Lourdes, in the French Pyrenees, is one of the Catholic churches intensive prayer units. It is the site where, 142 years ago, an illiterate peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous received visions of the Virgin Mary. When visiting pilgrims subsequently began to be cured of their ills the word miracle rang out, the shrine had hit a jackpot that’s been paying out ever since.

Faith, Hope and Plastic not only charts a week in the company of the largest Irish pilgrimage as they embark on a holiday with a hint of holiness but also examines the plight of the ordinary person still looking for that miracle…

"A moving and provocative documentary"

Pick of the Week

Irish Independent

" Gerry Nelson's punchy, colourful and intensely sceptical True Lives documentary"

Sunday Times