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The Missing

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TerriBull Thu 30-Oct-14 20:45:37

Just caught up with this on I Player, I believe it was screened on Tuesday. Thought it was really gripping, can't wait for the next instalment . A different role for James Nesbitt played the distraught father very well.

merlotgran Thu 30-Oct-14 21:01:26

It's very good. I think there are going to be lots of plot twists. Looking forward to next week.

numberplease Thu 30-Oct-14 21:29:04

It certainly looks promising

tanith Fri 31-Oct-14 11:34:22

It does look good but not sure I'll still think so after another 7 episodes not sure my interest will stretch that far but I hope to be proved wrong.

KatyK Fri 31-Oct-14 14:03:10

Loved it

Marelli Fri 31-Oct-14 14:29:54

Loved it, too.

Gracesgran Fri 31-Oct-14 16:02:11

And me! I agree with Merlotgran, there will be twists along the way I feel.

Tegan Fri 31-Oct-14 16:30:41

So many good reports about the series and I missed it [well, the start of it]. I've been thinking recently that all the BBC4 Scandinavian series have made programme makers in this country go up a notch to compete.

J52 Fri 31-Oct-14 16:59:42

Was the clue when the detective said the abductor it was usually someone the family knew? Is there a significant character who has not appeared yet? Time will tell. X

Marelli Fri 31-Oct-14 17:19:20

Something to do with a connection between the father (James Nesbitt) and his father-in-law, who must have been a judge (?)

merlotgran Fri 31-Oct-14 17:27:56

There was a quiet reference to something that happened in the past concerning the father and his FIL which will obviously have some significance.

I always feel a bit uncomfortable watching programmes about child abduction abroad since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann but I was soon caught up in the drama and James Nesbitt's excellent acting.

Iam64 Fri 31-Oct-14 17:50:25

I watched it on catch up yesterday and found it gripping.

Eloethan Fri 31-Oct-14 18:04:55

It was very gripping but also quite distressing. I'm so intrigued though that I'll have to keep watching.

J52 Fri 31-Oct-14 20:05:05

Where does the new husband fit in? He seem to already have a ready made son substitute. X

papaoscar Sat 01-Nov-14 06:11:40

What a great actor James Nesbit is. If it encourages us to take more care of our kids then its worth all the angst. Lucky that lady in the second-hand hand shop wrote down who gave her the yellow scarf (bit unlikely, I thought) but who knows where the trail will lead. Like the dried-up retired detective. Shades of New Tricks without the humour, perhaps? Disturbing but thrilling.

henetha Sat 01-Nov-14 09:36:03

Brilliant. Loved it, and especially James Nesbit. He is so convincing.

whenim64 Sat 01-Nov-14 09:40:59

I love the twists and turns of a good drama series like this. Can't wait for the next episode.

glammanana Sat 01-Nov-14 09:46:24

I thought is was very good but everything James Nesbit does is worth watching he is in another new series soon but the name escapes me for the minute.
Is the new husband not the Police guy sent to help them with the initial investigation ?
7 weeks of good TV in the offering for a change.

Tegan Sat 01-Nov-14 22:53:16

Babylon?

glammanana Sun 02-Nov-14 13:14:52

Thanks Tegan thats the one.

Teetime Sun 02-Nov-14 14:02:33

I like James Nesbitt in some things - I saw a very violent thing he was in once but loved him as Munroe the neurosurgeon which is being shown again. I'm with A A Gill in the Sunday Times and indeed yesterdays Telegraph TV reviewer on The Missing - too harrowing for me I shan't watch any more.

rosesarered Sun 02-Nov-14 18:27:17

A bit harrowing, but good drama.

papaoscar Tue 04-Nov-14 22:03:22

'I know what you did, Emily, and I will prove it' - what's that all that about? And Ian the builder, the Ken Stott character, what's he up to and what's his connection with the acused? I'm lost at the moment, but its gripping stuff.

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 04-Nov-14 22:23:39

Why have they made a drama based on the Madeleine McCann case? They couldn't have made it more obvious.

Must be hard for the McCanns if they see it.

merlotgran Tue 04-Nov-14 22:30:08

I'm more than a little uneasy about that as well, jing. The parents even look a bit like Kate and Gerry McCann.