The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

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.

• Release date
• September 14, 2014
• TMDB score
• 7.7

Cast

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)