COLLECTION · Series · 2007

Nuclear Secrets

Name: Nuclear Secrets
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 7.5

A series of spy thrillers exploring the key turning-points in the race for nuclear supremacy. From the development of the A-bomb, via the Cuban missile crisis, to the spread of nuclear weapons to the Middle East and beyond, each story is told through the eyes of the men who risked everything to proliferate their nuclear secrets and those who tried to stop them. Nuclear weapons and the actions of these men have transformed the face of war - and now the world could pay the price.

Source: TMDB

* 7.5 (2)DocumentaryDrama

Studios

BBC Two

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

15/01/2007

Score

7.5 / 10 (2)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

5 episodes · 2007

Episode 1. The Spy From Moscow

2007-01-15 · 60 min

Soviet Colonel Oleg Penkovsky was one of the highest-ranking Soviet officials ever to spy for the West, and he risked his life providing an unparalleled amount of information to MI6 and the CIA. At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis,…

Episode 2. Superspy

2007-01-22 · 60 min

One man's mission started the Cold War. Superspy unearths how Klaus Fuchs stole the secrets of the Hiroshima bomb and gave these confidential details to the Soviet Union. During the Second World War, German refugee Klaus was posted to…

Episode 3. Superbomb

2007-01-29 · 60 min

Two superpowers, one goal – the race for nuclear supremacy follows the Soviet Union and USA as they struggle to control the most powerful force on the planet and create a "superbomb" that could unleash an explosion 1,000 times greater…

Episode 4. Va'anunu and the Bomb

2007-02-09 · 60 min

Mordechai Va'anunu was the man who was determined to tell the world about Israel's nuclear capabilities and, by doing so, created a world scandal. Va'anunu worked as a nuclear technician between 1977 and 1985, separating plutonium from…

Episode 5. The Terror Trader

2007-02-16 · 60 min

Could the father of the Pakistani bomb be the creator of the largest nuclear-smuggling ring ever known? This story reveals a cat-and-mouse tale of an out-of-control nuclear scientist and Western intelligence. In 1975, a young scientist…

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