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Space Race is a BBC docudrama series first shown in Britain on BBC2 between 14 September and 5 October 2005, chronicling the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the Moon. It focuses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet chief rocket designer, and Wernher von Braun, his American counterpart. The series was a joint effort between British, German, American and Russian production teams.
Original Release
09/14/2005 on BBC
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Dillane | Wernher von Braun / Werner Von Braun |
Steve Nicolson | Sergey Korolyov / Sergej Koroljov / Sergei Korolev |
Ravil Isyanov | Valentin Glushko / Glushko |
Max Bollinger | Russian Cosmonaut |
John Warnaby | Mishin / Vasili Mishin |
Chris Robson | Dieter Huzel / Huzel |
Mariya Mironova | Nina Korolev / Nina |
Robert Lindsay | Narrator |
Tim Woodward | Nedelin |
Michael Gor | Derow / Serov |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Race for Rockets | Wednesday, 14 September 2005 |
2 | Race for Satellites | Wednesday, 21 September 2005 |
3 | Race for Survival | Wednesday, 28 September 2005 |
4 | Race to the Moon | Wednesday, 05 October 2005 |
Directors
Mark Everest, Christopher Spencer
Writers
Christopher Spencer, Mark Everest
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Dillane | Wernher von Braun / Werner Von Braun |
Steve Nicolson | Sergey Korolyov / Sergej Koroljov / Sergei Korolev |
Ravil Isyanov | Valentin Glushko / Glushko |
Max Bollinger | Russian Cosmonaut |
John Warnaby | Mishin / Vasili Mishin |
Chris Robson | Dieter Huzel / Huzel |
Mariya Mironova | Nina Korolev / Nina |
Robert Lindsay | Narrator |
Tim Woodward | Nedelin |
Michael Gor | Derow / Serov |
Mark Dexter | Staver |
Stephen Greif | Colonel Toftoy / Toftoy |
Stuart Bunce | Lev Gaidukov / Gaidukov |
Rupert Wickham | Debus |
Ingo Gottwald | Propulsion Engineer |
Eric Loren | Castenholz |
Vitalie Ursu | Yuri Gagarin |
Oleg Stefan | Leonov |
Jeffry Wickham | Kuznetsov |
Robert Jezek | Gilruth |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jill Fullerton-Smith | Executive Producer |
Sias Wilson | Producer |
Jules Hussey | Producer |
Svetlana Palmer | Producer |
John O'Mahony | Producer |
Miriam Jones | Producer |
Victoria Gregory | Producer |