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A Year in Tibet

Episode 4: Monks Behaving Badly

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary series following a year in the life of the society living in and around the Tibetan town of Gyantse. In the Pel Kor monastery, the director Choephel discovers that some irreplaceable statues have been stolen and the theft gives the local Communist Party an excuse to put in a government 'work team' to weed out monks they think are behaving badly. Lhakpa heads north in search of a lucrative job on a building site, and Butri gets an unpleasant surprise as she approaches her retirement. Show less

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