Missing Persons Unit

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| genre = Police documentary

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| presenter = Mike Munro (2006–2008)
Steve Bastoni (2009–2010)

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_seasons = 5

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| executive_producer = Ivo Burum
Peter Abbott

| location = New South Wales, Australia

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| runtime = 60 minutes (including commercials)

| network = Nine Network

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Missing Persons Unit is an Australian television documentary series on the Nine Network hosted by actor and personality Steve Bastoni. 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.

The program is produced by Sydney production company Freehand, executive producer for series 1-3 was Ivo Burum.[http://www.freehandtv.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=9 Freehand Production listings]

The first series of Missing Persons Unit screened from February 2006 as 30-minute episodes. The second series began airing in a 60-minute format from February 2008 and remained in that format with the third series airing from June 2009. It began airing on UK television in 2007.[http://www.freehandtv.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=9 Freehand Production listings], The Freehand Group Pty Ltd