Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
TV series
Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
2018, English, on BBC Two.
Seven well-known personalities, all with differing faiths and beliefs, put on backpacks and walking boots and, on foot and by road, set out to cover sections of the Sultans Trail - a modern-day, 2,200km pilgrimage across Eastern Europe, which starts in Vienna and ends in the historic city of Istanbul. Journalist Adrian Chiles, former politician Edwina Currie, Olympian Fatima Whitbread, comedian Dom Joly, actor Pauline McLynn, broadcaster Mim Shaikh and television presenter Amar Latif live as modern-day pilgrims, staying in basic hotels and often sleeping in shared rooms.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Episode length
- 58 min
- Status
- Ended in 2018
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Latest episode
S1 E3: Episode 3
Aired 30 March 2018
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 16 March 2018
- Last aired
- 30 March 2018
- Network
- BBC Two
- Language
- English
- Type
- Scripted
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Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul: quick answers
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Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul has 1 season and 3 episodes, about 58 minutes each.
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