The time is November 1865.  The place Herefordshire, England.  The occasion a Victorian star party where three pioneering astronomers and their families are meeting to welcome their guest from London, the dashing Arthur Ranyard.

Based on true events Heavens Above captures a flavour of time when the masses are beginning to look to the night skies with a thirst for knowledge.  The new technology of silvered-glass mirrors is revolutionising telescope design.  At the cutting edge of this innovation are Rev Henry Cooper Key, George Henry With and Rev Thomas William Webb.  Together these men are moulding the future direction of amateur astronomy across the world.  Heavens Above explores their lives through the eyes of those around them.

This film is being produced with the support of a Heritage Lottery award for the Webb-Share project.  The production team have benefited from the efforts of a group of volunteers led by Janet & Mark Robinson (Editors of ‘The Vicar of Hardwicke’).  For more details of the Webb-Share project visit the Spacewatch website.