Missing, Presumed Dead

Uncovering stories of real people's disappearances, how they survived and their rescue, through interviews with the victims, their families and experts in abduction and hostage situations.

Journalist Michael Scott Moore travelled to Somalia to research and report on the piracy crisis in the country, little did he know he would be captured and held in extreme conditions for over two and a half years by Somali pirates.

When the Robertson family decided to sail around the world in a six-berth yacht, little did they know an unfortunate encounter with a pod of killer whales would end their journey within weeks

Peter Shaw was ready to return home when he was kidnapped and held underground.

In Iraq for work, UK citizen Peter Moore is taken hostage by the Shia militia.