I Know My First Name Is Steven

Why tonight?

• ◆One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.

The story

In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, in 1980, when Parnell kidnaps another young boy, Steven finds a way for them both to escape and return home.

• sexual abuse
• based on true story
• paedophilia
• miniseries