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Oppenheimer

1980 · 1 season · 7 episodes · Ended · BBC Two

Drama

TMDB 6.7 · 13 votes

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Spanning 1938 to 1953, theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer leads the effort to develop the atom bomb during the Second World War. When revealed, his work initially makes him a hero in the United States, but an ever-changing world soon sees him recast as a security risk.

Episodes

  • S01E01Episode 11980-10-2950m

    1938: Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.

  • S01E02Episode 21980-11-0350m

    1942: America is at war. Now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer's left-wing politics mean that he's constantly under surveillance by the FBI and others.

  • S01E03Episode 31980-11-1250m

    1943: Oppenheimer is appointed director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI. Meanwhile, his extramarital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.

  • S01E04Episode 41980-11-1950m

    Summer 1944: With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.

  • S01E05Episode 51980-11-2750m

    May 1945: The European war is over but the conflict with Japan rages on. Oppenheimer discusses the almost completed atomic bomb with the Secretary of War. However, his colleagues have misgivings.

  • S01E06Episode 61980-12-0350m

    1949: A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face the HUAC committee.

  • S01E07Episode 71980-12-1050m

    December 1953: Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the AEC is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.

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