The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power

2019 • 1 Season • 6.7 Ended

Explore the Bush family’s internal dynamics: the influential matriarchs, sibling ambitions and unceasing competitive spirit which drove them to power. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, journalists, political figures and Bush family members, the series reveals a story of triumph, tragedy, heroism, faith, and an evolving conservatism.

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Episodes

E1. Fathers & Sons

43 min

George H.W. Bush volunteers to go to woar and do his duty. The returning hero is reunited with his sweetheart Barbara and they give birth to their fir...

E2. The Price of Loyalty

43 min

Blinded by loyalty to his president and ignoring the advice of his family, George H.W. Bush is betrayed by Richard Nixon. His children start to follow...

E3. A Family Triumph

43 min

George H.W. Bush becomes a loyal vice president to Ronald Regan but his wife Barbara falls out with jealous First Lady Nancy. George W. commits to a l...

E4. First Family

43 min

The Bushes have finally made it to the White House but having a father as a president hits Neil Bush hard when scandals strike. George H.W. triumphs a...

E5. Sibling Rivalry

43 min

George W. and Jeb Bush are two brothers determined to make it to the Governor’s mansion but only one will succeed. Laura Bush fears the consequences o...

E6. The End of a Dynasty?

43 min

President George W. Bush strives to secure the second term his father never won. But the war he started in Iraq will define his presidency and cast a...