

Summer of Rockets
2019-05-22 · 60 min / episode · ★ 6.5
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.
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Toby StephensSamuel Petrukhin
Keeley HawesKathleen Shaw
Linus RoacheRichard Shaw
Mark BonnarField
Lucy CohuMiriam Petrukhin
Claire BloomAunt Mary
Lily SacofskyHannah Petrukhin
Timothy SpallLord Arthur Wallington
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