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Four Corners: Apr 25

We all watched as 33 miners were freed from a mine in Chile last year, but how have they fared since then?

We all watched as 33 miners were freed from a mine in Chile last year, but how have they fared since then?

This week Four Corners features “The Price of Freedom” which looks at the miners surviving one ordeal but facing the centre of world-wide media attention.

For some it has been a dream come true, for others a nightmare.

This week on Four Corners, the BBC’s This World follows the story of three miners and their families. We meet Edison Pena who filled his time underground by jogging through the kilometres of tunnels and impersonating Elvis Presley. Above ground he becomes a media darling, travelling the world and living the life of a star. Can he use his celebrity to create a new life, or will he become a victim of his own fame like the star he impersonates?

Carlos Mamani lived in a cardboard shack before the mine caved in. Now he has been given a new house for his family. But his euphoria is short lived. Relatives claim they should have been looked after too and the family is fracturing. Will the arrival of newfound wealth destroy his relationship with the people he loved most in the world?

For Ariel Ticona there is another problem. While he is trapped below ground, his wife has given birth to their child, but back in his home he is in no state to fully appreciate what he has been given. Can he find the help he needs to bring his life back on track?

This is the story of ordinary working men forced to cope with the pressures of fame, while still coming to terms with the trauma of seventy days buried underground.

“The Price of Freedom”, presented by Kerry O’Brien airs Monday at 8.30 pm on ABC1.

2 Responses

  1. I look forward to it. Except that new horrible 4 corners watermark especially during interviews. Can’t they go back to the other way with the solid mark. I liked that it wasn’t there all the time and moved around and varied. Could they go back to that please? I found it easier. I think two watermarks are just silly and annoying. One is just annoying. None would be better (with occasional or varied solid electronic 4 marks ) .

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