Reported Missing (TV series)

Reported Missing is a British documentary television series broadcast on BBC One (2017–present). The series follows various police departments and associated organisations in the United Kingdom, in search for missing people.[1] Each episode follow one or more cases, from the first 999 call through to the conclusion.[2] The first series was narrated by Ruth Wilson and the second and third series are narrated by Indira Varma. Reported Missing has eleven episodes over three series. Series 1 had three episodes, series 2 had four episodes, series 3 had five episodes (though the last episode was not aired), and series 4 had four episodes.

Reported Missing
GenreDocumentary
Directed by
  • James Incledon
  • Chris Rowe
  • Aoife Carey
  • Alexander Niakaris
  • Myles Jenks
  • Leonardo Machado
  • Rhys Roberts
Narrated by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes15 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Sacha Baveystock
  • David Hodgkinson
  • Edmund Coulthard
Running time57-60 minutes
Production companyBlast! Films
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release2017 (2017) –
present

Episodes

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1312 April 2017 (2017-04-12)26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)
243 September 2018 (2018-09-03)24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)
3412 August 2020 (2020-08-12)2 September 2020 (2020-09-02)
4411 October 2022 (2022-10-11)1 November 2022 (2022-11-01)

Series 1 (2017)

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11Chris Rowe and James Incledon12 April 2017 (2017-04-12)
12-year-old Joshua disappears into the night after a row, and 13-year-old Katie walks out-of-home leaving a suicide note.
22Chris Rowe and James Incledon19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)
Documentary series following the search for missing people. Just six weeks after his wedding, 28-year-old Darren vanishes, apparently into thin air.
33Chris Rowe and James Incledon26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)
Documentary series following the search for missing people. When an 82-year-old man suffering from advancing dementia goes missing, a full-scale land and air search is launched.

Series 2 (2018)

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41Alexander Niakaris3 September 2018 (2018-09-03)
Documentary series following the search for missing people. Five-year old Tyler is reported missing by his father after a dispute with Tyler's mum.
52Alexander Niakaris10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)
Documentary series following the search for missing people. Forty-nine-year-old George vanishes after going to the job centre, and his family think the police could be doing more.
63Alexander Niakaris17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)
Documentary series following the search for missing people. When 77-year-old Jean doesn't return from a doctor's appointment, Cheshire Police launch a large-scale search.
74Alexander Niakaris24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)
Documentary series following the search for missing people. As the months tick by in the search for 40-year-old Michael Price, will his family ever get answers?

Series 3 (2020)

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81Aoife Carey and Alexander Niakaris12 August 2020 (2020-08-12)
When an ex-soldier with PTSD goes missing after posting that he wants to end it all, Cheshire Police need to work out fast what may lie behind his disappearance.
92Myles Jenks, Leonardo Machado and Rhys Roberts19 August 2020 (2020-08-19)
Police mount urgent searches for two people with dementia. Sheila has vanished from her husband’s side during a shopping trip, while John has headed out alone into the countryside.
103Myles Jenks, Leonardo Machado and Rhys Roberts26 August 2020 (2020-08-26)
Gloucestershire Police face a series of increasingly complex searches for 59-year-old Michael, whose paranoid schizophrenia prompts him to disappear and go into hiding.
114Leonardo Machado and Rhys Roberts2 September 2020 (2020-09-02)
Gloucestershire police search for two vulnerable drug users. One hasn't been seen on the streets for two months, while the other has left hospital against his doctors’ advice.

Series 4 (2022)

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121Leonardo Machado, Jules Endersby, Myles Jenks, and Paul Wells11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
South Yorkshire Police mount urgent searches for two vulnerable autistic men. Eighteen-year-old Matthew has missed his usual bus home, while 29-year-old Luke has disappeared from his care home.
132Leonardo Machado, Jules Endersby, Myles Jenks, and Paul Wells18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)
South Yorkshire Police concern mounts for two men. Fifty-eight-year-old Gavin has vanished after giving away money, while a student has disappeared after joining a mysterious church.
143Leonardo Machado, Jules Endersby, Myles Jenks, and Paul Wells25 October 2022 (2022-10-25)
South Yorkshire Police deal with two different missing people who both may be at risk. Mark has left a troubling note for his wife, while a potentially suicidal woman has vanished.
154Leonardo Machado, Jules Endersby, Myles Jenks, and Paul Wells1 November 2022 (2022-11-01)
South Yorkshire Police race against the clock to find two missing women, both of whom are at potential risk of harm from abusive ex-partners.

Unaired Series 3 Finale

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The fifth and finale episode of series 3 was due to air on 9 September 2020 at 9pm on BBC One. However, a repeat of episode 2 from series 1 aired. The production company of Reported Missing told Gloucestershire Live that the change was for legal reasons: “The run was originally planned to be five new programmes, the majority of which featured Gloucestershire Constabulary, but for legal reasons, a repeat is now going in on the fifth and final week”.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Reported Missing". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Reported Missing". IMDb. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "REPORTED MISSING: WHY SERIES 3 FINALE WAS REPLACED WITH SERIES 1 EPISODE ABOUT DARREN BENNETT". HITC. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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