Captain Pugwash: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action (the first series was performed and broadcast live), also called Captain Pugwash, first shown on the BBC in 1957, a later colour series, first shown in 1974–75, and a traditional animation series, The Adventures of Captain Pugwash, first aired in 1998

The eponymous hero – Captain Horatio Pugwash – sails the high seas in his ship called the Black Pig, ably assisted by cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the Flying Dustman.

Series details

• Title: Captain Pugwash
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1957-10-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 1975-07-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8399
• IMDb ID: tt0199193
• TVDB ID: 107551

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1957-10-22; final listed air date 1957-10-22; episode order: 58.
• Season 2: premiered 1974-09-16; final listed air date 1975-07-11; episode order: 30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Captain Pugwash on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.