The Buccaneers - episode titles & synopsis

• Episode 1 - Invasion - In the 1870s, an anarchic group of adventuring, free-spirited young women are snubbed by the elitist New York set, and head for England, taking the aristocratic English society by storm

• Episode 2 - Conquest - The Buccaneers, happily installed in a house rented from Lord Seadown's mistress Idina, are ready for their first major assault on the English aristocracy

• Episode 3 - Ambush - The Buccaneers continue to take English society by storm. However, Virginia has discovered that Lord Seadown has married her for her money, and Conchita, carrying Lord Richard's child, is already disillusioned by her marriage. Nan, disappointed by Guy's departure to South America, has received a proposal of marriage from Julius

• Episode 4 - Capture - Virginia has produced an heir, but when her father is ruined, she is left in the hands of the poverty stricken Brightlingsea family. Lizzy has married the rising MP Hector Robinson, and Conchita has discovered she is carrying her lover's child. Nan, now the Duchess if Trevenick, has lost the child, unhappily conceived with Julius, and is conforted by Laura as well as the news of Guy's return

• Episode 5 - Plunder - Julius has insisted that Nan plays by the rules and continues their facade of marriage. But she was unable to deny her love for Guy before leaving him. Will Laura and Sir Helmsley find happiness together?