Pilgrimage is a BBC Two television series following celebrities from different faiths trekking together as a group (assembled for the show) on a historical pilgrimage. Along the way they engage in interfaith dialogue.
Series overview
Series cast
The narrator for all eight series is Lee Ingleby.
The Road to Santiago (2018)
Following Camino de Santiago.
Neil Morrissey (humanism, atheist) Debbie McGee (lapsed Catholic) Ed Byrne (humanism, atheist) Heather Small (Christian) Kate Bottley (Anglican priest) Raphael Rowe (non-believer) JJ Chalmers (Presbyterian)
The Road to Rome (2019)
Following Via Francigena to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis.
Les Dennis (non-religious) Lesley Joseph (non-observant Jewish) Brendan Cole (atheist) Stephen K. Amos (atheist) Katy Brand (questioning Evangelical Christian) Greg Rutherford (lapsed Jehovah's Witness, non-religious) Dana Rosemary Scallon (Catholic) Mehreen Baig (Muslim)
The Road to Istanbul (2020)
Following the Sultans Trail to Istanbul.
Adrian Chiles (Catholic convert) Edwina Currie (lapsed Orthodox Jew) Fatima Whitbread (Christian) Dom Joly (atheist) Pauline McLynn (atheist) Mim Shaikh (Muslim) Amar Latif (non-practising Muslim)
The Road to the Scottish Isles (2022) Following Hiberno-Scottish mission.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (pagan) Monty Panesar (Sikh) Louisa Clein (Jewish) Nick Hewer (Agnostic) Scarlett Moffatt (Anglican) Shazia Mirza (Muslim) Will Bayley (lapsed Anglican)
The Road through Portugal (2023) Following the northern route of the Fátima Way.
Nabil Abdulrashid (Muslim) Millie Knight (non-practising Anglican) Shane Lynch (born-again Pentecostal Christian) Vicky Pattison (Agnostic) Su Pollard (Anglican) Bobby Seagull (Catholic) Rita Simons (Jewish)
The Road through North Wales (2024)
Following the North Wales Pilgrim's Way.
Eshaan Akbar (lapsed Muslim) Amanda Lovett (Catholic) Spencer Matthews (non-practising Anglican) Christine McGuinness (non-religious) Tom Rosenthal (areligious) Sonali Shah (Jain) Michaela Strachan (faith in the natural world)
The Road through the Alps (2025) Following a revived medieval route, until the Einsiedeln Abbey, in Switzerland.
Harry Clark (Catholic) Helen Lederer (believer in God) Jay McGuiness (Agnostic) Jeff Brazier (spiritual) Daliso Chaponda (multi-religious) Stef Reid (Christian) Nelufar Hedayat (Muslim)
The Road to Holy Island (2026) Following a pilgrim route to Holy Island, including part of St Cuthbert's Way.
Ashley Banjo (Christian) Hermione Norris (Pantheist) Tasha Ghouri (Atheist) Hasan Al-Habib (Muslim) Jayne Middlemiss (Spiritual) Ashley Blaker (Agnostic and former Orthodox Jew) Patsy Kensit (“À la carte” Catholic)
(Route to be confirmed) (2027)
Shabaz Ali (Muslim) Mhairi Black (Catholic) Janet Ellis (Humanist) Jay Foreman (Jewish) Leigh Francis (Atheist) Ferne McCann (Christian) Nina Wadia (Zoroastrian)
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