Summer of Rockets 

Cold war drama following a Russian Jewish inventor and his family living in Britain.

Stars:

Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Lily Sacofsky

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Toby Stephens	...	Samuel Petrukhin / ... 6 episodes, 2019
Keeley Hawes	...	Kathleen Shaw 6 episodes, 2019
Lily Sacofsky	...	Hannah Petrukhin / ... 6 episodes, 2019
Linus Roache	...	Richard Shaw 6 episodes, 2019
Gary Beadle	...	Courtney Johnson 6 episodes, 2019
Toby Woolf	...	Sasha Petrukhin 6 episodes, 2019
Lucy Cohu	...	Miriam Petrukhin 6 episodes, 2019
Mark Bonnar	...	Field 6 episodes, 2019
Claire Bloom	...	Aunt Mary 6 episodes, 2019
Suanne Braun	...	Matron Jeffrey 6 episodes, 2019
Timothy Spall	...	Lord Arthur Wallington 6 episodes, 2019
Rose Ayling-Ellis	...	Esther 5 episodes, 2019
Leo Staar	...	Denning 5 episodes, 2019
Greg Austin	...	Anthony Shaw 5 episodes, 2019
Peter Firth	...	Tezler 5 episodes, 2019
Molly Casey	...	Ruth 5 episodes, 2019
Safiyya Ingar	...	Shirley 5 episodes, 2019
Ronald Pickup	...	Walter 4 episodes, 2019
Matthew James Thomas	...	Nicolas Halliday 4 episodes, 2019
Jordan Coulson	...	Kevin 4 episodes, 2019
Fode Simbo	...	Joel 4 episodes, 2019
Sorcha Garavan	...	Shaw Maid 4 episodes, 2019
Steven F Thompson	...	Ottley 4 episodes, 2019
Guy Oliver-Watts	...	Sobell 3 episodes, 2019
Cathy Murphy	...	Doreen 3 episodes, 2019
Amy Marston	...	Miss Goodwin 3 episodes, 2019
Tony Maudsley	...	Spearman 3 episodes, 2019
Fred Haig	...	Freddie Lawson 3 episodes, 2019
Robert Ashe	...	Durkin 3 episodes, 2019
Ellie Rawnsley	...	Sly Girl 3 episodes, 2019
Colin Fox	...	Gaunt man 3 episodes, 2019
Cai Brigden	...	Doctor Small / ... 3 episodes, 2019
Matt Beauman-Jones	...	Hospital Consultant 3 episodes, 2019
Ben Fox	...	Neath 2 episodes, 2019
Richard Cordery	...	Headmaster 2 episodes, 2019
William Gaminara	...	Dick Armstrong 2 episodes, 2019
Jennifer Saayeng	...	Esther's Friend 2 episodes, 2019
Julian Holloway	...	Club Member / ... 2 episodes, 2019
Will Payne	...	Paul Ledbury 2 episodes, 2019
Henrietta Clemett	...	Hotel Receptionist 2 episodes, 2019
Seb Carrington	...	Tall Waiter 2 episodes, 2019
Clive Brunt	...	Stocky Man 2 episodes, 2019
Matthew Cox	...	RAF Pilot Roberts 2 episodes, 2019
Adrian Edmondson	...	Max Dennis 2 episodes, 2019
James Faulkner	...	General Sir Reginald Maddox 2 episodes, 2019
Steve Furst	...	Barney 2 episodes, 2019
Grace McKenzie	...	Debutante 2 episodes, 2019
Stephen Samson	...	Waiter 2 episodes, 2019

Storyline

Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, Summer Of Rockets follows Samuel Petrukhin, a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of all.

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | cold war | russia | britain | scientist | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Cold war drama following a Russian Jewish inventor and his family living in Britain.

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Connections

Referenced in The Graham Norton Show: Sally Field/Bill Pullman/Keeley Hawes/Matt Lucas/The Lumineers (2019)

User Reviews

Summer of sausages

Worth watching for the cinematography and the lighting. The sets are luscious; such a shame the actors keep getting in the way. Its not their fault; the story is one of those committee by the numbers sort of thing. White Christian men - bad. Diversity either by way of race, gender, disability, good good good. So out goes the realism for a round of applause from the well paid executives at the BBC. They should have just filmed a cooking show on the sets.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 2019 (UK)

Also Known As:

Summer of Rockets

Company Credits

Production Co:

Little Island Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD