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The Bomb

The Bomb

25 Episodes • By BBC World Service • www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08llv8...
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 wh ...more
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Introducing Hollywood Exiles
History remembers Charlie Chaplin as Hollywood’s fir... more
Jul 5 2024 27m
Hollywood Exodus and Family Fallout
Chapter 1 10 mins
Charlie Chaplin
Chapter 2 17 mins
Chaplin's Journey in Hollywood Exiles
Chapter 3 1 min
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Trailer: The Black 14
From Amazing Sport Stories, this is The Black 14.In ... more
Apr 5 2024 2m
The Black 14
Chapter 1 2 mins
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Introducing: Love, Janessa
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Mar 22 2023 2m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Love Janessa
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S2.10 Fallout
Jail awaits - Klaus Fuchs is going down. But will he... more
Sep 9 2022 33m
Klaus Fooks
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S2.9 Dead cat, live cat
A double life implodes. Fuchs faces judge and jury, ... more
Sep 2 2022 30m
The Fooks Case
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S2.8 The uncertainty principle
The spy catchers close in. Klaus Fuchs is caught in ... more
Aug 26 2022 30m
The British Spy
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S2.7 Critical mass
The interrogation of a spymaster. Ursula is question... more
Aug 19 2022 29m
Fooks and Arnold
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S2.6 Camp Y
Lives on the line. The Fuchs family is drawn into th... more
Aug 12 2022 38m
The Bomb
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S2.5 An irreversible reaction
A double life gets more dangerous. Fuchs joins Ameri... more
Aug 5 2022 28m
The Secret Place
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S2.4 A stable bond
The spy meets his spymaster - presenter Rosa Ellis' ... more
Jul 29 2022 37m
Ursula, the German Spy.
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S2.3 Unstable elements
The fate of the world is decided: Klaus Fuchs joins ... more
Jul 22 2022 31m
Rudolph Piles
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S2.2 A split life
The world’s most dangerous spy? A young scientist’s ... more
Jul 15 2022 40m
The Kucinski Siblings
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S2.1 A grave matter
The man who stole the atomic bomb. And why he did it... more
Jul 8 2022 20m
Auntie and the Spy.
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Bonus: The sound design
What does the inside of an atom sound like? Meet our... more
Jun 26 2022 3m
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Bonus: Introducing Rosa Ellis
"She was not just a spy - she was a spymaster". The ... more
Jun 19 2022 4m
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Introducing The Bomb season 2
The spy who changed history. And a great-aunt's doub... more
Jun 12 2022 4m
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Introducing: The Lazarus Heist
Hacking Hollywood and the billion-dollar plot. Hear ... more
May 21 2021 3m
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The doomsday clock
The world’s first nuclear bomb drops on the unsuspec... more
Sep 11 2020 29m
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The first atomic bomb
Time is running out. As Manhattan Project scientists... more
Sep 4 2020 27m
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Enemy alien
The FBI pursues Leo Szilard as he loses control of t... more
Aug 28 2020 25m
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Pearl Harbour
An attack on Pearl Harbour changes everything. After... more
Aug 21 2020 32m
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The Einstein letter
A vital message must be delivered to US President Fr... more
Aug 14 2020 22m
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Race to the bomb
It’s a race against time to beat the Nazis to the fi... more
Aug 7 2020 19m
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Moonshine
A little-known scientist discovers something that wi... more
Jul 31 2020 28m
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The prologue
“My grandfather in front of a mushroom cloud”. This ... more
Jul 23 2020 2m
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