''Missing'' is a British

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series starring

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and

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. 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

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in 2009, with an extended second series of 10 episodes airing in 2010. It was filmed in and around Dover, and

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. The series also starred Felix Scott and

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as Croft's sidekicks, Jason Doyle and Amy Garnett. Guest stars who appeared throughout the series run include

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, and Sylvia Syms. 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,

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, Nick Nickleby (as a mini-series), Privates,

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, The Coroner,

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(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

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respectively before being broadcast on

. ''Moving On, Father Brown, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and The Mallorca Files'' are current BBC Daytime Productions all have been shown after ''Doctors''.

Production

The first series was commissioned in July 2008 to be broadcast in the daytime schedule, alongside a new series ''

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'', which follows the work of the police and a missing-persons charity searching for people who go missing. A second series was commissioned in October 2009. BBC daytime controller Liam Keelan commented: "We have seen how successful combining drama and factual programming has been in BBC Daytime - extending the run of ''Missing'' will create an even greater sense of event."

Main cast

as DS Mary Jane 'MJ' Croft – head of Dover's Missing Persons Unit *

as Danny Hayworth – former crime journalist, now a radio DJ for Dover Radio; friend of DS Croft * Felix Scott as DC Jason Doyle – MPU Detective; former member of the vice squad who is currently pursuing his sergeant's exams *

as Amy Garnett – MPU Civilian Technical Assistant *

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as DC Josh Kemplin - former member of the Flying Squad who joins the team in series two *

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as DCI Lauren Ford - head of CID * Roy Hudd as Jack Croft - MJ and Ellen's estranged father * Helen Baker as Ellen Croft - MJ Croft's sister, who was thought to be dead

Episode list

Series 1 (2009)

Series 2 (2010)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Missing (2009 Tv Series) 2009 British television series debuts 2010 British television series endings 2000s British drama television series 2010s British drama television series BBC television dramas Missing UK Television shows set in Kent Television shows shot in Kent BBC Daytime television series