

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Overview
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.
Episodes

S1E1 · 2014-09-14 · 115m
Get Action (1858-1901)

S1E2 · 2014-09-15 · 117m
In the Arena (1901-1910)

S1E3 · 2014-09-16 · 117m
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

S1E4 · 2014-09-17 · 117m
The Storm (1920-1933)

S1E5 · 2014-09-18 · 117m
The Rising Road (1933-1939)

S1E6 · 2014-09-19 · 116m
The Common Cause (1939-1944)
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Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)

David McCullough
Self - Historian

Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)

Edward Herrmann
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)

Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)

John Lithgow
James Roosevelt (voice)

Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
