REFORMATION, RTE2, FRIDAY 9.40PM
He was a hate figure in our childhood, and his personality apparently left a lot to be desired, but Martin Luther was brave enough to take on the all-powerful Catholic Church and this two-part drama charts his rise to fame. In 1517, the outspoken young German monk becomes so disgusted by the venality and corruption of the Church that he writes a radical thesis for reform. Starrring Jan Krauter as Martin Luther.