The Buccaneers was a 1956 Sapphire Films television drama series for ITC Entertainment, networked by CBS in the US and shown on ATV and selected ITV companies in the UK. The series ran for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes and was produced by Hannah Weinstein and Sidney Cole for Sapphire Films Limited. Director was Ralph Smart. They were made at Nettlefold Studios at Walton-on-Thames and made use of a model of the prow of a ship in a studio as well as some buildings and painted backgrounds, with some outdoor scenes added which could not be done in a studio (probably some from the nearby River Thames)

Robert Shaw, born, Robert Archibald Shaw, August 9, 1927, passed away, August 28, 1978 (age 51)