Summer of Rockets: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the UK during the Cold War period and tumultuous year of 1958, fear and excitement of the future permeates the lives of all.

Samuel is a 40 something Russian Jewish émigré, inventor and designer of bespoke hearing aids, whose clients include former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. The series follows Samuel and his family, wife Miriam and children Hannah and Sasha, as he is approached by MI5 to demonstrate his work.

Yet it is not his inventions the operatives require - instead Samuel is tasked with the secret mission of obtaining information about his charming, newly acquired friends Kathleen and her husband Richard Shaw MP through whom Samuel also meets the impressive Lord Arthur Wallington. As Samuel's life becomes more and more intertwined with his mission, how far is he willing to let things unravel for his cause? And who can he truly trust?

Series details

• Title: Summer of Rockets
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, War
• Premiere date: 2019-05-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-06-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 38194
• IMDb ID: tt8001214
• TVDB ID: 348206

Cast and credited roles

• Toby Stephens — Samuel Petrukhin
• Keeley Hawes — Kathleen Shaw
• Linus Roache — Richard Shaw
• Timothy Spall — Lord Arthur Wallington
• Lucy Cohu — Miriam Petrukhin
• Lily Sacofsky — Hannah Petrukhin
• Toby Woolf — Sasha Petrukhin
• Gary Beadle — Courtney Johnson
• Mark Bonnar — Field
• Peter Firth — Tezler
• Claire Bloom — Aunt Mary
• Ronald Pickup — Walter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-05-22; final listed air date 2019-06-26; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Summer of Rockets on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.