Pauline Quirke and Mark Wingett in Missing © BBC
Director: Laurence Wilson
Writers: Roy Boulter, Matt Leys, Ann-Marie Di Mambro, Karen McLachlan
Starring: Pauline Quirke, Felix Scott, Pooja Shah, Mark Wingett, Adjoa Andoh
Production Companies: Leopard Films
Kent Filming Locations: Maidstone and Dover – Port and White Cliffs.
Mark Wingett, Pauline Quirke, Pooja Shah and Felix Scott near the Port of Dover © BBC
Missing is a new daytime crime about a small and under-sourced Missing Persons Unit (MPU) based in Dover which is headed up by DS Mary Jane Croft.
- The 5 part drama was made to accompany the second series of
Missing: Live
- which examines real life cases and attempts to reunite people with their love ones.
Starring Pauline Quirke (Broadchurch, Birds of a Feather), Felix Scott (Inception, Blitz Blitz), Pooja Shah (EastEnders, Bend It Like Beckham), Mark Wingett (The Bill, Snow White and the Huntsman) and Adjoa Andoh (Invictus, Casualty).
The production visited Kent where they transformed the old Maidstone Borough Council offices on the London Road into their Police Headquarters. The programme also filmed at various locations in and around Maidstone as well as visiting Dover including the Port and White Cliffs.
The county town of Kent, Maidstone boasts shopping areas, bars and restaurants and is home to The Maidstone Studios which is the UK’s largest independent High Definition TV studio facility.
Dover is best known for the world famous White Cliffs of Dover along with the Port of Dover and Dover Castle. The Dover area has previously featured on screen in The Tunnel: Sabotage (2016), Wolf Hall (2015) and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (2011).
The first episode aired on BBC One on the 16th March 2009 at 14:15.
For more information about Kent’s Filming History please visit our Movie Map.
