Series 1
20054 EpisodesDocumentary, Drama
Cast & Crew
Episode Guide
Race For Rockets, spans 1944-1949. We see Wernher von Braun's work on the V-2 for the Nazis during the last years of the Second World War, his surrender to American troops and his move to the USA. We see Sergei Korolev's release from the Gulag, and how he is set to work on Soviet rockets, first attempting to copy the V-2, then building a more efficient rocket of his own.
Series 1 FAQs
The cast of Series 1 includes Ravil Isyanov as Valentin Glushko, Richard Dillane as Wernher von Braun, Steve Nicolson as Sergey Korolyov, Todd Boyce as Alan Shepard, and John Warnaby as Mishin.
Episodes run about 1h 0 mins. The total runtime is about 4h 0 mins.
Series 1 was released on 14 Sep 2005.
Series 1 has 4 episodes on Fanbiz.