The Night

Alys Harte

Bronagh Munro

Rich Parry

Harry Barker

Gary Beelders

John Martin

Claire Murray

Sarah Ruddell

Lisa Megarry

Adam Jessel

Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared: The Night

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Alys and Bronagh establish the events of the night in 1996 Damien Nettles went missing.

Unsolved

Factual: Crime & Justice

True-crime investigative series which explores historical crimes, including murder.

BBC Three

A multi-platform service for 16-34s, featuring comedy, entertainment and factual content.

The BBC’s multi-platform service for 16 to 34s, innovating with breakthrough comedy, stand-out entertainment, brave documentary and intellectual factual content.

The Boy Who Disappeared

Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared

A serialised investigation into the disappearance of Damien Nettles twenty years ago.

Reporters Alys Harte and Bronagh Munro launch a forensic and serialised investigation into a teenage boy who mysteriously vanished on the Isle of Wight twenty years ago.

Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared sees reporters Alys Harte and Bronagh Munro launch a forensic and serialised investigation into a teenage boy who mysteriously vanished on the Isle of Wight twenty years ago.

In 1996, sixteen year-old Damien Nettles went missing after a night out in the small town of Cowes. Nearly two decades later, his body has never been found and no one charged. The big question remains - was Damien murdered? And if so, who was behind his death and disappearance?

In a groundbreaking online format spanning eight short episodes, Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared allows audiences to immerse themselves in this mystery. As Alys and Bronagh venture deeper into the Isle of Wight’s dark underbelly, unearthing evidence and sometimes conflicting accounts, audiences are drawn into the twists and turns of their gripping investigation.

BBC Three - Unsolved, The Boy Who Disappeared, The Night

Alys and Bronagh establish the events of the night Damien Nettles went missing, talking to his family and a key witness from that evening.

Alys and Bronagh establish the events of 2 November 1996 - the night Damien Nettles went missing. Talking to his family and a key witness from that evening, they delve into what was happening in the teenager’s life at the time. Could the island’s drugs underworld be the key to solving this mystery?

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