BBC Radio Podcasts from The Bomb

Leo Szilard: The prologue

“My grandfather in front of a mushroom cloud”. Could the Bomb have been stopped? #thebomb

A little-known scientist discovers something that will change the course of human history

It’s a race against time to beat the Nazis to the nuclear bomb

A vital message must be delivered to the president of the United States

An attack on Pearl Harbour changes everything

The FBI pursues Leo Szilard as he loses control of the project

Time is running out. Leo Szilard makes one final attempt to stop the bomb

The bomb drops on Hiroshima and the world is changed forever

The spy who changed history. Season 2 begins on 9 July 2022

"She was not just a spy - she was a spymaster". The family secret of Rosa Ellis

What does the inside of an atom sound like? Meet our sound designer for Season 2

The man who stole the atomic bomb. And why he did it

The world’s most dangerous spy? A young scientist’s journey into espionage

The fate of the world is decided: Klaus Fuchs joins a top-secret atomic bomb mission

The spy meets his spymaster

A double life gets more dangerous. Fuchs joins America's bomb project

Lives on the line. The Fuchs family is drawn into the espionage

The interrogation of a spymaster. Ursula is questioned as Klaus Fuchs returns to England

The spy catchers close in. Klaus Fuchs is caught in the crosshairs

A double life implodes. Fuchs faces judge and jury

Jail awaits - Klaus Fuchs is going down. But will he take Ursula with him?

Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?

As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy, Premier Khrushchev sizes up JFK

Vienna talks break down, the Berlin wall rises and a huge bomb is tested over the Arctic