Captain Dan Tempest was an ex-pirate who received a pardon from the King and turned privateer after his stronghold of New Providence was taken over by Crown soldiers. Tempest and Lt. Beamish, the Crown-appointed deputy governor, were uneasy allies, fighting the Spanish privateers who were ravaging the Caribbean.
 
Executive Producer: Hannah Weinstein

Producers: C.M. Pennington-Richards, Sidney Cole and Ralph Smart

Written by Terence Moore, Zachary Weiss, Peter C. Hodgking, Peggy Phillips, Thomas A. Stockwell, Neil R. Collins, Basil Dawson, Alan Moreland, Roger MacDougall, John Cousins, Phillis Miller, Marion Myers, Peter Rossano and Albert Ruben

Music by Albert Elms, Edwin Astley and Kenneth V. Jones

Cinematography by Jo Jago, Martin Curtis and Ken Hodges

Edited by Richard Sidwell, David Hawkins and Seymour Logie

Production Design by Peter Proud and Ted Clements

Make-Up by Charles Nash and Jane Seymour

Costumes by Jim Dunlevy, Brenda Dabbs and Charles Guerin

Technical Advisers Peter M. Wood and Rupert Evans

MAIN CAST

Brian Rawlinson as Gaff Guernsay
Peter Hammond as Lt. Edward Beamish
Paul Hansard as Taffy
Edwin Richfield as Armando
Wilfred Downing as Dickon
Neil Hallett as Bosun Bassett
Willoughby Gray as Pop
Terence Cooper as Costellaux
Alec Mango as Van Brugh
Jane Griffiths as Paula Meadows

Released by Sapphire Films and ITC Entertainment for ITV

Episode Running Time: 25 minutes

Episodes: 39

Transmission Dates: 19th September 1956 - June 12th 1957

Location(s): Falmouth, Cornwall, Nettlefold Studios and Twickenham Studios