The Disappearance (2017 TV series)

Genre

• Drama
• Mystery

Written by

• Normand Daneau
• Geneviève Simard

Directed byPeter Stebbings

Country of originCanada

The Disappearance
Genre	Drama Mystery
Written by	Normand Daneau Geneviève Simard
Directed by	Peter Stebbings
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Joanne Forgues[1] Sophie Parizeau[1] Jean-Marc Casanova[1]
Producers	Joanne Forgues Catherine Faucher
Production companies	Productions Casablanca Bell Media NBC Universal International Studios
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	October 1 (2017-10-01) – November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)

The Disappearance is a Canadian television drama miniseries, which premiered on CTV in October 2017.^[2] Centred on the disappearance of a young boy, the series stars Peter Coyote, Camille Sullivan, Aden Young, Joanne Kelly and Micheline Lanctôt.^[3] It later premiered in the UK on the Universal in February 2018.^[4] It premiered in the United States on July 9, 2019 on WGN America.^[5]

The series was first developed in 2011 as a French language project written by Normand Daneau and Geneviève Simard, but after Productions Casablanca was unable to sell it to any of Quebec's francophone television networks they opted to translate the scripts into English, and were successful in pitching the series to Bell Media.^[3]

The series was directed by Peter Stebbings.^[6]

The series received several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Limited Series or Program and Best Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries (Sullivan).^[7]