Cold war drama following a Russian Jewish inventor and his family living in Britain.
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Series Cast Summary
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Samuel Petrukhin
(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Keeley Hawes | ... |
Kathleen Shaw
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Lily Sacofsky | ... |
Hannah Petrukhin
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(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Linus Roache | ... |
Richard Shaw
(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Gary Beadle | ... |
Courtney Johnson
(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Toby Woolf | ... |
Sasha Petrukhin
(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Lucy Cohu | ... |
Miriam Petrukhin
(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Mark Bonnar | ... |
Field
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| Claire Bloom | ... |
Aunt Mary
(6 episodes, 2019)
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| Suanne Braun | ... |
Matron Jeffrey
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| Timothy Spall | ... |
Lord Arthur Wallington
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| Rose Ayling-Ellis | ... |
Esther
(5 episodes, 2019)
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| Leo Staar | ... |
Denning
(5 episodes, 2019)
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| Greg Austin | ... |
Anthony Shaw
(5 episodes, 2019)
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| Peter Firth | ... |
Tezler
(5 episodes, 2019)
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Molly Casey | ... |
Ruth
(5 episodes, 2019)
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| Safiyya Ingar | ... |
Shirley
(5 episodes, 2019)
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| Ronald Pickup | ... |
Walter
(4 episodes, 2019)
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| Matthew James Thomas | ... |
Nicolas Halliday
(4 episodes, 2019)
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| Jordan Coulson | ... |
Kevin
(4 episodes, 2019)
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| Fode Simbo | ... |
Joel
(4 episodes, 2019)
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Sorcha Garavan | ... |
Shaw Maid
(4 episodes, 2019)
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Steven F Thompson | ... |
Ottley
(4 episodes, 2019)
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Guy Oliver-Watts | ... |
Sobell
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Cathy Murphy | ... |
Doreen
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Amy Marston | ... |
Miss Goodwin
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Tony Maudsley | ... |
Spearman
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Fred Haig | ... |
Freddie Lawson
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Robert Ashe | ... |
Durkin
(3 episodes, 2019)
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Ellie Rawnsley | ... |
Sly Girl
(3 episodes, 2019)
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Colin Fox | ... |
Gaunt man
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Cai Brigden | ... |
Doctor Small
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(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Matt Beauman-Jones | ... |
Hospital Consultant
(3 episodes, 2019)
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Alexa Heron | ... |
Etta (factory worker)
(3 episodes, 2019)
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Laraine Dix | ... |
Clara (factory worker)
(3 episodes, 2019)
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| Ben Fox | ... |
Neath
(2 episodes, 2019)
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Richard Cordery | ... |
Headmaster
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| William Gaminara | ... |
Dick Armstrong
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Jennifer Saayeng | ... |
Esther's Friend
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Julian Holloway | ... |
Club Member
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(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Will Payne | ... |
Paul Ledbury
(2 episodes, 2019)
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Henrietta Clemett | ... |
Hotel Receptionist
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Seb Carrington | ... |
Tall Waiter
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Clive Brunt | ... |
Stocky Man
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| James Faulkner | ... |
General Sir Reginald Maddox
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Adrian Edmondson | ... |
Max Dennis
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Steve Furst | ... |
Barney
(2 episodes, 2019)
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| Stephen Samson | ... |
Waiter
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Grace McKenzie | ... |
Debutante
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Louise Laag | ... |
Debutant
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Production Companies
Distributors
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2019) (United Kingdom) (tv) (BBC Two)
- BBC First (2019) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2019) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Any Effects (special effects)
Other Companies
- Casting Collective (extras casting)
- Extra People (extras casting)
Storyline
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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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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Summer of Rockets (2019) was originally announced in May 2017 alongside two other BBC mini-series commissions, which were the three-part Little Women (2017) and the three-part A Very English Scandal (2018). See more » |
| Goofs | Kathleen would smoke a lot more than one cigarette over the course of the summer. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Sally Field/Bill Pullman/Keeley Hawes/Matt Lucas/The Lumineers (2019). See more » |