Michael Douglas
Benjamin Franklin
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- 8. S1 E8 New episode May 17, 2024
- Benjamin Franklin embarks on a secret mission to France, with American independence in the balance.
- 7. S1 E7 New episode May 10, 2024
- Benjamin Franklin embarks on a secret mission to France, with American independence in the balance.
- 6. Beauty and Folly New episode May 3, 2024
- Franklin suspects traitors are everywhere; Vergennes makes a final offer.
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
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. [1] .
Franklin. TRAILER. List. Apple TV+ Season 1. Watch Franklin with a subscription on Apple TV+. Michael Douglas. Benjamin Franklin. Noah Jupe. Temple Franklin. Thibault de Montalembert. Comte...
Apr 10, 2024 · It’s 1776, and the Revolutionary War is raging; to drum up monetary and logistical support from France, America sends Benjamin Franklin (a wry, taciturn Michael Douglas) across the Atlantic with his teenage grandson and aide Temple ( Noah Jupe) in tow.
Nov 9, 2009 · Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor, diplomat, a Founding Father and a leading figure of early American history.
Apr 12, 2024 · Franklin ( Michael Douglas ), a publisher and an intellectual, was America’s last hope. Landing on the shores of Brittany, France, the statesman and his grandson, Temple ( Noah Jupe ), embark on...
Apr 18, 2024 · April 18, 2024. Sailing across the Atlantic to France in October 1776, Benjamin Franklin had 38 days to contemplate his near-impossible mission: persuading the absolute French monarchy of Louis ...
Dec 10, 2020 · Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father and a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, freemason and diplomat. Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S....
