Synopsis
Stephen Mangan leads Sue Perkins and Alison Steadman on a journey of discovery across Ireland, back to where his parents lived. The trio can only use nature to guide them, but with the weather worsening and the landscape conspiring against them, will they make it?
- Programme: All Roads Lead Home
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC HD
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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Episode 1 | All Roads Lead Home
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