06.01.03
Steven Spielberg&';s TAKEN on BBC TWO and BBC Choice |
(London, England, January 2003) - TAKEN is an epic saga that weaves together the stories of three families over multiple generations and their crucial roles in the history of alien abductions.
Set against the backdrop of actual historical events, from the Second World War to the present day, TAKEN creates a powerfully emotional and evocative tale of mankind's encounters with extraterrestrials.
The story opens with Russell Keys, an American World War II pilot who is shot as his plane spirals out of control over war torn Germany.
Blue lights on the horizon interrupt his plane's descent and some time later he and his squadron find themselves mysteriously whole and healed, on safe ground with absolutely no memory of how they got there.
Years later, as each member of the squadron dies inexplicably, Russell understands that his life has been forever altered by his first alien encounter.
Haunted, he searches for answers to his unfolding memories, only to realise he is powerless to prevent his son and subsequent generations from also becoming abductees.
When the 1947 crash of a UFO near Roswell occurs a few years after Russell's first encounter, US military man Owen Crawford becomes a major player in the subsequent cover-up and secret government investigation of the extraterrestrial presence.
This begins a decades-long effort by the Crawford family to use the government's investigations to secure their own powerful legacy - and to stop anyone who gets in their way.
(10 x 90 minute programmes, starting Saturday 11 January 2003)
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