EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
A young woman returns to the town she was abducted from 11 years earlier. Told in dual timelines, the episodes tell the story when Detective Julien Baptiste investigates the missing case.
1966, Burkina Faso
May 13, 1987
1980, Magherafelt, County Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
12 June 1967, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK
7 March 1963, Brussels, Belgium
24 July 1976, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
7 February 1959, Baudour, Belgium
March 14, 2017
Series two's opening episode, featuring a brand new story and a new missing child / children, hits all the right notes, with heaps of intrigue and a mightily impressive new cast.February 10, 2017
The Missing is a feast -- albeit the most chilly, emotionally devastating feast ever -- for armchair sleuths.February 08, 2017
It's that kind of quick-witted mystery storytelling that allows The Missing to stand out against other pulpy whodunits. It keeps you guessing, and keeps you watching.March 14, 2017
The acting is exemplary, deeply felt and mesmerisingly naturalistic, and Chanan's direction creates an ominous atmosphere of dread and anxiety.April 19, 2017
Stick with it, because it gets easier and it promises to be one hell of an edge-of-your-seat story.March 14, 2017
It is ... like the first series, a deeply human story about loss and grief and blame, and what something like this would do to a marriage and to a family.March 14, 2017
I won't write this off yet - I'll be back for more next week, mainly for Hawes and Morrissey - but let's hope that the second series of The Missing isn't let down by another anti-climax.March 14, 2017
The Missing does an excellent job of making its many, many twists feel like natural reveals, and it moves along at a quick pace while leaving enough time to explore the difficult and complicated emotions of its leads.February 10, 2017
Baptiste wants to give them a happy ending, without ignoring the haunting lessons. By embracing him - as well as an ambitious premise - The Missing improves in Season 2. And where they go from here remains enticingly unknown.March 14, 2017
The Missing on BBC1 is like televisual Sudoku, yet it is utterly compelling, brilliantly acted and written, and a match for the much-lauded Scandinavian noir of recent years.