Missing Live
| Missing | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 'Missing Live (2007–10) |
| Genre | Factual |
| Presented by |
Sally Magnusson (2005–7) Rav Wilding (2008–10) Louise Minchin (2008–11) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 31 January 2005 – 13 May 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Missing (2009) |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Missing, titled Missing Live from 2008–2010, was a BBC One morning television series which was broadcast between 2005 and 2011. Sally Magnusson was the programme's original presenter. She was replaced by Louise Minchin and Rav Wilding from the fifth series, which adopted a live studio style as opposed to the pre-recorded, docudrama, style of the previous series. The seventh series returned to the original style with Louise Minchin becoming the sole presenter of the programme.
The programme follows the work of the police and the charity Missing People, as they search for some of the 210,000 people who are reported missing every year.
This series was presented by Sally Magnusson and was split into two parts. The first part ran from 31 January 2005 to 4 February 2005. The second part ran from the 9 May 2005 to 13 May 2005 as part of Missing Persons Month. The first series featured the charity Missing People and Lambeth Police Missing Persons Unit.
Series two ran from 12 to 23 December 2005 and aired from 9:15-10:00am. The second series continued to feature the charity Missing People and Lambeth police, but also featured Hackney Police Missing Persons Unit.
Series three ran from 24 April to the 5 May 2006 and aired from 9:15-10:00am. Series Three featured the cases of Robbie Carroll and Anne Simpson both of whom are still missing.
Tom Moore, who has been missing since 15 July 2003, was also featured. Tom is still missing.
Series four ran from 16 April to the 27 April 2007 and aired from 9:15-10:00am. Series Four featured the case of Barry Coughlan who has been missing from Crosshaven in County Cork since 1 May 2004. Barry is still missing.
Series five ran from the 21 April to 16 May 2008 and aired from 9:15-10:00am with new presenters Louise Minchin and Rav Wilding. This series use filmed reconstructions of individual missing persons cases, live studio interviews with the friends and family of missing people and on-air appeals for more than 100 people. The programmes also investigated the reasons why people go missing and looked at the technology and techniques used to help find those who have disappeared, including age progression techniques. Guests on series five included Bob Geldof, Gerry and Kate McCann (parents of missing Madeleine McCann) and Lynda Bellingham.
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