In this special episode we interview Sebastian Baczkiewicz about his long-running series for Radio 4, Pilgrim, which draws on the myth and folklore of the British Isles and stars Paul Hilton as the immortal protagonist, William Palmer. The series was nominated for the Prix Italia and awarded silver at the Prix Europa.

This fantasy tale follows William Palmer, a stone mason who, in the 12th Century was on a pilgrimage to Canterbury when he inadvertently offended the king of the Grey Folk (the fairies), who cursed him to life eternal. The series documents Palmer’s adventures between the worlds of faerie and man and incorporates Sebastian's vast knowledge of folklore.

We interview John Walker, one of Canada's most respected documentary filmmakers about his 2000 film , 'The Fairy Faith'. We talk to him about his personal journey into a world of myth and imagination that he learned from his grandmother and his search of this potent “otherworld” of the imagination.

We also discuss The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan, which some materialists believe to be only a relic of the Crusades -- a consecrated banner of the Knights Templars, but which all true Highlanders affirm to have been a gift to some ancestral MacLeod, from a fairy maiden.

Fiona visits Ireland's most mysterious farm in Ballinasloe, County Galway and interviews Pat Noone. A Fertility Stone, Local Cures and Healing, a Fairy Fort, Iron Age Swords, and an Entrance to the Otherworld can all be found at Green Hills Farm but what will Fiona make of it?

We also discuss the connection between fairy folklore and shadows starting with the most iconic shadow/fairy connection; Peter Pan. We also discuss the strange tale of a Scottish man who was almost the victim of a fairy shadow theft. What does our shadow represent and why does it seem that our shadow has some form of desirability and importance to the wee folk?

A bumper episode in which we cover listener fairy sightings, the Missing 411 series by David Paulides, UHFs (Unidentified Human Forms) in the landscape and even Bigfoot gets a mention and how he could be more fairy than hairy.