Episodes Episode #1.1 May 11, 1982 Episode #1.2 May 18, 1982 Episode #1.3 May 25, 1982 Episode #1.4 June 1, 1982 Episode #1.5 June 8, 1982 Episode #1.6 June 15, 1982 Episode #1.7 June 22, 1982 Directed by Barry Davis   Written by Peter Prince   Cast Sam Waterston ... Robert Oppenheimer (7 episodes) John Carson ... Narrator (7 episodes) Jana Shelden ... Kitty Harrison (6 episodes) Edward Hardwicke ... Enrico Fermi (6 episodes) David Suchet ... Edward Teller (6 episodes) Christopher Muncke ... Colonel Kenneth Nichols (6 episodes) Peter Whitman ... Robert Serber (5 episodes) Manning Redwood ... General Leslie Groves (5 episodes) Matthew Guinness ... Hans Bethe (5 episodes) John Morton ... Robert Wilson (4 episodes) Garrick Hagon ... Frank Oppenheimer (4 episodes) Bob Sherman ... Ernest Lawrence (4 episodes) Barry Dennen ... Isidor Rabi (4 episodes) Kate Harper ... Jean Tatlock (3 episodes) Peter Marinker ... Haakon Chevalier (3 episodes) Liza Ross ... Jacky Oppenheimer (3 episodes) Erica Stevens ... Charlotte Serber (3 episodes) Ron Berglas ... John Manley (3 episodes) Blain Fairman ... Robert Bacher (3 episodes) Anthony Forrest ... Rossi Lomanitz (2 episodes) Christopher Malcolm ... Steve Nelson (2 episodes) John Cassady ... F.B.I. Agent (2 episodes) William Hootkins ... F.B.I. Agent (2 episodes) David Baxt ... Colonel John Lansdale (2 episodes) Rosemary Faith ... Mitzi Teller (2 episodes) Sarah Brackett ... Priscilla Duffield (2 episodes) Billy J. Mitchell ... Captain 'Deke' Parsons (2 episodes) Colin Bennett ... Seth Neddermeyer (2 episodes) Milton Johns ... George Kistiakowsky (2 episodes) Nigel Anthony ... Scientist (2 episodes) Douglas Lambert ... Kenneth Bainbridge (2 episodes) Peter Banks ... Joseph Volpe (2 episodes) Phil Brown ... Lewis Strauss (2 episodes) Daniel Foley ... Joseph Weinberg Carl Haugland ... Student Michael Ryan ... Student (as Ryan Michael) Raymond Marlowe ... Businessman James Smith ... Dr. Harrison Ed Devereaux ... General Wilhelm Styer Robert Henderson ... Scientist David Oliver ... Emil Konopinski Alexander Davion ... Arthur Compton (as Alex Davion) Gabor Vernon ... Leo Szilard Colette Hiller ... Barbara Chevalier John Orchard ... Sergeant Shane Rimmer ... Ed Condon Pat Starr ... Alice Smith Marc Smith ... Lt. Colonel Boris Pash Roger Frazier ... Drill Sergeant Dave Hill ... James Tuck Albert Welling ... Klaus Fuchs Matt Zimmerman ... M.C. Jay Benedict ... S.E.D. Gerramy Quarto ... S.E.D. Geri Peterson ... Woman Tony Sibbald ... Captain Alexander Knox ... Henry Stimson Don Fellows ... Army Chief Robert MacLeod ... Navy Chief Douglas W. Iles ... Air Force Chief (as Douglas Iles) Ed Bishop ... General Tom Farrell Jeff Harding ... M.P. Michael John Paliotti ... Sam Allison Peter Carlisle ... H.U.A.C. Counsel Michael Fitzpatrick ... Congressman Jerry Harte ... J.C.A.E. Counsel Alan Westbrook ... Reporter James Berwick ... Air Force General Bob Sessions ... Thomas Finletter Robert Robinson ... Senator Knowland Robert O'Neil ... G.A.C. Committee Member Stephen Turner ... David Griggs Ray Charleson ... William Borden Raymond Thompson ... Francis Cotter James Waterston ... Peter Oppenheimer Elizabeth Giles ... Toni Oppenheimer Declan Mulholland ... F.B.I. Agent Audrey Hamilton ... Carol Chevalier George Gabriel ... Harold Green Stuart Milligan ... Herbert Marks James Maxwell ... Lloyd Garrison Philip O'Brien ... Roger Robb Seymour Green ... Gordon Gray Robert Arden ... John McCloy Uncredited Cast Antonino Garcia Tony ... US Army Soldier (7 episodes) Produced by Ruth Caleb   Peter Goodchild   Original Music by Carl Davis

Additional Info Premiere: October 29, 1980 DVD Release: September 23, 2008 Countries: Distributor: BBC Films Websites: Production Companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WGBH Distributors Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)   (1982) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.2 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #9,717 / 21,271 Site Ranking #9,713 2069: A Sex Odyssey (1974) #9,714 Motor Home Massacre (2005) #9,715 Forced Entry (1973) #9,716 The Brink (2017) #9,717 Oppenheimer (1980) #9,718 Spirit Camp (2010) #9,719 Sorry About The Demon (2022) #9,720 Back By Midnight (2004) #9,721 Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves (2015)