Rocket Man Complete Mini Series DVD - (2005) - Robson Green, Charles Dale, John Rhys Halliwell, Lucy Evans, Kai Owen, Janine Wood, Alison Newman, Kay Bridgeman, Dave Hill, Philip Whitchurch, Ma

Rocket Man is a television drama series produced in 2005 by Philip Leach, about a recently widowed Welsh man who is struggling to build a rocket in which to launch his wife's ashes into space while raising his two children. It was created by Alison Hume, directed by Jon East (episodes 1 and 2), Jane Prowse (episodes 3 and 4) and James Strong (episodes 5 and 6), and stars Robson Green, Charles Dale, John Rhys Halliwell and Lucy Evans, with Alison Newman, Janine Wood, Kay Bridgeman, Kai Owen, Dave Hill, Philip Whitchurch and Marcus Smith in supporting roles, among others. The six hour-long episodes in the series were set in coastal Wales, in a town devastated by the closure of the local carriage works though filmed in Druridge Bay, Northumberland. According to the sign on the local chocolate bonbon factory appearing in Episode 1 where George, Barney, Diane et al. work, the exact location where the set is (fictional) Tonglas, in Newport.

Starring - Robson Green, Charles Dale, John Rhys Halliwell, Lucy Evans, Kai Owen, Janine Wood, Alison Newman, Kay Bridgeman, Dave Hill, Philip Whitchurch, Marcus Smith