Disappearing children and a genius detective

The first series of The Missing introduced us to Julien Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo), the empathetic French detective trying to help a father (James Nesbitt) discover what happened to his missing son. Series two, about the mysterious reappearance of a missing girl in Germany who claims to have been held captive, also stars Keeley Hawes and David Morrissey. Baptiste proved such a popular character that he has of course now been given his own show (see p59). BBC iPlayer, series 1-2,