Benjamin Franklin

Name: Benjamin Franklin
Director: Ellen Hovde
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-11-19
Rating: 6.7

Director: Ellen Hovde

Producer: Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Robertas Urbonas

20021 seasons · 3 episodes5 votes6.7

Documentary

Overview

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.

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Episodes

S1.E1 · November 19, 2002

Let the Experiment Be Made

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 making life easier for his fellow Philadelphians by thinking up such things as public libraries and a volunteer fire department. Then there was electricity. Richard Easton plays Franklin (Dylan Baker plays a younger Franklin).

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