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Benjamin Franklin (2022)

1h 56m

Running Time

1
Seasons

2
Episodes

Benjamin Franklin (2022)

Name: Benjamin Franklin
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2022-04-04

1h 56m

Running Time

1
Seasons

2
Episodes

April 4, 2022
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Mandy Patinkin

Benjamin Franklin (voice)

Josh Lucas

William Franklin (voice)

Liam Neeson

Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)

Ken Burns

Director

Walter Isaacson

Self, author of 'Benjamin Franklin: An American Life'

H.W. Brands

Self, author of 'The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin'

Stacy Schiff

Self, author

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 4, 2022

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
2

Running Time
1h 56m

Content Rating
TV-PG

Genres
Documentary History

Last updated: 2025-02-16

This TV Show Is About.

biography

american revolution

Miniseries

historical

founding fathers

Wiki.

Benjamin Franklin is a 2022 two-part American documentary film directed and produced by Ken Burns that first aired on PBS on April 4 and 5, 2022. The film chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin, a polymath and Founding Father of the United States. The film is narrated by Peter Coyote and Mandy Patinkin stars as the voice of Franklin. Other voice actors starring in the film include Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, and Paul Giamatti; Giamatti reprises his role as John Adams from the eponymous HBO miniseries.