“It is utterly gripping and intriguing, and will have you lying awake puzzling and worrying.”
The Missing, BBC1
“As a crime thriller, about an investigation and hunt, it is a thing of great complexity – one that seems to have been checked and oiled with extraordinary – military even – precision. It is utterly gripping and intriguing, and will have you lying awake puzzling and worrying.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
“So how did it measure up to the first series? Time will tell but this story, more of an ensemble piece than its predecessor, was gripping even if it lacked the palm-sweating panic caused by the snatching of a child.”
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph
“Geographically, The Missing is all over the place. It is one big fidget and were it not for Hawes and Morrissey anchoring it emotionally, I am not sure if even the twists would keep me engaged.”
Andrew Billen, The Times
“The clues are all here. Like good detectives, we just have to stay alert, be observant, trust our deductions. It’s the only way we have a chance… not of solving the crime, but of working out what the heck is going on.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
“It’s got the same sleuth but it’s a brand-new story. Different is good of course but the key change is one that might stop a fair few people staying to the end. Throughout the first series, we had the hope of the child we knew and cared about being found alive. No such incentive this time.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express
The Aberfan Young Wives’ Club, ITV
“This was a captivating story of life and loss; an ultimately uplifting testament to community spirit and human resilience.”
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph
“This was a heartbreaking film, on a subject that even now feels almost too raw to be discussed. It kept its distance, not intruding on the grief it sought to understand. And Aberfan kept its dignity, as it has always done.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
“A beautifully controlled portrait of real loss. This film was not overwhelmed by the release of hitherto suppressed emotion, but by the town’s strength, forbearance and dignity.”
Andrew Billen, The Times
“Fifty years may have passed but the club members on last night’s programme still had vivid recall for that October day. The footage had much the same effect on us, sad little details of the picture hurting more perhaps than the tragedy of the whole thing ever could.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express
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