COLLECTION · Series · 2002

Benjamin Franklin

Name: Benjamin Franklin
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.7

An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom: first as a scientist and revolutionary, and then as a founding father and America's first diplomat to France.

Source: TMDB

* 6.7 (5)DocumentaryUnited States · Lithuania

Directors

Ellen Giffard · Muffie Meyer

Creators

Ronald Blumer

Countries

United States · Lithuania

Studios

PBS · Lithuanian Film Studio · Middlemarch Films

Runtime

60–90 min/ep

Age rating

TV-PG

Release

19/11/2002

Score

6.7 / 10 (5)

Where to watch

Streaming

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

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Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

3 episodes · 2002

Episode 1. Let the Experiment Be Made

2002-11-19

Part 1: “Let the Experiment Be Made,” charts Franklin's first 47 years (he was born in 1706), a period that saw the birth of the Enlightenment. Franklin took it to heart, writing aphorisms based on it in his “Poor Richard's Almanack” and…

Episode 2. The Making of a Revolutionary

2002-11-19

Part 2 covers Franklin's years in England, beginning in 1757, when he was sent to London as an emissary for Pennsylvania on a mission to allow the colony to tax the Penn family's lands. Franklin arrived as an ardent admirer of the empire…

Episode 3. The Chess Master

2002-11-20

“The Chess Master” follows “America's native genius,” as historian Keith Arbour calls Franklin, through the final 14 years of his life, nine of which were spent in Paris as the rebellious colonies' ambassador to France. Franklin's first…

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