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6.75 votes2002TV-PG1h 30mEndedDocumentaryOfficial site

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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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1. Let the Experiment Be MadeNow viewing2002-11-19Part 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).
2. The Making of a Revolutionary2002-11-19Part 2 covers Franklin's years in England, beginning in 1757, when he was sent to London as an emissary for Pennsylvania on a mission to allow the colony to tax the Penn family's lands. Franklin arrived as an ardent admirer of the empire as well as a lover of the American colonies.
3. The Chess Master2002-11-20“The Chess Master” follows “America's native genius,” as historian Keith Arbour calls Franklin, through the final 14 years of his life, nine of which were spent in Paris as the rebellious colonies' ambassador to France. Franklin's first goal (aside from creating the U.S. foreign service on the fly) was to secure financial and military aid. He went about doing it in the same manner as he played chess.

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Colm Feore
narrator
Richard Easton
Benjamin Franklin
Dylan Baker
Benjamin Franklin
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David Adkins
John Jay
Gerry Bamman
Paul Wentworth
Blair Brown
Jane Mecom
Anthony Cochrane
George
Peter Donaldson
John Adams
Ronald Guttman
Le Comte de Vergennes
Anthony Heald
Jonathan Austin
Jefferson Mays
Elkanah Watson
Brian Murray
Viscount Stormont
Martin Rayner
Robert Whittington
Natacha Roi
Mme. Britton de Jouy
Sebastian Roché
French Aristocrat

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Benjamin Franklin first aired in 2002.

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