Pilgrimage


9:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Sunday, April 5 on BBC Two England (2)

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Diversity's Ashley Banjo, actresses Hermione Norris and Patsy Kensit., reality star Tasha Ghouri; stand-up comedians Hasan Al-Habib and Ashley Blaker and broadcaster Jayne Middlemiss make a journey through the landscapes of north-east England to Lindisfarne, one of Britain's most important pilgrimage sites. They trek through the heart of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders along a curated network of trails celebrating three of England's most revered seventh-century northern English saints - Hild, Oswald and Cuthbert


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Cast & Crew

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Lee Ingleby (Narrator)
Ashley Banjo (Contributor)
Ashley Blaker (Contributor)
Hasan Al-Habib (Contributor)
Tasha Ghouri (Contributor)
Hermione Norris (Contributor)
Jayne Middlemiss (Contributor)
Patsy Kensit (Contributor)
Tom Allright (Producer)
Ash Burnham (Producer)
Michele Kurland (Executive producer)
Caroline Matthews (Executive producer)
Toni Williamson (Series producer)

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Lee Ingleby (Narrator)
Born: January 20, 1976 in Burnley, Lancashire
Best Known For: Playing Martin Shaw's sidekick in Inspector George Gently.
Early-life: Born January 28, 1976, in Burnley. He was brought up in Brierfield, Lancashire and attended Edge End High School in Nelson - the same establishment that educated fellow actor John Simm. In fact, they had the same drama teacher who encouraged them both to take up acting professionally. Coincidentally, years later, Ingleby played Simm's father in a flashback sequence during Life on Mars. Ingleby's parents and sister appeared in amateur productions while he was growing up, and the acting bug bit him while appearing with the Burnley Youth Theatre.
Career: After studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Ingleby landed his first regular role in 1997, playing Kevin Fitzpatrick in Soldier Soldier. Killer Net, Cadfael and Jonathan Creek followed, before he won the lead in the BBC's Nature Boy, alongside Paul McGann. He's rarely been out of work since, juggling stage and screen work. Other notable projects include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Early Doors, The Street, Crooked House and, of course, Inspector George Gently. Recent projects include Being Human, Luther and an audio production of the Robin Hood legend, in which he played the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Quote: 'If someone's well-established, you always think ‘I won't know what to say to them because they're on a pedestal'. But actually, within 10 minutes, you forget who they are and what they've done before and they're just a bloke who enjoys working.'
Trivia: In 2015, Ingleby replaced Neil Morrissey as the voice of Bob the Builder.
Ashley Banjo (Contributor)
Ashley Blaker (Contributor)
Hasan Al-Habib (Contributor)
Tasha Ghouri (Contributor)
Hermione Norris (Contributor)
Best Known For: Playing Karen in Cold Feet.
Early-life: Born in London in February 1967. Her businessman father Michael named her Hermione after Helen of Troy's daughter - her mother, a health visitor, is called Helen. Her parents split when she was four, after which she had what she describes as a 'formal' relationship with her dad, who died suddenly just as she was beginning her acting career. She was brought up by her mum and grandmother in Derbyshire and London along with her three sisters and two half-sisters, and initially trained as a dancer before turning to acting.
Career: Norris enjoyed a great deal of success on the stage, starring in Stephen Poliakoff's Blinded by the Sun at the National Theatre and the world premiere of Reader by Arile Dorfman. She also appeared in a production of the Chekov play The Seagull at the Moscow Art Theatre. Norris took small parts in TV series such as Casualty, Peak Practice and Drop the Dead Donkey, but didn't become a household name until she won the role of Karen in Cold Feet. In the years since she's appeared in the one-off drama Falling Apart, opposite Robson Green in the crime series Wire in the Blood, spy drama Spooks and as Stephen Fry's half-sister in Kingdom, which was written by her husband. She's also returned to the stage on several occasions.
Quote: 'It makes a statement my name. Immediately country homes, fishing and shooting spring to mind and that's not the reality of where I come from.'
Trivia: She often gets cast as well-spoken women.
Jayne Middlemiss (Contributor)
Born: February 03, 1971 in Northumberland
Best Known For: Presenting various youth-themed shows.
Early-life: Middlemiss hails from a working-class background in Bedlington, Northumberland, where her father was an electrician in the coal pit and her mother worked in a factory. She often won childhood beauty contests and dreamed of being a singer, but her first job was selling televisions in an electrical store in Morpeth. Moved to London and into the world of glamour modelling while also working as an extra on TV.
Career: Her big break came with presenting jobs on Channel 4's The White Room and BBC's O-Zone, followed by Top Of The Pops. WShe was axed from the latter, along with Gail Porter, when producers revamped the presenting line-up. Hosted She's Gotta Have It and co-presented LA Pool Party with Lisa Snowdon. Appeared on Test the Nation, and scored an IQ rating of 100. The effervescent Geordie has been globetrotting with Holiday on a Shoestring and Holiday - You Call the Shots. In 2005 she appeared on ITV's Celebrity Love Island and became emotionally involved with footballer Lee Sharpe. She won Celebrity MasterChef in 2009.
Quote: 'I'd like to be the female Chris Evans - but not ginger.'
Trivia: In 2005, she released a fitness DVD, Jayne Middlemiss - Love Yoga.
Patsy Kensit (Contributor)
Born: March 04, 1968 in London
Best Known For: Her colourful love life.
Early-life: Patricia Jude Francis Kensit was born in London on March 4, 1968. Her father, nicknamed Jimmy the Dip, was an associate of the Krays. Reggie Kray was her older brother Jamie's godfather. Jimmy spent time in prison before she was born, and as a child she believed he was an antiques dealer. Patsy attended Corona Theatre School and the Italia Conti Academy. She is a Catholic and began attending church after her mother Margaret died of breast cancer in 1993.
Career: At the age of four, Kensit starred in an advert for frozen peas and in the film For the Love of Ada. Two years later, she played Mia Farrow's daughter in The Great Gatsby (she later played Farrow in a biopic based on her life). Pop stardom beckoned when she joined the band Eighth Wonder in the mid-1980s. She returned to film with Absolute Beginners (1986) and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), her biggest movie to date. A series of forgettable projects followed, but Kensit became a familiar face again thanks to a two-year stint in Emmerdale. She followed that with four years in Holby City. She also appeared in the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing. In early 2015, she entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Quote: 'Mum was my best friend. When she died it was like having a vital organ removed. If I'm half the mother that she was, I've done a great job.'
Trivia: Kensit published her autobiography in 2013.
Tom Allright (Producer)
Ash Burnham (Producer)
Michele Kurland (Executive producer)
Caroline Matthews (Executive producer)
Toni Williamson (Series producer)

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