Missing Live - 2007 - Episode 1

Sally Magnusson presents a series that goes behind the scenes at police forces' Missing Persons Units across the UK and looks at baffling cases from the National Missing Persons Helpline. Families of people who’ve disappeared movingly describe what happened and the pain of what it’s like not knowing if they will ever be reunited. In the first programme we tell the story of Sarah Flooks, a devoted and respected teacher. Fifty -year old Sarah lived in East London with her partner, John. Although she had no children of her own, Sarah fulfilled a lot of her maternal instincts at work. In March 2006, it was announced the school was going to be inspected. Sarah was well prepared and there didn’t seem anything to worry about, but on the morning of the inspection Sarah didn’t arrive at work. Her disappearance sparked a nationwide search. In London, two sisters have no idea where their seventy-year old brother has gone. James Nicholls left home without money or identification so Hackney's Missing Persons unit are on the case.