Pilgrimage: The Road through Portugal

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Seven celebrities tackle a modern-day pilgrimage that promotes tolerance for all cultures.

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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Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal

Bobby Seagull

Millie Knight

Nabil Abdulrashid

Rita Simons

Shane Lynch

Su Pollard

Vicky Pattison

Kathryn Wellington

Caroline Matthews

Michele Kurland

Pilgrimage: The Road through Portugal: Episode 2

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With less than a week to go, the pilgrims decide to speed up their journey.

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.

With less than 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. They climb the 570 steps to the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, try the centuries-old tradition of suckling pig in Mealhada, and visit the tomb of one of the country's most famous women, the queen and saint Isabel.

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Seven celebrities of differing faiths set out on a modern-day pilgrimage in Portugal.

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs set out on a modern-day pilgrimage in Portugal in celebration of reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary over 100 years ago.

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