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* WhamLine: In a surprising crossover with MakeTheDogTestify, Samuel [[spoiler:curses to himself in Russian -- which the TeamPet, the "MI5" dog, somehow ''recognises.'']]
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* WhamLine: In a surprising crossover with MakeTheDogTestify, Samuel [[spoiler:curses to himself in Russian -- which the TeamPet, the "MI5" "[=MI5=]" dog, somehow ''recognises.'']]
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Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, the 2019 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC2]] miniseries ''Summer of Rockets'' follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of his family. He becomes increasingly close to an MP (Creator/LinusRoache) and his wife (Creator/KeeleyHawes) who are both traumatised by the disappearance of their son several years ago, which results in growing close with Samuel's son, Sasha (Toby Woolf). At the same time, Samuel's daughter (Lily Sacofsky) rebels against her participation in The Season.
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Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, the 2019 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC2]] miniseries ''Summer of Rockets'' is set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of [[TheFifties 1958]] and follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and
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Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, ''Summer of Rockets'' follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of his family. He becomes increasingly close to an MP (Creator/LinusRoache) and his wife (Creator/KeeleyHawes) who are both traumatised by the disappearance of their son several years ago, which results in growing close with Samuel's son, Sasha (Toby Woolf). At the same time, Samuel's daughter (Lily Sacofsky) rebels against her participation in The Season.
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Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, the 2019 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC2]] miniseries ''Summer of Rockets'' follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of his family. He becomes increasingly close to an MP (Creator/LinusRoache) and his wife (Creator/KeeleyHawes) who are both traumatised by the disappearance of their son several years ago, which results in growing close with Samuel's son, Sasha (Toby Woolf). At the same time, Samuel's daughter (Lily Sacofsky) rebels against her participation in The Season.
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* EndOfAnAge: Hannah is part of the last group of debutantes to be presented to the Queen, the practice having been abolished after the 1958 season.
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* EndOfAnAge: Hannah is part of the last group of debutantes to be presented to the Queen, the practice having been abolished after the 1958 season.season as British society and the monarchy modernized.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three main women in Samuel's wife: his daughter Hannah (blonde), his wife Miriam (brunette), and [[spoiler:his later lover]] Kathleen (redhead).
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three main women in Samuel's wife: his daughter Hannah (blonde), his wife Miriam (brunette), and [[spoiler:his later almost lover]] Kathleen (redhead).
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Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, Summer Of Rockets follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of his family. He becomes increasingly close to an MP (Creator/LinusRoache) and his wife (Creator/KeeleyHawes) who are both traumatised by the disappearance of their son several years ago, which results in growing close with Samuel's son, Sasha (Toby Woolf). At the same time, Samuel's daughter (Lily Sacofsky) rebels against her participation in The Season.
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Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, Summer Of Rockets ''Summer of Rockets'' follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of his family. He becomes increasingly close to an MP (Creator/LinusRoache) and his wife (Creator/KeeleyHawes) who are both traumatised by the disappearance of their son several years ago, which results in growing close with Samuel's son, Sasha (Toby Woolf). At the same time, Samuel's daughter (Lily Sacofsky) rebels against her participation in The Season.
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* AuthorAppeal: A BBC comedy manages to derail [[spoiler:an entire plot for Communists to invade Britain, through the power of ''laughter'']].
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* ChummyCommies: There's a very distinct possibility that they've infiltrated the English government.
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* ChummyCommies: There's a very distinct possibility that they've infiltrated the English government. [[spoiler:And they have.]]
* DisabilitySuperpower: The fact that Esther is deaf and can lipread helps her and Hannah out numerous times, especially when they run into Anthony's old friends at a party and find out what secret they're keeping from Kathleen.
* DisabilitySuperpower: The fact that Esther is deaf and can lipread helps her and Hannah out numerous times, especially when they run into Anthony's old friends at a party and find out what secret they're keeping from Kathleen.
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* LaughablyEvil: [[spoiler:The conspiracy find their plot averted after the BBC paints them this way via a ''comedy sketch''.]]
* SpiritedYoungLady: Samuel's daughter, Hannah, is being unwillingly presented to the Queen for the last ever season, but she's obsessed with the Cold War and wants to go partying with her new friend Esther.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Samuel's daughter, Hannah, is being unwillingly presented to the Queen for the last ever season, but she's obsessed with the Cold War and wants to go partying with her new friend Esther.
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misuse ( Blonde-Brunette-Redhead is a trio trope, not four character trope). ZCE for Spirited Young Lady, and late 50´s is quite an off-period for this trope, too; all star cast moved to trivia.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/KeeleyHawes, Creator/TobyStephens, Creator/LinusRoache, Creator/TimothySpall, just to name a few.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Samuel's daughter Hannah is blonde, his wife Miriam is brunette, as is Hannah's best friend Esther, while Kathleen has red hair.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Samuel and Miriam's daughter, Hannah.
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* WhamShot: In Episode 5, after being reassured that an anti-Semitic army major has nothing to do with them, he leaves and finds a photograph of [[spoiler:Richard with the army general, looking ''very'' cosy]].
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* WhamShot: In Episode 5, after being reassured that an anti-Semitic army major has nothing to do with them, he leaves and finds a photograph of [[spoiler:Richard with the army general, looking ''very'' cosy]].cosy]].
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* HeroicRussianÉmigré: Russia is presented as disturbing, mysterious, and suspicious, while Samuel is totally loyal to England, although he never quite knows how to express it.
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* HeroicRussianÉmigré: HeroicRussianEmigre: Russia is presented as disturbing, mysterious, and suspicious, while Samuel is totally loyal to England, although he never quite knows how to express it.
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Set in the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, Summer Of Rockets follows Samuel Petrukhin (Creator/TobyStephens), a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, who specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviet's launch the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of his family. He becomes increasingly close to an MP (Creator/LinusRoache) and his wife (Creator/KeeleyHawes) who are both traumatised by the disappearance of their son several years ago, which results in growing close with Samuel's son, Sasha (Toby Woolf). At the same time, Samuel's daughter (Lily Sacofsky) rebels against her participation in The Season.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/KeeleyHawes, Creator/TobyStephens, Creator/LinusRoache, Creator/TimothySpall, just to name a few.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Samuel's daughter Hannah is blonde, his wife Miriam is brunette, as is Hannah's best friend Esther, while Kathleen has red hair.
* ChummyCommies: There's a very distinct possibility that they've infiltrated the English government.
* HeroicRussianÉmigré: Russia is presented as disturbing, mysterious, and suspicious, while Samuel is totally loyal to England, although he never quite knows how to express it.
* InformedJudaism: Invoked and PlayedForDrama. The Petrukhins are all known to be Jewish, but they aren't shown celebrating Jewish customs for the very fact that Samuel wishes them to be English gentlemen.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Samuel and Miriam's daughter, Hannah.
* StepfordSmiler: Kathleen is the clearest example due to her devastation about her son's disappearance, though her husband Richard, Samuel, and Courtney count.
* WhamShot: In Episode 5, after being reassured that an anti-Semitic army major has nothing to do with them, he leaves and finds a photograph of [[spoiler:Richard with the army general, looking ''very'' cosy]].
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* AllStarCast: Creator/KeeleyHawes, Creator/TobyStephens, Creator/LinusRoache, Creator/TimothySpall, just to name a few.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Samuel's daughter Hannah is blonde, his wife Miriam is brunette, as is Hannah's best friend Esther, while Kathleen has red hair.
* ChummyCommies: There's a very distinct possibility that they've infiltrated the English government.
* HeroicRussianÉmigré: Russia is presented as disturbing, mysterious, and suspicious, while Samuel is totally loyal to England, although he never quite knows how to express it.
* InformedJudaism: Invoked and PlayedForDrama. The Petrukhins are all known to be Jewish, but they aren't shown celebrating Jewish customs for the very fact that Samuel wishes them to be English gentlemen.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Samuel and Miriam's daughter, Hannah.
* StepfordSmiler: Kathleen is the clearest example due to her devastation about her son's disappearance, though her husband Richard, Samuel, and Courtney count.
* WhamShot: In Episode 5, after being reassured that an anti-Semitic army major has nothing to do with them, he leaves and finds a photograph of [[spoiler:Richard with the army general, looking ''very'' cosy]].
