Sandokan (2025–present)

TV ShowOn airDrama, Action, Adventure1 season, 8 episodes
Sandokan posterReview score: 72%

Plot

Borneo, 1841. Sandokan is a pirate sailing the China Sea with his trusted companion Yanez. An ancient prophecy, his forbidden love for the beautiful Marianna, and the ruthless hunt unleashed by Lord Brooke, a bold English adventurer and in love with the same woman, lead the pirate to make a series of choices that will transform him into the "Tiger of Malaysia."

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  1. 01Sandokan S01E02The Pearl of LabuanS01E02 · 10.0Marianne is celebrating her twenty-first birthday. Sandokan and Brooke are invited to the ball. Tension builds between the three, but Sandokan must first free Yanez and his crew, imprisoned in the dungeons, and try not to blow his cover.
  2. 02Sandokan S01E03HostageS01E03 · 10.0Sandokan sets his sights on the Sultan's antimony mines. Brooke and Murray are hunting him. Marianne, shocked by the events, finally opens her eyes to the atrocities committed by the English in the colonies, and her worldview changes.
  3. 03Sandokan S01E04SingaporeS01E04 · 10.0Sandokan and his crew find refuge in Singapore. Brooke and Murray are hot on their trail. During the Lunar New Year, Marianne discovers more human Sandokan connected to his roots. Tensions reach boiling point and the Sultan intervenes.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2025Aired 9.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Sandokan S01E01The Malaysian TigerDecember 1, 2025 7.4Sandokan and his crew board a ship and free a captive, who is convinced the pirate is the warrior from an old prophecy. Landing in Labuan in
  2. S01E02Sandokan S01E02Season's bestThe Pearl of LabuanDecember 1, 2025 10.0Marianne is celebrating her twenty-first birthday. Sandokan and Brooke are invited to the ball. Tension builds between the three, but Sandok
  3. S01E03Sandokan S01E03HostageDecember 8, 2025 10.0Sandokan sets his sights on the Sultan's antimony mines. Brooke and Murray are hunting him. Marianne, shocked by the events, finally opens h
  4. S01E04Sandokan S01E04SingaporeDecember 8, 2025 10.0Sandokan and his crew find refuge in Singapore. Brooke and Murray are hot on their trail. During the Lunar New Year, Marianne discovers more
  5. S01E05Sandokan S01E05The Heart of the JungleDecember 15, 2025 9.8While Brooke attempts to regain the consul's trust, Sandokan and Marianne reach a Dayak village deep in the Sarawak jungle. There, Sandokan
  6. S01E06Sandokan S01E06In the DarkDecember 15, 2025 9.8In the jungle, the village chief helps Sandokan rediscover his past, while the Sultan's troops and Brooke close in. A shocking revelation th
  7. S01E07Sandokan S01E07Death of a PirateDecember 16, 2025 10.0Sandokan faces the Sultan in a decisive duel, while Marianna confronts her father and must choose whether to trust Brooke. When she discover
  8. S01E08Sandokan S01E08The Cost of VictoryDecember 16, 2025 10.0Amid betrayals and unexpected alliances, Brooke plots to seize power and conquer Marianna. Sandokan and Yanez, meanwhile, prepare for the de

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Cast

Can YamanCan YamanSandokanAlanah BloorAlanah BloorLady Marianne GuillonkAlessandro PreziosiAlessandro PreziosiYanez de GomeraEd WestwickEd WestwickLord James BrookeMadeleine PriceMadeleine PriceSaniOwen TealeOwen TealeLord GuillonkJohn HannahJohn HannahSergeant Murray

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TrailerSANDOKAN: THE PIRATE PRINCE | OFFICIAL TRAILER - Starring Ed Westwick & Can Yaman

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