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Amazon Prime Video The Roku Channel trailer
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 360 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14

Summer of Rockets (2019)

Season 1 (May 22, 2019, midnight)

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.


Genres: Drama
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Summer of Rockets (2019)

Season 1 (May 22, 2019, midnight)

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.

Genres: Drama

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, tmdb.inventor, tmdb.cold-war, tmdb.jewish-family, tmdb.english-upper-class, tmdb.mi5, tmdb.deaf + 51 more, tmdb.russian-immigrant, tmdb.debutante, tmdb.missing-son, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.britain, tmdb.deaf-mute, tmdb.hearing-aid, imdb.scientist, imdb.1950s, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.cold-war-era, imdb.drama-espionage, imdb.british-russian, imdb.obsession, imdb.anti-semitism, imdb.rock-and-roll-music, imdb.debutante-season, imdb.xenophobia, imdb.social-drama, imdb.informer, imdb.period-drama, imdb.high-society-party, imdb.world-war-two-in-england, imdb.inventor, imdb.doberman-pinscher, imdb.english-actor-playing-russian-character, imdb.england, imdb.jewish-family, imdb.british-aristocracy, imdb.exclusive-school, imdb.adolescent-boy, imdb.haunted-by-the-past, imdb.duplicity, imdb.male-inventor, imdb.generational-conflict, imdb.society-melodrama, imdb.generation-gap, imdb.society-debutante, imdb.debutante-ball, imdb.reference-to-a-hydrogen-bomb, imdb.private-boarding-school, imdb.space-race, imdb.missing-son, imdb.teenage-daughter, imdb.military-coup, imdb.debutante-coming-out-ball, imdb.factory-owner, imdb.rebellious-teenager, imdb.racism, imdb.political-drama, imdb.russian-born

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Network: BBC Two

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

71
46
IMDb 4990
7.0
/2303/
Trakt
63
/64/
TMDb
65
/21/
Tomatoes
88
/8/
Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens
Samuel Petrukhin
Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes
Kathleen Shaw
Linus Roache
Linus Roache
Richard Shaw
Mark Bonnar
Mark Bonnar
Field
Lucy Cohu
Lucy Cohu
Miriam Petrukhin
Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom
Aunt Mary
Lily Sacofsky
Lily Sacofsky
Hannah Petrukhin
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall
Lord Arthur Wallington

May 22, 2019, midnight 8.0

S1E1 - Episode 1

During the tumultuous summer of 1958, Samuel prepares to launch his new invention, which is attracting some suspicious followers, before meeting the mysterious Kathleen.
May 29, 2019, midnight 8.5

S1E2 - Episode 2

The secret service tasks Samuel with spying on the Shaws in exchange for an order of his invention, and Hannah discovers that Kathleen has a tragic family secret.
June 5, 2019, midnight 10.0

S1E3 - Episode 3

Samuel spies on his new friends while his relationship with Kathleen intensifies. Hannah and Kathleen investigate Anthony’s disappearance.
June 12, 2019, midnight 10.0

S1E4 - Episode 4

Kathleen visits the boarding house in search of Anthony, but has no luck. Armstrong explains to Samuel that they have reason to believe that people connected with the Shaw family could be enemies of the state. Not knowing who to believe, Samuel confronts Mr Field.
June 19, 2019, midnight 10.0

S1E5 - Episode 5

After the shooting, Field places the Petruhkin home and factory under protection. Samuel makes his own plans and goes into hiding where he meets Kathleen in secret.
June 26, 2019, midnight 10.0

S1E6 - Episode 6

Samuel learns the truth about the Shaws and the MI5 men. His is invited to an extraordinary secret meeting, while Hannah becomes increasingly worried about her father’s safety.
Amazon Prime Video The Roku Channel trailer
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 360 min.
Released: May 22, 2019
Last Air Date: June 26, 2019, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+

Updated: 1 day, 19 hours ago
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