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"Nova" Galileo's Battle for the Heavens (2002)
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29 October 2002
(Season 30, Episode 4)
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In this two-hour special, NOVA celebrates the story of the father of modern science and his struggle...
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Marvellous depiction of early science
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(Episode Credited cast) | Simon Callow | ... | Galileo |
| John Fraser | ... | Inquistor |
| Cornelius Garrett | ... | Ambassador (voice) |
 | Alexa Jago | ... | Maria Celeste (voice) |
| Laura Nardi | ... | Maria Celeste |
 | Liev Schreiber | ... | Himself - Narrator |
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Simon Callow shines in this excellent NOVA production. It is very sympathetic to Galileo's struggle to construct a scientific view of the universe. We hear from modern experts and follow his progress towards the observation that the earth revolves about the sun, thereby coming into conflict with the political power of the time, the dreadful roman catholic church, which maintained that the sun revolved around the earth. This lead to his downfall as the faith bound church slapped him down.
It is clear that Galileo was not backward in coming forward, so we see him also as a tireless self promoter. We also learn about the alternative models of the solar system prevalent at the time, which the telescope clarified, proving the Copernican view.