Overview
- The BBC one-off documentary, scheduled for Thursday 2 April at 10:40pm on BBC One and iPlayer, follows the Traitors winner on a pilgrimage to Rome and the Vatican.
- Coverage diverges on whether Clark met Pope Leo XIV, with Radio Times and the Mirror reporting a private audience and the Evening Standard, citing the Press Association, saying he met Cardinal Roche instead.
- Clark has said he spent about half an hour in a private meeting with the Pope, discussed mental health and faith, and presented a Chelsea FC shirt with “Pope Leo 14” on the back.
- He says the trip deepened his Catholic faith and that he has attended church every Sunday since returning, positioning the film as part of a personal reset after his controversial reality TV win.
- The broadcast is set to test the conflicting accounts in real time, and any clear footage of a papal audience would be notable because private meetings with a pope are rare and closely scrutinized.