Chasing Shadows is a thrilling new four-part ITV drama set in a missing persons unit that hunts serial killers Reece Shearsmith (The Widower Inside Number 9 The League of Gentlemen) plays DS Sean Stone & his partner Ruth Hattersley is played by Alex Kingston (Marchlands Arrow Upstairs Downstairs) whilst Noel Clarke (Star Trek Into Darkness Doctor Who) takes on the role of DI Carl Prior Sean is intense & socially awkward a misfit who is happier dealing with data rather than people & His lack of people skills & forthright honesty make him some powerful enemies in the force & he finds himself exiled to missing persons Sean&s new caseload is overwhelming
- up to 300000 people go missing in the UK each year--but his brilliant mind turns out to be perfectly adapted to his new role Where others see a hopeless ever-growing sea of lost faces Sean spots patterns that lead to victims & their killers Ruth is the analyst from the Missing Persons Bureau tasked with working alongside Sean She puts people first
- a born connecter able to get on with anyone but Sean pushes even her patience to breaking point DI Prior has ambitions & a clear plan for rising up the ranks But all this is jeopardised when DS Stone becomes his responsibility