The American Revolution
Season 1
118 min
S1 · E1 · Nov 16, 2025
In Order to Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775) Episode 1
124 min
S1 · E2 · Nov 17, 2025
An Asylum for Mankind (May 1775 – July 1776) Episode 2
114 min
S1 · E3 · Nov 18, 2025
The Times That Try Men's Souls (July 1776 – January 1777) Episode 3
115 min
S1 · E4 · Nov 19, 2025
Conquer by a Drawn Game (January 1777 – February 1778) Episode 4
113 min
S1 · E5 · Nov 20, 2025
The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780) Episode 5
130 min
S1 · E6 · Nov 21, 2025
The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward) Episode 6
6 episodes in Season 1
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The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont’s Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic that still endures. The American Revolution will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through.
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Cast
61 people
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
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Adam Arkin
James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
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Josh Brolin
George Washington (voice)
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Hugh Dancy
Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
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Claire Danes
Abigail Adams (voice)
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Tom Hanks
(voice)
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Damian Lewis
King George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)
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Tobias Menzies
Edmund Burke / Ambrose Serle / Cornwallis / William Pitt (voice)
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Liev Schreiber
Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
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Kenneth Branagh
(voice)
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Josh Charles
Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
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Alden Ehrenreich
Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)
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Ken Burns Creator · Sarah Botstein Director David P. Schmidt Director
Total runtime 11h 54m · Episode length 119 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
November 16, 2025
Final episode
November 21, 2025
Status
Ended
Network
PBS
Country
United States
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
119 min
Total runtime
11h 54m
Original language
English
Production
Florentine Films
Production
WETA
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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