Missing (2009 TV series)

Missing
GenreCrime drama
StarringPauline Quirke
Mark Wingett
Felix Scott
Pooja Shah
Jamie Belman
Adjoa Andoh
Roy Hudd
ComposerDavid Lowe
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes15 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSusie Field
Joey Attawia
James Burstall
ProducerJulie Press
Production locationsKent, England
EditorDominic Strevens
Running time45 minutes
Production companyLeopard Films
Original release
NetworkBBC One
BBC HD (2010)
Release16 March 2009 (2009-03-16) –
26 March 2010 (2010-03-26)
Related
Missing Live
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Missing is a British daytime television crime drama series starring Pauline Quirke and Mark Wingett. The series is set in a busy, under-resourced missing-persons unit, and follows the team led by DS Mary Jane "MJ" Croft (Quirke). The first series of five episodes aired on BBC One in 2009, with an extended second series of 10 episodes airing in 2010. It was filmed in and around Dover, and Tonbridge.[1][2] The series also starred Felix Scott and Pooja Shah as Croft's sidekicks, Jason Doyle and Amy Garnett. Guest stars who appeared throughout the series run include Paul Nicholas, Brooke Kinsella, Gary Lucy, and Sylvia Syms.[3]

It was the first British daytime regular series to be broadcast on the BBC since Doctors in 2000, after Channel 5 brought the rights to Neighbours in 2008 and Missing, was shown on Neighbours former 14:15 slot and since Missing was first broadcast, Moving On, Land Girls, The Indian Doctor, Justice, 32 Brinkburn Street, The Case, Secrets and Words, Nick Nickleby (as a mini-series), Privates, Father Brown, WPC 56, The Coroner, The Moonstone (as a mini-series), Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and The Mallorca Files have been commissioned by BBC Daytime, including Pitching In, London Kills and Hope Street which have both been broadcast on BBC One Wales, Acorn TV and BBC One Northern Ireland respectively before being broadcast on BBC One. Moving On, Father Brown, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and The Mallorca Files are current BBC Daytime Productions all have been shown after Doctors.

  1. ^ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Missing Series 1 Article".
  2. ^ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Missing Series 2 Article".
  3. ^ "Quirke's 'Missing' handed second run". Digital Spy. 7 October 2009.