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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.7
Benjamin Franklin

Released

4/4/2022

Duration

1h 55m

Genre

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Cast

Peter Coyote, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Lucas

Overview

Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

Episodes

Join or Die (1706-1774)EP 1Available

Join or Die (1706-1774)

116m7.5

After building a printing empire in Philadelphia with his wife Deborah, Benjamin Franklin gains worldwide fame from electricity experiments, then spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his family comes apart.

An American (1775-1790)EP 2Available

An American (1775-1790)

115m7.5

In wartime Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution. Back home, he works on the Constitution of the new United States.

Cast

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Peter Coyote

Mandy Patinkin

Benjamin Franklin (voice)

Mandy Patinkin

Josh Lucas

William Franklin (voice)

Josh Lucas

Liam Neeson

Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)

Liam Neeson

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