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Oppenheimer : Season 1
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Air date: 28 Oct '80 - 7 episodesOppenheimer is a television serial about J. Robert Oppenheimer, produced by the BBC. It began broadcast in the United Kingdom on 29 October 1980 and in the United States on 11 May 1982. The series starred Sam Waterston as Oppenheimer. The series was nominated for seven BAFTA Television Awards and won three. It was nominated for two Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Limited Series and for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV.
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List of Episodes (7)
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Oppenheimer (1980)
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1. Episode 1
29 Oct '801938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
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2. Episode 2
03 Nov '801942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
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3. Episode 3
12 Nov '801943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
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4. Episode 4
19 Nov '80Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
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5. Episode 5
27 Nov '80May 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.
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6. Episode 6
03 Dec '801949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
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7. Episode 7
10 Dec '80December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.
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