Oppenheimer (1980)
Synopsis
This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
First Air Date: 1980-10-29
Last Air Date: 1980-12-10
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 7
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Sam Waterston as Robert Oppenheimer
- John Carson as Narrator
- Shane Rimmer as Ed Condon
- Alexander Knox as Henry Stimson
- Jana Shelden as Kitty Oppenheimer
- Phil Brown as Lewis Strauss
- Edward Hardwicke as Enrico Fermi
- David Suchet as Edward Teller
- James Maxwell as Lloyd Garrison
- Milton Johns as George Kistiakowsky
Seasons
Miniseries (1980)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 1
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
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Ep. 4: Episode 4
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
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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.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
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Ep. 7: Episode 7
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.
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