Space Race (TV series)

Space Race
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Genre	Docudrama
Written by	Christopher Spencer
Directed by	Christopher Spencer Mark Everest
Starring	Richard Dillane John Warnaby Ravil Isyanov
Narrated by	Robert Lindsay
Composers	Samuel Sim Ty Unwin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Jill Fullerton-Smith
Producers	Jules Hussey Victoria Gregory Sias Wilson
Running time	240 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	14 September (2005-09-14) – 5 October 2005 (2005-10-05)
Related
Nuclear Secrets
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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.