Oppenheimer
series not in production
Ended
Drama
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 7
avg.Runtime | 50 min
First EP | 1980-10-29
Last EP | 1980-12-10
Overview
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This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
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BBC
GBH
Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1980-10-29
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Episode 1
1980-10-29
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
2
Episode 2
1980-11-03
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
3
Episode 3
1980-11-12
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
4
Episode 4
1980-11-19
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
5
Episode 5
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.
6
Episode 6
1980-12-03
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
7
Episode 7
1980-12-10
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.
CAST
charactor: Robert Oppenheimer
Original: Sam Waterston
Total EP: 7
charactor: Narrator
Original: John Carson
Total EP: 7
charactor: Ed Condon
Original: Shane Rimmer
Total EP: 7
charactor: Henry Stimson
Original: Alexander Knox
Total EP: 7
charactor: Kitty Oppenheimer
Original: Jana Shelden
Total EP: 7
charactor: Lewis Strauss
Original: Phil Brown
Total EP: 7
charactor: Enrico Fermi
Original: Edward Hardwicke
Total EP: 7
charactor: Edward Teller
Original: David Suchet
Total EP: 7
charactor: Lloyd Garrison
Original: James Maxwell
Total EP: 7
charactor: George Kistiakowsky
Original: Milton Johns
Total EP: 7
charactor: Isidor Rabi
Original: Barry Dennen
Total EP: 7
charactor: Ernest Lawrence
Original: Bob Sherman
Total EP: 7
charactor: Hans Bethe
Original: Matthew Guinness
Total EP: 7
charactor: Steve Nelson
Original: Christopher Malcolm
Total EP: 7
charactor: Frank Oppenheimer
Original: Garrick Hagon
Total EP: 7
charactor: Colonel John Lansdale
Original: David Baxt
Total EP: 7
charactor: Joseph Volpe
Original: Peter Banks
Total EP: 7
charactor: John Manley
Original: Ron Berglas
Total EP: 7
charactor: Seth Neddermeyer
Original: Colin Bennett
Total EP: 7
charactor: Colonel Kenneth Nichols
Original: Christopher Muncke
Total EP: 7
charactor: H.U.A.C Counsel
Original: Peter Carlisle
Total EP: 1
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