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Summer of Rockets( 2019)

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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.

    Series Cast

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      Toby Stephens

      Samuel Petrukhin

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      Keeley Hawes

      Kathleen Shaw

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      Linus Roache

      Richard Shaw

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      Mark Bonnar

      Field

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      Lucy Cohu

      Miriam Petrukhin

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      Claire Bloom

      Aunt Mary

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      Lily Sacofsky

      Hannah Petrukhin

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      Timothy Spall

      Lord Arthur Wallington

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      Gary Beadle

      Courtney Johnson

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      Toby Woolf

      Sasha Petrukhin

    Current Season

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    Season 1

    2019 | 6 Episodes

    Season 1 of Summer of Rockets premiered on May 22 2019

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Peter McGinn

    7
    Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Apr 04 2020
    I enjoyed this series, mostly, especially the way it represented the 50s era, which to me sometimes feels more ignored than the decades of the 40s and 60s. I felt the acting was very good and the writing mostly good. Every major character is given a subplot, which I usually found realistic and entertaining. One review I read pointed out that the movie suffered from being politically correct, and I always worry about that description. That reviewer was unhappy that white men made up all the bad guys. Perhaps the black man kissing a white woman struck him as unlikely in that era. I had no pro...

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    Facts

    Status

    Ended

    Status

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    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