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Spies, Lies and the Superbomb

Season 1 Episode 2: Superspy

Klaus Fuchs, a German refugee, excelled in plutonium expertise at a top-secret US weapons lab during World War II, while secretly trying to connect with Soviet intelligence agents under FBI surveillance. He successfully copied classified notes and smuggled out the Nagasaki A-bomb's blueprint.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Spy From Moscow

1. The Spy From Moscow

Aired: Jan 15, 2007

Soviet Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, a daring spy, defied the odds to provide cruci...

Episode 2 Superspy

Aired: Jan 22, 2007

Klaus Fuchs, a German refugee, excelled in plutonium expertise at a top-secre...

Episode 3 Superbomb

Aired: Jan 29, 2007

The next episode delves into the intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and...

Episode 4 Va'anunu and the Bomb

4. Va'anunu and the Bomb

Aired: Feb 9, 2007

Next episode: The shocking story of Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear techni...

Episode 5 The Terror Trader

5. The Terror Trader

Aired: Feb 16, 2007

A rogue nuclear scientist and Western intelligence agencies engage in a heart...

Main Cast

Shannon WhirryKitty Oppenheimer

Marco HofschneiderKlaus Fuchs

Info about Spies, Lies and the Superbomb

Network: BBC Two

Genres:Drama, Documentary, History