Summer of Rockets

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Summer of Rockets (2019)

TV-14 Drama

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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

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
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Season 1

94%
2019 • 6 Episodes

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

Episode 6

(1x6, June 26, 2019) Season Finale

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A review by Peter McGinn

70%

Written by Peter McGinn on April 4, 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... read the rest.

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