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The Bomb

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S2.10 Fallout

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

S2.9 Dead cat, live cat

A double life implodes. Fuchs faces judge and jury

S2.8 The uncertainty principle

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

S2.7 Critical mass

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

S2.6 Camp Y

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

S2.5 An irreversible reaction

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

S2.4 A stable bond

The spy meets his spymaster

S2.3 Unstable elements

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

S2.2 A split life

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

S2.1 A grave matter

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

Bonus: The sound design

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

Bonus: Introducing Rosa Ellis

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

Introducing The Bomb season 2

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

S1.7 The doomsday clock

The bomb drops on Hiroshima and the world is changed forever

S1.6 The first atomic bomb

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

S1.5 Enemy alien

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

S1.4 Pearl Harbour

An attack on Pearl Harbour changes everything

S1.3 The Einstein letter

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

S1.2 Race to the bomb

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

S1.1 Moonshine

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

The prologue

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