# Missing Live

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{{short description|BBC series about missing persons cases}}
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| alt_name             = ''Missing'' (2005–2007)<br>''Missing 2011''
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| genre                = [Factual](/source/Factual_television)
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| presenter            = [Sally Magnusson](/source/Sally_Magnusson) (2005–2007)<br />[Rav Wilding](/source/Rav_Wilding) (2008–2010)<br />[Louise Minchin](/source/Louise_Minchin) (2008–2011)
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| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
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| runtime              = 45 minutes
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| channel              = [BBC One](/source/BBC_One)
| first_aired          = {{start date|2005|1|31|df=yes}}
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| related              = [''Missing'' (2009)](/source/Missing_(2009_TV_series)) 
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'''''Missing''''', titled '''''Missing Live''''' from 2008 to 2010, is a [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) morning television series which was broadcast between 2005 and 2011. [Sally Magnusson](/source/Sally_Magnusson) was the programme's original presenter.<ref>{{cite web | title = Biographies, Sally Magnusson| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/tvfactual/sally_magnusson.shtml| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090504153914/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/tvfactual/sally_magnusson.shtml| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2009-05-04| publisher = BBC | accessdate = 2008-11-07 }}</ref> She was replaced by [Louise Minchin](/source/Louise_Minchin) and [Rav Wilding](/source/Rav_Wilding) from the fifth series, which adopted a live studio style as opposed to the pre-recorded, docudrama, style of the previous series. The seventh series returned to the original style with [Louise Minchin](/source/Louise_Minchin) becoming the sole presenter of the programme.

==Format and broadcasts==
The programme follows the work of the [police](/source/police) and the charity [Missing People](/source/Missing_People), as they search for some of the 210,000 people who are reported missing every year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Newiss, G |title=Missing Presumed…? The police response to missing persons, Police Research Series Paper 114 |url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/fprs114.pdf |publisher=The Home Office |accessdate=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050127011113/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/fprs114.pdf |archivedate=27 January 2005 }}</ref>

===Series One (2005)===
This series was presented by [Sally Magnusson](/source/Sally_Magnusson) and was split into two parts. The first part ran from 31 January 2005 to 4 February 2005. The second part ran from 9 May 2005 to 13 May 2005 as part of Missing Persons Month. The first series featured the charity Missing People and [Lambeth](/source/Lambeth) Police [Missing Persons](/source/Missing_persons) Unit.

===Series Two (2005)===
Series two ran from 12 to 23 December 2005 and aired from 9:15 to 10:00am.<ref>{{cite news | title =  New plea in missing mother case| url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/4518662.stm | publisher = BBC | access-date = 2008-11-06 | date=11 December 2005}}</ref> The second series continued to feature the charity Missing People and Lambeth police, but also featured [Hackney](/source/London_Borough_of_Hackney) Police Missing Persons Unit.

===Series Three (2006)===
Series three ran from 24 April to 5 May 2006 and aired from 9:15 to 10:00am. Series Three featured the cases of Robbie Carroll and Anne Simpson<ref name="independent">{{cite news | title =  Lost: the thousands of people who disappear in Britain each year | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/lost-the-thousands-of-people-who-disappear-in-britain-each-year-444535.html | work = The Independent| accessdate = 2008-11-06 | location=London | date=15 April 2007}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> both of whom are still missing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert 'Robbie' Carroll |url=http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/areyoumissing/missing/detail.asp?dsid=412 |publisher=Missing People |accessdate=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120214929/http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/areyoumissing/missing/detail.asp?dsid=412 |archivedate=20 November 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Anne Simpson | url = https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/annesimpson
| publisher = Missing People | accessdate = 2008-11-06 }}</ref>

Tom Moore, who has been missing since 15 July 2003, was also featured.<ref>{{cite web | title =  TV Appeal for Missing Brentford Man| url = http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conmissing02.htm
| publisher = Brentford TW8 | accessdate = 2008-11-06 }}</ref> Tom is still missing.<ref>{{cite web | title = Tom Moore | url = https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/thomasmoore
| publisher = Missing People | accessdate = 2008-11-06 }}</ref>

===Series Four (2007)===
Series four ran from 16 to 27 April 2007 and aired from 9:15 to 10:00am.<ref name="independent" /> Series Four featured the case of Barry Coughlan who was missing from [Crosshaven](/source/Crosshaven) in [County Cork](/source/County_Cork) from 1 May 2004 until his remains were discovered in May 2021. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40315061.html | title=Skeletal remains recovered from Crosshaven identified as Barry Coughlan | date=16 June 2021 }}</ref>

===Series Five (2008)===
Series five ran from 21 April to 16 May 2008 and aired from 9:15 to 10:00am with new presenters [Louise Minchin](/source/Louise_Minchin) and [Rav Wilding](/source/Rav_Wilding).<ref>{{cite web | title =  Episodes from 2008 for Missing Live| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b3hqh/episodes/guide| publisher = BBC | access-date = 2008-11-06 }}</ref> This series use filmed reconstructions of individual [missing persons](/source/missing_persons) cases, live studio interviews with the friends and family of missing people and on-air appeals for more than 100 people.<ref name="recommissioned">{{cite web | title =  BBC One's Missing Live is recommissioned after a successful debut series | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/16/missing.shtml | publisher = BBC | access-date = 2008-11-02 }}</ref> The programmes also investigated the reasons why people go missing and looked at the technology and techniques used to help find those who have disappeared, including [age progression](/source/age_progression) techniques. Guests on series five included [Bob Geldof](/source/Bob_Geldof), Gerry and Kate McCann (parents of missing [Madeleine McCann](/source/Madeleine_McCann)) and [Lynda Bellingham](/source/Lynda_Bellingham).<ref name="recommissioned"/>

As a result of appeals made during the programme, the BBC and Missing People's confidential [helpline](/source/helpline) received hundreds of calls and potential sightings and a total of 17 people featured on the show were found.<ref>{{cite news | title =  Missing Live to return to BBC1| url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/16/bbc.television1| work = The Guardian| accessdate = 2008-11-02 | location=London | first=Tara | last=Conlan | date=16 May 2008}}</ref>

=== Series Six (2009) ===
Series six began on 16 March 2009, and concluded on 10 April. The drama ''[Missing](/source/Missing_(2009_TV_series))'' was commissioned and broadcast alongside ''Missing Live'', starring [Pauline Quirke](/source/Pauline_Quirke) as the head of a busy, under-resourced missing persons unit in South East England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liam Keelan announces raft of new commissions as BBC Daytime tackles the issues that matter|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/07_july/17/daytime.shtml|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=25 September 2010|date=17 July 2008}}</ref>

=== Series Seven (2010) ===
Series seven began aired from 15 to 26 March 2010. It was again hosted by [Rav Wilding](/source/Rav_Wilding) and [Louise Minchin](/source/Louise_Minchin) and the series ran in conjunction with the ''Missing'' drama series as in 2009.

=== Series Eight (2011) ===
Series eight aired from 9 to 13 May 2011. It was based in a new studio and renamed ''Missing 2011'' because it was now pre-recorded. It was presented solely by [Louise Minchin](/source/Louise_Minchin) and had guest reporters including [Fiona Phillips](/source/Fiona_Phillips). The show was focused on appeals and interviews for solved cases.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BBC programme|b00jd4s1}}
* {{IMDb title|0989300}}

Category:2005 British television series debuts
Category:BBC One original programming
Category:British non-fiction television series
Category:2011 British television series endings
Category:Documentary television series about missing people

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