Captain Pugwash
Captain Pugwash is a British animated TV series, created by John Ryan and first shown on the BBC in 1957.The eponymous hero - Captain Horatio Pugwash - sails the high seas in his ship the Black Pig, ably assisted by cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the Flying Dustman.
The characters' voices were provided by Peter Hawkins.
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There is a persistent urban legend which ascribes sexually suggestive names - such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger the Cabin Boy - to Captain Pugwash 's characters.
John Ryan successfully sued The Guardian newspaper in 1991 for printing this legend as fact.Characters
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