Miniseries · Netflix
Missing You
Nothing burns like an old flame.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rosalind Eleazar
Kat Donovan
5 eps
Jessica Kate Plummer
Stacey Embalo
5 eps
Richard Armitage
Ellis Stagger
5 eps
Lenny Henry
Clint Donovan
5 eps
Steve Pemberton
Titus
5 eps
Lisa Faulkner
Dana Fells
5 eps
Mary Malone
Aqua Vanech
5 eps
Brigid Zengeni
Odette Donovan
5 eps
Catherine Ayers
Nia Emine
5 eps
Charlie Hamblett
Charlie Pitts
5 eps
Jo Martin
Tessie Sewell
5 eps
Ashley Walters
Josh Buchanan
5 eps
Oscar Kennedy
Brendan Fells
5 eps
GK Barry
Vanessa
5 eps
Samantha Spiro
Nurse Sally
1 eps
Marc Warren
Monte Leburne
3 eps
Rudi Dharmalingam
Rishi Magari
2 eps
Simon Kunz
Detective Khol
3 eps
Matt Willis
Darryl
1 eps
Naomi Wirthner
Flo Khol
3 eps
James Nesbitt
Dominic Calligan
3 eps
Chloé Lemonius
Waitress
1 eps
Raymond Anum
Chef Ade
1 eps
Felix Garcia Guyer
Reynaldo
5 eps
Alice Offley
Tamsin
2 eps
Bohdan Poraj
Jim Mattson
1 eps
Lucy Lowe
Ellie Mattson
1 eps
Jackie Knowles
Raya Stagger
1 eps
Stevie Abrahms
Pia
1 eps
Will Barnett
Claude
1 eps
Kieran Burton
Clem
3 eps
Alex Waldmann
Arthur 'Arty' Bork
1 eps
Amelie Dokubo
Sadie Cross
3 eps
Arian Nik
Ashkan 'Chewie' Chuback
1 eps
Faye Alexandra
Mailbox Worker
1 eps
Geff Francis
Harvey Fox
2 eps
Cyril Nri
Parker
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Missing You actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Missing You reads strongest on Serialized, Tension and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Every Breath You Take
Detective Kat Donovan is confronted with her past when she encounters the man she once loved — and learns some news about one she loathes.
- Directed by Nimer Rashed
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
S01E04
Don't You Forget About Me
After questioning Brendan's attacker, Kat tries again to track down Josh, but instead comes face-to-face with the last person she ever expected to see.
- Directed by Isher Sahota
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
S01E02
With or Without You
Kat begs Stagger to help her extract a confession from LeBurne, and Stacey offers to look for Josh. Someone needing help from Kat arrives at the station.
- Directed by Nimer Rashed
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
S01E03
Never Too Much
Defying Stagger's direct orders, Kat continues to look into Dana's case — and learns that she might not have known Josh as well as she thought she did.
- Directed by Nimer Rashed
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer, Sumerah Srivastav
S01E05
Chain Reaction
Kat finally gets the answers she's been searching for these last 11 years. Time is running out for Dana, and Titus goes searching for Brendan.
- Directed by Isher Sahota
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Every Breath You Take
- Directed by Nimer Rashed
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
S01E02
With or Without You
- Directed by Nimer Rashed
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
S01E03
Never Too Much
- Directed by Nimer Rashed
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer, Sumerah Srivastav
S01E04
Don't You Forget About Me
- Directed by Isher Sahota
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
S01E05
Chain Reaction
- Directed by Isher Sahota
- Written by Victoria Asare-Archer
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Guy HescottProducer
- Victoria Asare-ArcherExecutive Producer
- Nicola ShindlerExecutive Producer
- Richard FeeExecutive Producer
- Daniel BrocklehurstExecutive Producer
- Harlan CobenExecutive Producer
Writing
- Victoria Asare-ArcherWriter
- Sumerah SrivastavWriter
Direction
- Isher SahotaDirector
- Nimer RashedDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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