Professor Richard Toye and Dr. Warren Dockter explore the dramatic and fascinating story of Winston Churchill's invovlement in the development and deployment of the atomic bomb.
How in the 1920s, reflecting his interest in science and science fiction, Churchill speculated on the possibilities of a super weapon which could destroy whole cities.
Churchill's backing for the creation of an atomic device by British scientists as early as 1941.
His decision to cede control of the manufacture of the bomb to the United States given its vastly greater industrial capacity.
But how Churchill also obtained US agreement that the bomb was a joint project. And therefore was required to give his permission before the bomb was used against Japan in 1945.
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