Missing people are always in the news, especially with two high profile cases hitting the headlines at the moment, but with more than 200,000 people reported missing in the UK each year very few get any coverage at all. For four weeks Missing Live (BBC One, Mon to Fri) will follow the work of the police and the charity, Missing People, as they attempt to discover the whereabouts of just some of those who have disappeared.

Using filmed reconstructions of individual cases alongside live studio interviews with friends and family, the programme reveals the true-life drama of missing persons investigations as they unfold. The series also helps to re-unite people who have been missing – sometimes for years – with their loved ones.

In the last episode of Unreported World: Kenya's Human Time Bomb (Channel 4, Fri) African politics are brought to vivid life.

Kenyan-born reporter Aidan Hartley and director George Waldrum report from Kenya on the exploding population problem: one of the root causes of the recent violence and a crisis that may yet lead to the complete implosion of what has been Africa's most stable democracy.

Hartley and Waldrum begin their journey in the Rift Valley, western Kenya, where long after the political agreement the killings go on. Much of the violence is driven by a land-hungry mass of frustrated young men who resort to crime rather than accept poverty and hunger.

For a more comedic view of the headlines we can catch Headcases (ITV 1, Sun) with digitally animated characters in a biting, satirical look at the worlds of celebrity and politics in a twenty-first century version of Spitting Image.

If you need something a little more soothing why not tune in to the World Snooker Championship (BBC One, starting Sat).

Defending champion John Higgins has a tough opener against two-time Crucible runner-up Matthew Stevens, who will be looking to secure his return to the world's top 16 in the opening sessions of this 17-day event.

Sport is also high up on the news agenda and with so many newsworthy items vying for the top slot Gabby Logan will be spoilt for choice for Inside Sport (BBC One, Mon). News, discussion and exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in world sport bring the off-field politics to the fore.

To step back in time we can pop down to Hastings for Foyle's War (ITV 1, Sun) in May 1945.

Set against the last six days of the war, Hastings is preparing itself for victory celebrations.

For Foyle, the end of the war means the closure of Hastings police station and retirement; for Milner the possibility of a promotion and a transfer not to mention the impending birth of his first child and for Sam - well, Sam's not quite sure what she will do - a fact that's starting to trouble her.