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The Road to Rome

3 episodes · 5th April 2019

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.

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01 Episode 1 still Episode 1 Episode 15th April 2019 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? 02 Episode 2 still Episode 2 Episode 212th April 2019 Stephen K Amos tells the group that as a gay man he struggles to find any kind of religious home. 03 Episode 3 still Episode 3 Episode 319th April 2019 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.
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01 Lee Ingleby profile Lee Inglebyas Self - Narrator 02 Ashley Banjo profile Ashley Banjoas Self - Participant 03 Tasha Ghouri profile Tasha Ghourias Self - Participant 04 Hermione Norris profile Hermione Norrisas Self - Participant 05 Jayne Middlemiss profile Jayne Middlemissas Self - Participant 06 Patsy Kensit profile Patsy Kensitas Self - Participant
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