DOCUMENTARY
The Hermit of Treig
BBC Four, 9pm
Following an incident of shocking violence that left him unconscious for 23 days, Ken Smith defied the most optimistic expectations of his doctors and walked again – all the way to the Scottish Highlands, where he set to work building a cabin and settled down for four long decades in total isolation. Lizzie Mckenzie’s affective, elegiac but often uplifting documentary joins him at 74 years old, contemplating both past and future as his advanced age begins to impact his ability to continue independently.