Pilgrim: Belle Meadow Fayre: The BBC Radio 4 Fantasy Drama Series

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 credits
Pilgrim – Paul Hilton
Vass – Toby Jones
Kara – Holli Dempsey
Clemira – Sirine Saba
Rana – Shreya Lallu
Keith – David Hounslow
Mr Summerskill – Carl Prekopp
Benji – Nuhazet Diaz Cano
Young Johnny John John – Ian Dunnett Junior
The Girl – Agnes Dromgoole

Production co-ordinator: Maggie Olgiati
Foley artist: Alison Craig
Sound design: Peter Ringrose
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

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