Sir Francis Drake

Season 1 Episode 2: The Lost Colony of Virginia

Nov 19, 1961 NR 30m 6.7

Drake visits the ailing colonists with a view to rescuing them, but he has not counted on their determination in the face of attacks by the indigenous tribes.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Prisoner

1. The Prisoner

Aired: Nov 12, 1961

Drake rescues survivors from a Spanish Galleon he has just sunk, including a ...

Episode 3 Queen of Scots

3. Queen of Scots

Aired: Nov 26, 1961

Spymaster Francis Walsingham forges letters plotting against Queen Elizabeth ...

Episode 4 Doctor Dee

4. Doctor Dee

Aired: Dec 3, 1961

An astrologer by the name of Doctor Dee is adviser to Queen Elizabeth, but hi...

Episode 5 Bold Enterprise

5. Bold Enterprise

Aired: Dec 10, 1961

Drake tries to persuade Elizabeth to let him raid Santo Domingo where the for...

Episode 6 The English Dragon

6. The English Dragon

Aired: Dec 17, 1961

The queen sends Drake to Calais to rescue Lord Oakeshott, an English gentlema...

Episode 7 Boy Jack

7. Boy Jack

Aired: Dec 24, 1961

Queen Elizabeth sends her godson Master Harrington on a mission as an emissar...

Episode 8 The Garrison

8. The Garrison

Aired: Dec 31, 1961

Drake takes provisions to Belgian garrison of Blankenberge where there are su...

Episode 9 Visit to Spain

9. Visit to Spain

Aired: Jan 7, 1962

King Phillip's fifteen year old son Carlos is due to marry Mariella of Naples...

Episode 10 The Flame-Thrower

10. The Flame-Thrower

Aired: Jan 14, 1962

An inventor demonstrates a flame-thrower, which he plans for peaceful purpose...

Episode 12 The Slaves of Spain

12. The Slaves of Spain

Aired: Jan 28, 1962

Drake's attempt to free British prisoners being used as forced labour on Toba...

Episode 13 The Doughty Plot

13. The Doughty Plot

Aired: Feb 4, 1962

Three snobbish courtiers on their first sea voyage are an unwelcome nuisance ...

Episode 14 King of America

14. King of America

Aired: Feb 11, 1962

Stukely, possibly an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, is given permission by t...

Episode 15 The Irish Pirate

15. The Irish Pirate

Aired: Feb 18, 1962

Sent to Ireland to capture rebel Lord O'Neill, Drake must outwit the cunning ...

Episode 16 Beggars of the Sea

16. Beggars of the Sea

Aired: Feb 25, 1962

The Queen promises a Spanish treasure ship safe passage through the English C...

Episode 17 Drake on Trial

17. Drake on Trial

Aired: Mar 4, 1962

Hugh Graveney, a Drake lookalike, uses a ship similar to the Golden Hind to s...

Episode 18 The Bridge

18. The Bridge

Aired: Mar 11, 1962

Spain invades England's oldest ally Portugal, and imprisons its most active l...

Episode 19 Johnnie Factotum

19. Johnnie Factotum

Aired: Mar 18, 1962

Sir Francis is helped by a young actor with literary ambitions, whose real na...

Episode 20 Mission to Paris

20. Mission to Paris

Aired: Mar 25, 1962

Queen Elizabeth is in love with the French Duke Alencon, and hopes to receive...

Episode 22 The Gypsies

22. The Gypsies

Aired: Apr 8, 1962

Drake rescues a boatload of gypsies, who, by their own account, were merciles...

Episode 23 Court Intrigue

23. Court Intrigue

Aired: Apr 15, 1962

Drake is frustrated by the Queen's refusal to let him sail, but she has been ...

Episode 24 Gentlemen of Spain

24. Gentlemen of Spain

Aired: Apr 22, 1962

The Queen learns that one of her kinsman has been kidnapped by Barbary pirate...

Episode 26 Escape

26. Escape

Aired: May 20, 1962

Drake is held prisoner by a sadistic Governor and after a failed escape attem...

Info about Sir Francis Drake

Network: Associated Television

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Adventure, Family