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Episode 1Inspired by his experiences in ‘Around the World in 80 Faiths’, part-time vicar Peter Owen Jones returns to credit-crunch Britain and to the realisation that modern life has become a frenzy of spending and working. He yearns for a life of simplicity and meaning – a deeper connection to both nature and people.Filmed over the course of nearly a year in his beautiful Sussex parishes, the first in a three-part series follows Peter as he tries to turn his back on consumerism. But downsizing, helping the local farmer and growing his own veggies doesn’t prove enough, so Peter decides to follow the example of medieval saint Francis of Assisi and give up money in a last-ditch attempt to find fulfilment.Can Peter carry this off? And will his parishioners support and possibly even join him? Peter hones his skills as a gardener, chicken keeper, wood-chopper and dish-washer in an unpredictable and entertaining journey as he tries to uphold the Rule of St Francis.Episode 2Peter Owen Jones continues his search to find the answer to a more simple and meaningful life. He meets a Franciscan friar in Canterbury who shows him where he has gone wrong.Peter has become too self-sufficient and will only find the answer to a simple life if he leaves the comfort of his parishes and throws himself at the mercy of complete strangers, just as St Francis did. Peter sets off on a two-week road trip with little more than the clothes he is wearing, begging for food and accommodation as he goes.How will strangers react to Peter? Often rejected, always humbled, Peter discovers new things about himself and other people. But does he get any closer to learning the secret to a simple life?Episode 3Sussex vicar Peter Owen Jones has been struggling to lead a simpler and more meaningful life. In a radical experiment following the Rule of St Francis of Assisi, he has travelled across southern England without money. On the road, Peter glimpses the secret of a simple life. But can he apply the lessons of his road trip back in his parishes? And for how long can he live without money?In the run-up to Christmas, Peter’s dream threatens to come crashing down around him. How does he cope with the mounting bills, the car’s MOT and insurance? Is it really possible to live without money? And what are the limits to peoples’ generosity? But amidst the trials and tribulations, Peter finds new ways of giving back, and in the process he discovers a new model of living simply for us all.— File Information — (for Episode 1 – all similiar)File Name:                          How.To.Live.A.Simple.Life.S01E01.WS.PDTV.XviD-KRY.aviDuration (hh:mm:ss):          59:20.560File Size (in bytes):              498,853,286— Container Information —Base Type:                          AVI(.AVI)— Video Information — Video Codec Name:             DivX 5.x/6.xVideo Duration:                   59:20.560frame Width (pixels):          624frame Height (pixels):         352Pixel Aspect Ratio:               1.000Display Aspect Ratio:           1.773frames Per Second:            25.000Video Bitrate (kbps):           975— Audio Information —                                                       Audio Codec:                     0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3Audio Sample Rate:            48000 Hz Audio BitRate Type:            VBRAudio Channels                  2Audio Bitrate(kbps):           133