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Swashbuckle (TV series)
| Swashbuckle |
|---|
| Gemma Hunt |
| Swashbuckle |
| United Kingdom |
| English |
| 8 |
| 208 |
| Tony Reed (series 1)Vanessa Amberleigh (series 2–5)Sid Cole (series 6)Yvonne Jennings (series 7-8) |
| England |
| 22 minutes |
| BBC In-House Children's ProductionBBC Children's ProductionsBBC Studios Kids & Family |
| CBeebies |
| 6 July 2013 (2013-07-06) –10 July 2022 (2022-07-10) |
Swashbuckle is a television show on CBeebies aimed at young children which started airing on 6 July 2013. 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. It won the 2015 British Academy Children's Awards for Entertainment and was nominated in 2018.
The show takes place on the site of the shipwreck of the Scarlet Squid, in which three "naughty pirates" – a captain and her hapless shipmates – have stolen and hidden Gem's five jewels. Four 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 two 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 three pirates must walk the plank into the gunge-filled Ship's Mess. The children do not win in every episode, however.
Since Series 5, there was a new section added to the wheel with 3 hats on it, known as the “Triple Slop Drop”. If it lands on there, then all 3 pirates must walk the plank.
| Character | Actor | Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma Hunt | Main | |||
| Conor McNamara | Main | |||
| Ella Kenion | Main | Recurring | Does not appear | |
| Joseph Elliot | Main | Does not appear | ||
| Richard David-Caine | Main | Does not appear | ||
| Jennie Dale | Does not appear | Main | Does not appear | Main |
| Sophia Nomvete | Does not appear | Main | Does not appear | |
| Ian Kirkby | Does not appear | Main | ||
| Tyler Collins | Does not appear | Main |
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Gem – Gemma Hunt (series 1 onwards)
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Squawk – Conor McNamara (series 1 onwards)
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Captain Sinker − Ella Kenion (series 1-4)
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Captain Captain − Jennie Dale (series 4-5, 7 onwards)
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Captain HeyHo − Sophia Nomvete (series 6)
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Cook – Joseph Elliott (series 1-6)
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Line – Richard David-Caine (series 1-6)
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Sandy Toes – Ian Kirkby (series 7 onwards)
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Seaweed – Tyler Collins (series 7 onwards)
Swashbuckle won the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Children's Entertainment and was nominated for that award, but did not win, in 2018.
- Swashbuckle on cBeebies − BBC
- Swashbuckle at IMDb
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