The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - Season 1
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Air Date: Sun, 14 Sept 2014
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Get Action (1858-1901)
Season 1 - Episode 1
A frail, asthmatic young Theodore Roosevelt transforms himself into a champion of the strenuous life, loses one great love and finds another...
In the Arena (1901-1910)
Season 1 - Episode 2
Murder brings Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency, but in the seven years that follow, he transforms the office and makes himself perhaps t...
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
Season 1 - Episode 3
Theodore Roosevelt leads a Progressive crusade that splits his own party, campaigns for American entry into World War I — and pays a terribl...
The Storm (1920-1933)
Season 1 - Episode 4
Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven ...
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
Season 1 - Episode 5
FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping ...
The Common Cause (1939-1944)
Season 1 - Episode 6
FDR shatters the third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pear...
A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
Season 1 - Episode 7
Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, b...