DISCOVERY CHANNELS GAIN EXCLUSIVE ACCESS FOR DOCUMENTARY ON THE RESCUE OF THE CHILEAN MINERS
Produced by Discovery Channel Latin America for air on Discovery Channels around the World
October 14, 2010
(Silver Spring, MD) Discovery Channel has gained special access to the harrowing 70-day Chilean miners disaster and heart-wrenching rescue mission for a world premiere special, RESCUED: THE CHILEAN MINE STORY (WT). Produced by Discovery Channel Latin America, the one-hour special will simulcast on October 28 on Discovery Channel and on Discovery en Español in the US and on Discovery Channel across Latin America the same day, and Europe, Middle East and Africa in November. The program focuses on the triumph of engineering and human spirit and the extraordinary scientific and technological innovations that have been brought together to complete this miracle rescue from deep underground.
As only Discovery Channel can do, the network, which reaches nearly 400 million households around the globe, has captured:
-- interviews with family members of miners;
-- interview with Andre Sougarett, head of the rescue operation;
-- the activity of the three drilling machines that were used for the rescue operations;
-- the Engineers and technicians in charge of each of the plan ( Plan A, B and C)/each drilling machine;
-- the "control room" of the operation where daily meetings took;
The program will feature interviews with Chilean President Piñera, the mining minister Laurence Golborne, Dr Michael Duncan from NASA (an advisor to the Medical Team in charge of the miners when they were trapped), several of the engineers and drillers on-site, interviews with family members and some miners.
RESCUED: THE CHILEAN MINE STORY (WT) is executive produced for Discovery Channel Latin America by Michela Giorelli. Brooke Runnette is executive producer for Discovery Channel US.
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