| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [15] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Come Home” | Ben Chanan | Harry Williams & Jack Williams | 12 October 2016 | 9.20 |
Episode description –
In 2003 Alice Webster is abducted in Germany, where her father is stationed on a British Army base. In 2014, just before Christmas, a barefoot and traumatised Alice re-appears in the same town, suffering from acute appendicitis. She claims that she was held captive with a French girl, Sophie Giroux, who went missing around the same time. Retired French detective Julien Baptiste, an expert on the Giroux case, investigates. He suspects that she may not be Alice.
Language
Media form – TV
Moving Image
Genre / Type – Crime Drama
Steve Neale ‘Corpus’ ‘repertoire’ + elements
Similarities + differences
Levi – Strauss
‘Enigma’ – Bartes
Todorov / Freytag pyramid
Audiences
Exposition
End – cliff hanger
Propp
- Victim
- Princess
- Hero
Production
David Hesmondhalgh states that media is a ‘risky business, so to reduce risk The Missing and Witnesses use well-known plot devices and tropes which appeal to a wide audience.