Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin is a 2002 American documentary television series which premiered November 19–20, 2002 and reairs on August 22–September 5, 2005. The series was produced by Twin Cities Public Television of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Benjamin Franklin won an Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Special (Traditional) in 2003. Executive producers Catherine Allan and Jerry Richman accepted the award. Episode 1 Let the Experiment Be Made. His first 47 years, a period that saw the birth of the Enlightenment. Franklin took this intellectual revolution to heart, writing aphorisms based on it for the publication he founded, “Poor Richard's Almanack,” and making significant contributions to his fellow Philadelphians, contributions which included the ideas of public libraries and a volunteer fire department. Richard Easton plays Franklin; Colm Feore narrates.