
The Missing
2014 · TV Series · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · 87% critics
After a child vanishes during a family trip, the search stretches across years and borders, reopening old wounds and raising new questions. Told across two timelines, this tense anthology thriller follows the ripple effects on loved ones, investigators, and a community struggling with grief, suspicion, and the need for answers.
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Details
- Years
- 2014–2016
- Release date
- 2014-10-28
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (297 votes)
About
If you enjoy dark, emotionally heavy mysteries that unfold across shifting timelines and keep you guessing, this should land well, especially if you liked Broadchurch or Baptiste; Not for you if you hate slow burns or convoluted plotting.
Pros: gripping, emotional mystery; intense performances; bingeable suspense | Cons: slow pacing at times; timeline jumps can frustrate; some plot threads feel messy
Themes
- child abuse
- detective
- journalist
- husband wife relationship
- investigation
- police
- anthology
- reporter
- missing child
- child kidnapping
- mind game
- cold case
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- Golden Nymph — Best Mini Series · 2015
Cast & crew

David Morrissey
as Sam Webster
- JN
James Nesbitt
as Tony Hughes
- AD
Abigail Davies
as Bourg's Doctor
- MK
Macauley Keeper
as James Walsh
- AM
Anjli Mohindra
as Amara Suri

Keeley Hawes
as Gemma Webster

Abigail Hardingham
as Alice Webster
- FO
Frances O'Connor
as Emily Hughes

Tchéky Karyo
as Julien Baptiste

Anastasia Hille
as Celia Baptiste
Directed by Ben Chanan, Tom Shankland
Created by Harry Williams, Jack Williams
Episodes2 seasons · 16 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Eden59mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Hulu
- S1E2Pray for Me59mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Hulu
- S1E3The Meeting59mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Hulu
- S1E4Gone Fishing59mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Hulu
- S1E5Molly60mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Hulu
- S1E6Concrete59mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Hulu
- S1E7Return to Eden59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E8Till Death59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 28 episodes
- S2E1Come Home59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E2The Turtle and the Stick59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E3A Prison Without Walls59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E4Statice59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E5Das Vergessen59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E6Saint John59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E7199158mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E8The Mountain59mAmazon Prime VideoHulu