Jill Halfpenny's Easter Journeys
Season 1 Episode 2 of 2
Part two of two. Jill returns to her home town of Gateshead, visiting the Angel of the North and meeting its creator Antony Gormley, and rediscovering the traditional game of egg jarping. Walking in the footsteps of St Cuthbert, Jill travels to Coquet Island, and visits an Anglo-Saxon village at Jarrow Hall to learn about the Venerable Bede. Jill ends her journey at the cathedral in Durham, where the canon explains the tradition of foot-washing
Jill Halfpenny's Easter Journeys airs on BBC Two HD at 2:45 PM, Wednesday 16 April. (Audio Description, subtitles, repeat.)
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Jill Halfpenny
Presenter
Harry Bell
Executive Producer
Brendan Hughes
Executive Producer
Joseph Briffa
Director