Black Sails Starz Series Starts January 2. TV shows. Starz has announced that their new Black Sails series will launch on Saturday, January 2. There are eight episodes. Captain Flint Toby Stephens, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver Luke Arnold. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality. Toby Stephens Die Another Day is joined by Zach Mc. Gowan Shameless as rival Captain Charles Vane Hannah New Maleficent as Eleanor Guthrie, a determined young woman who runs the smuggling operation on New Providence and Jessica Parker Kennedy The Secret Circle, 5. In Time as Max, a tortured young prostitute who sees the dark side of New Providence. The cable channel has already renewed the show for a second season of 1. Watch Lost In Florence Online. The early renewal was announced back in July and production was expected to begin this month. What do you thinkDo you plan on watching Black Sails Does the early renewal influence your decisionDownload full episodes of The Big Bang Theory season 10 for free. Coming in January 2014. Metacritic TV Reviews, Black Sails Season 1, Created by creator Jonathan Steinberg as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevensons novel Treasure Island set in 1715. Silver volunteers for the suicide mission, actually hoping its just an escape scam, but proves invaluably shrewd. They just still be rescued from the Spanish guard commanders torture room, but the galleon is won. In Nassau, Captain Charles Vane claims his seat on the pirates council as master of the fort, yet refuses to do the garrison security job that Eleanor claims goes with it.