Original version

BBC World Service Online

The Bomb

Podcasts

Factual: History

The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history

The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history. The race to beat the Nazis and stolen secrets.

The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history. Season 1 follows the scientist who discovers the destructive possibilities of harnessing nuclear power. It leads to the race to beat the Nazis to the first atomic bomb. Season 2 tells of a brilliant scientist who lives a double life, stealing atomic secrets for the Soviet Union. Season 3 is coming soon.

No Master Brand

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC Afghan Radio

The Bomb: The doomsday clock

29/11/2023 GMT

The doomsday clock

BBC World Service - The Bomb, The doomsday clock

To listen online, visit bbcworldservice.com/thebomb

Christopher Nolan's Hollywood film Oppenheimer tells the story of the father of the atomic bomb. And one of the other key players in the creation of the bomb was the scientist Leo Szilard. He was instrumental to both the creation of the bomb, and later, the fight to stop it being used. The writer Emily Strasser’s family was involved too, and she tells the story of the chain reaction onwards from the splitting of the atom.

The world’s first nuclear bomb drops on the unsuspecting city of Hiroshima. On 7 August 1945, the world is changed forever.

In this final episode, featuring first-hand accounts of the attack that day, Emily Strasser asks how the bomb changed humanity. 

Have we really come to terms with it?

#thebomb

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Bomb

The doomsday clock

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service