Talk:Summer of Rockets

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There is a curious gap in the description of the plot, viz. the plot to oust the incumbent government and prevent Britain from losing influence that must inevitably, in the eyes of the plotters, ensue from the 'loss' of empire. The only Prime Minister to whom this might have been an allusion was Harold Wilson, the victim of at least one and possibly even two bizarre attempts (1968 and 1974) to remove him. (Pamour (talk) 20:47, 8 June 2019 (UTC)).


 * A number of Poliakoff's films/series are in effect slight Alternative Universes to what actually happened/have a fluidity in the chain of historical events. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 17:02, 13 June 2019 (UTC)


 * It was set at a very particular point in history: the summer of 1957. The Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan and he was set on dismantling the Empire after the Suez embarrassment. The Gold Coast had just been granted independence, so the writing was on the wall for British power. Grand houses were being torn down, as the series portrays: the known world was tumbling even with a Conservative government in power. There was a lot of discontent, so Poliakoff's portrayal was accurate.  No-one actually threatened civil war in 1957 though - that depth of discontent would wait until the near anarchy of the 1970s. Hogweard (talk) 17:15, 1 July 2020 (UTC)