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FDR - Season 1

The new documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.

Top Cast

  • Christian McKay

    Christian McKay

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Alice Bounsall

    Alice Bounsall

    Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Rufus Jones

    Rufus Jones

    Theodore Roosevelt

  • Adrian Galley

    Adrian Galley

  • Jazzara Jaslyn

    Jazzara Jaslyn

  • Pierre Malherbe

    Pierre Malherbe

  • Rupert Anderson

    Rupert Anderson

  • Anthony C. Hyde

    Anthony C. Hyde

  • Jacques Adriaanse

    Jacques Adriaanse

Overview

The new documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.

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