Bhutan: The Last Place
A FRONTLINE- Documentary (9:16 min.)

 

 

Television arrives in a Buddhist kingdom.

FRONTLINE/WORLD explores the impact of television on a remote Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas. After centuries of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan legalized TV in 1999—the last country in the world to do so. Follow Rinzy Dorji, the local "cable guy," as he hooks up "an electronic invasion."