Watch Benjamin Franklin

Episodes

1. Let the Experiment Be Made

2. The Making of a Revolutionary

3. The Chess Master

Benjamin Franklin

Documentary

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.

Date: 11/19/2002

Rating: 5.9

Cast: Colm Feore, Richard Easton, Dylan Baker, David Adkins, Gerry Bamman, Blair Brown, Anthony Cochrane, Peter Donaldson, Ronald Guttman, Anthony Heald, Jefferson Mays, Brian Murray, Martin Rayner, Natacha Roi, Sebastian Roché

Colm Feore