Apple TV+ has confirmed that The Buccaneers will return!
Inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name, the period drama series launched in November 2023 to largely positive reviews.
The Buccaneers was praised as “not a subtle show but it has been precision-tooled to hit all the beats that fans of romantic period dramas expect of the genre,” with Variety describing it as the “grittier, splashier baby” of Bridgerton and The Gilded Age.
A second season premiered last summer on Apple TV+ and we’re happy to report that the story will continue.
Confirming the show’s renewal for a third season, series creator Katherine Jakeways commented: “We couldn’t be more delighted to be lacing up our corsets, slipping on our ball gowns and running breathless across the cliffs of Tintagel for the third time to see what passionate adventures our beloved Buccaneers get up to next.”
“Huge thanks to Apple TV+ and also to the devoted viewers for loving the show as much as we do,” she added.
Season 1 saw a group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s, setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash.
Last year’s second run found these American whirlwinds battling love, heartbreak, motherhood, jealousy and the full force of the English legal system.
While the episode count hasn’t been officially revealed, previous seasons each consisted of 8 episodes, so we imagine that’ll be the same going forward.
As for the plot, we’re told that the Buccaneers are “fighting back” in Season 3, “and they’re doing it together.”
The official synopsis tells us: “When they arrived in England, they were all navigating their first loves. Now, they’re looking for the loves of their lives. And with a new and enigmatic Duke at the helm, Tintagel is also facing an uncertain future. If polite English society thought these American girls rocked the boat, this new bad-boy Duke is about to sink the ship.”
The first two seasons of The Buccaneers are streaming now on Apple TV+.
