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The Trials of Oppenheimer (Original title)The Trials of J.Robert Oppenheimer (Alternative title)
Dates: 2008 (Copyright), 15 July 2009 (Television)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: David Grubin

Production company billing: ©2008. WGBH Educational Foundation/David Grubin Productions, Inc. A David Grubin Productions Inc. film for BBC
Synopsis: J Robert Oppenheimer was one of the most celebrated scientists of his generation. This film tells the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of Robert Oppenheimer. Narrated by Zoe Wanamaker, whose own father experienced the virulent anti-communism of McCarthyism first-hand, it weaves Oppenheimer's biography with the dramatic events of his trial and its tragic aftermath. ©BBC publicity.

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Date: 15 July 2009Broadcast channel: BBC FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Slot duration: 60 minsDigital Terrestrial - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo