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193. An unlikely pilgrimage with Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:43:10
Publish Date: 2023-05-09 02:00:00
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In episode 2 of season 16, we’re talking about walking, but in the context of a curious new film: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry starring Penelope Wilton and Jim Broadbent – about a man in his 60s who embarks on an unlikely 450 mile pilgrimage across Britain to see a dying friend.Plodcast regular Maria Hodson went to see the film – and meet Penelope and Jim, as well as the original book’s author (and writer of the screen play) Rachel Joyce to talk about the project – and their own connections to countryside. Later, Maria and Plodcast host Fergus test the power walking with a trip to the Mendip Hills near Bristol…

This is episode 2 of season 16: Get Active in Nature

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