1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
EP2 Episode 2Nov 03, 1980
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
EP3 Episode 3Nov 12, 1980
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
EP4 Episode 4Nov 19, 1980
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
EP5 Episode 5Nov 27, 1980
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.
EP6 Episode 6Dec 03, 1980
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
EP7 Episode 7Dec 10, 1980
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.