Slough Traitor's winner set to star in new Pilgrimage series
A winner of the BBC reality TV show The Traitors says his faith "saved" him when he was in the army.Harry Clark, from Slough in Berkshire, explained that he suffers with his mental health and struggled at times when he was in the army, but his religion helped him through hard and difficult times.The 24-year-old, who won season two in 2024, is taking part in a new three-part show that sees seven celebrities of differing religious faiths and beliefs tackle a 300km (186 mile) trek through the Austrian and Swiss Alps.Mr Clark said: "It was more of an emotional journey for me rather than a physical one."
"I come from a religious family, religious background and was always in church growing up," he said."I went through something in my life at 21, while I was serving in the British army, I was lost and my religion saved me."Talking about his new show, called Pilgrimage, he said he was used to the physical challenge from his training in the army but admitted "this was more like an emotional challenge".
Mr Clark said: "I was in the army for nearly seven years, so the walking and hiking even though it was a lot, it was fine."We walked 15 -20 kilometers a day, up the Alps which was stunning, you didn't have the chance to moan because the views were beautiful."He explained there was a moment during filming when he asked the cameras to "leave him alone" .He said: "I struggle with seeing other people so lost in their faith, for someone like me I felt so at home on this pilgrimage."I felt like I was exactly where I needed to be on this journey."Pilgrimage is set to return with seven new celebrities on BBC Two on Easter Sunday.They include agnostic singer Jay McGuiness from The Wanted and journalist Nelufar Hedayat who refers to herself as a modern Muslim.Over 12 days, they will face strenuous climbs along a medieval Catholic route which will see them travel from outside Austria to the Einsiedeln Abbey near Lake Zurich in Switzerland.Mr Clark said viewers will see a whole different side to him in the show - as a "faithful".
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