Oppenheimer(1980)

6.5
1 Seasons
Drama

Overview

This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.

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Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

Episode 1

1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.

29/10/198050 min
Episode 2
Ep 2

Episode 2

1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.

03/11/198050 min
Episode 3
Ep 3

Episode 3

1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.

12/11/198050 min
Episode 4
Ep 4

Episode 4

Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.

19/11/198050 min
Episode 5
Ep 5

Episode 5

May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.

27/11/198050 min
Episode 6
Ep 6

Episode 6

1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.

03/12/198050 min
Episode 7
Ep 7

Episode 7

December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.

10/12/198050 min

Show Info

StatusEnded
NetworkBBC Two
TypeMiniseries

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