Missing You (2025 TV series)
Missing You is a thriller television miniseries made for streaming service Netflix, adapted from the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, who acts as executive producer on the series. It was released on 1 January 2025.
Premise
Detective Kat Donovan discovers her "missing" fiancé on a dating app, over a decade since his disappearance.Cast
- Rosalind Eleazar as Detective Inspector Kat Donovan
- Jessica Plummer as Stacey Embalo
- Richard Armitage as Detective Chief Inspector Ellis Stagger
- Lenny Henry as Clint Donovan
- Steve Pemberton as Titus
- Marc Warren as Monte Leburne
- Samantha Spiro as Nurse Sally Steiner
- Lisa Faulkner as Dana Fells
- Mary Malone as Aqua
- Ashley Walters as Josh Buchanan
- Alice Offley as Tamsin Salter
- James Nesbitt as Calligan
- Matt Willis as Darryl
- Rudi Dharmalingam as Rishi Magari
- Felix Garcia Guyer as Reynaldo
- Kieran Burton as Clem
- GK Barry as Vanessa
- Charlie Hamblett as Charlie Pitts
- Oscar Kennedy as Brendan
Production
In January 2024, it was announced that Netflix would be adapting Missing You by Harlan Coben, who acts as executive producer on the series through his company Final Twist Productions.The series was produced by Quay Street Productions. It is written by Victoria Asare-Archer and directed by Sean Spencer. Executive producers along with Coben are Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee, Asare-Archer, and Danny Brocklehurst. Guy Hescott is the producer.
The series has Rosalind Eleazar in a lead role alongside Richard Armitage, with Lenny Henry, Samantha Spiro, Steve Pemberton, Lisa Faulkner and Paul Kaye also confirmed in the cast. Ashley Walters was seen on set in Manchester in late March 2024 and was confirmed in the cast in June 2024, along with James Nesbitt and musician Matt Willis.
Filming got underway in March 2024 with filming locations including Le Mans Crescent and Victoria Square in Bolton. Filming also took place in Manchester city centre, and Parkgate on the Wirral Peninsula.
Release
The series premiered on Netflix on 1 January 2025.Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 48% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 29 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Missing You tests the psyche but leaves one with the lingering effects of a soapy, twisty, and slippery miniseries." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.The Guardian found the first episodes repetitive, but that the series improved in later ones.