"Space Race" (2005) TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

14 September 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Docudrama | Reenactment

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Richard Dillane	...	Werner Von Braun (4 episodes, 2005)
Steve Nicolson	...	Sergej Koroljov / ... (4 episodes, 2005)
Max Bollinger	...	Russian Cosmonaut (4 episodes, 2005)
John Warnaby	...	Mishin / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Ravil Isyanov	...	Glushko (2 episodes, 2005)
Chris Robson	...	Dieter Huzel / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Mariya Mironova	...	Nina / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Robert Lindsay	...	Narrator (2 episodes, 2005)
Stuart Bunce	...	Gaidukov / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Vlad Theodor Cacinschi	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2005)
Mark Dexter	...	Staver (2 episodes, 2005)
Mikhail Gorevoy	...	Derow / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Stephen Greif	...	Colonel Toftoy / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Rupert Wickham	...	Debus (2 episodes, 2005)
Tim Woodward	...	Nedelin (2 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

240 min (4 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Goofs:

Factual errors: The narrator twice says that the Mercury-Redstone could put an astronaut into orbit. The best the Mercury-Redstone could do was put an astronaut into a 15-minute ballistic trajectory which peaked out around 120 miles up. No orbit.

Quotes:

Sergei Korolev: Without a rocket as powerful as the Saturn, we will *lose*

Absolutely Stunning

This mini-series was so riveting, I had to watch it several times in it's entirety to catch everything. I certainly wish that there were more docudramas like this. The portrayal of Sergei Korolev was, for lack of a better word, amazing. All production values, in my opinion, went above and beyond anything that I have seen on television in years. Yet, it is such a shame that the series ended with the Apollo 11 moon landing. Though, it would be interesting to see the development of the Space Shuttle, MIR, The Voyager Missions, Viking, Spacelab, and the I.S.S. as well as other Soviet and current Russian spacecraft documented in a continuation of this series. I found Space Race to be inspiring as well as aspiring for future generations to know that we can do anything, if we dare to dream.