A powerful and inspirational film about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Tom, an irascible American doctor goes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage, "The Way of St James", to honour his son's desire to finish the journey. Tom doesn't plan on the profound impact this trip has on him. Through unexpected experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose".

This film shows the transformation of the holiest place in the Islamic world into a real estate business for religious tourism.

A brilliant chronicle of modern-day pilgrims on the 800 km Camino de Santiago trek across Spain to the shrine of St James. No one can predict what demons, angels or transformations await along the way.

In this first episode, the intrepid eight arrive in Martigny, Switzerland, and find out for the first time who will be sharing their pilgrim adventure. They make their way by mountain train to the start of their pilgrimage in Orsieres, high up in the Swiss Alps. The Via Francigena is based on a journey taken to Rome in 990 AD by Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury, which crosses the Alps at 2500m and goes over the Great St Bernard Pass. Like Napoleon, his 40,000-strong army and the pilgrims before them, the group also have to make their way up the challenging mountain path.

In this second episode, it is day four. Stephen, Greg, Brendan and Les wake up in a yurt. They are all staying in a hostel on a Roman road in a tiny village in the Tuscan Appenines, and they are beginning to realise how important the simple life is to the pilgrim experience, especially when a donkey appears in the kitchen to try and eat their breakfast.

The pilgrims are on the 10th day of their journey, with 65km still to go before they reach Rome. Today's route takes them through an isolated and overgrown wood, which is a total revelation to Mehreen, who has never experienced anything quite like it before. The group arrive in Sutri, a medieval town with an even older history. They visit a magnificent Roman amphitheatre, and the pilgrims don't hesitate to take centre stage. Lesley auditions for producer' Les, fittingly with a piece from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, while Maximus Gregorius (aka Greg) is challenged to a gladiatorial tussle by Brendan.

Seven famous faces are stripped of their everyday comforts to live as modern day pilgrims as they set out on the famous medieval pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago - a 26km hike from France into Spain.

After a physically testing hike across the spectacular Pyrenees, the seven pilgrims continue along the famous Camino de Santiago. to their eventual destination will be the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

The seven pilgrims are on the final stretch of the famous pilgrimage. As the temperature reaches record highs, they have to walk every step of the way, getting their pilgrim passport stamped twice a day.

World-renowned travel presenter Simon Reeve is back with this all-new fascinating series as he sets off to discover the meaning of pilgrimage today and its place in our modern world. A lapsed Methodist, he has a genuine interest in finding out whether it can offer him life-changing enlightenment. He learns about the forgotten aspects of pilgrimage, including all the vices, thrills, sex, adventure and dangers that travellers encountered, while for others it was the summit of a religious life, a pious journey, a divine experience.

Simon Reeve follows in the footsteps of thousands of travellers from previous centuries, as he travels from northern France to northern Spain, and then crosses Western Europe to arrive in Rome. Along the way, Simon meets people from all different walks of life who are undertaking these pilgrimage treks for a variety of reasons.

Simon begins the final leg of his pilgrimage journey in Istanbul, Turkey, gateway to the east. He travels on to the Holy Land, following in the footsteps of Victorian travellers who used the definitive guide book published in 1876 by Thomas Cook.

In his youth Shaun Micallef almost joined the priesthood. Now he wonders if he may have missed his one shot at the answers to life's big questions. Shaun Micallef's Stairway to Heaven reveals a new side to Shaun as he heads to India and immerses himself in the Hindu world of Gods, Gurus and the Ganges.

Insights from His Holiness the Dalai Lama are interwoven with the stories of Australians among 150,000 spiritual seekers travelling to Ladakh for the 33rd Kalachakra.

There's a modern day revival in the age-old habit of pilgrimage, and parishioners from St Joseph's Church in Subiaco, Perth are creating Australia's first: Camino Salvado.

Follows a small team of Australian Catholic pilgrims rallying young people from across Australia to attend the world's largest youth event, World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008.