Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places

Ifor ap Glyn sets out to understand the appeal of shrines - how can venerating the bones of a dead person bring you closer to God? From the unlikely starting point of Marc Bolan's roadside shrine in Barnes, Ifor embarks upon perhaps his most surprising journey. Along the way he learns that Scotland's largest city only exists because of a shrine and visits the newly-renovated shrine of St David in Wales.

Category

Documentary / History / Religious

Original air date

2013-03-28