COLLECTION · Series · 2022

Benjamin Franklin

Name: Benjamin Franklin
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.7

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.

Source: TMDB

* 7.7 (15)DocumentaryUnited States

Directors

Ken Burns

Countries

United States

Studios

PBS · Florentine Films

Runtime

116 min/ep

Age rating

TV-PG

Release

04/04/2022

Score

7.7 / 10 (15)

Where to watch

Streaming

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

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Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

2 episodes · 2022

Episode 1. Join or Die (1706-1774)

2022-04-04 · 116 min

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.

Episode 2. An American (1775-1790)

2022-04-05 · 115 min

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 by season

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Mandy Patinkin

Benjamin Franklin (voice)

Josh Lucas

William Franklin (voice)

Liam Neeson

Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)

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Keywords

historical18th centuryamerican revolutionfounding fathersamerican historyben franklin