大象传媒
THREE has been "Taken" over
To
coincide with the final episode of Taken, Steven Spielberg's
hugely successful epic mini series, 大象传媒 THREE devotes a night to
the phenomenon of UFOs and alien abductions by screening an evening
of extraterrestrial strangeness.
UFO
Night begins with a story close to home in Britain's
Closest Encounter.
Revolving
around an alleged UFO-encounter at Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk in
1980, the incident inspired the News of The World to print the frontpage
headline "UFO Lands in Suffolk - and That's Official".
Then
after nine episodes, half a century of alien mythology culminates
in the final episode of Taken.
Reaching
the end of a journey that started in 1944 with the appearance of
a strange blue light over France, the present sees the descendants
affected by these strange events learning the actual secrets behind
their abductions as their true destiny is laid bare.
Those
mourning the end of the series can console themselves with the fact
that straight after the final episode, Pure Taken
will be there to discuss, dissect and disseminate in-depth the show's
popularity.
With
a mixture of sci-fi fans, alien believers, special guests and interviews
from the cast, this will be the definitive lookback at the programme.
Louis
Theroux then bring his inquisitive style to the subject in Louis
Theroux - Weird Weekends: Alien Abductions.
The
presenter takes a peak into the slightly surreal world of Alien
Hunters and meets those friendly to the notion of little green men
and those bitterly opposed.
He
even gets to talk to a "warrior monk" in the process.
Finally
the light vanishes from the skies and 大象传媒 THREE concludes UFO Night
by screening Inside Taken.
The
programme goes behind the scenes on the hit show and reveals the
mammoth task of bringing Spielberg's complex vision of alien abduction
to our TV screens.
The
line up for Saturday 22 March 2003 is:
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8.00pm
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Britain's
Close Encounter
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9.00pm
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Taken
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10.30pm
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Pure
Taken
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11.30pm
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Louis
Theroux - Weird Weekends: Alien Abductions
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12.20am
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Inside
Taken
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Britain's
Closest Encounter
On
the nights of 27 and 28 December 1980, Britain's most famous UFO
incident took place.
A number
of United States airforce personnel based at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk
claimed to have seen "strange lights" in the adjacent
Rendlesham forest, and later to have come across an unidentifiable
craft in the woods.
Britain's
Closest Encounter examines the incident and talks to the main players
involved, including key air force personnel Charles Halt and James
Penniston, local witnesses and UFO believers and sceptics.
It
includes newly analysed audio tapes recorded by the USAF during
the sightings, and recreates what happened that night in an attempt
to solve the mystery of what has become known as the "UK's
Roswell".
In
the very early hours of 27 December 1980 it was reported that an
aircraft had crashed in the woods near the base.
After
seeing lights in the sky, a foot patrol sent to investigate allegedly
found a small metallic craft on the ground.
Nearby
RAF stations detected unusual radar traces, ground patrolmen measured
significant levels of radiation in the area and burn marks on trees
and civilians in the area reported sightings of scores of terrified
animals.
On
the two subsequent nights, red sun-like lights were seen hovering
over and through the wood and between three and five star like objects
were seen in the sky.
While
some claim that this was a UFO and even that some of those present
telepathically communicated with aliens, sceptics put the "sighting"
down to a combination of circumstantial evidence and natural phenomena.
They
argue that the lights came from Orfordness lighthouse filtering
through the mist and that damage to the trees came from forestry
workers.
Britain's
Closest Encounter also examines the role of the Ministry of Defence
in investigating alleged UFO sightings, revealing its response to
"the Rendlesham Incident" and talking to Nick Pope, who
once manned what is colloquially known as "the UFO desk"
at the MoD in the early 1990s.
Please
Note - original transmission, 大象传媒 THREE, 15 March, 10.40pm.
Taken
- Episode Ten
In
the final episode of Steven Spielberg's mini-series, Allie learns
of her true destiny.
Back
on the family farm in Texas, Allie sees decades of secrets unravel
before her that force Allie and her family to make the most difficult
decision of their lives.
Allie
is played by Dakota Fanning, Charlie by Adam Kaufman, and Lisa by
Emily Berg.
Taken
will be simulcast on 大象传媒 TWO and 大象传媒 THREE.
Taken
press pack (03.01.03)
Pure
Taken
The
mysterious lights have all but faded but for those still waiting
to be whisked away, then what better way to spend your time than
by reliving the best moments of the series in Pure Taken.
A live
studio show of fans of the series, alien believers and other special
guests take a fond but irreverent look back at the entire run of
the show discussing and dissecting every nuance of Spielberg's amazing
series.
With
exclusive access to the cast and crew of the series, the stars of
the show talk about working on a series spanning the entire course
of alien history over three generations.
Cast-members
including Dakota Fanning (Allie), Desmond Harrington (Jesse Keys),
Joel Gretsch (Owen Crawford) and Andy Powers (Eric Crawford) give
their own unique insights on making Taken.
Series
writer Les Bohem is interviewed about the formidable task of writing
each of the episodes.
Executive
Producer Steve Beers is also on hand to explain the challenges facing
the crew in filming this epic and enthralling tale.
Those
at home also wanting to participate in the show will be able to
email, text or call the studio to ask a question or voice their
opinion.
For
fans of the show, Pure Taken will be the definitive arm chair guide
to one of the hit TV shows of the year
Louis
Theroux's Weird Weekends:UFOs
Louis
Theroux heads off to South-West America to hunt out the people who
hunt out the Aliens as part of the Louis Theroux聮s Weird Weekends
series.
At
Palm Springs he has a close encounter with self-styled "warrior
monk" and alien killer Thor Templar who - after notching up
20 alien kills over the years - has a good line in "alien mutilators".
"These
are harmful, hateful people that rape, molest, steal children, terrorise
lives and make grown men cringe, make men soil themselves, and these
are no people to be respected."
Louis
and Thor head off to the popular UFO vista point, Giant Rock, where
Thor warns they might not just see an Alien - they could actually
be attacked. They aren聮t!
Unscathed,
Louis escapes from Thor to a more friendly alien environment, the
Centre for the Study of ET Intelligence.
He
joins Ron and Shari on one of their regular field trips which aim
to make friendly contact with beings from outer space. They don聮t!
Please
Note - original transmission, 大象传媒 TWO, 22 January 1998.
Inside
Taken
Learn
what it took to bring Spielberg's epic vision of alien abductions,
UFOs and military conspiracies to the screen as The Making of Taken
goes behind the scenes of one of the television events of the year.
As
the director behind ET and Close Encounters, Spielberg yearned to
tell a deeper story behind the phenomenon of UFO sightings and alien
encounters.
Knowing
that a single movie would be unable to accommodate the tale he had
in mind he eventually turned to the small screen as a way to realise
his vision.
With
Taken's genesis firmly rooted in established UFO folklore, the creators
were careful to incorporate actual historical events to achieve
the right mix of fact and fiction.
In
keeping with actual accounts of alien activities, The incident at
Roswell and the Crop Circle phenomenon were weaved into the storyline
alongside other noted UFO incidents.
Basing
much of the material on documented cases of alien encounters and
first hand experiences, the creators were keen to ensure that each
episode would bring new revelations to established myths.
The
producers also faced the early challenge of telling a tale that
spanned the generations and dealt with the last five decades of
mankind's supposed involvement with extraterrestrials.
The
creators brought in Dante's Peak writer Les Bohem to condense a
story spread over 50 years into what was essentially ten hour-and-a-half
movies.
Originally
on board to write only the first three episodes, Les impressed so
much he ended up writing the entire series bringing a singular vision
to Taken.
Filming
for each episode took place in a different time period meaning costumes,
props, building and even hairstyles were constantly being changed.
In
total over the course of the series, 200 different locations were
used and ten different directors employed.
The
visual style of Taken was also something that was worked on at length.
The
producers were able to call upon some of Hollywood's best special
effects people in order to come up with the stunning spacecraft
and mysterious aliens featured in the show.
From
an old spy photo of Germany in 1944, they even managed to create
a World War Two bombing mission over Nazi Germany - the
opening scene from which the events of Taken unravelled.
Note:
On Sunday 23 March 2003 大象传媒 TWO will screen the last TV episode
of the X Files.
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