Name: Gatherings
Released: 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Émission télé · Documentaire

Britain is home to the most extraordinary annual folk rituals and seasonal customs. This unique documentary series takes you deep inside these living traditions, capturing how they are prepared, performed and passed down through time.

2025 · 27m

ÉPISODE 1

The Burry Man

An ancient custom rooted in a Scottish fishing community, the Burry Man is covered head to toe in sticky burrs and parades the streets of South Queensferry in an exhausting test of endurance.

27 min
ÉPISODE 2

Rushbearing

Derived from the centuries-old practice of renewing rushes on church floors, the cart-pulling community of Sowerby Bridge carries out a spectacular annual tradition, all deeply rooted in the valley.

29 min
ÉPISODE 3

Horn Dance

In one of England’s oldest surviving customs, a group of locals from Abbots Bromley remove the ancient horns from the village church, tread the surrounding lanes and perform their ritual dance.

29 min
ÉPISODE 4

Jethart Hand Ba'

On the streets of Jedburgh in the Scottish borders, two sides clash in a fierce, all-day game of Hand Ba’ - a raw, chaotic tradition where heritage, rivalry, and honour are fought for, ball by ball.

28 min
ÉPISODE 5

Bonfire

Flaming torches and effigies light up the narrow streets of Rye as this Sussex town erupts in a fiery night of defiance, remembrance, and tightly held tradition. Rye burns its boats!

29 min
ÉPISODE 6

Haxey Hood

The Lord, the Fool and the Chief-Boggin oversee one of Britain’s most unique folk rituals. Villagers compete to ‘sway’ a leather hood toward one of four pubs in a centuries-old game with very few rules!

29 min

Dave Brewis

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