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

TV Show · Documentary

Exploring Britain's most extraordinary folk rituals and seasonal customs. With compelling interviews, colourful action and the use of unseen archives, we explore how these practices are handed down through time, and see why they are thriving today.

2025 · 27m

EPISODE 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
EPISODE 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
EPISODE 3

Horn Dance

Once a year a small group of locals set out on an extraordinary journey via the lanes and fields and farms around Abbots Bromley. Come witness what is widely regarded as England's oldest living traditional dance.

29 min
EPISODE 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
EPISODE 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
EPISODE 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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