The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists
Aardman claymation film about a gang of pirates and their luxuriantly bearded captain
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 2012
- Creator
- Gideon Defoe
- Starring
- Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry, Brian Blessed and others
- Writer
- Gideon Defoe
- Directors
- Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt
- Producers
- Julie Lockhart, Peter Lord and David Sproxton
Animated family adventure set in 1837 that follows the fortunes of a hapless Pirate Captain and his pet parrot Polly, who is determined to beat his buccaneering rivals to win the Pirate of the Year award after his previous attempts ended in failure. But things are all set to change when he meets Charles Darwin who tells him that Polly is not a parrot, but a dodo - the scientific discovery of the age. Thus the pirates travel to London where they have face the wrath of the pirate-hating Queen Victoria.
- Tagline
- Places to pillage. People to skewer.
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 88 minutes
- Release date
- Wednesday 28th March 2012
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- Last repeat
- Sunday 1st November 2020 at 3:10pm on ITV2