Overview: Julien Baptiste delves into Budapest’s corrupt underworld to find a British ambassador’s family who go missing on a skiing holiday in the Hungarian mountains.

Ambassador Emma Chambers is thrust into the crosshairs of Baptiste’s most complex case yet, as the detective navigates an untrustworthy Hungarian police force and international media interest as he hunts for her husband and two sons.

DVD Verdict: It’s fair to say one of the most memorable things to come from the Missing series was the character of Baptiste, Tchéky Karyo was hugely charismatic, so it came as no surprise that he got his own series.

From start to end of both season one and this second riveting season, he/it is captivating, allowing this gripping, hard hitting drama – which faces no lull at any point – to rage at full throttle throughout.

As with the first season, the characters are big, and the performances are excellent, Karyo, Hollander and Raines are all excellent, and Alec Secareanu is just terrific as Constantin, for he is just such a menacing character.

Chock full of some very tense moments, some edge of the seat, dramatic scenes, including a pulse racing car chase, combined with slick production values, the cold and stark location work gives it a very different feel and thus looks terrific throughout.

As I am sure you are all aware by now, this captivating second season is a completely new story, more realistic but still very complex, about the British ambassador in Hungary (Emma Chambers, played by Fiona Shaw), who loses her husband and then her two sons are kidnapped on a skiing holiday in the mountains.

Of course, the retired detective Baptiste offers his help in solving this matter and thus he searches for clues, the pressure immediately on to save Emma’s two sons when a body is found and a terrorist cell enters the story headed by a mystery figure called Gomorrah.

Thus season two is spearheaded by the question of just Who is Gomorrah and What does this terrorist cell have to do with Emma’s missing sons and the death of her daughter and husband?

I won’t give any more of the intriguing plot away, but suffice to say that I myself enjoyed this second season - albeit with a few reservations about how it could dovetail the lead from season one - but nonetheless it proves itself to be a worthy follow-up and thus worth seeing for an amazing performance from Fiona Shaw (who I hope receives a BAFTA and Emmy nomination that she fully deserves).

Episode 1: Julien Baptiste travels to Hungary to help the British Ambassador, Emma Chambers, find her missing family. When a body is found, the pressure is on to save Emma’s two sons.

Episode 2: Julien and Zsofia Track Down the tattooed man but he gives little away. Things escalate when the police receive a hostage video, and Emma takes drastic action for her family.

Episode 3: As Julien and Zsofia investigate Far Right politician Kamilla Agoston, Emma finds a lead on Alex’s computer that takes her and Julien to a shocking and bloody discovery.

Episode 4: With Alex dead, Emma’s only hope is to find her other son Will. And when Julien and Zsofia look to Kamilla and her husband, a new lead is uncovered and a dramatic discovery is made.

Episode 5: With Will safe, Emma and Julien hope to discover the identity of Gomorrah, but instead discover another attack is planned. Now, the pair must race against the clock to prevent it.

Episode 6: Reeling from Will’s escape, Emma and Julien must do everything they can to stop the next attack. If they can follow the clues and find Will, perhaps they can succeed.

This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.