Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (2022)

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Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores 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. Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change in science, technology, literature, politics, and government — fields he himself advanced through a lifelong commitment to societal and self-improvement.

Network
Scheduleevery Monday, Tuesday at 20:00 (120 min)

Last Episode

Part 2: 'An American' (1775-1790)
Season 1Episode 2120 min

Part 2: "An American" (1775-1790)

Benjamin Franklin leaves London and returns to wartime Philadelphia, where he joins Congress and helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution and then negotiates a peace treaty with Britain. He spends his last years in the new United States, working on the Constitution and unsuccessfully promoting the abolition of slavery.

Apr 5, 2022

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E02Part 2: "An American" (1775-1790)Apr 5, 2022
S01E01Part 1: "Join or Die" (1706-1774)Apr 4, 2022
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Cast

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

voices Benjamin Franklin
Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

voices Narrator
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Characters

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

voiced by Mandy Patinkin
Narrator

Narrator

voiced by Peter Coyote
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