- The Naked Pilgrim
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show_name = The Naked Pilgrim
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genre = Documentary
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director = Steven Green
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presenter = Brian Sewell
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theme_music_composer =Srdjan Kurpjel
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country = UK
language = English
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num_episodes = 6
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executive_producer = Martin Durkin
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network = Five
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first_aired = 1st July 2003
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imdb_id = 0472503
tv_com_id ="The Naked Pilgrim" is documentary series produced by British broadcaster Five and presented by art critic
Brian Sewell . First broadcast in 2003, the series follows Sewell on the Catholic pilgrimage toSantiago de Compostela .The series, ostensibly an arts travelogue about the pilgrimage route, was notable for Sewell wrestling with his own loss of faith and for his emotional responses to the pilgrims he encountered. Each episode features a leg of the pilgrimage route with a diversion in the third episode to visit the shrine at Lourdes.
The series won the prestigious
Sandford St. Martin Trust award for Best Religious Programme. It was released on DVD in 2004.Locations
Episode 1
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Paris -Sainte Chapelle ,Sacre Coeur ,Montmartre ,Notre Dame de Paris Episode 2
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Chartres ,Pons ,Orleans Episode 3
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Bordeaux ,Poitiers ,Lourdes Episode 4
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Roncesvalles ,Bermeo ,Guernica ,Bilbao Episode 5
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Burgos ,Fromista , LeonEpisode 6
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Santiago de Compostela External links
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Critical Reception
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/jun/19/broadcasting.channel5 "Guardian" preview]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,1160509,00.html?gusrc=gpd "Guardian" review (1)]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/jul/02/broadcasting.tvandradio "Guardian" review (2)]
* [http://www.newstatesman.com/200307140043 "New Statesman" review]
* [http://living.scotsman.com/tvradio/Not-so-much-the-Naked.2439802.jp "Scotsman" review]
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1147188.ece "Times" review (1)]* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article1151227.ece "Times" review (2)]
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article840538.ece "Times" best television programmes of 2003]
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