This novelisation of the Hit American Sci-fi show will be avaiable at the same time as the UK broadcast. Due to be broadcast on BBC late January this 20 TV mini-series got rave reveiws and great ratings when broadcast on the Sci-fi channel in November in America.Created by Dreamworks (Steven Speilbergs company) the show centers around three American families who experiece an encounter with Aliens which in turn effects their lifes and friends around them over the next three decades.Well acted, great story lines and a spectacular special effects the TV show is bound to great viewing figures and the novelisaton captures all those elements