Kepler by ROBERT FORREST. With
But I, /have proved, proved,
Parson Hitzler , that not only is the earth round, and of a most insignificant smallness, but that it positively hurtles among the stars.'
Ratisbon, 1630: in a cheap inn, a great astronomer lies dying, dreaming of the 'harmony of the world'. Outside are plague and witchery, war and ruination.
Directed by PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland (R)