The Passion of Pernambuco Written and narrated by PATRICK O'DONOVAN
The remarkable story of how 500 peasant farmers in the harsh north-east region of Brazil gave up their life on the land to build a living replica of Jerusalem as it was 2,000 years ago. Now they dedicate their lives almost entirely to a spectacular once-yearly six-day re-creation of Christ's Passion.
Forty thousand people from all over Brazil come to take part rather than to watch, but it is more than a theatrical performance, it is a moving religious experience which moves some of its participants to grief.
Producer BOB SAUNDERS
Series editors MICHAEL ANDREWS and ANTHONY ISAACS
Zimbabwe Passion: Everyman, 10.35 BBC1