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Summer of Rockets

Summer of Rockets

6,6 /10 (26 Votes)
2019 EN 1 Seasons

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.

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First air date

22/05/2019

Votes

26

Popularity

2.8

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Networks

BBC Two

Language

EN

Last air date

2019-06-26

Episodes

6

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

www.bbc.co.uk
Season 1

Season 1

6 episodes • 2019 • ⭐ 8,5

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2020-04-04

⭐ 7

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 pr…

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