Pilgrim: The Collected Series 1-10 [Enhanced for Headphones] – BBC Radio Drama – Sebastian Baczkiewicz, BBC Free Audiobook

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, BBC
Read by Paul Hilton, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Dramatization

All ten series (so far…) of the BBC drama Pilgrim.

Volume one & two are sourced from Audible’s new higher quality encodes. I have transcoded it for compatibilities sake and saved as 44.1kHz FDK VBR 5

Volume three is downloaded from BBC Sounds (320kbps), edited to remove continuity announcers and saved as 48kHz FDK VBR 5

These are all enhanced for headphones with a little sibilance reduction and crossfeed added to give a more realistic binaural-like soundscape. If you prefer the original stereo, I’m uploading that separately.

In 1185 William Palmer was making a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Unbeknown to him, his fellow pilgrim was the King of the Greyfolk. When William claimed that the church would eradicate belief in the Faerie world, he was cursed by the Faerie King and condemned to walk forever between the worlds of magic and of men.

VOLUME 1 – SERIES ONE TO FOUR

The first four series of the original BBC Radio 4 fantastical drama series set in a world almost, but not quite, like our own.

Paul Hilton stars as William Palmer, the immortal, reluctant and unthanked hero protecting mankind from an enemy they resist believing in: the Grey Folk.

Thrilling, dark and contemporary, the dramas are set in a recognisable present day but one haunted by the folktales of the British Isles: drowned villages, changeling children, werewolves and unruly nature spirits.

VOLUME 2 – SERIES FIVE TO SEVEN

In these three series, Pilgrim continues on his mission to preserve the uneasy balance between the two worlds and protect mankind from an enemy they resist believing in. His quests include searching for the Radiant Boy, a sinister harbinger of impending death; acquiring copper, silver and gold to rescue a group of people trapped in a mine by a malevolent spirit; and tracking down and punishing a former friend who has betrayed him. After so many centuries, will his curse be lifted and his wanderings finally come to an end?

Starring Paul Hilton as the immortal, reluctant and unthanked hero, this award-winning series weaves together ancient myths, magic and contemporary realism to create a dark, thrilling and enchanting fantasy epic that will stay with you long after Pilgrim’s story ends.

VOLUME 3 – SERIES EIGHT TO TEN

The Winter Queen

Every year, on the winter solstice, the small town of Melcombe observes an annual custom, the roots and meaning of which are lost in the mists of time. A torch-lit procession to the ancient tomb of Cairndale Knapp, overlooking the town, puts the old sun to bed, and greets the new sun in the morning, restoring balance to the year.

This year, however, Mr Sam Notice has bought the Knapp, and has set about landscaping it. And, with the felling of an ancient yew tree, the roots and meaning of the old custom spring malevolently to life, as the Winter Queen is finally released from her prison, and bent on revenge.

Told over the two days of the winter solstice – Pilgrim walks again between the worlds of magick and of men.

The Timbermoor Imp

Reluctant hero Pilgrim finds himself facing an old adversary in this superbly uncanny two-parter.

When he donates a priceless portrait to the struggling Timbermoor Museum to ensure it stays open, there’s one particular shabby exhibit Pilgrim hopes to keep safe. So he’s disconcerted to hear that the item in question, Cochrane’s Boot, has got lost in transit.

But someone has found it – and unleashed the spirit within it. Troubled teen Rabbit Owen has been shunned by the townsfolk since he unwittingly caused the death of his friend, but now, with the help of his ‘auntie’, it’s payback time…

Belle Meadow Fayre

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.