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Thomas Jefferson

2025 · 1 season

A stately, talking-heads history lesson that asks you to sit up and pay attention to a complicated founding figure.

Created by
Jon Hirsch
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Devin E. Haqq
Overview
The HISTORY® Channel continues to cement its place as the leader of premium presidential biographies with the premiere of the six-part television event “Thomas Jefferson”

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Stream in the UK
  • HistoryPlay Amazon Channel
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Jon Hirsch
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Devin E. Haqq
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • freedom
  • identity
  • morality
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Created by
Jon Hirsch
Starring
Devin E. Haqq
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 60 min each
Network
History
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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