The last four weeks Wednesday evening's TV here in the UK has been cheered by this excellent Drama/doc on BBC2. Tracing the history of the Cold War 'Space Race' between the US and USSR.

I thought the show was very well done, visually the series captured the era very well, probably even better than Kaufmans Right Stuff - to which there are a couple of quotes. Unlike the Right Stuff, however, we get to see the Russian perspective, and the fight that Karolev had, with petty bitching within the Soviet State apparatus. His come back from banishment in the wastes of the Siberian gulag to realising his dream and putting Gagarin in orbit speaks volumes of the human spirit. Stirring stuff.

If it comes your way...see it.
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