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USA Today on a forthcoming TLC reality show – that doesn’t sound like it will be as good as the BBC original, but who knows…<\/a><\/p>\n

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On normal mornings, the peals of the bell calling the monks to chapel for their 4 a.m. prayer simply float out into these remote desert hills to reverberate and die. <\/p>\n

But for six weeks this winter, the sights and sounds were captured by film crews. And the men who pulled the rope were, many a morning, among five non-monks who were called to live there not by God but by producers from The Learning Channel.<\/p>\n

A reality show set in a monastery? Sort of. But producers of this TLC effort, which is scheduled to air as a 10-part series this fall, say they’re working on an "observational documentary" that follows people who are at spiritual crossroads and in search of profound answers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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