Pilgrimage: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream

Celebrities take a journey of a lifetime. They all have different faiths and beliefs - will stepping in ancient footsteps on a spiritual journey broaden minds?

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Episodes Episode 1

The Road to Santiago: Episode 1

Neil Morrissey, Debbie McGee, Ed Byrne, Heather Small, Kate Bottley, Raphael Rowe and JJ Chalmers arrive in Biarritz and make their way to the start of their pilgrimage.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 16 Mar 2018
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Sep 2026)
Episodes Episode 2

The Road to Santiago: Episode 2

The celebrities are delighted to find charity on their pilgrimage with a free-flowing wine fountain, but leave a hostel in solidarity with singer Heather when she senses racism.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 23 Mar 2018
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Sep 2026)
Episodes Episode 3

The Road to Santiago: Episode 3

The seven celebrities are walking the last 100km to Santiago. Priest Kate still dreads the walk, but non-believer Raph is enjoying the opportunity to appreciate his surroundings.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 30 Mar 2018
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Sep 2026)
Episodes Episode 1

The Road to Rome: Episode 1

Eight celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs strap on backpacks and have 15 days to tackle 1,000km of the ancient Via Francigena pilgrimage, from the Italian Alps to Rome.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 5 Apr 2019
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Sep 2026)
Episodes Episode 2

The Road to Rome: Episode 2

Stephen K Amos tells the group that as a gay man he struggles to find any kind of religious home.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 12 Apr 2019
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Sep 2026)
Episodes Episode 3

The Road to Rome: Episode 3

The celebrity pilgrims set off on the final challenging stretch of the Via toward Rome. When they receive an extraordinary invitation from the Vatican, emotions run high.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 19 Apr 2019
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Sep 2026)
Episodes Episode 1

The Road to the Scottish Isles: Episode 1

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs set out in search of St Columba, an Irish monk born 1,500 years ago who helped spread Christianity from Ireland to Scotland.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 8 Apr 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 08 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 2

The Road to the Scottish Isles: Episode 2

Life on the pilgrimage gets tough as the celebrities are challenged both physically and spiritually, struggling with lack of sleep and difficult questions about faith.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 8 Apr 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 08 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 3

The Road to the Scottish Isles: Episode 3

With the end of their pilgrimage looming, the celebrities get a taste of monastic life in a medieval abbey, but will it help them discover more about the pathway to faith?
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 8 Apr 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 08 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 1

The Road through Portugal: Episode 1

Seven well-known personalities, with differing faiths and beliefs, meet in northern Portugal to tackle a modern Catholic pilgrimage: the famous sanctuary in the city of Fatima.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 7 Apr 2023
Availability: Available for over a year (until 07 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 2

The Road through Portugal: Episode 2

With under a week to go before they join tens of thousands of people in Fatima for the annual celebration of the Miracle of the Sun, the pilgrims decide to speed up their journey.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 7 Apr 2023
Availability: Available for over a year (until 07 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 3

The Road through Portugal: Episode 3

In Coimbra, there are visits to a convent, a mosque and a synagogue. Finally, after 14 days and 364 kilometres, the group finally reach the famous Sanctuary of Fatima.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 7 Apr 2023
Availability: Available for over a year (until 07 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 1

The Road Through North Wales: Episode 1

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs experience an emotional journey on a pilgrimage in north Wales, a route linked by churches dedicated to early Celtic Christian saints.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 29 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 29 Mar 2027)
Episodes Episode 2

The Road Through North Wales: Episode 2

The pilgrims head into Eryri National Park as the pilgrim path leads the group to one of Wales’s most famous natural wonders, Aber Falls.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 29 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 29 Mar 2027)
Episodes Episode 3

The Road Through North Wales: Episode 3

The pilgrims' final destination is Bardsey Island, the fabled ‘Island of 20,000 Saints’. Along the way, they see spectacular landscapes, visit holy sites and engage in fasting, ritual and meditation.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 29 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year (until 29 Mar 2027)
Episodes Episode 1

The Road Through the Alps: Episode 1

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs take on a pilgrimage through the Austrian and Swiss Alps to Einsiedeln Abbey, a pilgrim destination for over a thousand years.
Duration: 1h First broadcast: 9pm 20 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 20 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 2

The Road Through the Alps: Episode 2

It's day five, and the pilgrims prepare for the challenging Alpine paths ahead of them. As they go along the path, they discover part of their route is covered by a deep snow drift.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 20 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 20 Apr 2027)
Episodes Episode 3

The Road Through the Alps: Episode 3

The celebrities finish their journey at Einsiedeln Abbey, a pilgrim destination for over 1,000 years.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 20 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 20 Apr 2027)

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