Bronx to Bradford: Friars on a Mission

Episode 1 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation and sel...

Episode 1 | The Monastery

Five men searching for meaning in their lives accept a challenge from the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey to live according to the monks' rules fo...

Young Nuns

Documentary following the stories of two women in their early twenties as they prepare to become nuns, offering a unique insight into a rarely seen world.

Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Janina Ramirez looks at how monasteries transformed society and rose to a position of immense power, only...

Episode 2 | The Monastery

Five men searching for meaning in their lives spend 40 days living according to Benedictine rule at Worth Abbey. After two weeks, tensions show wit...

Episode 3 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries that had dominated British so...

Episode 3 | The Monastery

Final part of the documentary series following five men searching for meaning in their lives who have accepted a challenge from the Benedictine mon...