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Oppenheimer

BBC One
on BBC One London

The last of seven programmes by Peter Prince
Starring Sam Waterston as Robert Oppenheimer
with Philip O'Brien as Roger Robb, James Maxwell as Lloyd Garrison, Christopher Muncke as General Kenneth Nichols, Peter Banks as Joseph Volpe, Stuart Milligan as Herbert Marks

December 1953: Oppenheimer has been accused of being a Soviet agent and the President has cancelled his security clearance until his case is fully investigated. Oppenheimer has to choose between resignation or facing a security hearing.

(First shown on BBC2)
Book, J. Robert Oppenheimer, £9.95 from booksellers
(Subtitles on Ceefax page 170)

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Prince
Music composed by:
Carl Davis
Producer:
Peter Goodchild
Director:
Barry Davis
Robert Oppenheimer:
Sam Waterston
Roger Robb:
Philip O'Brien
Lloyd Garrison:
James Maxwell
General Kenneth Nichols:
Christopher Muncke
Joseph Volpe:
Peter Banks
Herbert Marks:
Stuart Milligan
Harold Green:
George Gabriel
Lewis Strauss:
Phil Brown
Kitty Oppenheimer:
Jana Shelden
Gordon Gray:
Seymour Green
John McCloy:
Robert Arden
General Leslie Groves:
Manning Redwood
Colonel John Lansdale:
David Baxt
Hans Bethe:
Matthew Guinness
Enrico Fermi:
Edward Hardwicke
Isidor Rabi:
Barry Dennen
Edward Teller:
David Suchet
Narrator:
John Carson
Source: Radio Times

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