Martin Sheen stars in the title role in this landmark mini-series which centres on the momentous presidential years and the loves, lives, triumphs and tragedies of one of the most controversial families of this century. This unfolding 5-Hour Series gives you a Backstage Pass to Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the Cuban Missile Crisis. It also explores the private life of the President including his chronic womanizing, scrutinized by the FBI under the leadership of the sinister and obsessive J. Edgar Hoover.