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Airing of British TV series The Missing postponed while search continues for missing girl

By Staff |Jan 18 2017

The Missing The second series of the BBC produced drama revolves around the case of a young girl who goes missing in Germany but is found 11 years later. Photo/BBC

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV has decided to postpone the airing of the second series of British drama The Missing while the search for 20 year old Birna Brjánsdóttir continues. The first episode of the series, which explores the emotional fallout of a child's abduction, was scheduled to air yesterday, but was postponed.

The series features a case of a girl who disappears in Germany, but is then found 11 years later.

People urged go show calm
A spokesman for RÚV explained that the decision was taken out of respect to the family and friends of Birna who has been missing since Saturday morning. The case has gripped the Icelandic nation. In an interview with the local news site Vísir Grímur Grímsson, Chief Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police, who is in charge of the case, urged people to show calm and warned against hysteria.

A Greenlandic trawler, whose crew is believed to have information about the disappearance of Birna, is returning to harbour in Iceland. The trawler will dock at 11PM tonight.

The Missing replaced with Barnaby
Instead of airing The Missing RÚV aired an episode of less gripping crime drama series, Midsomer Murders. In the series inspector Barnaby solves murder mysteries in the idyllic but surprisingly murderous villages of the English countryside.