Pilgrimage

The Road to Rome

2019 · 3 episodes · 2h 57m in all

Eight celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs don backpacks and walking boots to tackle part of an ancient pilgrimage to Rome, where a private audience with the Pope awaits.

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   5 Apr 2019 · 59 min

   Eight well-known personalities, all with differing beliefs and faiths, put on backpacks and walking boots, and set out to cover the Italian section of the ancient 2,000km Via Francigena, which starts in Canterbury and finishes in Rome. They have only 15 days to tackle 1,000km, so they start their pilgrimage in the Alps, just before the Swiss-Italian border. Will this journey of a lifetime change the way they think about themselves and their beliefs?

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   2. Episode 2

   12 Apr 2019 · 59 min

   Stephen K Amos tells the group that as a gay man he struggles to find any kind of religious home.

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   3. Episode 3

   19 Apr 2019 · 59 min

   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.