Steven
Spielberg's Taken on BBC TWO and BBC Choice
10
x 90 minute programmes, starting Saturday 11 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.
Production
notes
Steven
Spielberg - Biography
Cast
Biographies
Production
Biographies
Notes
to Editors
Prepare
to be Taken (23.10.02)
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