Oppenheimer

Episode 01

Episode 1

Oct 29, 1980 · 50 min

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

Episode 02

Episode 2

Nov 3, 1980 · 50 min

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.

Episode 03

Episode 3

Nov 12, 1980 · 50 min

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.

Episode 04

Episode 4

Nov 19, 1980 · 50 min

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.

Episode 05

Episode 5

Nov 27, 1980 · 50 min

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.

Episode 06

Episode 6

Dec 3, 1980 · 50 min

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

Episode 07

Episode 7

Dec 10, 1980 · 50 min

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.