| The Naked Pilgrim | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Steven Green |
| Presented by | Brian Sewell |
| Theme music composer | Srdjan Kurpjel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Martin Durkin |
| Original release | |
| Network | Five |
| Release | 1 July 2003 |
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The Naked Pilgrim is documentary series produced by British broadcaster Five and presented by art critic Brian Sewell. First broadcast in 2003, the series follows Sewell on the Catholic pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
The series, ostensibly an arts travelogue about the pilgrimage route, was notable for Sewell wrestling with his own loss of faith and for his emotional responses to the pilgrims he encountered. Each episode features a leg of the pilgrimage route with a diversion in the third episode to visit the shrine at Lourdes.
The series was a success for Five and was watched by more than one million people - the channel's biggest audience for an arts programme.
The series won the prestigious Sandford St. Martin Trust award for Best Religious Programme. It was released on DVD in 2004.
In the show, Sewell drives on the pilgrimage a bronze 1988 Mercedes-Benz C126 560SEC coupe (registration E132 NWP), that previously belonged to 1992 Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell.[1][2]
- ^ "Portrait of a driver: Brian Sewell". The Telegraph. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "1982 Mercedes-Benz 500SEC C126 and 1986 560SEC - reliving Eighties F1 with the ex-Senna, Manseil and Rosberg cars". Drive. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.