''Swashbuckle'' is a television show on

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aimed at young children which started airing on 6 July 2013. The show takes the format of a

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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.

Format

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

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s) 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.

Cast

Presenters

*Gem –

Gemma Hunt Gemma Hunt (born 1 April 1982) is a British presenter who also used to be on the CBBC TV series ''Xchange''. CBBC Hunt joined the CBBC continuity team in 2002, since then she has presented on the CBBC Channel and also on BBC One and BBC Two. In ...

(series 1 onwards) *Squawk –

Conor McNamara Conor McNamara is an Irish sports commentator. He works for BBC Radio 5 Live, ''Match of the Day'', BBC, Amazon Prime Video and Sky Sports. McNamara was born in Limerick, in the Republic of Ireland, where he attended the Jesuit Rugby School ...

(series 1 onwards)

Pirate captains

*Captain Sinker −

Ella Kenion Ella Kenion (born 18 June 1969) is an English comedy actress, known for shows such as ''The Catherine Tate Show'', Five's sketch shows ''We Know Where You Live'' and ''Swinging'', and in BBC Four's ''Fear of Fanny''. However she is best known ...

(series 1-4) *Captain Captain − Jennie Dale (series 4-5, 7 onwards) *Captain HeyHo − Sophia Nomvete (series 6)

Pirates

*Cook – Joseph Elliott (series 1-6) *Line –

Richard David-Caine Richard David-Caine (born 5 April 1987) is an English actor, writer and voiceover artist. Between 2013 and 2019 he played the character of Line in the CBeebies series '' Swashbuckle''. He is also part of the key ensembles in the BBC comedies ' ...

(series 1-6) *Sandy Toes –

Ian Kirkby Ian Kirkby is a British actor and writer. He is best known for his role as DI Harry Batt on the children's programme ''Dick and Dom in da Bungalow'' ''Diddy TV' Sandy Swashbuckle (TV series), Swashbuckle. Career In his early years, Kirkby bec ...

(series 7 onwards) *Seaweed – Tyler Collins (series 7 onwards)

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

Series 2 (2014)

Series 3 (2015)

Series 4 (2016-2017)

Series 5 (2017-2018)

Series 6 (2019)

Series 7 (2021)

Series 8 (2022)

Awards and nominations

''Swashbuckle'' won the 2015

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award for Children's Entertainment and was nominated for that award, but did not win, in 2018.

References

External links

Swashbuckle on cBeebies
− BBC * {{IMDb title, 3209518, Swashbuckle 2010s British children's television series 2020s British children's television series Television series about pirates British children's game shows CBeebies