Summer of Rockets (2019)

05/22/2019 (GB) • 1h

Drama

Overview

Samuel, a Russian-born Jewish inventor who specialises in the development of hearing aids, is tasked with a secret mission by MI5 to use his technological expertise to contribute to western Cold War efforts. Following the tensions of the space race and the first hydrogen bomb test, Samuel's efforts factor in to the emergence of the modern world.

Top Billed Cast

Toby Stephens

Samuel Petrukhin

6 Episodes

Keeley Hawes

Kathleen Shaw

6 Episodes

Linus Roache

Richard Shaw

6 Episodes

Mark Bonnar

Field

6 Episodes

Lucy Cohu

Miriam Petrukhin

6 Episodes

Claire Bloom

Aunt Mary

6 Episodes

Lily Sacofsky

Hannah Petrukhin

6 Episodes

Timothy Spall

Lord Arthur Wallington

6 Episodes

Gary Beadle

Courtney Johnson

6 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2019 | 6 Episodes

Season 1 of Summer of Rockets premiered on May 22, 2019.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

inventor

deaf-mute

deaf

cold war

russian immigrant 

mi5

jewish family

debutante

missing son

english upper class

hearing aid

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