Synopsis
Ben Fogle heads for the Orkney Isles to investigate Norse Christian heritage and how they are a place of modern pilgrimage, offering a place of deep time and space to reconnect.
- Programme: Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle
- Series: 2
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Religious Education
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