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BBC1, 9pm

More extraordin­ary insights into life in far corners of the world in this final episode.

Most jaw-dropping is footage of villagers in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, whose belief in a higher power leads them to climb a 400m vertical mountainsi­de to reach their church – it’s all about getting closer to God.

If you felt for the mothers in One Born Every Minute, spare a thought for poor Ngisti, who had a difficult birth 40 days ago and must now take her newborn son Dawit up the treacherou­s cliff-face to be baptised.

“I am scared for my children if I fall,” she says. In fact, Dawit is strapped to his grandmothe­r’s back instead because Ngisti does not feel strong enough.

Watch in disbelief as they troop across a narrow ledge with a 200m drop on each side – just one slip would be fatal, and there have been deaths before. A simply astonishin­g way of life. PALS Callum and Joey

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