Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places

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  • Premiered: Mar 2013
  • Episodes: 6
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  • Ended
  • BBC Four
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 1
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Ruins
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Mar 07, 2013
In the first episode, Ifor explores why ruins are among the best-preserved and most-loved holy sites in Britain. He visits the famous ruins of St Andrews Cathedral, the mystical .. show full overview
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Water
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Mar 14, 2013
In the second episode, Ifor explores why water crops up again and again as the essential element in many of our most holy places. Why has a yearning for pure natural water always been .. show full overview
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Trees and Mountains
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Mar 21, 2013
Ifor visits trees and mountains as a way of understanding the journey Britain undertook from the old Pagan religion to Christianity. His journey starts in Glastonbury, site of the famous .. show full overview
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Shrines
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Mar 28, 2013
Ifor sets out to understand the appeal of shrines. For those outside the Catholic and Orthodox Church there is something vaguely unsettling about shrines. How can venerating the bones of .. show full overview
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Islands
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Apr 04, 2013
Ifor sets out to understand the appeal of islands as holy retreats. It may seem obvious that we would feel closer to the divine when surrounded by the stunning natural beauty of an .. show full overview
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Caves
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Apr 11, 2013
Ifor sets out to understand what happens when our religious urges drive us underground. His first stop is Lud's Church in Derbyshire, one of the most dramatic and eerie holy places in .. show full overview

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