Swashbuckle (TV series)

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Swashbuckle
Presented by Gemma Hunt
Opening themeSwashbuckle
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes208
Production
Executive producersTony Reed (series 1)
Vanessa Amberleigh (series 2–5)
Sid Cole (series 6)
Yvonne Jennings (series 7-8)
Production locationEngland
Running time22 minutes
Original release
Network CBeebies
Release6 July 2013 (2013-07-06) 
present

Swashbuckle is a television show on CBeebies aimed at young children which started airing on 6 July 2013. [1] [2] The show takes the format of a game show where children control a group of pirates. The show is one of CBeebies's most watched shows. [3] It won the 2015 British Academy Children's Awards for Entertainment & was nominated in 2018.

Contents

Format

The show takes place on the site of the shipwreck of the Scarlet Squid, in which 3 "naughty pirates" – a captain & her hapless shipmates – have stolen & hidden Gem's 5 jewels. 4 children (known as Swashbucklers) compete in a series of games to try to win back the jewels, under the watchful eye of the ship's parrot Squawk. After 2 games, any remaining jewels are hunted against the clock as the children try to find them hidden within the shipwreck. If the children successfully retrieve all of the jewels then a wheel is spun to determine which of the 3 pirates must walk the plank into the gunge-filled Ship's Mess. [1]

Main characters

CharacterActorSeasons
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Gem Gemma Hunt Main
Squawk Conor McNamara Main
Captain Sinker Ella Kenion Main Recurring Does not appear
CookJoseph Elliot Main Does not appear
Line Richard David-Caine Main Does not appear
Captain CaptainJennie DaleDoes not appear Main Does not appear Main
Captain HeyHoSophia NomveteDoes not appear Main Does not appear
Sandy Toes Ian Kirkby Does not appear Main
Seaweed Tyler Collins Does not appear Main

Cast

Presenters

Pirate captains

Pirates

Awards and nominations

Swashbuckle won the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Children's Entertainment [4] and was nominated for that award, but did not win, in 2018. [5]

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