Radio Times: Review by:; Chris Gardner

Lord Lucan, who disappeared in 1974, could well be our most notorious missing grown-up, but what of the hundreds of adults who go AWOL every single day in the UK? Here, Penny Marshall reports from the UK Missing Persons’ Bureau, speaking to officers and families involved.

As “mature” adults, you could argue we have the right to get the hell out if we choose. Not so the young; at the time of writing, 12-year-old Tia Sharp had still not been found. The concluding episode, on the agony of a missing child, will be especially poignant.

About this programme

1/2. In a two-part programme, Penny Marshall offers an insight into cases involving people who have disappeared. She begins by looking at the work of the UK Missing Persons' Bureau to learn what happens when someone is reported missing and the reasons for their disappearance. Talking to families and police officers, she sheds light on some of the incidents the organisation has investigated.