- Title: The Girls Who Were Found Alive
- Date: 1st January 1970
- Description:In Hastings,January 1999,every parentÌøåÀå?s greatest fear came true. Two little girls,Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless,went missing as they walked to school. Like Madeleine McCann,their disappearance dominated the headlines. Over four days the country watched as a huge Police hunt became increasingly desperate. They had been snatched by 46-year-old Alan Hopkinson,a predatory paedophile with a history of kidnapping young girls. He had bundled them into the boot of his car and no one had witnessed their abduction. As police searched in vain for any clues,the girls,imprisoned in HopkinsonÌøåÀå?s flat,watched news reports of their abduction. CharleneÌøåÀå?s father,Keith,made an appeal to the kidnapper,but Charlene could see he had given up hope. But by chance a separate Police inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse against another young girl,would lead them to HopkinsonÌøåÀå?s doorstep. Against all odds,the girls were found. But there would be a dark twist for Lisa and Charlene. Their relationship had been indelibly marked by their ordeal and for six years it tore their friendship apart. Now they give their first hand accounts of what it means to be kidnapped and feared to be dead - but come back and survive.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Music
- Producer:Redback Productions Ltd.
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1970s