

    • March 11, 1962
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  • S01E19 Johnnie Factotum

    • March 18, 1962
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  • S01E20 Mission to Paris

    • March 25, 1962
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  • S01E21 The Reluctant Duchess

    • April 1, 1962
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  • S01E22 The Gypsies

    • April 8, 1962
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  • S01E23 Court Intrigue

    • April 15, 1962
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  • S01E24 Gentleman of Spain

    • April 22, 1962
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  • S01E25 The Fountain of Youth

    • April 29, 1962
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  • S01E26 Escape

    • May 20, 1962
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