First Aired: September 14th, 2014
Status: Ended
Genre: History, Documentary
Network: PBS
Summary: Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
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Episode Statistics:
# of Episodes: 7
# of Episodes I watched: 0
# of Episodes I haven't watched: 7
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Last Aired Episode
Season 1 - Episode 7: A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1952)
Air Date: September 20th, 2014
Summary: Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right, as well as a champion of civil rights, civil liberties and the United Nations.
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Cast
Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
as Himself - Historian
as Himself - Historian
Meryl Streep
as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
Edward Herrmann
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Paul Giamatti
as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
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