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Season 1 – Taken Down

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A young Nigerian girl, Esme Lukasa, is found dead at a bus stop, which opens an investigation into her death.

Critics Reviews

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Lynden Barber Limelight 05/18/2020
Hats off to the location scouts: the dockside refugee accommodation, a forbidding kind of open jail perpetually glowered at by the almost Gothic abandoned factory next door, is haunting. Go to Full Review John Boland Irish Independent 12/18/2018
You have a brilliantly plotted storyline, with twists and turns that keep you enthralled throughout every episode. Go to Full Review Liam Fay Sunday Times (UK) 12/11/2018
The psychologically warping effects of prolonged uncertainty were skillfully conveyed. Go to Full Review Peter Crawley Irish Times 12/11/2018
Its keener impact actually came in quieter moments, like director David Caffrey's melancholy shots of Dublin at dawn, the sun rising over stalled cranes and idle scenes. Go to Full Review Tanya Sweeney Irish Independent 12/11/2018
While Taken Down...bears many of the traits of your common-or-garden procedural crime drama, it's inevitable that the series will find its stylistic sea legs and break from the pack. Go to Full Review Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) 12/11/2018
Co-writers Jo Spain and Stuart Carolan seemed so intent on showing the misery of direct provision and the dehumanising horror of the sex trade...that they frequently forgot about the police procedural element. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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09/27/2020 Great show on the life of a refugee from Nigeria who is in Ireland..The other theme was human trafficking, and how easy it was for the traffickers to find vulnerable women. The acting was impressive. Very intense, realistic.. I felt a lot of empathy for the main character Abeni... She was wonderful, very understated, but you could feel her fear.. I would love to see another season. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Lynn Rafferty

Jen

Aïssa Maïga

Abeni

Slimane Dazi

Samir

Brian Gleeson

Wayne

Orla Fitzgerald

Niamh

Enoch Frost

Benjamin

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 4, 2018 New Home A team of detectives led by Inspector Jen Rooney begin an investigation into a refugee center when a young Nigerian girl is found dead at a bus stop. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 11, 2018 Caught on Camera As suspicion mounts on those in the center, there are signs Esme may have been secretly working before she died; the police search for Flora, another girl who disappeared from the same center. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 18, 2018 Super Clean Abeni comes to fear those she works for at the brothel, but is too scared to tell the police; Flora escapes from the care home she has been placed in. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 25, 2018 Tailed The police put Abeni under surveillance as her bosses at the brothel begin to treat her differently at work; Abeni fears for her life and Flora is subjected to horrors. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 2, 2018 Evidence The police discover new leads in the wake of their raid on the brothel, and Abeni begins to confess what she knows; the gang rebuilds the business unseen. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 9, 2018 Left-Handed Abeni must decide if helping find Flora, Hope and Nina will be too great a risk for her family; the truth of Esme's final moments is revealed. Details

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Taken Down — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
David Caffrey
Screenwriter
Stuart Carolan, Jo Spain
Network
RTE1
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama, Crime
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Nov 4, 2018