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The Kennedys

Episode 4

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes star as President John F Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, in Stephen Kronish's compelling drama series, charting the triumph and the tragedy of the first couple.

In August 1961 the Russians move troops into Berlin, though their intentions are unclear. JFK prepares for the possibility that Khrushchev might try to take the city.

Bobby announces the formation of the Organized Crime Division. Chicago mobster Sam Giancana is livid about it, and blames Frank Sinatra, who had arranged a meeting between the gangster and Joe Kennedy Sr before the 1960 election. Show less

Contributors

Jack Kennedy:
Greg Kinnear
Bobby Kennedy:
Barry Pepper
Jackie Kennedy:
Katie Holmes
Joe Kennedy Sr:
Tom Wilkinson
Ethel Kennedy:
Kristin Booth
Rose Kennedy:
Diana Hardcastle
Michelle:
Rachel Wilson
Sam Giancana:
Serge Houde
Thomas Bennett:
Barry Flatman
McGeorge Bundy:
Dan Lett
Director:
Jon Cassar

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