The American Revolution(2025)

50

  • Documentary,
  • War & Politics

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Peter Coyote

    Peter Coyote

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Adam Arkin

    Adam Arkin

    James Parker, Private Ashbel Green, Andrew Hunter, Enoch Anderson, Timothy Dwight, Robert Morris

  • Kenneth Branagh

    Kenneth Branagh

    voice

  • Josh Brolin

    Josh Brolin

    George Washington (voice)

  • Hugh Dancy

    Hugh Dancy

    voice

  • Claire Danes

    Claire Danes

    voice

  • Tom Hanks

    Tom Hanks

    voice

  • Damian Lewis

    Damian Lewis

    voice

  • Tobias Menzies

    Tobias Menzies

    voice

  • Liev Schreiber

    Liev Schreiber

    voice

  • Alden Ehrenreich

    Alden Ehrenreich

    voice

  • Craig Ferguson

    Craig Ferguson

    voice

  • Paul Giamatti

    Paul Giamatti

    voice

  • Maya Hawke

    Maya Hawke

    voice

  • Josh Charles

    Josh Charles

    voice

  • Laura Linney

    Laura Linney

    voice

  • Edward Norton

    Edward Norton

    voice

  • Matthew Rhys

    Matthew Rhys

    voice

  • Charlotte Hacke

    Charlotte Hacke

    voice

  • Ethan Hawke

    Ethan Hawke

    voice

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Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Last Air Date

Nov 21, 2025

Network

PBS