Introduction

Captain Butler is a British sitcom starring Craig Charles as Butler, the captain of a motley crew of pirates which included Roger Griffiths, Shaun Curry, Lewis Rae and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Created by John Smith and Rob Sprackling, the series ran for only six episodes on Channel 4 during 1997.

Outline

The episode starts with four of the lads playing snap then shot moves to Butler who’s looking out at sea with a telescope talking about how the sea is lifeless and empty. Then a while later the ship hits a reef and the crew end up on an uncharted island. Butler tells the crew about a mermaid who carried him to safety, Bosun says that when a mermaid saves you, you get cursed with a love spell. The next day then find an old man on a hill who does not speak English, Adeel says he can understand him but this turns out to be a lie, only Cliff (Roger Griffiths) can talk to this old man. Then Butler finds the mermaid who saved him called “Tray-Sea” or Tracy. Rodger has heard from Bosun how to break the curse but this does not work. But then the crew (except Butler) leave and Butler gets married unknowing that his upper body would be a fish. End result is that he hears that the only way to turn back is to stop loving her, then he swims back to the ship and joins the crew again.

Captain Butler Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 17 January 1997.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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