Benjamin Franklin
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Cast:Peter Coyote , Mandy Patinkin , Josh Lucas , Liam Neeson , Walter Isaacson , H.W. Brands , Joseph Ellis , Christopher L. Brown , Stacy Schiff , Joyce Chaplin , Ellen Cohn , Erica Armstrong Dunbar , Clay Jenkinson , Bernard Bailyn , Sheila Kemp , Philip Dray , Gordon Wood , Carolyn McCormick
S1.E1 ∙ Join or Die (1706-1774)
Benjamin Franklin leaves Boston and reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire. Turning to science, his experiments in electricity earn him worldwide fame. In London he tries to build relationships.
S1.E2 ∙ An American (1775-1790)
Franklin returns to wartime Philadelphia and joins Congress. He helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution then negotiates a peace treaty with Britain.
