The Kennedys (DVD)

All eight episodes of the US drama mini-series that charts the rise to power and the defining historical events in the life of the iconic political family. With driven patriarch Joe Sr. (Tom Wilkinson) determined to have his two sons, Jack (Greg Kinnear) and Bobby (Barry Pepper), enter the political arena, it's not long before the charismatic Jack and his wife, Jackie (Katie Holmes), become America's first couple. The series reveals the private lives behind the public personas, as the ambitions, triumphs and ultimate tragedies of the various family members are played out under the world's spotlight.