Directors: Charlotte Regan, Susanna White, Richard Senior, William McGregor
Writers: Katherine Jakeways, Edith Wharton, Roanne Bardsley, Catherine Shepherd, Anna-Maria Ssemuyaba, Emma Jane Unsworth
Producers: Joe Innes, Andrea Calderwood
Executive Producers: Susanna White, Katherine Jakeways, Beth Willis, George Faber
Co-producer: Emily Shapland
Production Company: The Forge Entertainment
Main cast: Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, Mia Threapleton, Christina Hendricks, Josh Dylan, Guy Remmers, Matthew Broome, Barney Fishwick
Broadcaster: Apple TV+
Screen Scotland support: Skills Fund/Screen Commission Recce Fund. The Buccaneers Series 2 received funding to support a comprehensive trainee programme, offering hands-on experience across multiple production departments – including Locations, Accounts, Production Office, Make-up, Camera, and Costume. Trainees gained invaluable insights from the show’s experienced crew, enhancing their skills and industry knowledge.
Synopsis
Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning…
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Filming locations: The production filmed on location throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh, Geilston and Greenock.
Image credits: Still courtesy of Apple TV+