Pilgrim: Belle Meadow Fayre

Synopsis

Pilgrim walks again between the worlds of magick and of men…A two-part special from the fantastical drama series set in a world almost, but not quite, like our own.Each year at Belle Meadow Fayre, the Greyfolk meet to celebrate the burial of John Barleycorn, a ritual to mark autumn's end. But this year there’s a problem: Old Johnny John John has gone missing. Autumn shows no sign of abating and without the sacred ceremony at Belle Meadow, winter will not come. The Greyfolk are angry. It's down to Pilgrim to find Old Johnny John John and face down his kidnapper, the rogue faerie Kara.Paul Hilton stars as Pilgrim, cursed with immortality by the King of the Greyfolk and forever forced to walk between the human world and the world of Faerie in a never-ending quest to preserve the uneasy balance between the two.Thrilling, dark and contemporary, this award-winning drama weaves together ancient myths, magic and a contemporary realism that is haunted by the folktales of the British Isles.Cast and creditsPilgrim – Paul HiltonVass – Toby JonesKara – Holli DempseyClemira – Sirine SabaRana – Shreya LalluKeith – David HounslowMr Summerskill – Carl PrekoppBenji – Nuhazet Diaz CanoYoung Johnny John John – Ian Dunnett JuniorThe Girl – Agnes DromgooleProduction co-ordinator: Maggie OlgiatiFoley artist: Alison CraigSound design: Peter RingroseDirector: Sasha YevtushenkoA BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd