Planes fall from the sky, there are millions of car crashes, millions die. Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come. And when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future. Some, young and old alike, saw nothing at all . Some saw themselves in new relationships, some saw exciting new technologies, some saw the stuff of nightmares. Does the mosaic of visions offer a clue? What did you see? Now the basis for the Channel 5 hit series FLASHFORWARD. A desperate search to find out what has happened begins.