Oppenheimer: The Father of the Atomic Bomb (3 Disc Set)

Sam Waterston stars in this BAFTA Award winning seven-part serial drama, which delves into the enigma that was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist often quoted as “the father of the atomic bomb.”

A complex and controversial scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer was the leader of the Manhattan Project: the U.S research team tasked with the development of a viable atomic bomb. His success brought a devastating end to the Second World War, and this gripping dramatisation explores at length the extraordinary complexity of the scientist’s thinking and the dilemma he faced…

Declared a security risk by the American government, only to be awarded with the highest honour in his field by a subsequent presidency…were the Americans trying to placate an uneasy conscience?