The Buccaneers on Apple TV Plus follows group of fun-loving young American women who spark a culture clash when they explode onto the traditional London scene of the 1870s.
Among the stars are Kristine Froseth, Mia Threapleton and Alisha Boe who star alongside Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks. This adaptation is inspired by the unfinished final novel of Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. So this period drama is very similar to the way Sanditon has adapted an unfinished Jane Austen novel.
Here's everything you need to know about The Buccaneers coming to Apple TV Plus in Autumn 2023...
The Buccaneers release date
The Buccaneers is an eight-part series that launched worldwide on Apple TV Plus on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 with the first three episodes. New episodes will then air weekly, running every Wednesday through to December 13 2023.
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Is there a trailer for The Buccaneers?
Apple TV+ has releases a trailer for The Buccaneers which is set to pop music, so it seems to be quite a modern period drama. Take a look below...
The Buccaneers plot
The Buccaneers takes us back to 1870s London and a group of young wealthy American women mixing with powerful men so a case of new money, old secrets. These fun-loving girls waltz into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s and take Victorian era society by storm . It kicks off a huge Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by women with little regard for stuffy British tradition of the times. These womem, the so-called 'Buccaneers', including lead heroine character Nan St. George (Kristine Frøseth), were sent out by their well-off families, often under the beady eyes of their mothers, to secure husbands and titles. But as their stories progress their hearts become set on much more adventure than that…
The series begins with the sumptuous New York wedding of American wild child Conchita to English Lord Richard Marable, (played by Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again star, Josh Dylan), and swiftly sees Mrs St. George arrive in London with her vivacious girls to introduce them into aristocratic English society.
Over the course of eight hour-long episodes the story flips between New York, London and Cornwall but was filmed entirely on location in Scotland using country estates, such as Culzean Castle, Drumlanrig Castle and key locations in Edinburgh and Glasgow, including Glasgow University Cloisters.
The Buccaneers cast — who's who in the period drama
The Buccaneers has a strong lead cast of actors. He's a mini guide to the main players...
Kristine Frøseth as Nan St. George
Effervescent, intelligent and fiercely loyal to her friends, Nan forms an instant connection with handsome stranger Guy Thwaite (Guy Remmers) but also catches the eye of Theo, The Duke of Tintagel.
* Kristine is best known for playing Kelly Aldrich in the Netflix series The Society and Alaska Young in Hulu series Looking For Alaska.
Christina Hendricks as Nan's mother Mrs St. George
The Mad Men and Drive star plays the loving mother who wants the best for her girls, she’s hiding a very big secret about Nan which is set to turn everything on its head
Imogen Waterhouse as Jinny St. George
Deemed the ‘prettiest’ of the sisters, debutante Jinny is more reserved than younger sibling Nan and is lined up to marry Lord James Seadown (Barney Fishwick)
Alisha Boe as Conchita Closson
A free-spirit wild child who marries English Lord Richard Marable (Josh Dylan). Her happiness is short-lived when it’s clear love can’t conquer all.
Josie Totah as Mabel Elmsworth
The younger sister of Lizzy, Mabel is exploring her sexuality and forms a connection with English Lady Honoria Marable (Mia Threapleton, who is Kate WInslet's daighter).
Aubri Ibrag as Lizzy Elmsworth
Beautiful and strong-willed, she’s pushed by her mother to find a titled husband when she attends the Debutante’s Ball where a rivalry soon forms with Jinny.
Guy Remmers as Theo, Duke of Tintagel
Deemed to be ‘The most eligible bachelor in England’ the dashing Duke first meets Nan on a Cornish beach and is instantly smitten.
* Of the other male cast, do look out for Josh Dylan as Lord Richard Marable, Matthew Broome as Guy Thwarte and Barney Fishwick as Lord James Seadown.
* Playing some stony-faced English matriarchs are Fenella Woolgar (Call The Midwife, The Reckoning) as Lady Brightlingsea and Happy Valley’s Amelia Bullmore as The Dowager Duchess of Tintagel.
Christina Hendricks on The Buccaneers
Christina Hendricks who plays Nan and Jinny’s devoted mother, Mrs St. George spoke about the role before the current US writers strike. "It’s about friendship, support and family,’ says Emmy-nominated Mad Men star. "My character has her daughters’ backs and they have mine. We all face the societal pressure of marriages and unions, but at what cost?"
Behind the scenes and more on The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers has an all-female creative team behind it. The period drama is written by series creator Katherine Jakeways and directed by BAFTA-Award winner Susanna White. Bot also serve as executive producers, alongside BAFTA-Award nominee Beth Willis. The series is produced for Apple TV+ by The Forge Entertainment.
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