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Taken: Lisa’s story

Six-year-old Lisa is excited to be going to Pakistan for a ‘holiday’ with her dad. What she doesn’t know is that she is being abducted and won’t see her mum again for a decade.

It was September 2000 when Lisa and her 10-year-old brother Gary were taken to the airport. Their Dad said they were going on holiday and that mum Tracey was going to join them later, just as soon as she could get time off work. As the children boarded the plane full of expectations for the trip they could not know how profoundly this moment would shape the rest of their lives – they were soon told Tracey had died and there was no point ever going back to England.

Dr Sian Williams hears about Lisa’s struggles to adapt to a new life in Pakistan, trying to keep memories of home and her mum alive but falling into despair and loneliness. Meeting her Mum again and returning to England aged 17 comes with a whole new set of challenges.

This story is told from two perspectives, to hear mum Tracey’s experience scroll back to the previous episode.

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28 minutes

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Sun 13 Aug 2023 23:00

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  • Wed 12 Apr 2023 09:00
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