Edited sentence: Four years later, fifty-eight illegal immigrants did indeed suffocate in a lorry in Dover, an event which inspired the Hong Kong action film Stowaway.In the episode "Dead on arrival" (Series 3, Episode 1), broadcast on 9 June, 1996, several illegal immigrants were found to be suffocated in an airtight container lorry.On occasion, the plot of an episode could anticipate events in real life