Ken Burns
Director
Benjamin Franklin (2022)
Miniseries
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.
Released April 4, 2022
Episode 115 min
10+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.biography, tmdb.american-revolution, tmdb.historical, tmdb.founding-fathers, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.war-of-independence, imdb.american-history + 6 more, imdb.american-politician, imdb.american-politics, imdb.18th-century, imdb.history-documentary, imdb.reenactment, mdblist.ext.common-sense-selection
Watch Providers: PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Florentine Films
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Join or Die (1706-1774)
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.
April 4, 2022, midnight
7.5
S1E2 - An American (1775-1790)
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.
April 5, 2022, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 115 min.
Season Runtime: 231 min.
Released: April 4, 2022
Last Air Date: April 5, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 10+
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