American Experience · SEASON 18
John and Abigail Adams
Episode 5 · 2006-01-23
- Documentary
Episode overview
An engrossing portrait of the second U.S. president and first lady, costars Simon Russell Beale and Linda Emond. Included: the friendship (and enmity) between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (James Barbour), who both died on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; the Adamses' “great love story”; their bouts with depression; his troubled presidency. Interspersed are comments from historians.
55 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Two Days in October2005-10-17
2. Race to the Moon2005-10-31
3. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City2005-11-14
4. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca2005-11-15
5. John and Abigail Adams2006-01-23
6. The Nuremberg Trials2006-01-30
7. Jesse James2006-02-06
8. Hijacked2006-02-25
9. Eugene O'Neill2006-03-21
10. The Boy in the Bubble2006-04-10
11. The Alaska Pipeline2006-04-24
12. Annie Oakley2006-05-08
13. The Man Behind Hitler2006-05-22
