Michael Douglas
Benjamin Franklin
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Franklin
2024
- 2024 · Historical drama · 1 season
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Episode Guide
- 1. Sauce for Prayers Apr 12, 2024
- Benjamin Franklin and his grandson plunge into a world of intrigue and deception.
- 2. Welcome, Mischief Apr 12, 2024
- An arms operation is threatened by a ruthless opponent; the Paris police watch Franklin.
- 3. Pride and Gout Apr 12, 2024
- Bad news arrives from America; Franklin finds himself ensnared in the traps of Versailles.
Why to watch
- Michael Douglas has a fresh take on Benjamin Franklin
- When: The first three episodes of Franklin stream April 12 on Apple TV+.
- What to know: Michael Douglas stars in and executive produces the new limited series about “the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career,” according to a press release for the show.
- Viewers meet Franklin, 70, in December 1776 as he travels to France and convinces “an absolute monarchy to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy.”
- Douglas “embodies a lot of Franklin’s spirit in that he is really smart, and charming, and completely contemporary in that he’s aware of everything that’s going on around him, on a global level and on a personal level,” Franklin director Tim Van Patten told Variety. “And he’s curious. And he has an absolute lust for life.”
- The series is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff’s book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.
- — Garin Flowers, entertainment reporter
- April 10, 2024
Franklin is a biographical drama miniseries about the United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, based on Stacy Schiff's 2005 book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. It was released on Apple TV+ on April 12, 2024.
A historical drama that follows Franklin's role in the Franco-American alliance of 1778. Starring Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, Daniel Mays and others, the series has eight episodes and a TV-MA rating.
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Franklin is an animated preschool educational children's television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois, and produced by Nelvana. [1] [2] It was followed up by a CGI adaptation, Franklin and Friends .
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May 3, 2024 · Franklin is set to follow the historical figure during a critical point in history, one where the future of America was still very much undecided. This won't be the first TV series to focus on a founding father, as HBO previously made the acclaimed series John Adams starring Paul Giamatti.
Franklin is a TV series based on the children's books by Paulette Bourgeois, featuring a young turtle and his animal friends. The series covers various topics such as friendship, family, nature, and culture, and has a narrator and a theme song by Bruce Cockburn.
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Episodes & Images. Cast & Crew. Trailers & Videos. Watch on Apple TV+. Episodes & Images. S1, E8 • May 17, 2024. Endgame. Season Finale. The future of the United States is decided by six men in a room. Franklin and Temple face a changed world. Michael Douglas and Thibault de Montalembert in "Franklin," now streaming on Apple TV+.
Feb 29, 2016 · Treehouse Direct. 13 videos 473,807 views Last updated on Feb 29, 2016. Franklin the turtle is learning how he fits in the world and how the world fits him. Join Franklin and his friend...
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