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Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist, spearheaded the US effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to face suspicion as a security risk in the 1950s.

The American physicist who spearheaded the US effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II faced a shocking reversal in the 1950s when his growing concerns about the consequences of his work led to suspicions of him as a security risk.

Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: Oct 29, 1980

Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorce...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Nov 3, 1980

Oppenheimer is now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, but his lef...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Nov 12, 1980

Oppenheimer's extra-marital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Nov 19, 1980

With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project se...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Nov 27, 1980

The dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring the war to an ...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Dec 3, 1980

A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security r...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Dec 10, 1980

Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career w...

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Info about Oppenheimer

Network: BBC Two

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Genres:Drama, War, History, Biography

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