Summer of Rockets (2019)

Directed by

Stephen Poliakoff

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish inventor in 1950s Britain becomes entangled in Cold War suspicions. The story follows his family as they face surveillance and secrets.

nostalgictenseslow-burnmelancholicreflectiveunderstatedwistfulsuspenseful

What happens

Summer of Rockets is a six-episode British Cold War television miniseries, which premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 22 May 2019. The series was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and stars Keeley Hawes, Linus Roache, Timothy Spall and Toby Stephens. It is a semi-autobiographical story based on Poliakoff's childhood and his father, Alexander Poliakoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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