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Summer of Rockets - Season 1
A dramatic series about the UK during the summer of 1958, about Samuel Petrukhin, a Russian Jewish inventor and businessman. Samuel was a sensation when he was a specialist in the manufacture of hearing aids. After the Soviet launch of the first intercontinental ballistic missile, the world began to shake with the start of the space race where fear permeates the lives of everyone in all regions.
15 February 1931, Finchley, London, England, UK
27 February 1957, Battersea, London, England, UK
2 October 1968, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
2 August 1992
19 June 1989, Bristol, England, UK
29 February 1968, South Africa
24 June 1944, Watlington, Oxfordshire, England, UK
May 23, 2019
At times the drama and script feel a little hammy and there's some clunky exposition, but with typical skill Poliakoff also lays down some promisingly mysterious threads you'll want to pull on.
May 23, 2019
The cast worked hard to tether the rarefied thing to reality. A restrained, enigmatic Stephens reminded us why he was once so feted, Hawes was as reliable as always and Roache appealingly erratic.
May 23, 2019
Usually the characters are too chilly, too unsettling, with his strange, stilted dialogue in their mouths. But the Petrukhins seem warmer, and more engaging, than usual.
May 23, 2019
Summer of Rockets had a sumptuous cast, looked gorgeous and had some cracking dialogue, but at times, quite a few in fact, my mind wandered.
May 22, 2019
Hallelujah! At last the BBC have commissioned a Stephen Poliakoff series that makes you want to come back for episode two (and hopefully all six), thanks to a powerful cast making the most of some perceptively-written roles.
