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Nuclear Reactions

Duration:
45 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 15 June 2010

At the end of the war, Germany's most talented nuclear physicists were brought to England to discover exactly what they knew about the atomic bomb.

Producer / Director - Eoin O'Callaghan

Nuclear Reactions stars Nick Dunning and Nickolas Grace. At the end of WWII, Germany's most talented and formidable nuclear physicists were rounded up and brought to England. The British were keen to discover exactly what they knew about the atomic bomb, but they also wanted to ensure that the powerhouse of German thought remained intact, and capable of regenerating a defeated nation.

Credits

Major Rittner
Nick Dunning
Anton
Michael Shelford
Fee
Alison Pettitt
Werner Heisenberg
Chris McHallem
Otto Hahn
Nickolas Grace
Max Von Laue
Richard Howard
Kurt Diebner
Sam Dale
Friedrich Von Weizsacker
Michael Shelford
Professor Blackett
Ian McElhinney
Reader
Ian McElhinney
Pianist
Mark McGrath
Director
Eoin O'Callaghan
Producer
Eoin O'Callaghan
Writer
Adam Ganz

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