Overview

Samuel, a Russian-born Jewish inventor who specialises in the development of hearing aids, is tasked with a secret mission by MI5 to use his technological expertise to contribute to western Cold War efforts. Following the tensions of the space race and the first hydrogen bomb test, Samuel's efforts factor in to the emergence of the modern world.

Top Cast

Toby Stephens

Samuel Petrukhin

Keeley Hawes

Kathleen Shaw

Linus Roache

Richard Shaw

Mark Bonnar

Field

Lucy Cohu

Miriam Petrukhin

Claire Bloom

Aunt Mary

Lily Sacofsky

Hannah Petrukhin

Timothy Spall

Lord Arthur Wallington

Gary Beadle

Courtney Johnson

T

Toby Woolf

Sasha Petrukhin