Reported Missing

BBC1, 10.40pm

The documentary series following specialist police as they try to track down missing persons returns for a four-part run, and in the opening episode the focus is on the hunt for two vulnerable young adults in South Yorkshire.

Matthew’s mother Rebecca expected to find her 18-year-old son coming back on the bus from a day at college, but not only is he missing, his phone is switched off. To add to her worries, Matthew has autism.

Meanwhile, Lauren (right) is worried about her brother Luke, a 29-year-old with severe learning difficulties who struggles with everyday tasks and has wandered off from his care home. With police deploying every resource available, from the latest technology to helicopter searches, it’s a tense race against time as concerns grow over what might have happened to both young men.

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