Summer of Rockets
On BBC Two
A tense, introspective Cold War drama centered on a Russian-Jewish inventor caught between family loyalty and state espionage, grounded in period detail and moral ambiguity.
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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