Amber

Episode 1

Sarah

49 mins

14 year old Amber Bailey lives in Dublin with her mother Sarah and younger brother Eamon. Sarah has recently parted from the children's father Ben, who runs a security firm but is still on good terms with him. Ben drops Amber off at a friend's house though it becomes apparent that she never got there and the police are called, DI Dunlop leading the investigation. CCTV shows Amber getting on a train, holding a bag, but when Sarah retraces the journey it comes to nothing and the bag is found in a river. Months elapse with no constructive leads and Sarah reluctantly allows her journalist friend to write an article on the disappearance. The result is emotive and sensationally-worded, angering Sarah though Maeve believes it may encourage a genuine witness to come forward.