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Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

121980•50m•6.7/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.7/10(13)

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

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Production

BBC, GBH

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 29, 1980

Last Aired

December 10, 1980

Networks

BBC Two

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 1980-10-29
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 1980-11-03
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 1980-11-12
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 1980-11-19
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 1980-11-27
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.
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 1980-12-03
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
Episode 7
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 1980-12-10
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.

Cast

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Robert Oppenheimer

John Carson

Narrator

Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

Ed Condon

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Henry Stimson

Jana Shelden

Jana Shelden

Kitty Oppenheimer

Phil Brown

Phil Brown

Lewis Strauss

Edward Hardwicke

Edward Hardwicke

Enrico Fermi

David Suchet

David Suchet

Edward Teller

James Maxwell

James Maxwell

Lloyd Garrison

Milton Johns

Milton Johns

George Kistiakowsky

Barry Dennen

Barry Dennen

Isidor Rabi

Bob Sherman

Ernest Lawrence

Matthew Guinness

Hans Bethe

Christopher Malcolm

Christopher Malcolm

Steve Nelson

Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon

Frank Oppenheimer

David Baxt

David Baxt

Colonel John Lansdale

Peter Banks

Joseph Volpe

Ron Berglas

Ron Berglas

John Manley

Colin Bennett

Colin Bennett

Seth Neddermeyer

Christopher Muncke

Colonel Kenneth Nichols

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