BFI & Radio Times TV Festival 2019 | Keeley Hawes and Stephen Poliakoff on Summer of Rockets
The cast and crew of Summer of Rockets talk about the BBC drama. Stephen Poliakoff’s arresting drama sees the multi-award-winning writer-director turn his attention to Cold War Britain, where Toby Stephens plays Samuel, a Russian Jewish émigré tasked by MI5 with uncovering the secret lives of his charming new friends Kathleen Shaw (Keeley Hawes), her MP husband Richard Shaw (Linus Roache) and the imperious Lord Arthur Wallington (Timothy Spall). 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 trust? Summer of Rockets is available on the BBC IPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p078h648 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Watch more on BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishfilminstitute/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI
The cast and crew of Summer of Rockets talk about the BBC drama. Stephen Poliakoff’s arresting drama sees the multi-award-winning writer-director turn his attention to Cold War Britain, where Toby Stephens plays Samuel, a Russian Jewish émigré tasked by MI5 with uncovering the secret lives of his charming new friends Kathleen Shaw (Keeley Hawes), her MP husband Richard Shaw (Linus Roache) and the imperious Lord Arthur Wallington (Timothy Spall). 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 trust? Summer of Rockets is available on the BBC IPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p078h648 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Watch more on BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishfilminstitute/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI