Pilgrimage (TV series)

Pilgrimage is a BBC Two television series following celebrities from different faiths trekking together as a group (assembled for the show) on an historical pilgrimage.^[1] Along the way they engage in interfaith dialogue.

Series cast

The Road to Santiago (2018)

Camino de Santiago

Following Camino de Santiago.^[2]

• Neil Morrissey (humanism, atheist)^[3]
• Debbie McGee (lapsed Catholic)^[4]
• Ed Byrne (humanism, atheist)^[5]
• Heather Small (Christian)^[4]
• Kate Bottley (Anglican priest)^[6]
• Raphael Rowe (non-believer)^[6]
• JJ Chalmers (Presbyterian)^[7]

The Road to Rome (2019)

Map of the Via Francigena

Following Via Francigena to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis.^[8]

• Les Dennis (non-religious)^[9]
• Lesley Joseph (non-observant Jewish)^[10]
• Brendan Cole (atheist)^[10]
• Stephen K. Amos (atheist)^[11]
• Katy Brand (questioning Evangelical Christian)^[10]
• Greg Rutherford (lapsed Jehovah's Witness, non-religious)^[10]
• Dana Rosemary Scallon (Catholic)^[10]
• Mehreen Baig (Muslim)^[10]

The Road to Istanbul (2020)

The Templar Trail, part of which is also between Vienna and Istanbul

Following the Sultans Trail to Istanbul.^[12][13]

• Adrian Chiles (Catholic convert)^[12]
• Edwina Currie (lapsed Orthodox Jew)^[12]
• Fatima Whitbread (Christian)^[12]
• Dom Joly (atheist)^[12]
• Pauline McLynn (atheist)^[12]
• Mim Shaikh (Muslim)^[12]
• Amar Latif (non-practising Muslim)^[12]

The Road to the Scottish Isles (2022)

Following Hiberno-Scottish mission.^[14]

• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (pagan)^[15]
• Monty Panesar (Sikh)^[15]
• Louisa Clein (Jewish)^[15]
• Nick Hewer (Agnostic)^[15]
• Scarlett Moffatt (Anglican)^[15][16]
• Shazia Mirza (Muslim)^[15]
• Will Bayley (lapsed Anglican)^[15][16]

The Road through Portugal (2023)

Following the northern route of the Fátima Way.^[17]

• Nabil Abdulrashid (Muslim)^[17]
• Millie Knight (non-practising Anglican)^[17]
• Shane Lynch (born-again Pentecostal Christian)^[17]
• Vicky Pattison (Agnostic)^[17]
• Su Pollard (Anglican)^[17]
• Bobby Seagull (Catholic)^[17]
• Rita Simons (Jewish)^[17]

The Road through North Wales (2024)

The route of the North Wales Pilgrim's Way

Following the North Wales Pilgrim's Way.^[18]

• Eshaan Akbar (lapsed Muslim)^[18]
• Amanda Lovett (Catholic)^[18]
• Spencer Matthews (non-practising Anglican)^[18]
• Christine McGuinness (non-religious)^[18]
• Tom Rosenthal (areligious)^[18]
• Sonali Shah (Jain)^[18]
• Michaela Strachan (faith in the natural world)^[18]

The Road through the Alps (2025)

Following a revived medieval route, until the Einsiedeln Abbey, in Switzerland.^[19][20]

• Harry Clark (Catholic)
• Helen Lederer (believer in God)
• Jay McGuiness (Agnostic)
• Jeff Brazier (spiritual)
• Daliso Chaponda (multi-religious)
• Stef Reid (Christian)
• Nelufar Hedayat (Muslim)