The show documents people who have gone missing in Australia and the police who investigate their cases.
The show was hosted for its first three years by Mike Munro before he moved to the Seven Network.
[1] The first series of Missing Persons Unit screened from February 2006 as 30-minute episodes.
[2] Missing Persons Unit is an observational documentary series that explores the world of the New South Wales Police MPU and the families of missing people.
Filmed at police stations, forensics labs, with families and on location with search and rescue, the program follows MPU operatives as they investigate cases and piece together the jigsaw that might lead to closure for a grief-stricken family.